[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Todmorden Borough.

  • Todmorden (England). Borough Council
Date:
1925
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    is going on, and as opportunity presents itself, endeavour to do their best for the cases with which they are dealing by pointing out wherever necessary how their patients can avail themselves of the work carried out by voluntaiy organisations. In a town the size of Todmorden, this arrangement, which does not appear ver^^ comprehensive when written down, really works quite well. Co-ordination of the ]\I. and C.W. Service with that of the School Medical Service is as complete as it can be, because all your officers carry out work in these artificially divided services which are really one. vSurely the time has come when the artificial barriers w^ere broken down and the unification which is already present in spirit became an accomplished fact. Puerperal Fever.—Only three cases have occurred within the last five years. One having occurred during 1925. Generally speaking the homes of Todmorden are not suitable for nursing cases of Puerperal I'ever, and I look upon it as a matter of very great regret that the Joint Com¬ mittee responsible for the Pielden Hospital has resolved it cannot allow such cases to be admitted. I hope, after what I have said about these hospitals, that steps will be taken in the near future to bring their administration more into line with present day practice, and that then arrangements will be able to be made for the admission of these cases. The following Table shows the number of cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum notified during the 3ear 1925 :— OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. Cases Notified—3. Treated at Home—3. In Hospital 0. Vision unimpaired—3. Vision impaired—0. Total blindness—0. Deaths—0. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—This a is name given to a purulent discharge from the eyes of babies occurring within the first twenty-one days of birth. This is a notifiable disease.