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first recognition of the symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis
in the case of a poor person who is an inmate of the institution,
post to the Medical Officer of Health for the sanitary
district in which the person resided immediately before he
became an inmate of the institution a notification of the case.
The notification must be made on a printed form as set
out in the Schedule to the Order.
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.
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 at 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.
Article VII. provides that a Relieving Officer shall notify
any change of address (other than admission to a Poor Law
Institution) of a person in respect of whom a notification has
been made under Article V. by a District Medical Officer.
The notification must be made on a printed form as set
out in the Schedule to the Order, and must be sent to the
Medical Officer of Health for the sanitary district in which
the address to which the person moves is situate.
The notification must be posted within 48 hours after
the Relieving Officer has obtained accurate information
respecting the change of residence.
The Board have provided by Article IX. that nothing
in the Regulations shall have effect so as to apply or to
authorise any one to put in force with respect to a person, in
relation to whom a notification has been made, any enactment
which renders him or any other person liable to a penalty
or subjects him to any restriction, prohibition, or disability
affecting him or his employment, occupation, means of
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