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In accordance with the terms of the said Order
of the Local Government Board, circular letters were
forwarded to medical practitioners and midwives
practising in the Borough, together with postcards
for their use as required:—
"Town Hall,
"Hammersmith, W.,
"2nd December, 1909.
"Dear Sir,—
"Notification of Births Act, 1907.
"I am directed by the Hammersmith Borough Council
to inform you that the Notification of Births Act, 1907, is, in
pursuance of an Order of the Local Government Board dated
the 18th October, 1909, now in force in the area of the
Hammersmith Borough Council, and to call your attention
to the principal provisions of the Act.
"The Act provides that the birth of a child within the
area of the Borough Council shall be notified within 36
hours from the time of such birth to the Medical Officer of
Health of the Borough by the father of the child or any
person in attendance at the time of or within six hours after
birth. This applies to any child which has issued forth
from its mother after the expiration of the twenty-eighth
week of pregnancy, whether alive or dead. A person failing
to give the requisite notice of a birth will be liable on
summary conviction to a penalty of Twenty Shillings.
"I enclose ten stamped addressed postcards for the
purpose of notification, and shall be pleased to furnish you
with a further supply on hearing from you.
"Yours faithfully,
"H. THOMPSON,
"Town Clerk"
METEOROLOGY.
The average mean temperature registered in
London during last year was 48·9° Fahrenheit. The
highest temperature registered was 86·2° in August.
The lowest temperature was 13·6° in March. Rain
fell on 186 days. The total amount of rainfall was
25·72 inches.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
N. C. COLLIER, L.R.C.P., L.S.A.,
Medical Officer of Health.