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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
Wimbledon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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thorough investigation into all maternal deaths, still-births and
infant deaths.
During the year, 3 cases of puerperal fever were notified, and all made good recoveries. The following table shows the number of eases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum, and the result of the early treatment.
| CASES. | Vision. Unimpaired. | Vision Total Impaired- Blindness. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
There were no deaths from measles, 3 infantile deaths were
due to whooping cough. No cases of epidemic diarrhoea or of
poliomyelitis were notified.
During 1925, the record of Home Visitation work was as
follows:—
Number of births notified 622
„ „ „ registered 712
Number of births visited 5123
„ „ „ re-visited—under 1 yr. 1,690
—over 1 yr. 2,536
„ „ Still-births and Deaths 28
„ „ Opthalmia cases visited 3
„ ,, Expectant mothers visited 106
„ „ re-visits to expectant mothers 80
„ „ ineffectual visits 649
„ „ Special visits 139
Total welfare visits 5.754
Number of puerperal fever visits 4
„ „ tuberculosis visits 70
„ „ malaria visits —
.j „ school visits (half-day) 156
,, „ visits to parents of
school children 94
324
6,078
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