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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
Surbiton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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| Notified. | Cases. | Vision Unimpaired | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treated. | ||||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum is a purulent discharge
from the eyes within twenty-one days of
birth.
All notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
are now sent direct to the Surrey County Council
by the local general practitioners, as the County
Council are the authority for Maternity and Child
Welfare in this district.
Puerperal Pyrexia and Puerperal Fever.
Five cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified
during the year, two being removed to hospital and
the others nursed at home. No deaths occurred.
The Public Health Act, 1936, which came into
force 011 the 1st October, 1937, incurred an alteration
in the notification of Puerperal Fever. Puerperal
Fever is now omitted from the definition of notifiable
disease, and the obligation to notify cases of
Puerperal Pyrexia now includes the obligation to
notify conditions previously notifiable as Puerperal
Fever as Puerperal Pyrexia.