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Under the Notification of Births Acts, 1907, which came
into force on March 9th, 1908, the following Notifications
of Births have been received:—
1908 (10 months) 3473
1909 (12 months) 5143
These Notifications have given rise to a large amount of
work, clerical and inspectorial.
The practice adopted, on the receipt of a notification is
for the house to be visited and information given, as required,
in connection with the proper rearing and management
of young children, except in such cases where the infants
are under the care of a Medical man, or qualified
nurse, or where the status of the mothers is such as to
render a visit undesirable. A second visit is also paid
after an interval of three or four months (i.e., about the
time when it is expected, from experience, that the mothers
will have commenced to wean their children, from one cause
or another), as far as practicable. The addresses of all
infants registered under the Registration of Births Act, are
also received weekly from the Registrars, so that the Notification
Returns can be corrected from time to time.
MUNICIPAL MILK DEPOT.
The Council's Milk Depot, situated at 66 York Road,
Westminster Bridge Road, has again effected good during
1909.

*27 were aged a fortnight or under, viz: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4,
8, 8, 10, 12, 12, 13, 14. 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, days respectively.