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the patients notified being chiefly of the artisan and working
class. It must be remembered, however, that the notification
of consumption is voluntary, and that only a percentage
of the cases are heard of.
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908.
An *Order of the Local Government Board, dated December
18th, 1908, has been issued,' making it compulsory for all
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis occurring amongst poor
people who are in receipt of either indoor or outdoor relief,
to be notified by a Poor Law Officer to the Medical Officer of
Health, and for the taking of certain measures in such cases.
The Order is issued in pursuance of Section 130 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, as amended and extended by the Public
Health Act of 1891, and the Public Health Act of 1896.
The Notifications are to be sent in within 48 hours after the
first recognition by notifying the Medical Officer of the
symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis, giving, in the case of
inmates of Poor Law Institutions, the address at which the
person notified resided immediately before becoming an
inmate of such Institution.
The Order lays down also—
(1) That it shall be the duty of the Superintending
Officer of a Poor Law Institution to post to the Medical
Officer, on a printed form, of the actual, or intended,
place of destination, and the address of that place or any
person in respect of whom a notification has already been
sent to the Medical Officer of Health, by the Medical
Officer of the Institution. This notification must be
posted within 48 hours of the departure of the person to
whom it relates, to the Medical Officer of Health of the
Sanitary District in which the intended destination of the
person is situated ;
*The Order came into force on January 1st, 1909.