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A third (unnotified) case occurred in the person of a child
who developed the disease while on holiday in Wales and died
there. This was the only death recorded from this cause during
the year.
In London the number of cases notified was 43, and in England
and Wales 652.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There were 37 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum notified in
Battersea during 1931, as compared with 34 in 1930, 43 in 1929,
39 in 1928, and 48 in 1927. The rate per 1,000 births was 14.9, as
compared with 12.8 in 1930, 16.4 in 1929, 14.2 in 1928, and 17.1
in 1927.
There were 7 severe cases amongst the 37 notified, all of which
were removed to St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital for treatment,
and three cases received in-patient treatment at other hospitals.
A few cases were still under treatment at the end of the year,
but no case of permanent injury to the eyes resulted.
During 1931 the number of visits paid by nurses supplied by
the Borough Council in cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum or other
inflammatory condition of the eyes of the newly-born was 2,466.
All cases were kept under systematic supervision by the Health
Visiting Staff, by whom 139 visits were made.