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The year under survey has been in many respects a very
active one with respect to Public Health administration.
The voluntary notification of Phthisis has also been adopted
with the greatest benefit, especially to the poor.
The subject of Infantile Mortality has been well to the fore,
and with the appointment of a Health Visitor and instructions to
mothers as to proper food for the infant, not forgetting the attempt
to supply the very poorest with that food, I think we ought in
time to see some good result.
The Notification of Births Act, 1907, has also come into force
and should prove of very great value.
No one who has watched the growth and development of
infants when fed and mothered as they should be will have the
slightest doubt as to the physical soundness of our population.
Under the auspices of the Philanthropic Society a Baby Show
was held in the summer and a more creditable display of infant
life could not possibly be found anywhere.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your Obedient Servant,
C. F. FENTON.