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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
East Ham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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During 1928, 12 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified in East Ham, visited and treated with no impairment of vision, as shown:—
| Notified. | Cases Treated | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital | |||||
| Lathom Road | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| First Avenue | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Kimberley Avenue | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Walton Road | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Shrewsbury Road | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Fourth Avenue | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Albert Road | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Alverstone Road | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Strone Road | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Flanders Road | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Fourth Avenue | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| High Street North | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Cots for Babies.
The provision of some cots for Clinic babies who are suffering
from malnutrition, dietetic errors, infantile diarrhoea, rickets, etc.,
and requiring careful medical supervision for a short period, would
be of great assistance in those cases where home conditions are
unsuitable, and the mother unable, for various reasons, to attend
the Clinic at frequent intervals. This is done with great success
in many Boroughs.
Free Milk.
Under the Council's scheme £900 worth of free milk was
supplied to expectant and nursing mothers and young children
during the past year. In every case careful investigation of the
family circumstances is made, to secure that only really necessitous
cases shall receive, this benefit.
Voluntary Associations.
Thanks are again gratefully accorded to the Invalid Children's
Aid Association for arranging periods of convalescence
in the country for delicate children referred from the Clinics.
Seventeen young children were sent away through the auspices of
the Association during 1928.
The Infant Welfare Centre in East Ham is affiliated with the
Association of Infant Welfare and Maternity Centres, and the
late Assistant Medical Officer, Dr. Elsie Thompson, was a