[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet UDC 1909].

  • Friern Barnet (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet UDC 1909]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    chitis, 2 ; measles, 1 ; diphtheria, 1 ; meningitis, 1 ; other causes, 2. I drew attention to the absence of a single death from diarrhoea in 1907 ; during 1908 there were 5; now again there are not any deaths from this cause. I attribute the lower infantile mortality for 1907 and 1909 to the absence of deaths from this disease, influenced no doubt by the climatic conditions then obtaining. With regard to a further factor, it is too early yet to gauge what the effect of the Notification of Births Act may have in this direction. Notification of Births Act. This Act was adopted in 19U8. The method of admini- tration is :— (1) A card of procedure outlining the Act. (2) A notification card, as follows is supplied, stamped and addressed, to the medical men and midwives of the neighbourhood :— (Urfiem district £ounctf of Sttern Q^arnef. INotificaticn of Births Act, 1907. To the Medical Officer of Health. Names of Parents Address Dat9 and time of birth, being alive or dead, the Act requiring the noti¬ fication of birth alive or dead, after the 25th week of pregnancy, If parent not to be visited, please state—No visit required. Name and address of person sending card. 1. Notification of birth most be sent to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours after birth, under a penalty not exceeeing 20/- in case of default. 2. The duty of notifying falls firstly on the father, but if he is not living at home at the time, secondly, on any person in attendance upon the mother at the time of, or within 6 hours after the birth. 3. Therefore those in attendance upon the mother should arrange amongst themselves who will send the notification to the Medical Officer of Health.