London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| 8 | 11 days | 8 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Moderate, both eyes | Hospital, and later at home | In Maternity Hospital | Cured | Intern Midwifery Department |
| 9 | 10 days | 6 days | Doctor (Hospital) | Moderate, both eyes | Home | Doctor, Middlesex Hospital, and later as Outpatient, Middlesex Hospital, and District Nurse | Cured | Extern MidwiferyDepartment |
| 10 | 19 days | 1 st day | Doctor (Hospital) after correspondence | Slight | Home | Midwife, University College Hospital, and Outpatient, and University College Hospital | Not seen | Extern Department, Maternity Hospital |
One Case not Notified in accordance with the Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1914.
| Case Number. | Age when Information received. | Age at Onset. | Information. | Type of Disease on Health Visitor's first visit. | Where treated. | Medical Attendance and Nursing. | Result. | Birth notified by. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 days | 3 days | London County Council | Not seen | Home | Doctor and Midwife | - | Midwife | Patient left her address on the 12th day of confinement between morning and evening visits of doctor and midwife and did not return to this address did not leave any address and could not be traced |