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NEW LEGISLATION.
Acts of Parliament.
The Milk and Dairies Act, 1914, has been postponed until after the war,
and there was no other general or local public health legislation during the
year.
Orders.
The Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1914,
Notification of Ophthalmia Neonatorum. (5th February, 1914.)
General Order.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the'City of London, in Common
Council assembled;—
To the Councils of tlie several Metropolitan Boroughs, Municipal Boroughs,
and other Urban Districts in England and Wales;—
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in England and Wales;—
To all Medical Practitioners;—
To all Certified Midwives;—
And to all Others whom it may concern.
Whereas We, the Local Goverment Board, are empowered by Section 130 of
of the Public Health Act, 1875, as amended by the Public Health Act, 1898, from
time to time, to make, alter, and revoke Regulations with a view to the treatment
of persons affected with any endemic or infectious disease and for preventing the
spread of the disease; and to provide for the enforcement and execution of the
Regulations;
And whereas Ophthalmia Neonatorum as herein-after-defined is an endemic
and an infectious disease:
Now Therefore, We, by this Our Order aud in the exercise of tlie powers
conferred upon Us by the Public Health Act, 18'i5, the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, and the Public Health Act, 1896, and of every other power enabling Us
in that behalf, do hereby make the following Regulations, that is to say :—
Definitions.
Article I.—In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:—
(а) Words importing the masculine gender include females;
(б) Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include
the singular;
(c) Expressions referring to writing include references to printing, and to
other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form,
and references to printing include references to other mechanical
modes of so representing or reproducing words;
(d) The expression " Local Authority " means, as the case may be. the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London in Common
Council assembled, the Council of a Metropolitan Borough, the
Council of a Municipal Borough or other Urban District, or the
Council of a Rural District;
(e) The expression " District" means the District subject to the jurisdiction
of the Local Authority for the purposes of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, or of the Public Health Act, 1875, as the case may be;