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5.— (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 the Public Health (Notification
of Infectious Disease) Regulations, 1918, 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
to the medical officer of health of 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:
Provided that a medical practitioner shall not be required to notify
a case of ophthalmia neonatorum under these regulations if the case is
notifiable or has been notified under the Infectious Disease (Notification)
Acts.
(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) Acts 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.
6. A notification to be transmitted to a medical officer of health in
pursuance of these regulations shall be addressed to that officer and
may be transmitted by being delivered to him or by being delivered at
bis office or residence, or may be sent by prepaid letter post addressed
to him at his office or at his residence. The notification shall either be
enclosed in a sealed envelope or shall be folded in such manner that
during its transmission the particulars of the notification cannot be
observed.
7.— (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 of any institution.
(2) 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.
(3) The said fees shall in each case be deemed to cover all expenses,
including the cost of transmission.
8. The medical officer of health of the local authority shall forward a
copy of every notification received by him under these regulations to
the medical officer of health of the administrative county within which
the district is situate within twenty-four hours after the receipt of the
notification.
9. The provisions of sub-section (4) of section 55 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, shall apply to any notification received by a
medical officer of health of any local authority in the Administrative
County of London, in pursuance of these regulations, in like manner as
the provisions of the sub-section apply to a certificate received by a
medical officer of health under the said section.
10. Where a child is an inmate of any building, ship, vessel, boat,
tent, van, shed, or similar structure belonging to His Majesty the King,
nothing in these regulations shall be construed as requiring a notification
to be transmitted to a medical officer of health in respect of that
child in any case not falling within the provisions of paragraph (b) of
section 5 of the Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916
(as made permanent by the Expiring Laws Act, 1926), and as applied