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should be provided as part and parcel of the same service. There are undoubtedly
administrative difficulties on either side but it is the Borough Council's hope that
both the London County Council and the Ministry of Health will incline to the
view that where this domiciliary midwifery service has been established and is
functioning well it should be left undisturbed.
During the year no major statute was passed as regards public health work
comparable with the two major Acts of the previous year—The Public Health
(London) Act and the Housing Act. There were passed however three acts dealing
with subjects on the fringe of public health, namely, The Air Raid Precautions Act,
the Factories Act and the Physical Training and Recreation Act. In addition, the
Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act, which deals with the growing custom of
disinfestation by the cyanide method, and enables the Minister of Health to make
regulations concerning the use of this highly poisonous material, was passed, but
to the end of the year no regulations had been made by the Minister.
The report which follows covers the outlines suggested by the Ministry of
Health.