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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

Camberwell 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: Ophthalmia Neonatorum. The particulars relating to this disease are set out in the form required by the Ministry of Health as laid down in their Circular No. 648.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum. The particulars relating to this disease are set out in the form required by the Ministry of Health as laid down in their Circular No. 648.

Notified.Cases Treated.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
At Home.In Hospital.
24*914201Nil2

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*One case notified from a Boarding Establishment —no information as to the
result of treatment.
Unfortunately, in one case, the child lost the sight of one
eye. The patient was, however, under constant medical supervision
from the time of birth, before being removed to hospital
for further treatment.
Peckham, Nunhead and District Day Nursery.
The number of attendances at the above Institution during
the year 1925 was 3,729, a daily average of 15, as compared with
2,791 attendances and a daily average of 12 for the previous year.
Midwives' Fees.
In one instance authority was given for the payment of a
midwife's account for services rendered to an indigent mother in
confinement.