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of two months immediately preceding the date
on which he first becomes aware of the disease
in the case he is attending ; or
(d) if the case is being treated in a hospital for
infectious diseases.
(2) Every Medical Practitioner who transmits to a Medical
Officer of Health a notification of a case of Measles or German
Measles 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,
shall transmit such notification in the Form set forth in the
Schedule to these Regulations.
Transmission of Notifications.
article VII.—a notification to be transmitted to a Medical
Officer of Health in pursuance of these Regulations shall be
enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to that Officer and
may be transmitted by being delivered to him or by being
delivered at his office or residence, or may be sent by prepaid
letter post addressed to him at his office or at his residence.
Fees for Notification.
Article VIII.—(1) The Local Authority shall pay to every
Medical Practitioner a fee of two shillings and sixpence for
each notification duly made, signed and transmitted by him
under these Regulations if the case occurs in his private
practice, and of one shilling if the case occurs in his practice
as medical officer of any public body or institution.
(2) The said fees shall in each case be deemed to cover
all expenses, including the cost of transmission.
Duties of Local Authorities and Medical Officers of Health.
Article IX.—(1) A Medical Officer of Health on receipt
of a notification under these Regulations in relation to a case
occurring in a house or institution which is not in his District
shall forthwith notify the Medical Officer of Health of the
District in which the house or institution is situated.
(2) Upon the receipt of a notification under these Regulations,
or on becoming aware in any other way of a case or
suspected case of Measles or German Measles in his District,
the Medical Officer of Health, or an Officer of the Local