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*Compulsory 1st January, 1909. †niformly compulsory January, 1912.
**Compulsory in May, 1911, for Hospital cases. ‡Uniformly compulsory for Tuberculosis 1st
February, 1913.
A further table with regard to notifications is printed below. This has been
prepared for the Local Government Board and shows the numbers of cases notified
on each of the different forms prescribed in the Regulations of 1912.
Form A is that intended for use only by medical practitioners (including
medical officers of poor law institutions and sanatoria) in notifying cases not
previously notified. The notifications made on this form are known as primary
notifications and it was drafted with the object of preventing duplication of
notifications, from which a considerable amount of trouble had arisen under the
1911 Regulations.
Form B is that provided for the use of school medical inspectors. It is
interesting to note that only 17 cases in all were found amongst the school children
examined in the Borough. As no idea is given of the number of children examined,
the work of inspection being carried out by inspectors of the London County
Council, who work quite independently of the Borough Council's Medical Officer of
Health, it is impossible to say what importance, if any, is to be attached to this
figure.
Form C is used by medical officers of poor law institutions and sanatoria in
notifying patients admitted under their care and not already notified on Form A.
A further form, D, is provided for the use of poor law and sanatorium medical
officers, upon which they are required to notify the medical officer of health of all
patients discharged from the institutions.
This and Form C are required to be forwarded weekly.
Notifications on Form A are to be made within 48 hours after a diagnosis has
been made.