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Woolwich 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Zymotic Enteritis.
Sixty-one cases were notified during the year compared with 65 in 1937 and
63 in 1936. The age incidence is given in Table No. 36. Zymotic enteritis at all
ages and not limited to any particular months has been notifiable in Woolwich
for many years. The number of deaths in children under two years of age certified
to be due to diarrhoeal diseases was 19.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Thirty-two cases were notified, six of which were admitted to hospital.
Nursing assistance in accordance with the Council's scheme was given in the
remaining twenty-six cases, 617 visits in all being paid. The cost of this service
was £30 17s. Od. The following Table No. 45 gives details of each case.

Table: TABLE No. 45. Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1938.

TABLE No. 45. Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1938.

Notified Date.Cases TreatedVision Impaired.Vision Unimpaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
At Home.In Hospital.
24/1/38-Yes-Yes--
15/1/38Yes——Yes——
26/1/38Yes——Yes——
7/2/38Yes-——Yes——
17/3/38—Yes—Yes——
18/3/38Yes——Yes——
23/3/38Yes——Yes——
25/3/38—Yes—Yes——
30/3/38Yes——Yes——
28/4/38Yes——Yes——
14/5/38Yes——Yes——
14/5/38Yes——Yes——
27/5/38Yes——Yes——
10/6/38—Yes—Yes——
15/6/38Yes—Moved from district—Ad dress unknow n.
25/6/38Yes——Yes——
30/6/38Yes——Yes——
12/7/38Yes——Yes——
21/7/38Yes——Yes——
30/7/38Yes——Yes——
6/8/38Yes——Yes——
12/8/38Yes——Yes——
14/9/38Yes——Yes——
15/10/38Yes——Yes——
8/11/38Yes——Yes——
10/11/38Yes——Yes——
12/11/38Yes——Yes——
15/11/38Yes——Yes——
22/11/38Yes——Yes——
23/11/38—Yes—Yes——
15/12/38—Yes—Yes——
15/12/38Yes—-Yes--