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Fulham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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27
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
During the year 15 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified, the same as during the previous year, giving an attack rate of 7.5 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 1934 50 visits were paid to three such cases.
| Cases notified | 15 |
| Treated at Home | 5 |
| Treated in Hospital | 10 |
| Vision Impaired | — |
| Vision unimpaired | 11 |
| Total blindness | — |
| Deaths | — |
| Left the Borough | 4 |
| Still receiving treatment | — |
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| During 1934 the Woman Sanitary Inspector paid visits to cases of nonnotifiable infectious diseases as follows:— | |
| Chickenpox | 152 |
| Whooping Cough | 103 |
| Mumps | 34 |
| Suspicious cases | 9 |
| 298 | |
These visits are paid to ascertain that the children are not suffering
from any notifiable infectious disease and that they are receiving adequate
medical and nursing attention. Information as to the cases is received daily
from the Head Teachers of the schools in the Borough on Form 84.
The table on page 35 shows inter-alia the number of non-notifiable
infectious diseases which were visited by the Fulham District Nursing
Association.