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On the Incidence of Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis in Lancashire and Elsewhere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Percy Stocks
Percy Stocks
Affiliation:
Reader in Medical Statistics in the University of London, Galton Laboratory.
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Difficulties in cultivation outside the body have rendered the exact study of the immunity reactions of the filtrable viruses less easy than in the case of many of the bacteria, and the extension of our knowledge of immunity in these infections is at the present time largely dependent upon observation of the behaviour of human beings when exposed to infection through natural channels. For this reason it is important that the utmost use should be made of such reliable statistics as are available for the study of the epidemiology of such diseases as Encephalitis Lethargica and Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis, with a view to understanding their mode of spread and obtaining some clue as to how they may in the future be controlled.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 1932 , pp. 219 - 239
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

References

page 221 note 1 The early history of encephalitis lethargica in England and Wales has been studied in a Ministry of Health Report, published in 1922. Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects, No. 11.Google Scholar

page 221 note 2 League of Nations, Health Section. Monthly Epidemiological Report, 9, No. 8, August 15, 1930, pp. 329–333.Google Scholar

page 221 note 3 Urban districts of Great Harwood, Huyton, Leyland, Little Crosby, Little Lever, Poulton-le-Fylde, Urmston, Wardle, Widnes and the rural district of Sefton.

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page 237 note 1 It has been shown that when pairs of cases occur in the same family these usually develop within 2 or 3 days of each other, suggesting a common source of infection rather than that the first infects the second. This does not, I think, really invalidate the reasoning, though it needs to be borne in mind.

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