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5.—A complete bath should be taken, soap being freely used.
The nails should be cut short and the hands first scrubbed and then
immersed for five minutes in 1 in 1,000 perchloride of mercury solution.
Midwives and Nurses must not resume work until they have
satisfied the Corporation that the requirements of the Medical Officer
of Health as regards disinfection and other precautions have been
complied with.
H. MEREDITH RICHARDS, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall.
COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
PUERPERAL FEVER & OTHER ACCIDENTS
OF CHILDBIRTH.
These are best avoided by attending to the following simple rules
during pregnancy:—
Diet should be plain, easy of digestion, nutritious, and taken at
regular intervals. Milk should be taken freely, and beer, wine, or
spirits only sparingly and under medical advice.
Exercise should be moderate in amount, and in the fresh air.
Violent exercise and fatigue should be avoided.
Rest should be taken daily in the afternoons, and mental excitement
avoided.
Clothing should be loose and warm, woollens being worn next the
skin.
Bathifig should be carefully attended to, especially towards the
end of pregnancy.
The Bowels should act daily—cascara is a useful simple laxative.
Infectious Disease. Pregnant women should avoid contact with
any kind of infectious disease, and with patients suffering from discharging
sores.
The Nipples during the last two months of pregnancy should be
bathed with boiled warm water, and glycerine of borax applied daily.
When taken in labour the patient should have a warm bath, plenty of
soap and water being used, and fresh clean underclothing ba put on.