Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Four Cases not notified in accordance with the Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1914.
Case Number | Age when Information received | Age at Onset | Information | Type of disease on Health Visitor's first visit. | Where treated | Medical Attendance and Nursing. | Result | Birth Notified | REMARKS. |
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5 | 15 days | 3 days | L.C.C. through Medical assistance form. | Slight | Home. O.P. Moorfields Hospital. | — | Cured | Midwife (Institution) | Institution written to re non-notification. |
4 | 7 days | - | Ditto ditto | Severe | St. Margaret's Hospital. Admitted when 7 days old. | Hospital | Corneal opacity one eye | Midwife (Hospital) | Hospital, L.C.C and Ministry of Health written to. |
8 | 2 months | From birth | On attendance at M. & C. W. Centre. | Moderate | Home till 12th Oct., 1921, then removed to St. Margaret's Hospital. Admitted when 2 months old. | Doctor (10 days) Nurse (3 weeks) then District Nurse | Cured | Doctor. | Doctor written to. |
9 | 6 weeks | 6 days | Discovered by Health Visitor when visiting. | Slight | Home | Doctor and Maternity Nurse, then District Nurse | Cured | Doctor | Maternity Nurse bathed eyes but did not inform doctor of discharge. Intitution written to. |