POLIOMYELITIS IN ENGLAND.

Poliomyelitis in England and Wales.

Poliomyelitis in England and Wales, 1947-1950.

Poliomyelitis has been endemic in England and Wales since its notification was made compulsory in 1912, but prior to 1947 its incidence was, with the exception of three years, of the nature of a sporadic disease with a seasonal rise rather than that of an epidemic disease. This was in contrast to the experience of the United States and some continental countries, where large epidemics had occur...

Paralytic poliomyelitis in England and Wales, 1985-91.

OBJECTIVES To ascertain all cases of paralytic poliomyelitis in England and Wales during 1985-91 and to determine the source of infection in each case. DESIGN Descriptive study of cases reported between 1985 and 1991. SETTING All health districts in England and Wales. SUBJECTS Patients normally resident in England and Wales whose clinical features were consistent with paralytic poliomyeli...

Poliomyelitis and the neurologists: the view from England, 1896-1966.

In 1907, following one of the earliest poliomyelitis outbreaks in New York City, the New York Neurological Society set up a poliomyelitis committee with a view to studying and illuminating the behavior of this newly epidemic disease.' The neurologists7 interest in polio was of long standing, dating from the orthopedic surgeon Jacob von Heine's conclusion, in 1860, that the symptoms of infant pa...

Surveillance of the Safety of Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine in England and Wales 1962-4.

When, in 1956, inactivated poliomyelitis (Salk) vaccine became available for routine immunization in England and Wales the Ministry of Health set up a scheme of poliomyelitis surveillance. The objects were to provide a means of rapid detection pf possible outbreaks of vaccine-induced poliomyelitis, such as occurred in the United States owing to the presence of incompletely inactivated virus in ...