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During the portion of the year that the Act came into force 2,508
notifications were duly received. These births were notified as
follows :—
Notified by medical men 504
Notified by parents 1204
Notified by certified midwives 578
Notified by uncertified midwifery nurses 222
2,508
The number of births which actually occurred in the borough
during the date that the Act came into force and the end of the year
was approximately 3,460. The number of births notified by parents,
medical men and midwives therefore amounted to 72 per cent. of the
total. There was therefore a very large number of instances in which
the requirements of the Notification of Births Act were not complied
with.' In order to raise the percentage of notifications, letters are
addressed to those found to be in default.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.—No application
under Section 26, 53 and 54 Vict., c. 8, was received during the year
DISINFECTION.—Daring the year 1,069 houses and 1,119 lots of
clothing were disinfected.
The articles disinfected were as follows :—604 Beds ; 472 Mattresses
; 1,239 Blankets ; 306 Sheets ; 1,413 Pillows ; 275 Bolsters ; 30
Palliasses ; 67 Cushions ; 23 Carpets ; 2.823 Other Articles. Total,
7.252-
The premises available for public disinfection are at Factory
Lane, and have long been admittedly inconvenient and unsuitable
for the purpose The substitution of more suitable premises was,
however, postponed until it was decided what should be done with
the present building's at Factory Lane, which have hitherto housed
the disinfector and the sewage extractor. Owing to the establishment
of new works at Beddington Farm, the extractor is no longer
used, and certain necessary alterations in the main sewers have made
it necessary to provide new premises for the disinfecting station.
Plans of the new building are in preparation, and will shortly be
submitted to the Council.