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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
Poplar 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Twenty-seven cases of Ophthalmia Neonatoium were notified during the year:—
| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired . | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hospital. | ||||||
| 1914 | 75 | 70 | 5 | 73 | _ | _ | 2 |
| 1915 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1916 | 60 | 60 | — | 60 | — | — | — |
| 1917 | 39 ** | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1918 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 39 | 1 | — | — |
| 1919 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 60 | 1 | — | — |
| 1920 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 59 | — | — | 2 |
| 1921 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1922 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 34 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1923 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 35 | — | — | 3 |
| 1924 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 46 | — | — | — |
| 1925 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 42 | — | — | 2 |
| 1926 | 43 | 35 | 8* | 42 | — | — | 1 |
| 1927 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 48 | — | — | — |
| 1928 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 58 | — | — | 1 |
| 1929 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 56 | — | — | — |
| 1930 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 42 | — | — | — |
| 1931 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 37 | — | — | — |
| 1932 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 27 | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 923 | 820 | 102 | 898 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
** 1 born in Institution—not viaited, no information available.
* Including 3 which occurred in Institution.
Cases Notified and Visited.
| Number of notifications received | 27 |
| Very slight cases | 22 |
| Died in Institutions (intercurrent disease) | 1 |
| Sight of one eye damaged | — |
| Recovered | 26 |
| Occurred in Institutions | 5 |
| Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners | 3 |
| Occurred in the practice of midwives | 19 |
| Admitted to hospital as in-patients | 4 |
| Treated as hospital out-patients | 4 |
| Treated privately | 17 |
| Visited by nurse | 10 |