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Regulations, and shall as soon as practicable after these Regulations
come into operation, and afterwards from time to time
when application is made to them, furnish printed copies of
the said Form to every Medical Practitioner resident or
practising within the District of the Local Authority.
Notification by Parents or Guardians.
Article V.—Every Parent or Guardian, or other person,
as soon as he becomes aware of, or has reasonable grounds
for supposing that any person in his charge is suffering from
Measles or German Measles shall, unless the case has been
already notified by a Medical Practitioner, forthwith notify the
case to the Medical Officer of Health for the District, stating
the name and age of the patient, and his address.
Notification by Medical Practitioners.
Article VI.—(i) Subject to the provisions of these
Regulations, every Medical Practitioner, as soon as he becomes
aware that a person upon whom he is in professional attendance
is suffering from Measles or German Measles, shall forthwith
make and sign a notification of the case in the Form set out
in the Schedule to these Regulations, and shall transmit the
notification to the Medical Officer of Health for the District:
Provided that a Medical Practitioner shall not be required
to notify a case of Measles or German Measles under this
Article and shall not be paid a fee for so doing—
(a) if he has reasonable grounds for supposing that
the case has already been notified under these
Regulations ; or
(b) if the case is notifiable or has been notified by a
Medical Practitioner under the Infectious Disease
(Notification) Act, 1889, Section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, or under
the provisions of any Local Act or Order made
thereunder: or
(c) if a case of the disease which he is attending,
whether Measles or German Measles, has to his
knowledge occurred in the same household or
institution, and been notified within the period