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Notification of Births Act, 1907.
During the year 4595 notifications were received under the Notifications
of Births Act, 1907.
Discrepancies in Registration of Births.
On 27th June a letter was received from the Registrar of Births and
Deaths for Bow stating that a birth (female) which had been returned by
him on 4th June as occurring at an address in Parnell Road really occurred
at an address in Clay Hall Road, and that the Registrar-General had
ordered proceedings to be taken against the father for giving the Registrar
false information. This birth was duly notified to the Medical Officer of
Health under the Notification of Births Act as occurring at the address in
Clay Hall Road on 24th April, 1910.
The Appointment of the Health Visitor.
The Local Government Board sanctioned the appointment of Miss
A. E. Hall, as Health Visitor for the Borough, under the Health Visitors
Order, from the 3rd February, 1910, at a salary of £130 per annum rising
to £140 per annum on the 1st April, 1910, and thence by annual increments
of £10 and one of £5 to a maximum of £185 per annum.
Working Class Women Bill.
A Bill to improve the Conditions of Life of Women of the Working
Classes. Presented by Sir Charles M'Laren, supported by
Mr. Atherley-Jones, Mr. J. M. Robertson, Mr. Snowden, and
Mr. Theodore Taylor.
Memorandum.
"The object of this Bill is to deal with cases where women are
prevented by statute from working before or after childbirth, or where the
husband is imprisoned for cruelty to his wife or children. In these
circumstances the wife is to be provided by the guardians with maintenance
without being considered a pauper for the purpose of disqualifications."
"The Bill also seeks to introduce, after the model of Paris, Berlin,
and other continental cities, a system of municipal creches, wash houses,
public kitchens, with the view of economising domestic labour, and
making home life more attractive to working men, and also lodginghouses
for women, to be provided by the local authorities. It also
embodies a clause on the lines of the Government Milk Bill of last session,
and provides for the appointment of certified midwives in every district.