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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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phthalmia Neonatorum.
Five cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the year:—(This table refers to the whole Borough.)
| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blind-ness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hoapital. | ||||||
| 1929 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 56 | _ | _ | _ |
| 1930 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 42 | — | — | — |
| 1931 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 37 | — | — | — |
| 1932 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 27 | — | — | 1 |
| 1933 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 23 | — | — | — |
| 1934 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 21 | — | — | — |
| 1935 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 1936 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — |
| 1937 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | _ |
| 1938 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | — | — | |
Cases Notified and Visited.
| Number of notifications received | 9 | |
| Very slight cases | 3 | |
| Sight of one eye damaged | ||
| Recovered | 9 | |
| Occurred in Institutions | 4 | |
| Occurred in the practice of medical practitioners | ||
| Occurred in the practice of midwives | 5 | |
| Admitted to hospital as in-patients | 2 | |
| Treated as hospital out-patients | ||
| Treated privately | 2 | |
| Visited by nurse | . | 4 |
| Notifications received (patients under 5 years) | 104 |
| Under 1 year (see feeding below) | 57 |
| 1 to 2 years | 31 |
| 2 to 3 years | 7 |
| 3 to 4 years | 6 |
| 4 to 5 years | 3 |
| Died before notification received | 4 |
| Visited | 83 |
| Treated in hospitals.. | 77 |
Of the 57 cases of Zymotic Enteritis under 1 year of age which were
notified, 9 died. These were fed as follows:—
Breast fed 1; mixed feeding 1; hand-fed 7.