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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 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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In the following tables particulars are given as to each case:—
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 days | 8 days | Doctor | Moderate | Home | Doctor and District Nurse | Cured | Doctor | |
| 2 | 15 days | 2 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Slight | Home and out-patient University College Hospital | Midwife and out-patient treatment University College Hospital | Cured | Extern Department Hospital | |
| 22 days | 7 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Not seen | Maternity Ward, St. Stephen's Hospital and St. Margaret's Hospital | In-patient, Hospital treatment | Cured | Not notified | Information of child's existence obtained from a Social Worker | |
| 8 | 6 days | Not ascertainable | Doctor | Not seen | St. Margaret's Hospital | Doctor and in-patient Hospital treatment | Not seen | Doctor | Did not return to this Borough. Address could not be ascertained |
| 10 | 3 ½ months | 8 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Slight | Maternity Ward, University College Hospital and Home | In-patient and later out-patient treatment University College Hospital | Cured | Intern Department University College Hospital | |
| 12 | 20 days (about) | - | Doctor (Hospital) | Not seen | St. Margaret's Hospital | In-patient, Hospital treatment | Cured | Not notified in Holborn | Child found abandoned on a stairway in Holborn and taken to Poor Law Institution |