Related to London County Council Mental Hospitals Committee
Description:

‘The following preliminary report deals with the results of three years’ malarial treatment of general paralysis in the various mental hospitals of the London County Council.

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Since February 3rd, 1923, when the first paralytic to be treated with malaria in the London County Mental Hospitals Service was inoculated at Cane Hill Mental Hospital, malarial therapy has been carried out continuously in the London County service.

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Summary.

Malarial therapy produces a greater number of remissions and a smaller death rate than occurs in untreated cases. Complete remissions occur in about one-third of the casesin a mixed series, but in a much greater proportion if only cases with histories of dementia paralytica of less than eighteen months are treated.

The addition of neosalvarsan to the febrile treatment decreases the death rate amongst the cases unfit for discharge, and perhaps increases the number of complete remissions that occur.

All the medical officers are agreed that in a majority of the cases treated by malarial therapy which proved to be unfit for discharge a marked improvement in general well-being, cleanliness, and conduct was observed.’ (603)