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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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case and encourage parents to carry out any necessary
treatment. It is years 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 1938 was 5. Three cases were treated at home, and in no case was the vision impaired.
| Age Group. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At Home. | At Hospital | ||||||
| Under 3 weeks | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — |
(8) TUBERCULOSIS.
Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the area during 1938 are given in this Report in the following form:—
| New Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 5 years | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| 5 to 15 years | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 15 to 25 years | 10 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 25 to 35 years | 15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 35 to 45 years | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 45 to 55 years | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 years | 7 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 65 years and upwards | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 60 | 49 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 |