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The Board may, however, on the application of the Council of
the district direct that so much of the Regulations as relates to a
notification by a Medical Officer of a Poor Law Institution or a
District Medical Officer shall not have effect in relation to that
district.
Date on which the Order comes into effect.
The Order will take effect on and after January Ist next, and it
is desirable that the arrangements which are necessary to facilitate
carrying it out should be made without any delay. In fixing January
Ist. as the date when the Order shall come into operation the
Board have had regard to the convenience, from a statistical point
of view, of the Order taking effect at the commencement of a
calendar year. If, however, any delay occurs in the printing of the
forms, it may be understood that it will not be necessary to carry
out the Regulations until these can be obtained.
This circular was followed by a memorandum from
the pen of Dr. Newsholme the Medical Officer of the
Local Government Board of which the following is a
precis so far as it affects a Metropolitan Borough:—
The tuberculosis regulations deal only with
Phthisical paupers who are resident either at home or
in poor law Institutions. It is considered that help is
more urgently needed in cases of poor relief than in
others.
In addition, however, the Local Government Board
advises Borough Councils to adopt the voluntary
notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and recommends
the payment of reasonable fees to medical men
for the same. Dr. Newsholme suggests that such
cases as are so reported could be dealt with alongside
those compulsorily notified by Poor Law officials.