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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.—Particulars of cases of acute polio-myelitis (polio-encephalitis), cerebro-spinal fever (post basic meningitis) and encephalitis lethargica acuta notified within the Borough of Lambeth during 1927.
| Total Number of Cases notified. | NUMBER OF CASES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0-1 year. | 1-5 years. | 5-10 years. | 10-15 years. | 15-20 years. | 20-30 years. | Over 30 years | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralvsis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis*| | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis*| | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis*| | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | Cases. | Deaths. | Permanent Paralysis* | ||
| Acute Polio-myelitis | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Post-Basic Meningitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 7† | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | _ | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Number of Recovered, with permanent Paralysis of one or more groups of muscles removed to (slight paralysis of ciliary muscles and accommodation). Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Polio-myelitis | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –– | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | 1 | – | — | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post-Basic Meningitis | – | – | 1 | – | –- | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | –- | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † One female aged 23 and one female aged 55, who died during 1927, were notified in previous years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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