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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
Enfield 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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48
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
No action was taken during the year under Section 66 of the
Public Health Amendment Act, 1925, for the prevention of blindness'
or for the treatment of persons suffering from any disease or injury
to the eyes.
| Cases. | Vision Unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blindness | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
It is the duty of the midwife who discovers that a child is
suffering from discharge from the eyes, to notify the County Medical
Officer immediately. A local practitioner is then called in to see
the ease, whose duty it is to notify me forthwith. The child is
visited by one of the Maternity and Child Welfare Nurses who reports
thereon to me, and the information is passed on to the County
Medical Officer of Health.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The following table shows the number of notifications of Pulmonary and Other Forms of Tuberculosis received during the year :—
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Other. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Cases. | Old Cases re-notified. | Duplicates. | Fresh Cases. | Old Cases re-notified. | Duplicates. | |
| Town | 6 | - | 16 | 2 | - | - |
| Chase | 13 | - | 25 | 4 | — | 10 |
| Ordnance | 13 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Green Street and Ponders End | 18 | 1 | 41 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Bush Hill Park | 17 | 1 | 25 | 2 | - | 8 |
| Hadley and Cock-fosters | -— | - | 1 | — | - | - |
| Totals | 67 | 3 | 130 | 13 | - | 21 |