[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Chatham Borough.
- Chatham (Kent, England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1904
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Chatham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![reason and commonsense alike show that the interests of the two towns are identical, and that the natural result of their close proximity is that a combined scheme should be carried out. With a view to effecting this preliminaries have been settled, and if enquiries show that a mutual saving will result, I venture to think that such a scheme will be realised in the near future. HOUSE REFUSE. —In some parts of the Borough where large accumulations are apt to occur this is removed daily, and in other parts two or three times a week. The new covered carts are infinitely superior to the old open dust cart, which is seldom effectually covered, and on windy days is productive of great nuisance and danger to health. Some means should be devised whereby householders should deposit their rub- bish on the pavement in properly constructed receptacles instead of the varied assortment which are to be seen daily in our streets, and whose chief characteristic is their unsuitability for the purpose for which they are used. The refuse is carted away to the confines of the Borough, and undergoes a modified process of destruction. The ashes are used for brick making, and the paper, vegetable, and animal refuse, (kc., is burnt. MID WIVES’ ACT, 1902.—The object of this Act is to secure the better training and registration of Midwives, and to ensure proper supervision of their mode of practice. The Act states that after April 1st, 1905, no woman shall take the title of Midwife, nor practice midwifery unless she is certified under this Act, and that no woman shall be certified until she has complied with the rules and regulations set forth in the Act. These rules necessitate a course of training, an examination, and subsequent certification, and for the carrying out of this plan a Central Midwives Board has been formed. Prior to the above mentioned date a certain number of women who were able to produce certificates of character, and of having been in bona fide practice as midwives for at least twelve months, were placed on the Register. Certain specific duties in connection with this Act are to be carried out by Borough Councils, and they are briefly as follows:— (1) . To exercise general supervision over all midwives practising within the area. (2) . To investigate charges of malpractice, negligence, or miscon- duct, on the part of any midwife practising within their area, and if a ])rima facie case be established, to report the same to the Central Mid- wives Board. (3) . To suspend any Midwife from practice, in accordance with the rules under the Act, if such suspension appears necessary to prevent the spread of infection.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29098853_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
