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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

Poplar 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum Notified and Visited(Whole Borough.)

Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum Notified and Visited

(Whole Borough.)

Number of notifications received59
Very slight cases14
Died in Institutions (intercurrent disease)1
Sight of one eye damaged—
Recovered58
Occurred in Institutions2
Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners7
Occurred in the practice of midwives50
Admitted to hospital as in-patients11
Treated as hospital out-patients9
Treated privately39
Visited by nurse10

Table: Zymotic Enteritis, 1928.(Whole Borough).

Zymotic Enteritis, 1928.

(Whole Borough).

Notifications received188
Died before notification received, under 1 year15
,, 1—2 years7
Not traced—
Visited166
Under 1 year (see feeding below)59
1 to 2 years65
2 to 3 years27
3 to 4 years10
4 to 5 years5
Admitted to or occurred in Hospital33