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Health Visitor until the condition clears up, and her
reports are most thoroughly scrutinized, the object
being the prevention of any risk of blindness resulting.
The Health Visitors paid 79 visits to cases.
In addition to the foregoing formal notifications of
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 42 reports were received from
Medical Officers of the London County Council concerning
new born babies suffering from inflammation of the
eyes. These cases were also visited by the Health
Visitors. The district nurses treated 45 cases of discharging
eyes in young infants, paying 757 visits for
the purpose.
STILLBIRTHS.
Inquiry was made into the stillbirths reported
during the year, and some information relating to 54
of them was obtained. In 15 cases the mother was
reported to have been engaged in industrial employment
during pregnancy. The health of the mothers was
reported on as follows:—Good 36; Fair 6; Bad 11.
The period of gestation was normal in 34 cases, but
was given as only six to seven months in 2 cases,
seven to eight months in 7 cases, and eight to nine
months in 8 cases, while in one case it was given as
hyper - normal. Labour varied greatly in duration,
being less than six hours in 12 cases, six to twelve
hours in 14 cases, twelve to eighteen hours in 5 cases,
eighteen to twenty-four hours in 1 case, and over
twenty-four hours in 11 cases.
There was a record of one previous stillbirth in
16 cases, and 2 stillbirths in 1 case, while there were 5
cases of one previous miscarriage, and 1 of two
previous miscarriages. Previous infant deaths had
occurred: 1 in seven cases, and 2 in four cases.