[Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Salford County Borough.
- Salford (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1916
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Salford County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![This number is a decrease on the previous year of 2 per cent. This is largely due to the greater care take by the midwives in notifying, and obtaining medical he] for cases of “ slight inflammation of, or discharge fron the eves/' in compliance with the Rules of the Centn Midwives’ Board. The cases are visited by the Inspector of Midwivei who also visits the cases of inflammation of the eye notified under the Midwives Act. Of the 61 infants visited two left the Borough, tw lost the sight of one eye ; 53 infants recovered, while four are still under observation. Four mid wives were warned re breaches of the Rule under the Midwives Act in connection with Ophthalmi Neonatorum. CLARA LOMAS-HARRIS, M.B., Ch.B., Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30067224_0160.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
