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Government Grants.—The fo lowing grants were made for the financial year
1915-16:-
Institution. Amount. Grant made by.
£ s. d.
St. Pancras School for Mothers 417 8 7 Board of Education.
North St. Pancras School for
Mothers 101 16 11 Local Government Board.
Passmore Edwards Settlement
School for Mothers 34 19 11 ,, „
Infantile Diarrhœa.
79 deaths of infants under one year of age from diarrhoea and enteritis
were registered during 1915. The number of such deaths in each quarter of
the year was as follows:—
First quarter 7
Second „ 8
Third „ 35
Fourth „ 29
The number of deaths of children under 5 years of age from diarrhoea and
enteritis was 107.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
31 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified during 1915, 27 by medical
practitioners, 2 bj midwives, and 2 by both.
Of these, one case notified by a midwife proved lot to be a case of
ophthalmia neonatorum, and one case was doubtful. The corrected number of
notified cases was therefore 29, equal to an incidence rate of 6.1 per 1,000
births. Other numerical details will be found on pages 20-22.
All the cases were visited by Miss Smith, who made full enquiries, and
where necessary took steps, in some cases in consultation with the doctors in
attendance, to ensure that the baby's eyes received proper attention. In this
matter the services of the local District Nursing Associations have been of
great assistance.
In regard to severity, 3 of the cases were regarded by the visitor as grave,
16 as moderate, and 14 as slight.