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Notification by Superintending Ofeicers 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
Institution,) of a person in respect of whom a notification has
been made under Article V. by a District Medical Officer.
The notification must be made on a printed form as set
out in the Schedule to the Order, and must be sent to the
Medical Officer of Health for the sanitary district in which
the address to which the person moves is situate.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after the
Relieving Officer has obtained accurate information respecting
the change of residence.
Remuneration to be Allowed.
Provision is made by Article VIII. for the remuneration of
the Officers who have to make notifications under the Order.
In the case of the Medical Officer of a Poor Law Institution or
a District Medical Officer, the remuneration will be at the rate
of one shilling for every notification, but where in relation to
any one case two or more notifications have been posted by the
Medical Officer to the same Medical Officer of Health, his
remuneration will be at the rate of sixpence for every such
notification after the first.
In the case of a Superintending Officer of a Poor Law
Institution or a Relieving Officer, the remuneration will be at
the rate of threepence for every notification.