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During 1913, within the Borough, 57 infants were
notified as suffering from the disease. Each case was visited
officially and the necessary precautionary measures were
taken. No case was removed to hospital.* All the infants
recovered except one, whose left eye was destroyed.
The London County Council Medical Inspectors under the
Midwives Act report all cases of inflammation of the eyes
of newly-born babies to the Medical Officers of Health of
the various Metropolitan Districts, i.e., in addition to notifying
cases of diagnosed ophthalmia neonatorum as required
by the Order.
TUBERCULOSIS
Full details of the Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries
Scheme are to be found in the Appendix pp.
75 to 103.
During 1913, 370 deaths (corrected) were registered in
the Borough as due to phthisis (tuberculosis of the lungs),
11 as due to tabes mesenterica, 49 as due to tubercular
meningitis and hydrocephalus, and 55 as due to other forms
of tuberculosis, making a total of 485 deaths from tuberculosis
(all forms)—i.e., 11.3 per cent, of the total deaths
(corrected) registered from all causes. During the four
quinquennia, 1891-5 (Parish), 1896-1900 (Parish), 1901-5
(Borough) and 1906-10 (Borough), the yearly averages of
deaths from tuberculosis (all forms), were respectively
675.0, 690.0, 647.4 and 567.4, whilst, during the same
quinquennia, the yearly averages of deaths from phthisis,
or pulmonary tuberculosis, alone were respectively 478.8,
496.8. 462.8 and 421.6. Sub-dividinc the total tuberculosis
(all forms) deaths during 1913 amongst the different Registration
Sub-Districts it is found that the numbers of
deaths vary as follow:—
*.\o special hospital accommodation tor eases of ophthalmia
neonatorum has been provided in London, the general and special
hospitals dealing with the cases in their out-patient and in-patient
departments as required.