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Poplar 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Forty-thiee cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the
year:—35 notified by doctors only, 4 by midwives only, and 4 by both
doctors and midwives The total notifications received numbered 54.
In addition to the foregoing, one case occurred in a neighbouring borough, making a total of 44 cases.
| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired . | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hospital. | ||||||
| 1914 | 75 | 70 | 5 | 73 | — | — | 2 |
| 1915 | 64 | 62 | 2 | 62 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1916 | 60 | 60 | — | 60 | — | — | — |
| 1917 | 39 ** | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1918 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 39 | 1 | — | — |
| 1919 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 60 | 1 | — | — |
| 1920 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 59 | — | — | 2 |
| 1921 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1922 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 1923 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 35 | — | — | 3 |
| 1924 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 46 | — | — | — |
| 1925 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 42 | — | — | 2 |
| Total | 611 | 550 | 60 | 588 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
** 1 born in Institution—not visited, no information available.
Miss J. M. Cardozo, chief health visitor, reported as follows
Artificial Light Clinic.—The result of the Artificial Light Clinic,
opened in Avenue Road last March, has proved a great asset to the
work at the Infant Welfares. Children, who for various reasons could
not be sent away for convalescent treatment, have attended and received
great benefit. It is most encouraging to see the change in a fretful
and ailing child who, after a few exposures, becomes happy and contented,
improved both physically and temperamentally.
Infant Consultations.—The attendances at the Clinics have been
well maintained; Old Ford, with an average attendance of 60.4, and
Poplar, 60. The prevalence of Measles and Whooping Cough has kept
many babies away.