[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.
- Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1926
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![lOB Small quantities of :— MEDICINES. Cod Liver Oil, Ex. Cascara Liquid, Glycerine, Glycerine of Borax, Liquid Paraffin, and Iron Tonic Mixture. DRESSINGS, LINTS. Boracic, White Bandages, Cotton Wool, Gauze and Strapping. POWDERS. Calomel j ablets. Grey Pow^ders, Soda Citrate, Boracic Crystals and Dusting Powder. OINTMENTS. Boracic, Sulphur, Salicylic, WTite Precipitate, Zinc, Vaseline and Petroleum Jelly were given at all Centres. 3.—HEALTH VISITORS. The Corporation employ four whole-tim.e Health Visitors to whom are allotted different wards of the Borough. The only change in the staff has been that Nurse B. M. Booth, Cerrifed Midwife, resigned at the close of the year, and was succeeded by Nurse F. Hinchliffe, Certified Midwife. In addition to the ]3revention of infant mortalitv the Health Visitors have done good work in the prevention of blindness, see table XVH. ' One is glad to report that for the first time in the record- ed history of the Borough there is no blind child under the age of 6 years. Nurses Petford, Batty and Hinchliffe, have received maternity traming, and act as assistant Inspectors of Mid- wives, under the Medical Officer of PIcalth. Their visits are recorded in the following table XLL](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28903365_0094.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
