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During the year the Children and Young Persons' Act, 1932, was enacted;
the amendments of Part I of the Children Act, 1908 (Infant Life Protection) contained
in the new Act will come into force on 1st January, 1933. The principal
amendments are the raising of the age limit of a notifiable nurse-child to 9 years
from 7 years, and the requirement for persons (except in emergency) to give notice
of their intention to receive a nurse-child, instead of giving notice after reception
of the child.
It is anticipated that during the year 1933 the functions of the "local authority"
under Part I of the Children Act, 1908, as amended, will be transferred from the
Council to the metropolitan borough councils.
Adoption of
Children Act,
1926.
The Adoption of Children Act, 1926, provides for the legal adoption of infants.
A Court, upon the hearing of an application for an adoption order, may appoint
some public body to act as guardian ad litem, with the duty of safeguarding the
interests of the infant before the Court, and, where the body so appointed is the local
authority, may authorise the authority to incur any necessary expenditure.
The Council, at the request of the Home Secretary, has agreed to act as guardian
ad litem of children who are the subject of applications for adoption orders in London.
The Council's medical officer deals with those children who have been or are nurseinfants
under the supervision of the public health department. During the year
1932 the total number of applications dealt with by this department was 59. The
results of the hearings were as follows:—54 full adoption orders and 2 interim adoption
orders were made; 3 applications were refused.

* Including cases of varicose veins, abdominal disorders, tuberculosis of the kidney, spine and joints,
papilloma'of the bladder, gastric ulcer, cnteroptosis, pyrexia, sinusitis, rhinitis, cystitis.