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sign and transmit a notification of the case in the form shown in the Schedule
to this Order to the Medical Officer of Health for the area within which the
Hospital is situate.
(2) A Medical Officer of Health who receives a notification relating to a
patient whose residence as described in the notification is not within the area
for which he is Medical Officer of Health shall fortwith transmit the notification
to the Medical Officer of Health for the area in which the patient's residence is
situate, and shall at the same. Unit inform the Medical Officer of the Hospital that
he hat done so and shall give to him the name and address of the Medical Officer of
Health to whom the notification has been sent. Any expenses incurred by a
Medical Officer of Health in carrying out the duties imposed upon him by
this sub-division shall be defrayed by the Council of the area for which he is
Medical Officer of Health.
(3) The Medical Officer of Health for every area within the Administrative
County of London shall, after the end of each week, send to the Medical
Officer of Health for the Administrative County of London a statement of
every notification received by him during the week in pursuance of these
Regulations and relating to a patient whose residence as described in the notification
is situate within the area for which he is Medical Officer of Health, and of every
notification received by him during the week in pursuance of the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908. Such statement shall contain the name of
the Hospital, if any, the home address, age, and sex of the patient and the
date of the notification.
Article V.— A notification to be transmitted to a Medical Officer of Health
in pursuance of these Regulations may be transmitted by being delivered to
that Officer or by being delivered at his office or residence, or may be sent by
prepaid letter-post addressed to him at his office or at his residence.
Remuneration of Medical Officers.
Article VI.— The Council shall pay to the Medical Officer of the Hospital
the sum of one shilling in respect of each notification sent by him in pursuance
of these Regulations and relating to a person whose residence as described in
the notification is situate within the area of the Council, and the said sum shall
in every case be deemed to cover all expenses, including the cost of transmission.
Exception and Application of Enactments and Special Powers of Councils.
Article VII.— (1) Nothing in these Regulations shall have effect so as to
apply, or so as to authorise or require a Medical Officer of Health or a Council,
or any other person or authority, directly or indirectly, to put in force with
respect to any patient in relation to whom a notification in pursuance of these
Regulations has been transmitted to a Medical Officer of Health, any enactment
which renders the patient, or a person in charge of the patient, or any
other person, liable to a penalty, or subjects the patient to any restriction,
prohibition, or disability affecting himself, or his employment, occupation or
means of livelihood, on the ground of his suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.