The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-17
COUNTY HEALTH
OFF|CERIS
BUSY
Plans Registration for All
Practicing Midwifery In
Montgomery

ROCKVILLE. Md, Sept. 17.-If
plans of Doctor William T. Pratt,
county health officer, bear the ex.
pected results, Montgomery county
will soon have corps of expert
midwives. Although there has been
law in effect for a long time re.
curing midwives to register after
proving themselves qualified, II has
never been very strictly enforced
and only about twenty of the sixty
now engaged in the work have
complied with the law, providing
penalties, and Doctor Pratt pro.
poses, he stated today, to see that
the law Is enforced to the letter
just as soon as all who intend to
engage or continue in the work of
midwifery are given a chance to
qualify and register.
The law requires all midwives to
undergo an examination and reg.
lister, excepting those engaged in
the work prior to 1910. To enable
the unregistered to equip them.
selves for the examination, Doctor
Pratt has arranged to conduct a
school Of instruction" in the high
school building at, Rockville. The
first session will be held next Frs.
day morning. The course will in
clude lectures by Doctor Pratt and
demonstrations by the county
nurses, Misses Hermine Badenhoop
and Bertha Wilson Upon the con
clusion of the course, all will be
given a reasonable time in which
to register, after which the unreg.
istered who attempt to practice will
be prosecuted.
DIR. Pratt stated today that he
will keep a list of all registered
nurses, and will be in a position
to provide them when called upon.
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Norman Jones. a young Washing
ton negro, was fined $500 and costs
and sentenced to three months in
the house of correction, by Judge
Samuel Riggs, in police court here,
following his conviction on a charge
of violating the county local option
law, by having intoxicating liquor
In his possession with the intention
of selling it. He was, ii was charged,
one of the several Washington
negroes who attended a colored pic.
mic st Germantown. this county, last
month, and had with them a supply
Jones, 1t was represented got away,
but several of the others were ar
rested at the time. Jones was not
arrested until few days ago by
Washington police. He noted an
appeal to the circuit court, and the
case will be tried at the November
term.
Licenses have been issued here
for the marriage Of Meryl A.
Thompson, twenty.three, of Wash.
irgton, and Miss Hattie Viola
Schnick. nineteen, of Baltimore, and
Richard H. Bryant. twenty-one, and
Miss Odeal Mcclure, twenty, both
OF Louisa county, Va.
The work of examining the
public school children of Mont
gomery county for physical defects
| which was begun last spring by
Doctor William T. Pratt, county
health officer. and the county
nurses, Misses Badenhoop and vii.
son, will be resumed on Friday,
and thereafter three days a week
will be devoted to the work
throughout the school year. About
600 pupils were examined last
spring out of total of something
like eight or nine thousand. All
children found needing treatment
will be referred to their family
physicians. Doctor Pratt also will
arrange for dental clinics to be
held in various parts of the
country.