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It is expressly provided that diagnosis of
tuberculosis shall not depend solely upon tuberculin
reaction.
Further, no medical practitioner shall notify a
case if he has reasonable grounds for believing that
it has been already notified under these or the
previous Regulations.
Notifications are to be forwarded in a sealed
envelope addressed to the Medical Officer of Health
of the district in which the patient's usual residence
is situate.
Poor Law Medical Officers will not be required
in future to submit any account of fees claimed by
them. It is the duty of the Local Authority to
pay the amount of the fees due, as soon as may be
practicable after the end of each quarter.
Will Poor Law Medical Officers, therefore, at
the end of the current month kindly let me have
their accounts for notifications under the previous
Regulations made during the month, and thereafter
we will proceed as prescribed by the new Regulations.
The scale of fees payable is set forth on the
accompanying slip.
Under the previous Regulations, Hospital
Medical Officers sent all notifications to the
Medical Officer of Health of the district within
which their Institution was situate; under the
new Regulations they will notify direct to the