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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Leyton 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Special Eye Clinic.
The Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon had referred by the
Clinic Medical Officers 49 pre-school children, who made 87
attendances for examination and treatment.
The following conditions were found:—
Hypermetropia with squint 31
Squint only 5
Epicanthus 5
Ptosis 2
Convalescent Home Treatment.
Children.
Twenty-one children recommended by the Clinic Medical
Officers were sent to Convalescent Homes.
Mothers and Children.
Arrangements were made for nine mothers and their children
to have a period of convalescence.

Table: Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

No. of Cases Notified.TreatedVision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
At Home.In Hosp.
.....................

Table: Infant and Foetal Mortality.The following figures show the infantile, neo-natal and stillbirths mortality rates during the last five years.

Infant and Foetal Mortality.

The following figures show the infantile, neo-natal and stillbirths mortality rates during the last five years.

Year.Live Births.Deaths underMortality Rate.Stillbirths.
No.Rate per 1000 (live and still) Births.
1 year.4 weeks.Infantile.Neonatal.
19472,359784533.0619.074217.49
19481,810382220.9912.152714.69
19491,630432726.3816.563420.43
19501,447292220.0415.202718.31
19511,311271720.5912.963123.1