Parliamentary.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12595, 2 July 1904, Page 3

Parliamentary.

c (Special to Herald) Wellington, July 1. The Midwivos Bill is 'designed l< j}ii'<>\ide for the better training of raid wives and to regulate- the practice o midwifery. A register of midwivesi i to bo kept by the Inspector-General o Hospitals, and overy woman is en titled to be registered who has beer for at least three years in bona iid< practice as a midwife, and bears j good character., or who holds a re cognised certificate in midwifery, O] such other certificate as may be ap proved by the Inspector-General Clause 5 reads : "There shall be es lablishcd in A T e,w Zealand one or more State maternity hospitals, where pupiN for nurses can on a payment oi a fee be carefully instructed in all the duties required for the welfare oi mothers and infants during and immediately after child birth. Every District Officer will be a local supervising authority over rnidwives in his district, and shall have power to temporarily suspend any midwife and investigate charges of malpractice, negligence etc. Alter the Ist January, 1906, no woman not registered under the Act shall practice as a midwife.)") Misrepresentation to obtain a certilicato is punishable by twelve manths' iinprisonincnt.