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Hendon 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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The following table shows the particulars of the cases which occurred :—
TABLE XXI.
| Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | Removed from District. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At Home. | in Hospital. | ||||||
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | — | — | — | 2 |
HENDON ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
Cases Treated during 1936.
On January 1st, 1936, there were 50 patients in hospital;
during the year 483 cases were admitted, thus the total number
of patients treated in the hospital during 1936 was 533. The
total number of admissions was 30 less than in the previous
year, a decrease in the number of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria
cases having been to some extent offset by an increase in the
number of Measles and Whooping Cough cases.
There were 14 deaths and 465 discharges during the year,
leaving on December 31st, 1936, 54 patients in hospital.
The above facts classified according to the disease notified
on admission, are shown in the following table :—