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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
Ealing 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum .—There were 4 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum notified during the year. The following table show that favourable results occurred in all the cases.
| Number of Cases Notified | No. Treated | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home | In Hospital | |||||
| 4 | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis.—In Table IX is indicated the number of new
cases of pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis notified during
the year in the whole of the Borough, together with the number
of deaths in the various age-groups. There were 66 deaths from
pulmonary and 10 deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis, which
give death-rates of 0.70 and 0.10 respectively, and a total tuberculosis
death-rate of 0.80 per 1,000 population. There were 5
deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis in persons who had not been
previously notified : three were of persons dying outside the district,
the deaths being transferred to Ealing, and two occurred in the
King Edward Memorial Hospital.
TABLE IX. TUBERCULOSIS.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | |||||
| Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | |
| 0—1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1—5 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| 5—10 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10—15 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - |
| 15—20 | 2 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 20—25 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 25—35 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | — | — |
| 35—45 | 9 | 8 | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 |
| 45—55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| 55—65 | 7 | 1 | - | — | 5 | 1 | _ | |
| 65 upwards | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | — | — |
| Total | 52 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 8 |