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Enfield 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.

Cases.Vision UnimpairedVision impairedTotal blindnessDeaths
NotifiedTreated.
At home.In Hospital.
211

It is the duty of the midwife who discovers that a child is
suffering from discharge from the eyes, to notify the County Medical
Officer immediately. A local practitioner is then called in to see
the case, whose duty it is to notify me forthwith. The child is
visited by one of the Maternity and Child Welfare Nurses who reports
thereon to me, and the information is passed on to the County
Medical Officer of Health.

TUBERCULOSIS.

The following table shows the number of notifications of Pulmonary and Other Forms of Tuberculosis received during the year:—

Ward.Pulmonary.Other.
Fresh Cases.Old Cases re-notified.Duplicates.Fresh Cases.Old Cases re-notified.Duplicates.
Town8-112-1
Chase1733374
Ordnance2240614
Green Street and Ponders End282703-2
Bush Hill Park82304-
Hadley and Cockfosters12
Totals83718423113