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Officer of Health under the 1924 Regulations have been
slightly amplified (see Article X(8) c & d) but the weekly
returns remain the same as before.
In the 1912 Regulations, the word "cured" is
used : this is replaced by the word "recovered" in the
1930 Regulations.
Certain of the definitions have been altered in the
new Regulations to correspond with changes introduced
by the Local Government Act, 1929, including the
definition of "Poor Law Institution."
The new Regulations state that the provisions of
the Sanitary Officers Order, 1920, relating to Annual
Reports of Medical Officers of Health will apply to
Tuberculosis; this means that the action taken by the
Medical Officer of Health under the Tuberculosis Regulations
including the statistics relating to the contents
of the Tuberculosis Register must be included in the
Annual Report. This is already done in Fulham.
A paragraph has been added to make it clear that
notification directly to the Medical Officer of Health
under the new Regulations is not required in cases
occurring among the inmates of any building, vessel,
boat, tent, van shed or similar structure belonging to
his Majesty the King. These notifications are received
by the Medical Officer of Health through the War Office,
Admiralty or Air Ministry.
The Circular emphasizes the importance of the
Tuberculosis Notification Register being kept accurately
and up to date. Considerable space is devoted in the
Circular to the "Functions of Sanitary Authorities under
the Regulations." It reminds Local Authorities that
although the County Council is responsible for institutional
treatment of tuberculosis. the district Councils
(in London the Metropolitan Borough Councils) are
responsible for the prevention of tuberculosis in their
area. Prevention comprises a wide field of duties among
which are the investigation of the source of infection,
the Prevention of the spread of infection and the removal
of conditions favourable to infection.