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Compulsory Notification of Births.
(4) That the President of the Local Government Board should
be requested to make the Notification of Births Act compulsory
throughout the Kingdom.
Reduction of Infant Mortality.
(5) That the time has come for carrying on a general educational
campaign throughout the country with the object of further reducing
infant mortality and securing the better care of the mother before
and after the birth of the child, and that the Executive Committee
of this Association be requested to take the necessary steps to this
end.
Grants in aid for Infant Welfare Centres.
(6) That in the opinion of this Conference any grant from the
Exchequer in aid of Schools for Mothers, Babies' Welcomes, and
similar organizations should be administered under the Local
Government Board through the Public Health Authority in order
that administrative overlapping be avoided.
The Royal College of St. Katharine.
The following letter was submitted to the Public Health and Housing
Committee :—
14, Great Marlborough Street,
London, W.
6th April, 1914.
Sir,
Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra, the Patron of the College of
St. Katharine, has declared her will that the benefits of the ancient
Foundation shall be restored to the poor of East London, and has
entrusted the Lord Chancellor with the necessary authority to
frame new Rules for carrying her will into effect.
These Rules provide that there shall be established in the East
of London a College of resident Health Visitors (that is, women
possessing nursing, obstetric and public health Certificates and
experienced in maternity work), who shall (1) devote themselves to
maternity and health visiting in defined areas under the direction
and control of the Medical Officers of Health of the Borough Councils
in the poorer districts of East London, and (2) report to the Medical
Officers through the principal (the official head of the College who shall
possess similar qualifications) the results of their visits.