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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
Marylebone 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
This disease—inflammation of the eyes in newly-born children—made notifiable
by order of the London County Council in 1911, continued to be so during the whole
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
| DATE NOTIFIED | NUMBER OF CASE | ONE OR BOTH EYES PERMANENTLY INJURED— IF SO, TO WHAT EXTENT? |
|---|---|---|
| 21.1.20 | 1 | One eye infected. Cured |
| 28.1.20 | 2 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 29.1.20 | 3 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 12.2.20 | 4 | Slight case. Cured |
| 18.2.20 | 5 | Cured. |
| 2.3.20 | 6 | One eye. Cured |
| 5.3.20 | 7 | Left Borough. Said to be cured |
| 11.3.20 | 8 | Both eyes. Cured. Died 23.11.20. Broncho-Pneumonia |
| 13.3.20 | 9 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 15.3.20 | 10 | Very slight, both eyes. Cured |
| 17.3.20 | 11 | Slight, both eyes. Cured |
| 19.3.20 | 12 | Acute, both eyes. Cured. |
| 23.3.20 | 13 | Removed to Infirmary, Kensington |
| 12.4.20 | 14 | Right eye. Cured |
| 28.4.20 | 15 | Cured |
| 10.5.20 | 16 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 14.5 .20 | 17 | Removed to Infirmary, Kensington |
| 14.5.20 | 18 | Cured |
| 17.5.20 | 19 | Case occurred in Infirmary, Kensington |
| 18.5.20 | 20 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 28.5.20 | 21 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 1.6.20 | 22 | Removed to Infirmarv, Kensington. |
| 7.6.20 | 23 | Slight case. Cured |
| 9.6.20 | 24 | Severe case. Said to be cured. Left Borough |
| 12.6.20 | 25 | Cured |
| 18.6.20 | 26 | Removed from Borough |
| 22.6.20 | 27 | Cured |
| 21.7.20 | 28 | One eye. Cured |
| 26.7.20 | 29 | Right eye. Cured |
| 29.7.20 | 30 | Left eye. Cured |
| 30.7.20 | 31 | Cured |
| 2.9.20 | 32 | Cured |
| 20.9.20 | 33 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 21.9.20 | 34 | Cured. |
| 21.9.20 | 35 | Removed to Infirmary, Kensington |
| 22.9.20 | 36 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 24.9.20 | 37 | Cured. |
| 29.9.20 | 38 | Cured. |
| 29.9.20 | 39 | Left eye. Cured |
| 21.10.20 | 40 | Both eyes. Left Borough |
| 28.10.20 | 41 | Slight case. Cured |
| 16.11.20 | 42 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 26.11.20 | 43 | Both eyes. Cured |
| 30.11.20 | 44 | Removed to Paddington Infirmary. Said to be cured. |
| 7.12.20 | 45 | Slight case. Cured |
| 10.12.20 | 46 | Cured |