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Twickenham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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The notification must be made on a printed form as set
out in the Schedule to the Order.
Notification by District Medical Officers.
Article V. directs that a similar notification shall be
posted to the Medical Officer of Health by the District Medical
Officer in the case of any poor person suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis on whom he is in medical attendance
according to his agreement with a Board of Guardians.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after
the District Medical Officer has first recognised the symptoms
of pulmonary tuberculosis, and must be addressed to the
Medical Officer of Health acting for the sanitary district in
which the residence of the poor person is situate.
Notification by Superintending Officers of Poor Law
Institutions.
Under Article VI. it will be the duty of the Superintending
Officer of a Poor Law Institution to post to the
Medical Officer of Health on a printed form as set out in the
Schedule to the Order a notification of the actual or intended
place of destination and address of that place of any person
leaving the institution in respect of whom a notification
has been made by the Medical Officer of the institution under
Article IV.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after the
departure of the person to whom it relates, and must be sent
to the Medical Officer of Health of the sanitary district in
which the intended destination of the person is situate.
Notification of changes of address by Relieving Officers.
Article VII. provides that a Relieving Officer shall notify
any change of address (other than by admission to a Poor