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Clinics, such as have been set up by the Borough
Council and by the London Hospital, is the prevention
of these lamentable deaths in child-bed by the detection
of abnormal conditions beforehand and in time
to exercise preventive measures.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Twenty-nine cases of purulent eye discharge in
the newly-born were notified to me, 27 by Doctors
and 2 by a Midwife.
This disease is of special interest as a cause of
blindness, but in only one case did complete blindness
result, in the right eye. In one case it was found
impossible to trace the issue of the case, and the
remaining 27 cases are apparently without impairment
of vision.
Whilst one must regret the continued prevalence
of a disease which is easily prevented, the results as
regards the preservation of vision are quite satisfactory.
Cases in the Borough if severe are almost
always removed to a hospital for treatment. Homenursing
is provided by the Shoreditch and Home-
Green Nursing Association, the Borough Council
paying a part of the cost of such nursing. During
the year 18 cases of eye-discharge in babies were
nursed and a total of 614 visits were paid.