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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.
These regulations came into operation on the 1st February, 1913, and
revoked previous Regulations and all Local Government orders made
thereunder.
Notification by Medical Practitioners.
Article V.—Subject to the provisions of these Regulations every
Medical Practitioner (unless acting as a School Medical Inspector),
attending on or called in to visit any person (whether at an Institution
or otherwise), shall, within forty-eight hours after first becoming
aware that such person is suffering from Tuberculosis, make and sign
a notification of the case in Form A., and shall transmit the notification
to the Medical Officer of Health for the District within which the place
of residence of the person is situate at the date of notification:
Provided that a Medical Practitioner shall not notify a case of
Tuberculosis under this Article if he has reasonable grounds for believing
that the ease has already been notified, either under his Order or under
the previous Regulations or otherwise, to the Medical Officer of Health
for the District within which the place of residence of the person is situate:
Provided further that if a notification is required in pursuance of this
Article in respect of an in-patient at an Institution, the notification shall
be sent to the Medical Officer of Health for the District in which the
usual place of residence of the patient is situate.
Weekly Notification by School Medical Inspectors.
Article VI.—Every School Medical Inspector shall, as soon as
practicable after the end of each week, make and sign a notification
in Form B. of all cases of Tuberculosis of which he has first become
aware in the course of inspections made by him during the week of
children attending Public Elementary Schools, and shall transmit the