[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.

  • Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16 cases of ophthalmia were treated, most of them slight or moderately severe cases, which responded quickly and completely to prompt treatment. 3 cases in Shettleston were, however, very acute, the first receiving 47 visits, being seen thrice daily for 12 days; the second 31 visits, thrice daily for 7 days; and the third 15 visits. All three recovered, the first one only having a slight corneal opacity on one eye. Besides the work done for infants, a number of visits were made in connection with infectious or contagious diseases. These may be classified as follows :— Conjunctivitis, - - 37 Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 11 Ringworm, - - - 34 Scabies, Impetigo, Measles, 8 1 1 Table G.—Births Notified during 1912, under the Notification of Births Act, 1907.—Visits made by Health Visitor, ifcc. Births. Revisits for Method of Feeding Infants. In Attendance. Month. T3 T3 g > Mother. Breast. Cows’ Milk. XI o o 43 d C3 <D £ £ 2 ‘So <D « g pH Infant. Othei Reason Alone. With Bottle. With Food. pH a Ph Doctor. ? § Handy- woir 1912. January, 124 138 79 00 62 1 2 13 1 25 40 14 February, ... 1-31 129 60 113 55 4 1 22 33 5 March, 108 126 April, 156 152 May, 126 167 June, 110 113 July, 124 148 August, 109 122 100 31 86 9 2 2 1 13 67 20 September, ... 111 120 63 89 58 2 3 10 45 8 October, 128 138 76 97 70 1 1 4 26 40 10 November, ... 60 61 55 103 48 1 6 15 28 12 December, ... 51 52 39 115 36 1 2 12 18 9 Total, ... 1,338 1,466 472 626 415 14 8 30 5 123 27] 78 The absence of visits, &c., in the above table during the five months, March to July, was due to Nurse Winchester being off duty through illness.