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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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Four Cases 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. | Confinement attended by. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 weeks | 8 days | Superintendent, Bloomsbury Nursing Association | Slight | St. Bartholomew's Hospital (out-patient) | District Nurse and out-patient St. Bartholomew's Hospital | Cured | Extern Department Hospital | |
| 4 | 9 days | 9 days | Midwife | Moderate | Charing Cross Hospital (out-patient) | District Nurse, Charing Cross Hospital | Cured | Midwife (Hospital) | |
| 6 | 9 days | 8 days | Medical Inspector, London County Council | Slight | Home | Doctor (Private) and Midwife | Cured | Midwife | |
| 8 | 16 days | First day | Discharge Notice. M. A. B. | Not seen | St. Margaret's Hospital | St. Margaret's Hospital | Cured | Born in Hospital | Birth not notified; not seen until return from M. A. B. Hospital. |