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success. If the necessary duties of inspection are discharged
by the County Council, the inspection of all the Midwives
in the county could be undertaken by a comparatively small
staff employed for the purpose, and this would involve very
little increase of expenditure. The areas within which such
Midwives practice are generally extensive, and even where the
area is small it would probably be within two or more Districts,
so that, if the powers be delegated, a Midwife would be under
the necessity of giving notice to all the local supervising
authorities in whose area she practised, or intended to practice.
Differences in administration would produce confusion as to
the character of the regulations, and as to the degree of
strictness that the authority might be expected to exercise;
and the differences in administration would necessarily so
harass the midwife as to discourage effort to comply with the
regulations of the various authorities.
The following Adaptive Acts are in force in the District:-
The Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889.
„ „ „ (Prevention) „ 1890.
The Public Health Amendment „ 1890.
The following Bye-laws are in force:—
The cleansing of footways and pavements; the removal
of house refuse; and the cleansing of
earth closets, privies, ash pits, and cesspools.
The prevention of nuisances arising From snow, tilth,
dust, ashes, and rubbish, and the keeping of
animals on any premises as to be injurious to
health.