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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
Woolwich 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 60.
| Date Notified. | Cases Treated. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | |
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Home Nursing. Five cases were nursed at home. The
number of visits paid was 93, an average of 19 visits per case.
The cost of this service was £4 13s. Od.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
Three notifications were received. In one instance the
diagnosis was not confirmed; the child died from tuberculous
meningitis. The ages of the other two were 2 and 14
years, respectively. Both were admitted to hospital. The
number of notifications in 1927 was three and in 1926 it
was five.
Nursing assistance is provided for such cases. Under
this scheme 41 visits were paid by a district nurse to one
case notified in 1927. In the later stages hospital treatment
is available at Queen Mary Hospital, Carshalton, and locally,
orthopaedic treatment can be given at the Remedial Clinic
of the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association.