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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
Barking 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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7. PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
The prevention of blindness has become largely a measure of dealing with inflammation
of the eyes soon after birth.
We receive, of course, the ordinary notification in cases where the condition has
developed to ophthalmia neonatorum, and, also, your nurses come across minor cases.
The following table shows that the number of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum during 1933 was approximately the same as during 1932, being 14 compared with 13 in 1932. All of these 14 cases were treated at home, and in no case was the vision impaired.
| Age Group. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| At Home. | At Hospital. | ||||||
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Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the area during 1933 are given in this Report in the following form :—
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During the year, 160 notifications were received of all forms of tuberculosis—
pulmonary 122 and non-pulmonary 38 and there were 13 deaths of un-notified cases
(11 pulmonary and 2 non-pulmonary), making a total of 173 new cases during the
year.