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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
Fulham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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The services of Mr. Alexander Galletly are
available for the purpose of consultation with
private doctors in cases of Puerperal Fever and
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
During the year 15 cases of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum were notified compared with 28
during the previous year, giving an attack rate
of 7.7 per thousand of the registered live births.
Through an arrangement between the Borough Council and the District Nursing Association, the services of the District Nurses are available for cases which are under medical treatment in their own homes. During 1933, visits were paid to one such case.
| Cases Notified | Treated. | Vision. | Total Blindness | Deaths | Left the Borough | Still receiving Treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At home | In hospital | Impaired | Unimpaired | |||||
| 15 | 5 | 10 | - | 8 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 |
General.
The Leaflets "Advice on the Occurrence of
Infectious Disease" have now been rewritten.
They are given to occupiers of houses when a
case of notifiable infectious disease occurs in the
house.
Special leaflets giving instructions regarding
preventive measures have been prepared and are
handed to householders on the occurrence of
acute Polio-Myelitis and Cerebro-spinal-fever.