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certificates, and must repay any expenses incurred by
the Medical Officer of Health in carrying out these
requirements.
(2) The Medical Officer of Health must keep a
register containing full particulars of every notification
relating to a patient residing in his own District.
(3) The Medical Officer of Health for the District
must forward, weekly, to the County Medical Officer of
Health, a complete statement of every notification
received, containing full particulars of each case.
(4) Under Article viii. of the Order of the Local
Government Board (dated 15th November, 1911), upon
receipt of a notification, the Medical Officer of Health
or some officer acting under his instructions must visit
the address of the patient, make certain enquiries, and
take such steps as may appear to him to be necessary
or desirable for preventing the spread of infection, and
for removing conditions favourable to infection.
All these directions are compulsory and must be
obeyed.
Also, under Article ix. of the previously-mentioned
General Order of the Local Governmeut Board, the Borough
Council may supply such medical assistance, nurses, etc.,
as are necessary for treating cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
in their own homes, or in dispensaries or other
institutions, or may subscribe to a sanatorium or
dispensary.
" Sanatorium treatment," in addition to medical treatment,
may include broadly anything which may tend to
increase the patient's resistance to disease, such as healthy
surroundings, pure air, good light and sufficient food.
Section 75 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
emp nvers a Borough Council to build a hospital, contract
for the use of a hospital, or enter into an agreement with