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STATE OF ILLINOIS,

COUNTY.

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being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a resident of..

.in the county of..

Illinois; that he is a graduate in medicine, having received a diploma from..

..day of..

practiced medicine and surgery in the State of Illinois for a period of....

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COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATION OR EVASION OF THE LA

Owing to a want of time the Board has not been able to give t attention always needed to the investigation of applications, and complaints against those violating the law, but its intentions and be endeavors have been to wrong no one. In many instances complaint have been brought to the notice of the Board by rivals against other who were amenable, and in some cases against those not amenable, t the law. In such cases the Board has advised moderation in acting against them, in order that they might have time in which to comply with the provisions of the law. Owing to the fact that there has been a general disposition to comply with the law, the Board, desiring to avoid even the appearance of persecuting any one, has for the most part discouraged prosecutions. Information received in such complaints was not always reliable; but more attention has been paid to the complaints of parties who were themselves on proper record in this office, or in the office of the county clerks, than those not on record. It has not been an uncommon occurrence that complaints against others were made by those who had neither registered in the office of the county clerk, nor were on record in this office, nor had given any evidence that they had complied with either law. This to some extent was owing to the fact that two laws, each imperfectly or ambiguously drawn, were e

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MIDWIVES.

The Board in entering upon the enforcement of the medical practice act, considered it imperative to attend to the demands made upon it by general practitioners, and paid little attention to midwives. Four hundred and twenty four certificates have however been issued to midwives, a comparatively large number, taking into consideration that owing to the amount of time and labor needed for issuing of certificates to medical practitioners, the systematic work of licensing midwives did not begin till a very recent date. In many counties of the state the proportion of midwives to general practitioners of medicine is very large-and much remains to be done to secure their complete licensing and registration.

ADVERTISING.

pimas. There were 1Our or more scubanost wuose diplomas also should have been rejected on account of suspected laxity in issuing them, and the Board is hoping soon to secure the necessary proofs to warrant it in rejecting their diplomas. Recently none of these bogus diplomas have been offered for verification, and the Board has accomplished more in breaking up this nefarious traffic than any other agency has been able to do.

A number of respectable and influential newspapers announce that they will not receive advertisements of such character for insertion in their columns henceforth.

At a meeting of the Board held at Chicago, in August, 1878, the subject of unprofessional medical advertisements was discussed. Soon afterwards, before the Board had actually revoked any certificates of practice of those rendering themselves subject to such action by the Board, the bill of N. J. Aikin vs. State Board of Health, was filed in Cook Circuit Court in Chancery, at the October term, praying for au injunction restraining the proposed action upon the part of the Board, of revocation of the certificate it had issued to said Aikin.

The Hon. E. S. Williams rendered an able decision in which the prayer for injunction was denied.

The said N. J. Aikin took an appeal therefrom to the Appellate Court, and again without any relief, that Court declining to interfere with the decision of Judge Williams.

The work accomplished in carrying into effect that portion of the Medical Practice Act which consists in issuing of certificates to those who come under the provisions of the law, has been accurately tabulated and is hereto appended.

A register has been kept of all certificates issued to physicians and accoucheurs, and of the returns thereon, made by the county clerks and said register is made a part of the report herewith submitted in manuscript.

It is respectfully urged that this register be printed separately, and as a supplement to this report.

Statement of certificates issued from July 1st, 1877, to December 31st, 1878, inclusive.

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This total includes certificates issued to licentiates upon examination by the Board, as follows:

To practitioners..
To midwives.

Total

150

48

198

EXHIBIT OF FORMS OF PRACTICE, so far as known, of those holding Certificates from Illinois State Board of Health.

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There are on file in this office 178 affidavits from parties who come under the exemption clause, and do not ask for certificates.

There are also on file about four hundred applications for certificates from parties who have not complied with all the necessary conditions, and there are many applications on file from parties to whom certificates have been refused.

The following are copies of blank affidavits prepared for use under the Medical Practice Act, and copies of the different forms of certificates issued under the seal of the Board and signatures of its members.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,

.COUNTY.

being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a resident of...

..in the county of.

Illinois; that he is a graduate in medicine, having received a diploma from..

.day of..

practiced medicine and surgery in the State of Illinois for a period of....

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