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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 Us in that behalf,
do hereby make the following Regulations, that is to say :—
Definitions.
Article I.—In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention
appears :—
(а) Words importing the masculine gender include females ;
(b) Words in the singular include the plural, and the 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 "Local Authority" 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 ;
(e) The expression " District" means the District subject
to the jurisdiction of the Local Authority for the
purposes of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
or of the Public Health Act, 1875, as the case may be ;
(f) The expression "Joint Committee" means a Joint
Committee constituted for a combination of Poor
Law Unions in pursuance of Section 8 of the Poor
Law Act, 1879;
(g) The expression "Board of Managers" means, as the
case may be, the Board of Management of an Asylum
District formed under the Metropolitan Poor Act,
1867, or of a School District formed under the Poor
Law Amendment Act, 1844;
(h) The expression "Tuberculosis Dispensary" means a
non-residential institution, approved by the Local
Government Board under the National Insurance
Act, 1911, for the treatment of tuberculosis ;
(i) The expression " Sanatorium " means a residential
institution, approved by the Local Government
Board under the National Insurance Act, 1911,
for the treatment of tuberculosis;