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Substantially these regulations are the same as those now in force, but there
are certain changes:—
(1) Certain of the definitions have been altered to correspond with changes
introduced by the Local Government Act, 1929.
(2) Notifications by School Medical Officers are not required to be made on
special forms.
(3) It is made clear that cases must be notified in each successive sanitary
district if the patient changes his residence.
(4) Primary notifications are to be made on the usual infectious diseases
notification forms.
(5) Minor alterations have been made in the forms to be used in respect of
cases admitted to and discharged from institutions.
(6) Amendments have been made in the method by which notifications are
transmitted to the Medical Officer of Health.
(7) Provisions are inserted to secure that the Register of Notifications kept
by the Medical Officer of Health is maintained up-to-date.
(8) Modifications have been made in the information to be given to the
County Medical Officer.
(9) The relevant provisions of the Sanitary Officers Order, 1926, have been
applied to the action taken by a Medical Officer of Health under these
regulations.
(10) Notification is not required in cases where notification is required by
Section 5 (6) of the Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1916.
These regulations were brought to the notice of all medical practitioners
practising in the Borough.
Earlier in the year the Minister issued the County of London (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1930, to enable the London County Council to maintain or arrange
for the maintenance otherwise than in their homes, of children living in London
in houses where, owing to over-crowding or otherwise, they are, in the opinion of
the County Medical Officer, in danger of being infected with tuberculosis, or whose
parent or parents are receiving residential treatment for tuberculosis, and for
whose care adequate arrangements cannot otherwise be made.
Notifications.—It happens that duplicate notifications of cases of tuberculosis
are received, so that the figure for the year (392) is misleading, and for this reason
the following Table, No. 65, has been prepared to show the actual number of new
cases notified during the year. It shows also the numbers occurring in each of the
registration districts of the Borough and the corresponding case rates.