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tion of sputum in suspected cases of phthisis. Nine
specimens were submitted to the Clinical Research
Association at the request of medical gentlemen, all
of which gave a negative result.
In December last the following circular enclosing a
copy of the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1908, was received from the Local Government
Board : —
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1908.
Local Government Board,
Whitehall, S.W.,
18th December, 1908.
Sir,
I am directed by the Local Government Board to state that they have
had under consideration the desirability of affording facilities for the
extension of administrative action for the prevention of tuberculosis,
and that with this view they have issued an Order in pursuance of
Section 130 of the Public Health Act, 1875, as amended and extended
by the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Public
Health Act, 1896, to provide for the notification to the Medical
Officers of Health of Sanitary Authorities of cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis occurring amonst the inmates of Poor Law Institutions,
or amongst persons under the care of District Medical Officers, and
for the taking of certain measures in such cases.
Notifications by Medical Officers of Poor Law Institutions.
Article IV. of the Order directs that the Medical Officer of a
Poor Law Institution, as defined by Article 1., shall, with 48 hours
after his first recognition of the symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis