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Ealing 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum .—There were five cases of ophthalmia neonatorum notified during the year. The following table shows that favourable results occurred in all the cases.
| Number of Cases Notified. | No. Treated . | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 in Nursing Home. | 5 | None. | None. | None. |
Tuberculosis.—In Table IX is indicated the number of new
cases of pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis notified during
the year in the whole of the extended area, together with the number
of deaths in the various age-groups. There were 70 deaths from
pulmonary and 9 deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis, which
give death-rates of 0.76 and 0.10 respectively, and a total tuberculosis
death-rate of 0.86 per 1,000 population. There were five deaths from
pulmonary tuberculosis in persons who had not been previously
notified: all were of persons dying outside the district, the
deaths being transferred to Ealing.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | Pulmonary | Non-Pulm'y | |||||
| Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | Male | F'male | |
| 0—1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1—5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 5—10 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — |
| 10—15 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 15—20 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 20—25 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | — |
| 25—35 | 12 | 14 | — | 1 | 9 | 10 | — | 1 |
| 35—45 | 15 | 7 | — | — | 9 | 8 | — | —. |
| 45—55 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 55—65 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 65 upwards | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 49 | 44 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 5 |