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Bacteriological Examination of Sputa.—154 specimens were
examined in the laboratory, of which 40 proved to be positive and 114
negative.

Section E.
MEANS FOR PREVENTING MORTALITY IN
CHILDREN AND IN INFANCY.
Notification of Births.
By the Notification of Births Act 1907 all births are required to
be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of their
occurrence. This is in addition to the usual registration with the
Registrar of Births.
In 1915, 1,177 births were notified, including 18 still births.
294 were notified by medical practitioners, 223 by midwives, 496 by
parents and 146 from other sources. In 858 cases the parents were
visited and 179 re-visits were made.
When the mother is able to get about she is visited by a Health
Visitor employed by the Borough Council and invited to bring her
baby to one of the three Weighing Centres which are at work in the
Borough.
The following are the addresses and days and hours of
weighings :—
Health Institute, Kingsgate Road Wednesdays, 2.30 to 4.30.
Lyndhurst School, Lyndhurst Road Thursdays, 2.30 to 4.
Emmanuel Hall, Broomsleigh Street Fridays, 2.30 to 4.
At each Centre at these times a doctor is in attendance together
with the Lady Health Visitor of the Borough Council and such
voluntary helpers as are appointed for those days. The work of the
Centres has increased materially during the year and quite a fair
number of Belgian and French babies have attended the weighings.