London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St Pancras 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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postal address of the house, and the infectious disease from which,
in the opinion of such medical practitioner, the patient is suffering,
and stating also whether the case ocours in the private practice of
such practitioner, or in his practice as a medical officer of any
public body or institution, and where the certificate refers to the
inmate of a hospital it shall specify the place from which and the
date at which the inmate was brought to the hospital, and shall be
sent to the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which the said
place is situate.
Provided that in the case of a Hospital of the Metropolitan
Asylums Managers, a notice or certificate need not be sent
respecting any inmate, with respect to whom a copy of the
certificate has been previously forwarded by the Medical Officer of
Health of the district to the said Managers.
(2) Every person required by this Section to send a notice or certificate
who fails forthwith to send the same shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
forty shillings.
Provided that if a person is not required to send notice in the first
instance, but only in default of some other person, he shall not be liable to
any fine if he satisfies the court that he had reasonable cause to suppose that
the notice had been duly sent.
(3) The Local Government Board may prescribe forms for the purpose
of certificates to be sent in pursuance of this Section, and if any such forms
are so prescribed shall be used in all cases to which they apply. The sanitary
authority shall gratuitously supply forms of certificate to any medical
practitioner residing or practising in their district who applies for the same,
and shall pay to every medical practitioner for each certificate duly sent by
him in accordance with this Section a fee of two shillings and sixpence 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 institution.
(4) Where a Medical Officer of Health receives a certificate under this
Section relating to a patient within the Metropolitan Asylums District, he
shall, within twelve hours after such receipt, send a copy thereof to the
Metropolitan Asylums Managers, and to the head teacher of the school
attended by the patient (if a child), or by any child who is an inmate of the
same house as the patient. The Metropolitan Asylums Managers shall repay
to the Sanitary Authority the fees paid by that Authority in respect of the
certificates whereof copies have been sent to the Managers. The Managers
shall send weekly to the County Council, and to every Medical Officer of
Health, such return of the infectious diseases of which they receive certificates
in pursuance of this Section as the County Council require.
(5) Where in any district of a sanitary authority there are two or more
Medical Officers of Health of that authority, a certificate under the Section
shall be sent to such one of those officers as has charge of the area in which
the patient referred to in the certificate, or to such other of those officers as
the sanitary authority may direct.