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The Paddington (Acute Rheumatism) Regulations, 1927, dated January 25, 1927,
made by the minister of health.
Whereas the Minister of Health is empowered by section 130 of the Public Health Act,
1875, as extended to London by the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and as amended by
the Public Health Act, 1896, from time to time to make, alter, and revoke regulations with
a view to the treatment of persons affected with any endemic or infectious disease and for
preventing the spread of the disease, and to provide for the enforcement and execution of the
regulations;
And whereas acute rheumatism, as herein defined, is an endemic disease :
Now therefore, the Minister of Health, in pursuance of the recited enactments and of all
powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations, that is to say:—
Definitions.
1.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:—
(a) The expression "local authority" means the Council of the Metropolitan Borough
Borough of Paddington;
(b) The expression "the district" means the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington;
(c) The expression "medical officer of health" means the medical officer of health
of the local authority;
(d) The expression "medical practitioner" means any person for the time being
registered under the medical Acts, and resident or practising within the district;
(e) The expression "acute rheumatism" means the following conditions, occurring
separately or together in a child under the age of 16 years:—
(1) rheumatic pains or arthritis, if accompanied by a rise of temperature;
(2) rheumatic chorea;
(3) rheumatic carditis.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of these regulations as
it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Commencement of Regulations.
2. These regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, One thousand
nine hundred and twenty-seven, and shall continue in operation for a period of one year from
that date, and shall be enforced and executed in the district by the local authority.
Notice of Provisions of Regulations.
3. The local authority shall forthwith cause notice to be given to every medical practitioner
of the duties imposed upon him by these regulations.
Notification by Medical Practitioner.
4. Subject to the provisions of these regulations, every medical practitioner, as soon as
he becomes aware that a child who is resident within the district and upon whom he is in
professional attendance is suffering from acute rheumatism, shall forthwith make and sign a
notification of the case in the form set forth in Schedule A to the Public Health (Notification
of Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1918, and shall transmit the notification to the medical
officer of health :
Provided that a medical practitioner shall not be required to notify a case of acute rheumatism
under this article and shall not be paid a fee for so doing if he has reasonable grounds
for supposing that the case has already been notified under these regulations.
Supply of Forms of Notification.
5. For the purposes of these regulations the local authority shall provide and maintain
a sufficient supply of printed copies of the prescribed form of notification, 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 medical
practitioner. ,