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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 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Unless each case is notified to the Local Medical Officer of Health the public
will be ignorant of the real extent of the disease; the whole of the cases cannot be
followed up to ascertain the amount of permanent damage done to the eyesight.
In the following tables particulars are given as to each case:—
Nine 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 day | 1 day | 1. M. A. B. 2. Uoctor (Hospital) | Middlesex Hospital and St. Margaret's Hospital | Middlesex Hospital and St. Margaret's Hospital | Died | Extern Department Hospital | Died in St Margaret's Hospital set. 14 days | |
| 8 | 9 days | Doctor [(Hospital) | Slight | Middlesex Hospital (in-patient) and Home | In-patient, Maternity Wards. Middlesex Hospital. District Nurse | Cured | Intern Department Hospital | ||
| 4 | 12 days | 8 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Slight | University College Hospital (out-patient) and Home | Midwife and out-patient University College Hospital | Cured | Extern Department Hospital | |
| 6 | 14 days | 8 days | 1. M. A. B. 2. Doctor (Hospital) | St. Pancras House and St. Margaret's Hospital | St. Pancras House and St. Margaret's Hospital | Not ascertainable | Hospital Doctor | Did not return to this Borough | |
| 6 | 8 days | 6 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Moderate | Home | Doctor (Middlesex Hospital), and District Nurse | Cured | Extern Department Hospital | |
| 7 | 2L days | 7 days | Doctor (Hospital) | out-patient department Hospital for Sick Children Gt. Ormond Street | out-patient department Hospital for Sick Children, and St. Margaret's Hospital (in.patient and out-patient) | Cured | Midwife | ||
| 8 | 10 days | 3 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Maternity Ward Middlesex Hospital | In.patient and outpatient Middlesex Hospital | Cured | Intern Department Hospital | ||
| 9 | 13 days | 1 day | Doctor (Hospital) after correspondence | Moderate | Home | Doctor (Royal Free Hospital) and Midwife | Cured | Extern Department Hospital | |
| 10 | 10 days | 6 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Moderate | Maternity Hospital (City of London). Out-patient Royal Ophthalmic Hospital City Rd. and Home | City of London Maternity Hospital (in-patient), Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. City Road (out-patient) and District Nurse | Cured | Intern Department Maternity Hospital |
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