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of 1937, a Doctor must now notify cases of ophthalmia neonatorum direct
to the Medical Officer of Health of the Maternity and Child Welfare
Authority, whether of the County Council or of the District Council.
This measure enables treatment and supervision to be instituted earlier
than was previously the case.
Hospital treatment, whenever necessary, is provided at various
Hospitals, including St. Margaret's Hospital, Kentish Town, and
whenever possible, mother and child are admitted together. Home
Nursing of these cases is undertaken by arrangement with the District
Nursing Association.
The following table shows the final result in the cases above
enumerated :—
In attendance at Confinement.
Final Result.
Doctors'
Cases.
Midwives'
Cases.
Occurred in
Hospitals
outside the
District.
Eyes
Clear.
Died.
Removed.
Unable to
trace.
Notified as
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
6
1
3
2
6
—
—
Discharging
Eye
7
—
5
2
7
—
—
Total
13
1
8
4
13
—
—
"KEEP-FIT'' CLASS FOR MOTHERS.
I am indebted to Miss S. P. Beale, Physical Training Organiser,
for the following report:—
The "Keep-Fit" Class for mothers has continued its weekly meetings
throughout the year with great success. It has had an average attendance
of fifty members each week.
Many new members have enrolled during the year, some being sent
from hospitals by the Doctors, others brought by the members themselves
who have benefited so much that they wish to extend the same benefit
to their neighbours. Others were recommended to join the class by the
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics.