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INFANT MORBIDITY.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Number of cases notified: 14.
Number treated at home: 12. In hospital: 2.
Vision unimpaired: 14. Impaired: nil. Blindness: nil.
Deaths: nil.
Of the 14 cases notified three were infants who were born in
and had been notified from London hospitals.
All cases were mild in character and made complete recovery.
Two infants were admitted for treatment under the Council's
provisions to St. Margaret's Hospital, Hampstead. Three other cases
were treated under the Council's arrangements by the staff of the
local District Nursing Association.
Pemphigus.
Pemphigus of the new-born has since 31st July, 1935, been
notifiable in this district. One case was notified during the year.
Incidence of dental disease.
The following table summarises the findings regarding the
dental condition of children at various ages up to five years. In
group A the condition of the teeth was satisfactory ; group B
represents those cases where minor fillings but not extractions might
be required. In group D urgent treatment including extractions
is required, while Group C is intermediary, treatment being required
though not necessarily extractions.
Attending Not attending
Age. Infant Welfare Centre. Infant Welfare Centre.
A. B. C. D. A. B. C. D.
1-2 95 2.4 1.2 0.9 98 0.8 0.8 -
2-3 85 12 1.7 - 88 7 4
2-4 59 15 20 4 63 14 17 4
4-5 40 27 22 1 48 19 28 5
As was to be anticipated children of 1-2 years showed little
evidence of caries, the incidence of which steadily increased with
increasing age.
It will be noted that while the proportion of those who had
sound teeth was slightly greater in the case of those children who did
not attend the clinic than in those who did, there was less major
dental trouble in those children who attended the clinic, presumably
because those with bad mouths in attendance at the clinic had
obtained treatment.