and shall be present and in attendance at
the time of birth.

2. The eyes of all new born infants shall be treated immediately after
birth with a one per cent solution of nitrate of silver, two drops in
each eye, or with other approved solution and during the first few
days cleansed daily with saturated boric acid solution. Ampoules of
nitrate of silver solution may be obtained free of charge by
charitable institutions upon application to State Board of Health, 713
Wells Fargo Building, San Francisco, or 821 Pacific Finance Building,
Los Angeles.

3. Attention is called to Chapter 724, Statutes 1915, which requires
the reporting of reddened or inflamed eyes of an infant, within two
weeks after birth, to the local health officer of the county or
municipality within which the mother of such infant resides.

4. If the child is kept in the hospital and is not breast fed by the
mother, the feeding and selection of food, shall be under the
direction of a registered physician. If a wet-nurse is provided, she
shall meet the approval of the physician. Whenever advisable the
mother shall be urged to nurse her child.

5. Each maternity hospital shall employ at least one graduate nurse.

6. Any patients afflicted with a venereal or other communicable
disease shall be properly isolated in a separate room and all
necessary precautions taken to prevent the spread of such disease to
other persons.

Disposal of child.

1. Attention is called to section 224 of the Civil Code in accordance
with which a child not retained by the mother must be legally
relinquished before it can be adopted. This relinquishment must be
expressed in writing, signed and acknowledged before an officer
authorized to take acknowledgments, or before the secretary of one of
the organizations mentioned below. Before adoption can take place a
copy of the relinquishment must be filed with the State Board of
Charities and Corrections.

2. Attention is called to Chapter 569, Statutes 1911, providing for
the supervision and control by the State Board of Charities and
Corrections of the placing of dependent children into homes, which
makes it a misdemeanor for any person, association or society to
engage in the work of placing children into homes without a license
from the State Board of Charities and Corrections. The following
agencies have been licensed to place dependent children into homes and
to arrange for adoption:

Berkeley Welfare Society, 2120 Gr