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Article 18 of the Order of the Local Government Board :—
The following shall he the duties of a Medical Officer of Health as
regards the District or part of a District, for which he is appointed
(in thin article referred to as "his District "):—
(1.) He shall inform himself as far as practicable respecting all
influences affecting or threatening to affect injuriously the
public health within his District.
(2.) He shall inquire into and ascertain by such means as are at
his disposal the causes, origin, and distribution of diseases
within his District, and ascertain to what extent the same have
depended on conditions capable of removal or mitigation.
(3.) He shall by inspection of his District, both systematically at
certain periods, and at intervals as occasion may require, keep
himself informed of the conditions injurious or dangerous to
health existing therein.
(4.) He shall be prepared to advise the Sanitary Authority on all
matters affecting the health of his District, and on all sanitary
points involved in the action of the Sanitary Authority; and
in cases requiring it, he shall certify, for the guidance of the
Sanitary Authority or of the Justices, as to any matter in
respect of which the Certificate of a Medical Officer of Health
or a Mcdical Practitioner is required as the basis or in aid
of sanitary action.
(5.) He shall advise the Sanitary Authority on any question relating
to health involved in the framing and subsequent working of
such bye-laws and regulations as they may have power to
make.
(6.) On receiving information of the outbreak of any dangerous
infectious disease within his District, he shall visit without
delay the spot where the outbreak has occurred, and inquire
into the causes and circumstances of such outbreak, and in
case he is not satisfied that all due precautions are being taken, he
shall advise the persons competent to act as to the measures
which may appear to him to be required to prevent the extension
of the disease, and shall take such measures for the
prevention of disease as he is legally authorised to take under
any Statute in force in the District or by any resolution of the
Sanitary Authority.
(7.) Subject to the instructions of the Sanitary Authority, he shall
direct or superintend the work of the Sanitary Inspector or
Sanitary Inspectors in the way and to the extent that the
Sanitary Authority shall approve, and on receiving information