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in the case of a poor person who is an inmate of the institution, post
to the Medical Officer of Health for the sanitary district in which
the person resided immediately before he became an inmate of the
institution a notification of the case.
The notification must be made on a printed form as set out in
the Schedule to the Order.
Notification by District Medical Officers.
Article V. directs that a similar notification shall be posted to
the Medical Officer of Health by the District Medical Officer in
the case of any poor person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis
on whom he is in medical attendance according to his agreement
with a Board of Guardians.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after the
District Medical Officer has first recognised the symptoms of pulmonary
tuberculosis, and must be addressed to the Medical Officer
of Health acting for the sanitary district in which the residence of
the poor person is situate.
Notification by Superintending Officers of Poor Law Institutions.
Under Article VI. it will be the duty of the Superintending
Officer of a Poor Law Institution to post to the Medical Officer of
Health on a printed form as set out in the Schedule to the Order a
notification of the actual or intended place of destination and address
at that place of any person leaving the institution in respect of
whom a notification has been made by the Medical Officer of the
institution under Article IV.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after the
departure of the person to whom it relates, and must be sent to the
Medical Officer of Health of the sanitary district in which the
intended destination of the person is situate.
Notification of changes of address by Relieving Officers.
Article VII. provides that a Relieving Officer shall notify any
change of address (other than by admission to a Poor Law Institu-