| Show taby raby farming an exdell excellent ent act of parliament framed for fon the better bettor protection or of infant life will como cohe come into operation in great britian on the first of november bei the tile object or of the new now law is to guard against the iniquitous system of baby farming the act states that the houst hoults a of persons persona retaining or receiving for hire hiro two or more infants for the purpose of nurs lug ing are to be registered the ago age of an infantis infant autis antis is under one year th the local authority af pf the place is a to keep beep the register and may refuse to tro register unless batis satis satisfied ded that the ibe place ie ia suitable or the applicant of god gold character A person so BO registered is to keep a register of all infants received and to produce the bame same when required A local authority for serious neglect or when a 4 person is incapable of providing proper food and attention or if the house is unfit may strike the housa house and name off the register an inquest is to be held on an infant lying in a registered house unless a medical certificate is produced to to the coroner the punishment for an of fence under the act is not to exceed six bix months with or of without hard labor or a fine of twenty nive five dollars pines fines and penalties recovered are togo logo to go to the local rates the statute to the united king Xing kingdom dom and the local authorities thorit thorl leb ties are specified those these are stringent rules jules bu but the abuse of baby farm log ing had in england bugland become so unbearable that something ug of the kind was imperatively demanded in the me trophia the tho metropolitan board of works is the local authority and in the city of L london I 1 on don the common council the apothecaries in some come ot of the florida towns have concluded to shut up shop on the sabbath and attend to their religious duties whereupon the people are agitating the passage of a law forcing u upon prin the comprehension of the drug benders venders the fact that the old man with the boythe scythe and crossbones crosb cross bones bonea prosecutes his hia work every day alike |
