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An Order by the Local Government Board was
issued in terms as follows :—
Declaring the Notification of Births Act, 1907,
to be in force.
BETHNAL GREEN,
CAMBERWELL,
CHELSEA,
HACKNEY,
HAMMERSMITH,
LEWISHAM,
AND
WANDSWORTH.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
To the London County Council;—
To the Councils of the Metropolitan
Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Camberwell,
Chelsea, Hackney, Hammersmith, Lewisham,
and Wandsworth, being Local Authorities
within the meaning of the Notification of Births
Act, 1907;—
And to all others whom it may concern.
WHEREAS by Section 2 of the Notification of Births Act,
1907 (herein-after referred to as "the Act"), provision is made
with respect to the adoption, and to the incidents and consequences
of the adoption, of the Act by a local authority, including
the resolution of adoption, and the consent of the Local Government
Board to that resolution;—
And whereas by Section 3 of the Act it is enacted that the
Local Government Board may by Order declare that the Act shall
be in force in the area of any local authority who have power to
adopt the Act, although the Act has not been so adopted, if They
think it expedient, having regard to the circumstances of the area,
and that in that case the Order of the Local Government Board
shall have the same effect for the purpose as a resolution of
adoption duly passed by the local authority of the area and assented
to by the Local Government Board;