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And whereas Ophthalmia Neonatorum as hereinafter
defined is an endemic and an infectious disease:
Now therefore, We, by this Our Order and in the exercise
of the powers conferred upon Us by the Public Health Act,
1875, the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Public
Health Act, 1896, and of every other power enabling Us in
that behalf, do hereby make the following Regulations, that is
to say:—
Definitions.
Article I.—In these Regulations, unless the contrary
intention appears:—
(a) Words importing the masculine gender include
females;
(b) Words in the singular include the plural, and the
words in the plural include the singular;
(c) Expressions referring to writing include reference
to printing, and to other modes of representing or
reproducing words in a visible form, and references
to printing include references to other mechanical
modes of so representing or reproducing words;
(d) The expression "Local Authority" means, as the
case may be, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons
of the City of London in Common Council
assembled, the Council of a Metropolitan Borough,
the Council of a Municipal Borough or other
Urban District, or the Council of a Rural District;
(e) The expression "District" means the District subject
to the jurisdiction of the Local Authority for
the purposes of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, or of the Public Health Act, 1875, as the
case may be;
(f) The expression "Medical Officer of Health" means
Medical Officer of Health of a Local Authority;
(g) The expression "Medical Practitioner" means any
person for the time being registered under the
Medical Acts;
(h) The expression "Certified Midwife" means a
woman certified under the Midwives Act, 1902;
(i) The expression "Ophthalmia Neonatorum" means
a purulent discharge from the eyes of an infant
commencing within twenty-one days from the
date of its birth.