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(j) The expression "Poor Law Institution'' means a
Workhouse, a Workhouse Infirmary, or other
building subject to the government of a Board of
Guardians of a Poor Law Union, or of a Joint
Committee, or an Asylum (not being a lunatic
asylum) or School subject to the government of a
Board of Managers;
(k) The expression "Hospital" means any hospital,
dispensary, or similar institution for the treatment
of the sick, and includes a lunatic asylum but does
not include a Poor Law Institution, a Tuberculosis
Dispensary, or a Sanatorium;
(l) The expression "Institution" means a Hospital, Poor
Law Institution, Tuberculosis Dispensary, or Sanatorium;
(m) The expression "Medical Practitioner" means any
person for the time being registered under the
Medical Acts;
(n) The expression "Medical Officer" when used in
relation to a Poor Law Institution, Tuberculosis
Dispensary, or Sanatorium means the Medical
Practitioner who is in medical charge of the patients
at the institution or any Medical Practitioner who
may be duly authorised or appointed to act as the
deputy of or substitute for the first-named Medical
Practitioner, and the said expression when used
in relation to a Hospital means any Medical
Practitioner who is in medical attendance on a
patient at a Hospital;
(o) The expression "Medical Officer of Health" means
Medical Officer of Health of a Local Authority;
(p) The expression "School Medical Inspector" means any
Medical Practitioner appointed under Section 13 of
the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907,
to undertake the medical inspection of children
attending a Public Elementary School;
(q) The expression "the previous Regulations" means the
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, the
Public Health (Tuberculosis in Hospitals) Regulations,
1911, and the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1911;
(r) The expressions "Form A.", "Form B.", "Form C.",
and " Form D."mean respectively the Form A.,
Form B., Form C., and Form D. set out in the
Schedule A. to these Regulations;
(s) The expression "week" means a week ending at
midnight on Saturday.