Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(3) Supposed cause of still-birth:—
(a) Abnormal presentation 1
(b) Overwork 3
(c) Accident, etc. 5
(d) Not known 4
(4) Occupation of mother:—
(a) Household duties8
(b) Factory hand 1
(c) Shop assistant 1
(d) Office work 1
(e) Skin dresser 1
(f) Worker in fields 1
Of the mothers who had still-born babies, four had worked
up to the time of confinement.
Of the total number of mothers who had still-births, 2, or 15.3
per cent had attended the ante-natal clinic once or oftener.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Particulars of the cases, are afforded by the following table :—
Age Group | Cases. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
At Home. | At Hospital | ||||||
Under one year | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | - | - | - |