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(6) The expression "the district" means the borough of Ilford;
(c) The expression "medical officer of health" means the
medical officer of health of the local authority;
(d) The expression "medical practitioner" means any person
for the time being registered under the medical Acts and
resident or practising within the district;
(e) The expression "acute rheumatism" means the following
conditions occurring separately or together in a child
under the age of 16 years:—
(1) rheumatic pains or arthritis if accompanied by a
rise of temperature;
(2) rheumatic chorea;
(3) rheumatic carditis.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies to the interpretation of
these regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of
Parliament.
Commencement of regulations.
2. These regulations shall come into operation on the first day of
April nineteen hundred and thirty-five and shall continue in operation
for a period of three years from that date and shall be enforced and
executed in the district by the local authority.
Notice of provisions of regulations.
3. The local authority shall forthwith cause notice to be given
to every medical practitioner of the duties imposed upon him by these
regulations.
Notification by medical practitioner.
4. Subject to the provisions of these regulations every medical
practitioner as soon as he becomes aware that a child who is resident
within the district and upon whom he is in professional attendance is
suffering from acute rheumatism shall forthwith make and sign a notification
of the case in the form set forth in Schedule A to the Public
Health (Notification of Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1918, and
shall transmit the notification to the medical officer of health:
Provided that a medical practitioner shall not be required to
notify a case of acute rheumatism under this section and shall not be
paid a fee for so doing if he has reasonable grounds for supposing that
the case has already been notified under these regulations.
Supply of forms of notification.
5. For the purposes of these regulations the local authority shall
provide and maintain a sufficient supply of printed copies of the prescribed
form of notification and shall as soon as practicable after these
regulations come into operation and afterwards from time to time when
application is made to them furnish printed copies of the said form to
every medical practitioner.