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(2.) Any approval given by the Local Government Board under this
Article may be given for such term and subject to such conditions as the Board
may think fit, and any such approval may be withdrawn by the Board.
Article IV.—Any Council may make such provision for the giving of
instructional lectures and for the publication of information on questions relating
to venereal disease as the Council may think necessary or desirable.
Article V.—For the purposes of this Order :—
(1.) The expression "Council" means County Council, County
Borough Council, and the Common Council of the City of London.
(2.) The expression " area of the Council " means the Administrative
County, the County Borough, or the City of London, as the circumstances
may require ; and in the case of the Administrative County
of London it means the Administrative County exclusive of the City
of London.
(3.) "Venereal disease" means Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, and soft
Chancre.
* Article VI.—The expenses incurred under these regulations shall in the
case of a County Council be defrayed as expenses for general county purposes ;
in the case of a County Borough Council as part of the expenses incurred
by the Council in the execution of the Public Health Acts ; and in the case
of the Common Council of the City of London, as part of the expenses
incurred by the Council in the execution of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
Article VII.—These Regulations shall come into operation on the date of
this Order, and shall then and thereafter apply and have effect throughout
England and Wales, and shall be executed by every Council.
Article VIII.—These Regulations may be cited as "The Public Health
(Venereal Diseases) Regulations, 1916."
The address and the scope and nature of the articles exclude the Port Sanitary
Authority as an authority for execution and enforcement of these Regulations.
The memorandum of the Local Government Board which accompanies the
Regulations points out the Work of a Medical Officer of Health other than the
Medical Officer of Health of a County or County Borough in relation to the Scheme.
The Work of other Medical Officers of Health in relation to the Scheme.
37. To co-operate with the County Medical Officer of Health and with the
Pathologist and the Medical Officers of clinics in securing their maximum
utility, by giving publicity to the arrangements, by encouraging educational
efforts against venereal diseases, and particularly by keeping a supply of
laboratory outfits for medical practitioners in the district in pursuance of
arrangements with the County Medical Officer of Health.
* The Local Government Board will repay 75 per cent. of the expenditure incurred under these Regulations
and approved by them.