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the Local Government Hoard, themselves provide, or contract with any person
to provide, a temporary supply of medicine and medical assistance for the poorer
inhabitants of their District;
And whereas it is expedient that, subject as hereinafter stated, the sanction
of the Local Government Board should be given under the above-cited
enactment to the provision by any such Sanitary Authority of a temporary
supply of the medicine known and hereinafter referred to as " diphtheria
anti-toxin," and of medical assistance in connection with the temporary supply
of diphtheria anti-toxin ;
And whereas, in pursuance of the enactments in that behalf, the Local
Government Board, by the Sanitary Officers (London) Order, 1891, prescribed,
in relation to Medical Officers of Health appointed by the Sanitary Authorities
for the execution of the said Act, regulations with respect to the duties and
salaries of the said -Medical Officers of Health ;
And whereas, with respect to the said Medical Officers of Health, it is
expedient that further provision should be made with regard to the following
matters ; that is to say—
(a) the duties of the said Medical Officers of Health in connection with
the use of diphtheria anti-toxin in cases of disease, as well for the
prevention of disease as for the prevention of the extension ; and
[b] the compensation of the said Medical Officers of Health for the
discharge of the said duties :
Now therefore, We, the Local Government Board, in the exercise of Our
powers in that behalf, do hereby Order as follows:—
Article 1.—We sanction the provision by every Sanitary Authority as
aforesaid, or their contracting with any person for the provision, in pursuance of
Section 77 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, of a temporary supply of
diphtheria anti-toxin, and of medical assistance in connection with the temporary
supply of diphtheria anti-toxin, for the poorer inhabitants of their district,
.subject to the following condition, that is to say —
The arrangements with respect to the keeping, distribution, and use
of the diphtheria anti-toxin shall be made in accordance with the advice
of the Medical Officer of Health.
Article II.—The duties assigned to the Medical Officer of Health by the
Sanitary Officers (London) Order, 1891, or other the regulations for the time
being issued by us and superseding the regulations prescribed by that Order,
shall be deemed to extend to and to include all action by the Medical Officer
of Health in the execution of this Order.
Article III.—The Sanitary Officers (London) Order, 1891, or other the
regulations for the time being issued by us and superseding the regulations
prescribed by that Order, shall apply and have effect as if the regulations
thereby prescribed included a provision authorising the Sanitary Authority, or
requiring them at our direction, to pay from time to time to the Medical
Officer of Health, in addition to the salary or other compensation payable under