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Provided that a Medical Practitioner shall not be required
to notify a case of Ophthalmia Neonatorum under these
Regulations in any of the following cases; that is to say,—
(а) If the case is notifiable or has been notified 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
(b) If the case has been notified by a Certified Midwife
as hereinafter provided.
(2) Every Medical Practitioner who transmits to a Medical
Officer of Health a notification of a case of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum 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 at the same time state 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.
Notification by Certified Midwives.
Article VI.—Subject to the provisions of Article X. of
these Regulations every Certified Midwife who has reasonable
grounds for supposing that a child upon whom she is in
attendance or whom she is called in to visit in the course of
her practice is suffering from Ophthalmia Neonatorum, shall,
unless the case has been already notified by a Medical Practitioner,
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 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.
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.