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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
18 notifications were received (11 from doctors and 7 from
midwives), referring to 17 cases.
Of these, 2 were illegitimate children whose mothers were
not Leyiton residents, and they are therefore not included in
Table II.
All the cases were visited and re-visited. At the end of the
year, of the 15 Ley ton cases 11 were cured without damage to
vision, 3 were dead, and 1 had left the district; 10 were treated
by private practitioners, 3 at hospitals, and 2 in the infirmary.
TUBERCULOSIS.
160 deaths occurred from all forms of Tuberculosis, representing
a death-rate of 1.28 per 1,000 of the population. The
corresponding figures for Pulmonary Tuberculosis were 114 and
.92.
Notifications of 235 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 70
of other forms of Tuberculosis were received during the year.
These cases were visited by the Tuberculosis Officer or
his staff and verbal and written instructions given as to the
necessary precautions to be taken to prevent the spread of the
disease.
Dr. Ross, the Tuberculosis Officer, has been appointed by the
Leyton Council, Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Tuberculosis
purposes without salary.
Close co-operation is maintained between the Tuberculosis
Officer, who is appointed by the Essex County Council, and the
Medical Officer of Health. The arrangements as set forth in last
year's report have been continued. Notifications of cases of
Tuberculosis have been received from the following Institutions:—