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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
Wimbledon 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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During the year, 3 cases of puerperal fever were notified.
Two of these cases died, one being a true case of Puerperal
Septicæmia. The second death is classified in Table II. under
the heading "other accidents and diseases of pregnancy,"
being more correctly attributable to exhaustion following prolonged labour.
The following table shows the number of cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum, and the result of the early treatment.
| CASES. | Vision. Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
There were no deaths from measles, or whooping cough,
and no cases of epidemic diarrhoea notified.
During 1926, the record of
| Number of births notified | 593 | |
| „ „ „ registered | 722 | |
| Number of births visited | 568 | |
| „ „ „ re-visited—under 1 yr. | 1,969 | |
| „ „ „ „ —over 1 yr. | 3,002 | |
| „ „ Still-births and Deaths | 11 | |
| „ „ Ophthalmia cases visited | 8 | |
| „ „ Expectant mothers visited | 106 | |
| „ „ re-visits to expectant mothers | 115 | |
| „ „ ineffectual visits | 1,215 | |
| „ „ Special visits | 236 | |
| Total welfare visits | 7,230 | |
| Number of puerperal fever visits | 11 | |
| „ „ tuberculosis visits | 73 | |
| „ „ malaria visits | — | |
| „ „ school visits (half-day) | 163 | |
| „ „ visits to parents of school children | 17 | |
| 264 | ||
| 7,494 | ||