[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Salford County Borough.
- Salford (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Salford County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
357/372 (page 345)
![Special acconimodation lias been provided at Lady well Sanatorium for this class of case. As the regulations require proin])t notification of rise of temperature, special attention for these cases is quickly available, and if necessary a Consultant may be called in, arrangements for which have been made. Bacteriological examinations of lochia and blood are made on rec^uest at tJie Municipal Laboratories. In cases where the doctor does not think it necessary to remove the patient to Hospital, she can be nursed at home, a special nurse (trained, and a midwife) being sent from the Maternity and Child Welfare Department to nurse the case under the supervision of the patient’s own doctor. The same precautions are taken with Puerperal Pyrexia as with Puerperal Fever, the disinfection and suspension of midwives being carried out in a similar manner. Disinfection. Five midwives were disinfected on account of being in contact with a notifiable infectious disease other than Puerperal Fever. Three midwives were disinfected at Mode Wheel Disinfecting Station on account of having been in contact with Pemphigus Neonatorum ; in two cases in which it was found that the rash had developed after the midwives had ceased to attend the patients, th^ midwives in question had disiiifecting baths at home. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. During the year 1930, 34 cases of Ophthalmia N?onatorum were notified, six of these being notified or re-notified by the Medical Staff of the Royal Eye Hospital, y](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30067364_0357.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
