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The cases of puerperal fever are investigated by the Maternity
Superintendents. The premises are visited, the sanitary defects
ascertained, and made the subject of notice for amendment. The
rooms are disinfected.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum—Eight cases were notified in
1923. The children were all visited from the Public Health
Department, and the mothers were shown how to carry out the
treatment advised by the doctors. None of the patients were
sent into hospital, but 7 attended Moorfields Eye Hospital as outpatients. In no case was impairment of vision reported.
DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of Finsbury residents who died in 1923 was
1,006, equivalent to a death rate for the whole Borough of 13
per 1,000 inhabitants living. The death rate for the whole of
London was 11.2 per 1,000.
The death rates for previous years are given in the attached
table.