- Post-Natal.
- (1) The treatment in a hospital of complications arising after parturition, whether in the mother or in the infant.
- (2) The provision of systematic advice and treatment for infants at a baby clinic or infant dispensary.
- (3) The continuance of these clinics and dispensaries, so as to be available for children up to the age when they are entered on a school register—i.e., the register of a public elementary school, nursery school, crèche, day nursery, school for mothers or other school.
- (4) The systematic home visitation of infants and of children not on a school register as above defined.
Local Government Board, Whitehall, S.W.
July, 1914.
SUMMARY OF THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS (EXTENSION) ACT, 1915
The main provisions of the Act having reference to England and Wales are:
1. That the notification of births and still-births is made compulsory in all cases.
2. That the powers of Sanitary Authorities for dealing with maternity and infancy are extended to County Councils.
3. That a Committee or Committees may be set up for exercising these powers, which must include women and may include other than members of the Authority.
The clause referring to this committee reads as follows: “Any such powers may be exercised in such manner as the Authority direct by a committee or committees, which shall include women, and may comprise, if it is thought fit, persons who are not members of the Authority. Any such committee may be empowered by the Authority by which it is appointed to incur expenses up to a limit for the time being fixed by the Authority, and, if so empowered, shall report any expenditure by them to the Authority in such manner and at such times as the Authority may direct. A committee appointed for the purposes of this section shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years, as the Authority by which it is appointed may determine.”