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3. The Medical Officer of Health shall, as soon as practicable
after the end of each week, send to the Medical Officer of Health
for the Administrative County within which the district is situate
a statement of every notification received by him during the week
in pursuance of these Regulations and relating to a person whose
place of residence is situate within the district for which he is
Medical Officer of Health. The statement shall show on which
form the notification was made, and shall contain the information
in regard to each person which was given in the notification.
4. Any expenses incurred by a Medical Officer of Health in
carrying out the duties imposed upon him by this Article shall
be defrayed by the Local Authority of the district for which he
is Medical Officer of Health.
Article XII.—Upon receipt of a notification under these Regulations,
the Medical Officer of Health, or an officer of the Local
Authority, acting under the instructions of the Medical Officer of
Health, shall make such enquiries and take such steps as are
necessary or desirable for investigating the source of infection,
for preventing the spread of infection, and for removing conditions
favourable to infection.
Provided that nothing in this Article shall be deemed to
authorise a Medical Officer of Health or other Officer to take any
of the steps herein mentioned at any institution other than one
belonging to the Local Authority, except with the consent of the
Managers of that institution.
Tuberculosis and the National Insurance Act, 1911.
In addition to the Regulations above referred to, the subject
of the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis is further dealt
with by the National Insurance Act, 1911. The following is a
summary of the sections of that Act referring to this subject:—