[Social sequelae of poliomyelitis]. / Soziale Folgen der Kinderlähmung.

114 children afflicted with poliomyelitis were examined for their intellectual standard and enrollment in school and society, the kind of paralysis having been taken into account. It was found that a large number of the children have to be tended, the majority of them requiring special care and enrollment in special schools (43.86 percent), whereas a smaller number (27.98 percent) of them are to be lodged in institutions for the bringing up of children under social welfare system. These 114 children were quite accidentally selected from the 366 children that are tended in the pediatric counseling department of the Clinic of Neurology at Pilsen. In conclusion, the authors compare their results with similar information in the literature and point out that it is necessary to provide schools and homes for these children, especially for preschool children and children with combined defects. They also recommend to reserve certain plants for these children, where they could work under medical and especially rehabilitative pedagogic control.