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(iii) Every birth must be notified whether the child be born alive or dead.
(iv) Any person failing to give notice of a birth as required is liable on
conviction to a penalty not exeeding twenty shillings.
(v) As well as notifying the birth to the Medical Officer of Health the
persons responsible must register it with the Registrar in the usual way.
All Doctors and Mid-wives residing or practising in the
Borough will on application be provided without charge with
stamped addressed letter cards which may be used for the purpose
of notifying births.
By order
GEORGE WHITEHEAD PRESTON.
Town Clerk
TOWN HALL, ROSEBERY AVENUE, E.C.
4th. March, 1908.
As directed by the Act (Section 2 (3)), its provisions were brought
to the attention of the medical practitioners and mid-wives practising
in the district, by means of the following circular:—
Dear Sir (or Madam).
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
I am directed by the Borough Council to inform you that the
above Act having been adopted by them and the consent of the
Local Government Board to the resolution of adoption having been
obtained, the provisions of the Act will come into force within the
Borough on 9th March, 1908.
Further, as directed by section 2 (3) of the Act, I have to bring
its provisions to your attention.
All Births to be notified to the Medical Officer of
Health.—The Notification of Births Act, 1907, is quite a short
measure containing in all only six sections. Of these the most
important is section 1, which provides that, in the case of every
child born in an area in which the Act is adopted, notice in writing
of the birth must be given to the Medical Officer of Health of the
district in which the child is born.
Persons responsible for Notification.—The persons upon
whom the duty of notifying devolves are the father of the child, if he
is actually residing in the house where the birth takes place at the
time of its occurrence, and any person in attendance upon the
mother at the time of, or within six hours after the birth.