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2 years of age; first went to school at the age of 4;
mother noticed he had occasionally difficulty in articulating
his words; for several days, perhaps a week,
he would have this difficulty, sometimes only once a
day, then for months he would be free, but soon after
onset of his last illness the difficulty of speech returned
worse than ever. Present attack: On Sunday 10th
August, 1913, the child said he was tired and cold;
his hands were cold, and he cried with pains in the
head; the next day he got up, but kept lying down
again; the two following days he appeared quite well
in the day time, but restless and feverish at night—
"jumping in his sleep"; Thursday 14th, he did
not want to get up, had a headache, but not so bad
as on Sunday, the right cheek appeared a little
swollen and the mouth drawn, so that he looked
strange, but seemed all right when his mother spoke
to him; on Friday 15th, he said his legs felt strange,
a medical man saw him on that day and the following
day, when marked abdominal breathing appeared to
have been noticed; on Sunday 17th, a second medical
man was called in, who advised removal to Hospital,
and he was taken to the Poplar Hospital, .where he
died at 11.30 p.m. on Monday 18th. About a week
before he complained of feeling ill he fell over the
handle of a hand cart, hurting his left side and back.
Although he cried at the time he soon recovered, and
did not tell his mother of the accident till some time
afterwards. The mother states that a post mortem
was made, but no report of the result was obtained.
The case was not notified, but the copy of the Registration
of the death was received by the Medical Officer
of Health some weeks later, whereupon the above particulars
were obtained.