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Thirteen cases were notified as Puerperal
Pyrexia, and were treated at the following Hospitals :
Bethnal Green (8), Mothers' (1), North Western (3),
St. Peter's (1).
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM, &c.
Five notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
were received during the year. Two of the patients
were treated at home and the remaining three
received treatment at St. Margaret's, Bethnal Green
and the North Western Hospitals. The Health
Visitors paid 20 visits to cases. Four of the cases
cleared up without any impairment of vision being
reported : the other child died.
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.
INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
Under the Transfer of Powers (London) Order,
1933, the duties of the London County Council under
the Children Acts were transferred to the Metropolitan
Borough Councils. At the end of the year, there
were 10 foster mothers and 14 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 :