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the Medical Officer of Health to whom the notification ought, in
pursuance of these Regulations, to have been addressed, 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.
(2) Every Medical Officer of Health shall cause to be entered
in a Register to be kept by him for that purpose the full particulars
contained in every notification received by him under these
Regulations and relating to a person whose place of residence
or place of destination is situate within the District for which he
is Medical Officer of Health. The said Register shall be kept
in the custody of the Medical Officer of Health and shall not be
open to inspection by any person other than a person specially
authorised by resolution of the Local Authority, the Medical
Officer of Health for the Administrative County within which the
District is situate, a School Medical Inspector for any area within
which the District is situate, or an Officer of any Government
Department authorised in that respect by that Department.
Every notification and every document relating to a person
notified under these Regulations shall be regarded by the Medical
Officer of Health, and by every person who has access thereto, as
confidential.
(3) The Medical Officer of Health shall, as soon as practicable
after the end of each week, send to the Medical Officer of Health
for the Administrative County within which the District is situate
a statement of every notification received by him during the week
in pursuance of these Regulations and relating to a person whose
place of residence is situate within the District for which he is
Medical Officer of Health. The statement shall show on which
Form the notification was made and shall contain the information
in regard to each person which was given in the notification.
(4) Any expenses incurred by a Medical Officer of Health in
carrying out the duties imposed upon him by this Article shall be
defrayed by the Local Authority of the District for which he is
Medical Officer of Health.
Article XII.—Upon the receipt of a notification under these
Regulations the Medical Officer of Health, or an Officer of the
Local Authority acting under the instructions of the Medical
Officer of Health, shall make such inquiries and take such steps
as are necessary or desirable for investigating the source of
infection, for preventing the spread of infection, and for removing
conditions favourable to infection :
Provided that nothing in this Article shall be deemed to
authorise a Medical Officer of Health or other Officer to take any
of the steps herein mentioned at any Institution other than one
belonging to the Local Authority, except with the consent of the
Managers of that Institution.