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the Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations,
1911, and the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1911. These Regulations come into
operation on February 1st, 1913, a copy of which is
printed hereafter.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1912.
DATED DECEMBER 19, 1912.
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,
Municipal Boroughs, and other Urban Districts in
England and Wales ;—
To the Councils of the several Rural Districts in England
and Wales ;—
To the Board of Guardians of every Poor Law Union in
England and Wales ;—
To the Board of Management of each Asylum District
formed under the Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867, and of
every District School 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 and an infectious
disease ;
And whereas by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1908, by- the Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations,
1911, and by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1911, We made certain Regulations for preventing the spread of
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ;
And whereas it appears to Us to be expedient that the said
Regulations should be revoked, and that the Regulations which
are herein-after set forth should be made in relation to Tuberculosis.