[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Officers under the auspices of the local branch of the Workers’ Educational Association. In October, the first number of Better Health,” a monthly magazine devoted to health education, was issued. The Journal is published by the Central Council for Health Education of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, and for local purposes, is provided with a supplement in which is given, month by month, an account of local public health activities, etc. The magazine is sold and distributed through the various Child Welfare Centres, Clinics and Hospitals, and also through certain social and religious organisations. NEW LEGISLATION AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH. 1. Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926. This Act came into operation on 1st July, 1927, and the following is a summary of its main provisions :— (1) Prohibits the disposal of a dead body except on a registrar’s certificate or Coroner’s Order. (2) Prescribes the conditions under which registrars may issue certificates. (3) Requires person undertaking disposal of a dead body to notify registrar of date and place of disposal within 4 days. (4) Prohibits the removal of a dead body out of England until expiration of prescribed period after notice given to Coroner. (5) Prohibits the burial of still-born children in burial grounds except with certificate of Registrar or Order of Coroner. (6) Prescribes form of medical certificate of cause of death and ])rocedure of certification and registration. The certifying doctor now gives to the relatives a certificate of the fact of death, and sends in a sealed envelope direct to the Registrar a certificate stating the cause of death. 2. Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926. This Act came into operation on 1st July, 1927, and the following is a summary of the main provisions ;— (1) It amends Section 91 of the Public Health Act, 1875, by deleting the word “ black ” before smoke, and by extending