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Twelve cases were notified as Puerperal Pyrexia.
Two patients were treated at home. The other
patients were treated at the following Hospitals :—
Bethnal Green (1), Mothers' (4), East End Maternity
Hospital (1), Jewish Maternity (3), St. Peter's (1).
OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM, &c.
Thirteen notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
were received during the year. All the patients were
treated at home except 2 who received hospital
treatment at St. Margaret's. The Health Visitors paid
44 visits to cases. All the cases cleared up without
any impairment of vision being reported.
Thirty reports were also received from Medical
Officers of the London County Council concerning new
born babies suffering from inflammation of the eyes,
1 of these cases being subsequently notified as
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. These cases were also
visited by the Health Visitors. The district nurses
treated 37 cases of discharging eyes in young infants,
paying 498 visits for the purpose.
CHILDREN ACT, 1908 (Part I).
CHILDREN & YOUNG PERSONS ACT, 1932 (Part V)
Under the Transfer of Powers (London) Order,
1933, the duties of the London County Council under
the above-mentioned Acts were transferred to the
Metropolitan Borough Councils. At the end of the
year, there were 15 foster mothers and 18 foster
children on the register in the Borough. The children
are visited regularly by the Health Visitors.
MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN.
The County School Medical Officer has kindly
furnished me with the following statistics with regard
to the medical inspection of the school children in the
Borough: