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Definitions.
Article I.— In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:—
(a) Words importing the masculine gender include females;
(b) Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular;
(c) Expressions referring to writing include references to printing, and
to other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible
form, and references to printing include references to other mechanical
modes of so representing or reproducing words ;
(d) The expression "Hospital" means any hospital, dispensary, or similar
institution for the treatment of the sick, which is partially or wholly
supported otherwise than by the contributions of the persons treated
thereat or of their relatives or guardians and otherwise than from rates
and taxes;
(e) The expression "Medical Officer" means any medical practitioner who
is in medical attendance on a patient at a hospital;
(f) The expression "Council" means, as the case may be, the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London in Common Council
assembled, the Council of a Metropolitan Borough, the Council of a
Municipal Borough or other Urban District, or the Council of a
Rural District: and
(g) The expression "Area" means the area subject to the jurisdiction of
the Council for the purposes of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
or of the Public Health Act, 1875, as the case may be.
Commencement of Regulation*.
Article II.— These Regulations shall come into operation on the First day
of May, One thousand nine hundred and eleven and, subject to the provisions of
Article VIII., shall then and thereafter apply and have effect throughout
England and Wales, and shall be enforced and executed by every Council
and their officers.
Supply of Forms of Notification.
Article III. — For the purposes of these Regulations —
(i) Every Council shall provide and maintain a sufficient supply of printed
copies of the form set forth in the Schedule to these Regulations;
(ii) Every Council shall as soon as practicable after these Regulations
come into operation, and afterwards from time to time when application
is made to them, supply printed copies of the form set forth
in the Schedule to these Regulations to the Trustees, Committee of
Management or other Governing Body of every Hospital within the
area of the Council for use by the Medical Officers of the Hospital.
Notifications by Medical Officers.
Article IV.— (1) A Medical Officer of any Hospital, within the period of
forty-eight hours after his first recognition of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a
person upon whom he is in medical attendance at the Hospital, shall complete,