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Health of the Sanitary Authority for the district in
which the case occurs, within 48 hours, any case of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The Medical Practitioner
is to receive a fee of 2s. 6d., payable by the Sanitary
Authority.
(ii.) Every School Medical Inspector, within 48 hours of inspecting
any children attending a public elementary
school, shall notify to the Medical Officer of Health,
for the area within which the school is situate, all
cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis of which he becomes
aware during the course of inspection.
(iii.) The Medical Officer of Health of each Sanitary Authority
is to keep a register of all cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
notified to him. The register is to be open to
inspection only by a person specially authorised.
(iv.) Upon the receipt of a Notification, the Medical Officer of
Health, either personally or through an officer acting
under his instructions, is to make such enquiries and
take such steps as may appear to him to be necessary
or desirable for preventing the spread of infection or
for removing conditions favourable to infection.
(v.) The Medical Officer of Health of each of the Metropolitan
Boroughs is to send to the Medical Officer of Health
of the County of London a weekly statement of the
notifications received by him.
(vi.) The Sanitary Authority, on the advice of its Medical
Officer of Health, may supply such medical assistance,
facilities and articles as may be necessary for detecting
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, for preventing the spread of
infection, and for removing conditions favourable
to infection, and may publish and distribute information
respecting the disease and the precautions to be
taken against the spread of infection. The Sanitary
Authority is also empowered to appoint any necessary
additional Officers.
The New Regulations, as was to be anticipated, have added
considerably to the work of the Health Department of the Council.
Since the 1st January the number of notifications received relating
to Pulmonary Tuberculosis has increased by about 50 per cent, as
compared with the same period of 1911. The majority of these
cases require to be investigated, and in a large number of them a
systematic visitation of the homes has to be carried out, involving
much of the time of the Sanitary Inspectorial Staff and of the Health
Visitors, as well as that of the Office Staff, in the keeping of the
records.