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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
Holborn 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923
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Six Cases Notified in Accordance with the Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1914.
| Case Number. | Age when Notified. | Age at Onset. | By whom Notified. | Type of Disease on Health Visitor's first visit. | Where Treated. | Medical Attendance and Nursing. | Result. | Birth Notified by | REMARKS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 18 days | 3 days | Doctor (Dispensary) as result of correspondence | Moderate | Home | Midwife (Dispensary) Doctor (Dispensary) and District Nurse | Cured | Midwife | |
| 4 | 8 days | Not known | 1. M. A. B. 2. Doctor (Hospital) | Not seen | Maternity Hospital, then St. Margaret's Hospital | In-patient, St. Margaret's Hospital | Cured | Born in Hospital | Child not seen until its return from St. Margaret's Hospital) |
| 7 | 21 days | 7 days | Doctor (Hospital) as result of correspondence | Slight | Maternity Hospital. and later at home | In Maternity Hospital and then out-patient Royal Ophthalmic Hospital | Cured | Born in Hospital | |
| 8 | 6 days | 3 days | Doctor (Private) as result of correspondence | Severe. Both eyes | Home, and then St. Margaret's Hospital | In-patient St. Margaret's Hospital | Cured | Doctor | |
| 12 | 4 days | 3 days | 1. M. A. B. 2. Doctor (Hospital) | Not seen | Maternity Hospital, and then St. Margaret's Hospital | In-patient St. Margaret's Hospital | Cured | Born in Hospital | Child not seen until its return from St. Margaret's Hospital |
| 14 | 2 days | 1 day | Doctor (Private) as result of communication | Slight | Home | Midwife Doctor (Private) | Cured | Midwife |