3E+W+SThe Board shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Secretary of State and such other members so appointed as the Secretary of State thinks fit, and the members shall include—
(a)not less than two persons appointed after consultation with the Medical Research Council; and
(b)not less than two persons with experience as microbiologists, appointed after consultation with such organisations as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate; and
(c)not less than two proper officers appointed by a local authority; and
(d)not less than one person with experience of service in hospitals; and
(e)not less than one medical practitioner engaged in general medical practice, appointed after consultation with such organisations as the Secretary of State may recognise as representative of practitioners so engaged.