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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Your Consultant Gynaecologist draws up approved hygiene for the eyes at birth,
your Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon draws up our approved treatment for
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, and your Inspector of Midwives takes up each case as it
should arise and your Health Visitors follow up each case and encourage parents to
carry out any necessary treatment. It is years ago since we had a case where vision
has been impaired by reason of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The following table shows that the number of cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum during 1934 was
| Age Group. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At Home. | At Hospital. | ||||||
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8. TUBERCULOSIS.
Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the area during
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During the year, 162 notifications were received of all forms of Tuberculosis—
pulmonary ] 30 and non-pulmonary 32 and there were 10 deaths of un-notified cases
(6 pulmonary and 4 non-pulmonary), making a total of 162 new cases during the
year.