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Notification and Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosa(, 15/// November, 1911.
To the Councils of the several Administrative Counties in England and
Wales;-
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in
Common Council assembled ;—
To the Councils of the several Metropolitan Boroughs;—
To the Councils of the several Municipal Boroughs and other Urban
Districts in England and Wales ;—
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in England and Wales ;—
To all Medical Practitioners; —
And to all others whom it may concern.
Whereas We, the Local Government Board, are empowered by Section 130
of the Public Health Act, 1875, as amended by the Public Health Act, 1896,
from time to time, to make, alter, and revoke Regulations with a view to the
treatment of persons affected with any endemic or infectious disease, and for
preventing the spread of the disease; and to provide for the enforcement and
execution of the Regulations;
And whereas Tuberculosis is an endemic disease, and that form of the disease
which is known as Pulmonary Tuberculosis is an infectious disease ;
And whereas by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, and
by the Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations, 1911, We made
certain Regulations for preventing the spread of Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
And whereas it appears to Us to be expedient that such further Regulations
as are hereinafter set forth should be made in relation to Pulmonary Tuberculosis
;
Now Therefore, We, by this Our Order, and in the exercise of the
powers conferred upon Us by the Public Health Act, 1875, the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, and the Public Health Act, 1896, and of every other
power enabling LTs in that behalf, do make the following Regulations, that is
to say:—
Definitions.
Article I.—In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:—
(a) Words importing the masculine gender includes 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 visibleform,
and references to printing include references to other
mechanical modes of so representing or reproducing words;