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Notification by Medical Practitioners (including School Medical Inspectors).
Article IV.—(1) Subject as provided in Articles X., XI., and XII. of
these Regulations every Medical Practitioner attending on or called in to visit
any person shall, within forty-eight hours after first becoming aware that such
person is suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, cmplete, sign and transmit
a notification of the case in the form shown in the Schedule A. to these Regulations
to the Medical Officer of Health for the area within which the place of
residence of the person is situate;
Provided that a Medical P> actitioncr shall not be required under these Regulations
to notify any case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis which has already, to his
knowledge, under these Regulations or under the Poor Law Regulations, or
under the Hospital Regulations, been notified to the Medical Officer of Health
for the area within which the place of residence of the patient is situate.
(2) Every Medical Practitioner who is a School Medical Inspector shall
within the period of forty-eight hours after he has inspected any children
attending a Public Elementary School, complete and sign a notification in the
form shown in the Schedule B. to these Regulations of all cases of Pulmonary
Tuberculosis of which he became aware during the course of the inspection,
and shall transmit the notification to the Medical Officer of Health for the area
within which the Public Elementary School is situate.
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.
Rcmuneratitn of Medical Practitioners.
Article VI.—The Council of the area within which the place of residence
of the patient is situate shall pay to the Medical Practitioner the sum of two
shillings pnd sixpence in respect of each notification sent by him in pursuance
of these Regulations, and the said sum shall in every case be deemed to cover
all expenses, including the cost of transmission;
Provided that no fee shall be payable under this Article to a School Medical
Inspector.
Duties of Medical Officers of Health.
Article VII.—(1) A Medical Officer of Health who receives from a
Medical Practitioner a notification relating to a patient whose place of residence
is not within the area for which he is Medical Officer of Health, shall forthwith
transmit the notification to the Medical Officer of Health for the area in
which the place of residence of the patient is situate, and shall at the same
time inform the Medical Practitioner that he has 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.