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(1) The Health Visitor shall, in relation to each person visited, enter on
a suitable card or in a book to be called "the Health Visitor's
Report. Book" all such particulars as the Sanitary Authority or the
Medical Officer of Health require to be ascertained and recorded,
and shall submit the cards or Health Visitor's Report Book to the
Sanitary Authority or the Medical Officer of Health so often and
at such times as may be required, and, subject to the directions of
the Medical Officer of Health, shall keep the cards arranged so
that any card may be readily available for reference at any time
when the card is not in use for the purpose of a visit.
(2) The Health Visitor shall, under the direction of the Medical Officer
of Health, discharge such duties, not being duties of a Sanitary
Inspector, as may be assigned to her by the Sanitary Authority in
connection with and for the purposes of the administration by the
Sanitary Authority of any public and general Act or local and
personal Act under which powers are conferred or duties are
imposed upon the Sanitary Authority with respect to matters
relating to public health, the housing of the working classes, and
the notification of births, or of any bye-laws or regulations made
under any such Act.
(3) The Health Visitor shall discharge such duties in substitution for,
or in addition to, any duties assigned to her under the paragraph
numbered (2) in this Article in connection with any of the Acts,
bye-laws or regulations mentioned in that paragraph, or in connection
with other Acts, bye-laws or regulations as may be
prescribed by Us, whether generally, by further regulations made
by Us in pursuance of the Act, or, in the case of any particular
Health Visitor, by an Instrument issued by Us in that behalf under
Our Hand and Seal.
(4) The Health Visitor shall observe and execute, in regard to matters
not specifically provided for in this Order, any such instruction
issued by Us and any such order or direction of the Sanitary
Authority or the Medical Officer of Health as may be applicable to
her office.
Salary.
Article IX.—The Sanitary Authority shall pay to every Health
Visitor such salary as may be approved by Us:
Provided always that the Sanitary Authority may, with Our approval,
make an allowance to any Health Visitor in respect of clothing where
uniform or other distinctive dress is required by the Sanitary Authority, or
pay her a reasonable compensation on account of extraordinary services, or
other unforeseen or special circumstances connected with her duties or the
necessities of the district for which she is appointed.