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Number of infants which may be kept. The number of nurse infants to be kept in a notified
dwelling will be fixed by the Council, and no infant must
in excess of the number so fixed.
Inspection. A visitor duly appointed and authorised in writing
by the Council will from time to time inspect the infants
referred to in any notice and the dwelling in which they
are kept in order to be satisfied as to the nursing and
maintenance of the infants and to give any necessary
advice or directions.
It will be an offence to refuse to allow such officers to
visit or examine the infants or the dwelling.
Improperly keeping infants An infant shall not be received
(a) into premises that are overcrowded,
ous or insanitary,
(b) by any person who by reason of negligence,
ignorance or other cause is unfit to have
the care of it,
(c) by any person from whose care an infant has
been removed by order of a local authority,
(d) by any person who has been convicted of
cruelty to an infant.
Life insurance. A person who receives an infant in respect of which
notice is required to be given cannot benefit under any
insurance on the life of the infant, and any such person
who directly or indirectly insures or attempts to insure
the life of such infant will be guilty of an offence.
Separate cots. Each infant should sleep in a separate cot. Section
13 of the Act provides for a penalty under the conditions
set out in the section where an infant dies of suffocation
when sleeping in the same bed as an adult.
Fire guards Every fire should be protected with a fire guard.
Section 15 of the Act provides for a penalty where
through the absence of fire guards an infant is killed or
suffers serious injury.
Intoxicating liquor. Any person who gives intoxicating liquor to an infant
under the age of five years is liable to a penalty of three
pounds, except it is given on the order of a doctor or in
case of sickness or other urgent cause
Any further information and the forms of notice above
referred to can be obtained on application to the Chief Officer
of the Public Control Department, 31, Spring Gardens, S.W.