VPRS 16426 Index to Mothercraft Nurses Register

The Mothercraft Nurses Act 1949 (No. 5413) commenced on 8 November 1949 and established the Mothercraft Nurses Register. Registrations began in January 1951 and a copy of the register was published in the Government Gazette on December 4, 1952. The Maternal and Child Hygiene Branch of the Department of Health was responsible for mothercraft training and registration prior to September 1958 (The Nurses Act 1956 had come into operation on 1 March, 1958), and the Victorian Nursing Council assumed responsibility from this date. The Mothercraft Nurses Act was repealed and the registration of mothercraft nurses was prescribed under the Registered Nurse Division 5 class of the Nurses Act. The registrations included those who had completed study and an examination, and held a certificate of competency as a mothercraft nurse, as well as those who held a certificate of competency as a mothercraft nurse issued before the commencement of the Act by the Department of Health.This volume is an alphabetical index to VPRS 16427 - Mothercraft Nurses Register. It contains names and registration numbers for persons registered as mothercraft nurses from 1951-1959. This covers the registration numbers 1-1402.

《1949年助产护士法》（第5413号）于1949年11月8日正式生效，并设立了助产护士注册登记簿（Mothercraft Nurses Register）。注册工作于1951年1月正式启动，该登记簿的副本于1952年12月4日刊登于《政府公报》（Government Gazette）。
1958年9月之前，卫生部（Department of Health）下属的母婴卫生科负责助产护士的培训与注册管理工作（此前《1956年护士法》（Nurses Act 1956）已于1958年3月1日正式施行），自该日期起，维多利亚州护理委员会（Victorian Nursing Council）接管了相关职责。
《1949年助产护士法》随后被废止，助产护士的注册管理改由《护士法》（Nurses Act）中的注册护士第5分部类别（Registered Nurse Division 5 class）进行规范。此次注册涵盖两类人员：一是完成规定学习并通过考核、持有助产护士合格证书（certificate of competency as a mothercraft nurse）的人员；二是在本法生效前由卫生部（Department of Health）颁发助产护士合格证书的人员。
本卷为VPRS 16427——助产护士注册登记簿的字母索引，收录了1951年至1959年间注册的助产护士的姓名与注册编号，覆盖注册编号1至1402的全部注册人员。