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Wandsworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
Malaria.
Two cases were notified, one male and one female.
Dysentery.
One case of Dysentery was notified from an Institution.
Trench Fever.
No cases occurred during the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
29 cases were notified and the following Table shows the
effect of the disease on the vision in 26 of the cases, according as
to whether the cases were treated at hospital or at home.
Two removed to addresses outside the Borough and were
then nearly well. One of the cases died from premature birth
and Gastritis.
TABLE XV.
| Result of Treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision not affected. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Died. | |
| Treatment received:— In Hospital | 9 | — | — | 1 |
| At Hospital, Out-patient | 10 | — | — | — |
| At home | 7 | — | — | — |
| Total | 26 | — | — | 1 |
The 26 cases recovered without any impairment of vision.
Four of the cases were attended at birth by doctors, 14 by
midwives, and 11 of the infants were born in maternity homes.
Measles and German Measles.
One death occurred from Measles, compared with 71 in 1924,
11 in 1923, and the death-rate per 1,000 of population was .002,
compared with .2 in 1924, .03 in 1923, .21 in 1922, .012 in 1921,
and .17 in 1920.