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Notification by Superintending Officers of Poor Law
Institutions.
Under Article VI. it will be the duty of the Superintending Officer of
a Poor Law Institution to post to the Medical Officer of Health on a
printed form as set out in the Schedule to the Order a notification of the
actual or intended place of destination and address at that place of any
person leaving the institution in respect of whom a notification has been
made by the Medical Officer of the institution under Article IV.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after the departure
of the person to whom it relates, and must be sent to the Medical Officer
of Health of the sanitary district in which the intended destination of the
person is situate.
Notification of changes of address by Relieving Officers.
Article VII. provides that a relieving officer shall notify any change
of address (other than by admission to a Poor Law Institution) of a person
in respect of whom a notification has been made under Article V. by a
District Medical Officer.
The notification must be made on a printed form as set out in the
Schedule to the Order, and must be sent to the Medical Officer of Health
for the sanitary district in which the address to which the person moves
is situate.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after the Relieving
Officer has obtained accurate information respecting the change of
residence.
Remuneration to be allowed.
Provision is made by Article VIII. for the remuneration of the officers
who have to make notifications under the Order. In the case of the
Medical Officer of a Poor Law Institution or a District Medical Officer,
the remuneration will be at the rate of one shilling for every notification,
but where in relation to any one case two or more notifications have been
posted by the Medical Officer to the same Medical Officer of Health, his
remuneration will be at the rate of sixpence for every such notification
after the first.
In the case of a Superintending Officer of a Poor Law Institution or
a Relieving Officer, the remuneration will be at the rate of three pence for
every notification.