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Southall 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There was one case of ophthalmia neonatorum notified in 1940, as is shown in
Table No. 39.
The Council has an arrangement with the London County Council by which
cases of ophthalmia neonatorum are treated at St. Margaret's Hospital, Hampstead,
N.W. In some cases the mothers are admitted with the child in order that breast feeding
may be continued.
Table No. 38.
| Cases notified | 1 |
| Cases treated at home | 1 |
| Cases treated in hospital | — |
| Vision unimpaired | 1 |
| Vision impaired | — |
| Total blindness | — |
| Deaths | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis.
No cases were notified in the Borough during the year.
The following table shows the various infectious diseases (other than tuberculosis)
notified during the year and also their age incidence:—
Table No. 39.
Notifiable Diseases during the year (other than Tuberculosis).
| Diseases | Ages | Total cases notified | Cases admitted to hospital | Deaths | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and over | ||||
| Whooping cough | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | - | - | |
| Scarlet fever | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | 57 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | 55 | - | 3 |
| Measles | 13 | 18 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 158 | 8 | 12 | - | - | - | 309 | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 7 | 4* | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4* | - | |
| Pneumonia | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 17 | 32 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal 'meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1* | - |
| Meningococcal meningitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2* | - |
| - | |||||||||||||||
*To London hospitals or institutions outside the district.
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