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Hammersmith 1914

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1914

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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 Local Authority shall pay to every Certified
Midwife a fee of one shilling for each notification duly made,
signed and transmitted by her under these Regulations.
(3) Every fee shall be paid as soon as practicable after
the end of the quarter during which the notification was sent,
and the Local Authority shall not require before payment an
account of fees claimed under these Regulations.
(4) The said fees shall in each case be deemed to cover
all expenses, including the cost of transmission.
Duties of Medical Officers of Health.
Article IX.—The duties assigned to the Medical Officer of
Health by the Sanitary Officers (London) Order, 1891, or the
Sanitary Officers (Outside London) Order, 1910, as the case
may be, shall be deemed to extend to and to include all action
by the Medical Officer of Health in the execution of these
Regulations.
Notification not required in certain cases.
Article X.—Nothing in these Regulations shall be deemed
to require a notification to be transmitted to a Medical Officer
of Health in respect of the child of an inmate of any building,
ship, vessel, boat, tent, van shed or similar structure belonging
to His Majesty the King.
Short Title.
Article XI.—These Regulations may be cited as "The
Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1914.''
During the Year the London County Council
issued By-laws made by them under Section 9 of the
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908,
for regulating the conduct of the business of a Fish
Curer and a Vendor of Fried Fish.