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Where two or more Medical Officers act for one and the same Poor Law
Institution, these Regulations, so far as they relate to the Medical Officer
of a Poor Law Institution, shall apply to and be executed by such one of
those Medical Officers as is selected or appointed in writing by the Hoard
of Guardians, the Joint Committee, or the Board of Managers to whose
government the Poor Law Institution is subject, or as, in default of any
such selection or appointment, is selected or appointed by Us in writing.
Notifications by District Medical Officers.
Article V.—A District Medical Officer, within the period of forty-eight
hours after his first recognition of the symptoms of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
in the case of a poor person upon whom he is in medical attendance according
to his agreement with a Board of Guardians, shall, in relation to the case,
enter in a printed copy of Form B the particulars therein required to be set
forth in the notification, shall sign the notification, and shall address and, after
prepaying the postage, shall post the notification to the Medical Officer of
Health for the area in which the residence of the poor person is situate.
Notifications by Superintending Officers of Poor Law Institutions.
Article VI.—The Superintending Officer of a Poor Law Institution within
the period of forty-eight hours after the departure from the Poor Law
Institution of a poor person who has been an inmate of the Poor Law
Institution, and in relation to whose case the Medical Officer of the Poor
Law Institution has, in pursuance of Article IV., posted a notification to a
Medical Officer of Health, shall, according to the best information in the
possession of or readily accessible by the Superintending Officer with respect
to the actual or intended place of destination of the poor person and his
intended address at that place, enter in a printed copy of Form C the
particulars therein required to be set forth in the notification, shall sign
the notification, and shall address and, after prepaying the postage, shall post
the notification to the Medical Officer of Health for the area in which the
place is situate.
Notifications by Relieving Officers.
Article VII.—A Relieving Officer, within the period of forty-eight hours
after he has obtained accurate information respecting a change of residence
(other than a change of residence by admission to a Poor Law Institution)
by a poor person who resides or who has resided within the Relief District
assigned to the Relieving Officer, and in relation to whose case a District
Medical Officer has, in pursuance of Article V., posted a notification to a
Medical Officer of Health, shall, in relation to the case, enter in a printed
copy of Form D the particulars therein required to be set forth in the
notification, shall sign the notification, and shall address and, after prepaying
the postage, shall post the notification to the Medical Officer of Health for the
area in which the changed residence of the poor person is situate.
Counterfoils to be filled up, and Remuneration to be allowed.
Article VIII.—(1.) Every officer who, in pursuance of these Regulations,
is required to enter particulars in a notification shall, at the same time, enter
the like particulars in the counterfoil from which the notification may be
detached.