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amongst persons in receipt of Poor Law medical relief to be notified
to the Medical Officer of Health. In May, 1911, further regulations
made by the Local Government Board under the same powers
came into force, and extended notification to cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis occurring in hospitals. On the 1st January, 1912, a
third set of regulations made by the Local Government Board under
the same powers as the former regulations came into force, and
extended notification of pulmonary tuberculosis to all cases coming
to the knowledge of private practitioners. Again, on the 19th
December, 1912, another set of regulations was issued by the
Local Government Board revoking the former tuberculosis regulations
and substituting for them an amended set which came
into force on the 1st February, 1913. The chief alteration in these
amended regulations is to extend notification to the Medical Officer
of Health to all forms of tuberculosis. These regulations give
special powers and impose special duties upon Local Authorities.
They are set out in Article XIII., as follows :—
Special Powers and Duties of Local Authorities.
Article XIII.—For the purposes of these Regulations
1. A Local Authority on the advice of their Medical Officer of
Health may supply all such medical or other assistance, and all
such facilities and articles as may reasonably be required for the
detection of tuberculosis, for preventing the spread of infection and
for removing conditions favourable to infection, and for that purpose
may appoint such officers, do such acts, and make such
arrangements as may be necessary.
Provided that nothing in this Sub-section of this Article shall
be deemed to authorise a Local Authoritity to take any of the
measures herein mentioned at any institution other than one
belonging to the Local Authority.