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throughout the Borough of Lambeth for the prevention of
infantile mortality are proving successful. In this connection,
the systematic visiting of all houses wherein births have been
registered and the widespread distribution of pamphlets on
infant-feeding, together with the influence of the Municipal Milk
Depot, must not be forgotten (vide Milk Depot, page 154). The
results should prove even more satisfactory when the Notification
of Births Act, 1907, is in working order within the Borough.
This Act received the Royal Assent on August 28th, 1907, and
is an Adoptive Measure, i.e., it is not in force in any district
until adopted by the Local Authority—the council of a Borough,
including Metropolitan Boroughs, or the Council of an Urban or
Rural District, but the Local Government Board has power, by
Order, to declare that the Act shall be in force in the area of any
Local Authority which has not adopted it, if the Board think it
expedient to do so. The object of the Act is to secure the early
notification of Births (within 36 hours) in connection with the
prevention of infantile mortality, and it is anticipated that this
early notification will prove of the greatest value, enabling
prompt visits to be made to houses wherein births have taken
place, pamphlets dealing with the proper treatment and management
of infants to be left with the parents, and advice to be
given as may be found necessary.
The Lambeth Borough Council at a special meeting held on
October 17th, 1907, adopted the Act throughout the area of the
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth, in pursuance of a Special
Notice given to every member of the Council, on September 14th,
1907. This fact was duly advertised in 4 papers circulating
within the Borough, as laid down in the Schedule to the Act, and
notices were given to all persons concerned of the resolution of
adoption by posting the same at church and chapel doors, and in
other public places.
*The Local Government board approved ot the adoption ot the
Notification of Births Act, 1907, throughout the Borough of Lambeth from
Mouday, March 9th, 1908.
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