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Notification of Births Act, 1007.
This Act was ado- ted by the Council on January 13th, and came into
force on February 19th. J 908, after confirmation by the Local Government
Board. During the past year 4,000 notifications were received. These
births were notified as follows:—
Notified by medical men 998
Notified by parents 919
Notified by certified midwives 1960
3877
Stillborn births notified 123
4000
Midwives.
During the year 301 visits were paid to midwives by the Inspector of
Midwives for the purpose of information or inspection.
At the end of 1919, 28 midwives were registered as practising in
Croydon, and during 1920 four new names were added, leaving 32 on the
register at the end of 1320.
SECTION IV.
TUBERCULOSIS WORK.
The following paragraphs give a general summary of the
arrangements made for dealing with tuberculosis, and are arranged
seriatim to correspond with the headings in Circular No. 168 of the
Ministry of Health:—
The Medical Officer of Health is Chief Administrative
Officer for Tuberculosis.
The Specialist Clinical Tuberculosis Officer ranks as an
Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Tuberculosis. His
principal work is at the Dispensary, but he also acts as Consulting
Physician to the Tuberculosis Ward in the Croydon
Borough Isolation Hospital.
There is one Tuberculosis Dispensary situate at 13,
Katharine Street, Croydon, attached to which, in addition to
the above-mentioned Clinical Tuberculosis Officer, there are
two nurses and three clerks.
The residential institutions at which tuberculous patients
are treated under the town scheme are:—
Larchfield Sanatorium, Caterham—14 beds for women
—leased to the Corporation by contract.