[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Registration of Nursing and Maternity Homes.—Under the Niirsiiity Homes Registration Aet, 1027. 7 a))plieations for registration by j)ri^'ate persons were received, and after ins])ection of the premises and the Staff by the Medical Ollieer of Ilealtli it was recommended that tlie necessary certificates be granted. All the applicants were persons well known, of good reputation, and six of them had carried on their homes successfully for several years, the other one being a new ap))lieant, the widow of a local medical |)raetitioncr of a long standing good rcj)utation in the Borough. No ollieial application from unsuitable ap])lieants was received, so that the (piestion of an Order refusing registration did not arise. An a})plication for exemiHion from registration was granted in the ease of the (icneral Hospital. The re-ins})eetion of the homes during the year found all the obligations being complied with. The M. & C.W. Voluntary Committee. —About 20 vojuntary workers assist in the general routine of the clinics, distributing milk, organizing relief and giving advice to the mothers by holding Sewing ('lasses. Baby Days, and generally interesting themselves and the mothers in the future welfare of their homes and families.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149113_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
