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Commencement of Regulations.
Article II.—These Regulations shall come into operation
on the First day of April, One thousand nine hundred and
fourteen, and shall then and thereafter apply and have effect
throughout England and Wales, and shall be enforced and
executed by every Local Authority.
Supply Forms oj Notification.
Article III.—For the purposes of these Regulations every
Local Authority shall provide and maintain a sufficient supply
of printed copies of the Form set out in the Schedule to these
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 certified midwife resident or practising
within the District of the Local Authority.
Notice of Provisions of Regulations.
Article IV.—The Local Authority shall forthwith cause
notice to be given to all Medical Practitioners and to all
Certified Midwives resident or practising within the District of
the Local Authority of the duties imposed upon them by these
Regulations.
Notification by Medical Practitioners.
Article V.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations
every Medical Practitioner, on first becoming aware that
a child upon whom he is in professional attendance is suffering
from Ophthalmia Neonatorum, shall forthwith make and sign
a notification of the case in the Form prescribed for the purpose
of certificates under Section 3 of the Infectious Disease
(Notification) Act, 1889, at the same time stating in writing,
either on the form or on a separate sheet attached to the form,
the date of birth of the child, the name and address of the
parent or other person, if any, having charge of the child, and
the date of the onset of the disease, and shall transmit the
notification and statement aforesaid to the Medical Officer of
Health for the District within which the place of residence of
the parent or other person, if any, having charge of the child
is situate at the date of notification: