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in respect of whom a notification has been made by a
District Medical Officer under Article V.
Article VIII. provides for the payment of one shilling
to Medical Officers for primary notifications of a case, and
sixpence if a second notification is necessary. The sum of
three pence is to be paid to Superintending or Relieving
Officers for each notification.
The Local Government Board, recognising that some
of the provisions of the Public Health Acts relating to
infectious disease are not usually appropriate in cases of
pulmonary tuberculosis, have, by Article IX. (1) provided
that nothing in the regulations shall have effect so as to
apply or to authorise any one to put in force any enactment
with respect to a person in relation to whom a notification
has been made, which would render him or any other person
liable to a penalty or subject him to any restriction,
prohibition, or disability affecting him or his employment,
occupation, means of livelihood, or residence, on the ground
of his suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Subject to what is stated in the preceding paragraphs,
the Board consider it desirable that Sanitary Authorities,
acting upon the advice of their Medical Officers of Health,
should utilise their powers for the purpose of preventing
the spread «f infection from pulmonary tuberculosis.
The order confers some special powers which the Board
consider suitable for the purpose, and which are set out in
Article IX (2) of the Order, as follows :—
Take such measures as are authorised by any
enactment relating to public health, relating to the
destruction and disinfection of infected articles, or the
cleansing or disinfection of premises ;