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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
51 cases were notified, of which nine were in Clapham, four in
Putney, 21 in Streatham, five in Tooting and 12 in Wandsworth.
48 of the cases were visited, in one case no inquiries were made,
21 were attended at birth by midwives, nine were treated at hospital
as out-patients, one as an in-patient, and four were removed to the
Union Infirmary, the 24 remaining being treated at home.
One case is still under treatment. Two cases removed
and could not be traced, and four died of Convulsions, Heart disease,
congenital debility and specific disease, respectively.
The 41 remaining cases have recovered.
One child, aged nine weeks, came from Liverpool on September
1st and was removed to the Infirmary on September 3rd., the case
being notified from there. It was still an in-patient at the end of
year.
Of the two cases under treatment at the end of 1913, one infant
has lost the sight of one eye, but the other eye is clear, and the
other child has recovered.
The Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorium) Regulations,
1914, came into force on the 1st April, by which midwives in addition
to Medical Practitioners were required to notify cases occurring
during their attendance on the mother and child.
Nine cases were thus notified by registered midwives, of which
seven were also notified by medical practitioners.
Glanders and Anthrax Orders.
No cases of the above diseases were notified under the above
Orders by the Veterinary Inspector of the London County Council.
One case of Anthrax in a human being was notified and removed
to hospital, but on further examination there the diagnosis was not
confirmed.