English Translation

The Reichsminister des Jnnern Berlin, 18 August 1939. NW 40, Königsplaş 6. IV b 3008/39 Telex: 1079 MI WbtIg. Z, I, II, V, VIII: 11 00 27 It is requested to indicate diefes Geschäftszeihen and III, IV, VI (Unter den Linden 72): 12 00 34 Subject matter in case of further writing. Wire address: Reichsinnenminister. Strictly confidential! Subject: Reporting obligation for misformed etc. Newborns. - (1) To clarify scientific questions in the field of congenital malformation and mental underdevelopment, it is necessary to record the relevant cases as early as possible. (2) I therefore order that the midwife who provided assistance at the birth of a child, including in the event that a doctor was brought in to give birth, must report to the health office responsible for the child's place of birth, in accordance with the form set out in Annex 1 to the Health Offices, if the newborn child is suspected of suffering from the following serious congenital diseases: 1) Idiocy and Mongolianism (especially cases associated with blindness and deafness); 2) Microcephalia, 3) Hydrocephalus and others. 4) malformations of any kind, especially absence of limbs, severe fissures of the head and spine, etc., 5) Paralysis including Little's disease. For birth institutions, birth-related departments of hospitals, the reporting obligation for midwives is only if a leading physician (Abs. 5) does not exist or prevent the foreign-Prussian state governments, Mr Reichskommissàr for the Saarland, Mr Ober- und Regierungspräsidenten, Mr Polizeipresident in Berlin, Mr Oberbürgermeister der Reichshauptstadt Berlin, the Lord Reichsstatthalter im Sudetengau, Mr Landeshauptmen in der Ostmark, Mr Mayor in Vienna. After the Reich Commissioner for the reunification of Austria with the German Reich.