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Southwark 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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132
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.

Table: Twenty-nine cases occurred during the year, as against 26 in 1936. An analysis of the cases will be found hereunder:—

Twenty-nine cases occurred during the year, as against 26 in 1936. An analysis of the cases will be found hereunder:—

Notified.Cases treated.Vision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
At home.Hospital.
29191029———

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PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
A record is kept under the Blind Persons Act, 1920, of all cases under
5 years of age reported from the Welfare Centres.
These are referred to the Metropolitan Society for the Blind.