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Leyton 1946

[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 128 pre-school children, who made 176 attendances
for examination and treatment.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
Number of cases treated 74
Total number of attendances 1,571
Convalescent Home Treatment.
Children.
Two children recommended by the Clinic Medical Officers
were sent to Convalescent Homes by the Maternity and Child
Welfare Authority.
Nursing Mothers.
Arrangements were made for 8 mothers and their babies
to have periods of convalescence following confinement.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

No. of Cases Notified.Treated At Home. In Hosp.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blind-ness.Deaths.
4224---

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 underMortality Rate.Stillbirths.
No.Rate per 1000 (live and still) Births.
1 year.4 weeks.Infantile.Neo natal.
(a)19341,454643844.0226.134631.63
19351,493603140.1820.764429.47
19361,421743852.0726.744430.03
19371,420753752.8126.056040.54
19381,509704346.3828.564126.45
(b)19421,452734350.2729.614932.64
19431,595573635.7322.573823.27
19441,613683142.1519.215432.39
19451,474522635.2717.633422.54
19462,223644728.7821.145323.24