[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton] page 37

Leyton 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Special Eye Clinic.
The Council's Ophthalmic Surgeon had referred by the Clinic
Medical Officers 112 pre - school children, who made 147 attendances
for examination and treatment.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
Number of cases treated 86
Total number of attendances 1,548
Convalescent Home Treatment.
Children.
Five children recommended by the Clinic Medical Officers
were sent to Convalescent Homes by the Maternity and Child
Welfare Authority through the agency of the Invalid Children's
Aid Association.
Nursing Mothers.
Arrangements were made for 8 mothers and their babies
to have periods of convalescence following confinement.

Table: Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

No. of Cases Notified.	Treated		Vision Unimpaired.	Vision Impaired.	Total Blindness.	Deaths.
No. of Cases Notified.	At Home.	In Hosp.	Vision Unimpaired.	Vision Impaired.	Total Blindness.	Deaths.
1	1	-	1	-	—	—

Table: Infant and Foetal Mortality.The following figures show the variations in the infantile and neo-natal mortality rates, and in the number of stillbirths during two five-year periods (a) the five years preceding the war; and (b) the last five war years.

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Infant and Foetal Mortality.

The following figures show the variations in the infantile and neo-natal mortality rates, and in the number of stillbirths during two five-year periods (a) the five years preceding the war; and (b) the last five war years.

Year.	Births.	Deaths under		Mortality Rate.		Stillbirths.
		Deaths under		Mortality Rate.		No.	Rate per 1000 (live and still) Births.
		1 year.	4 weeks.	Infantile.	Neonatal.	No.	Rate per 1000 (live and still) Births.
(a) 1934	1,454	64	38	44.02	26.13	46	31.63
1935	1,493	60	31	40.18	20.76	44	29.47
1936	1,421	74	38	52.07	26.74	44	30.03
1937	1.420	75	37	52.81	26.05	60	40.54
1938	1,509	70	43	46.38	28.56	41	26.45
(b) 1941	1,129	37	20	38.30	20.70	31	26.72
1942	1,452	73	43	50.27	29.61	49	32.64
1943	1,595	57	36	35.73	22.57	38	23.27
1944	1,613	68	31	42.15	19.21	54	32.39
1945	1,474	52	26	35.27	17.63	34	22.54

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Table: Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

Table: Infant and Foetal Mortality.The following figures show the variations in the infantile and neo-natal mortality rates, and in the number of stillbirths during two five-year periods (a) the five years preceding the war; and (b) the last five war years.