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Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Act 1916

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5Provisions as to notification of diseases

Notwithstanding anything in the [52 & 53 Vict. c. 72.] Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, or in any other Act, or in any Order of the Local Government Board, the following provisions shall have effect:—

(a)The fee to be paid to a medical practitioner for a certificate or notification sent by him to a medical officer of health in respect of a case of disease to which the Act or Order applies, occurring in his private practice, shall be one shilling and no more;

(b)Every case of any such disease occurring in any building, tent, van, shed, or similar structure in the occupation of any of His Majesty's forces, or of any person employed by or under the Admiralty, the Army Council, or the Minister of Munitions shall be notified to the medical officer of health of the district by the medical attendant if it would have been his duty to notify it if it had occurred elsewhere ; and the local authority shall pay to the medical attendant (unless he is a medical officer who holds a commission in any of His Majesty's forces) for the certificate or notification a fee of one shilling, whether the case occurs in his private practice or otherwise.

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