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Wandsworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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20 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
31 cases were notified and the following Table shows the
effect of the disease on the vision in 28 of the cases, according as
to whether the cases were treated at hospital or at home. One
child is still under treatment as an out-patient at a hospital, and
two removed to addresses unknown on discharge from St. Margaret's
Hospital
TABLE XIII.
| Result of Treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision not affected. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Died. | |
| Treatment received :— In Hospital | 10 | _ | __ | _ |
| At Hospital, Out-patient | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| At home | 12 | — | — | I |
| Total | 26 | — | — | 2 |
Of the 31 cases two died from other causes, but in each of
them the eye condition was improving at the date of death.
26 of the cases recovered without any impairment of vision.
Three of the cases were attended at birth by doctors, 15 by
midwives, and 13 of the infants were born in maternity homes.
Measles and German Measles.
71 deaths occurred from Measles, compared with 11 in 1923,
and the death-rate per 1,000 of population was -2, compared
with -03 in 1923, -21 in 1922, -012 in 1921, -17 in 1920, and -05
in 1919.