Retinal haemorrhages were studied in a consecutive series of 99 babies delivered by forceps, 94 delivered by vacuum extractor and 207 delivered spontaneously.The incidence of haemorrhages for spontaneously delivered was 27.5 O/o, for those delivered by forceps 38"/0, and for those delivered by vacuum extractor 64O/o. The incidence of haemorrhages in the group of vacuum extractions was significantly higher than among either the group of forceps extractions or the spontaneous deliveries. I n addition, more severe haemorrhages were found in the group of vacuum extractions. Influence on the incidence of haemorrhages by factors other than type of delivery could not be verified statistically.