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Determination of Questions or Differences.
Article XI. will enable the Board to determine any
question or difference in relation to anything done under the
Order on the application of any of the parties affected.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Notifiable under Local Acts.
Article XII. deals with those cases in which powers have
been obtained with respect to pulmonary tuberculosis by a
Local Act. Nothing in the Regulations will have effect in
derogation of any power or obligation under any such Act,
but subject to this the Regulations will apply to any district
in which a Local Act containing provisions with respect to
pulmonary tuberculosis is in force.
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 1st 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 1st 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.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) S. B. Provis.
It is to be anticipated that important results will follow on the
action taken by the Board. Valuable information will be obtained
of the extent to which the disease exists amongst the poorer
classes, and the causes responsible for its incidence and spread.
Better methods for preventing the spread of infection must