Silverlock's medical and surgical emergency reference book.

Date:
[1885?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Silverlock's medical and surgical emergency reference book. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    have to travel to examine tlie person injured. The distance which he has travelled in returning either from the investiga- tion at the Works, or from the examination of tlie person injured, is not to be added to the mileage; nor must the dis- tance travelled to the place where the injured person is examined be added, unless he has had to travel a greater distance than he would have done in returning from the investigation at the Works, direct to his residence. POOR LAW BOARD EXTRA FEES For Surgical Operations and Midwifery are allowed to District Officers only—not to the Workhouse Officers—nor are Vaccination Fees allowed to Indoor Officers unless specially mentioned in contract. REGISTRATION OF BIBTHS. Births in England and Wales must be registered within forty-two days by either of the parents, under a penalty of 40/. In default of the parents, one of the following parties must do so:—(1) The occupier of the house in which the birth took place; (2) Each person present at the birth; (3) The person who has charge of the child. No fee can be charged by the Registrar for registering a birth within three months, unless he is requested to attend at the house, when he is allowed to charge a fee of one shilling. REGISTRATION OF DEATHS. Deaths must be registered within five days, at the Office of the Registrar for the Sub-district in which the death occurred. No charge for registering a death within twelve months, unless the Registrar attends at a house to register a death, (which he will do on receipt of a written request,) when he is entitled to charge a fee of one shilling. The following persons are qualified to be informants for the registration of deaths:—(1) The nearest relatives of the deceased present at the death or in attendance during the last illness; and in their default, any other relative residing in the same Sub-district as the deceased; in default of all such relatives, (2) each person present at the death, and the occupier of the house in which the death occurred; in default of all the persons above mentioned, (3) an inmate of the house in which the death occurred or the person causing the body to be buried. By Section 20 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874, it is enacted that:—In case of the death of any person who has been attended during his last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practitioner shall sign and give to some person required by this Act to give infor- mation concerning the death, a certificate stating to the best of his knowledge and belief, the cause of death, and such person shall, upon giving information concerning the death or giving notice of the death, deliver that certificate to the Registrar, and the cause of death as stated in that certificate shall be entered in the register together with the name of the certifying medical practitioner.