Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1896

Meaning of medical officer of health in 52 & 53 Vict. c. 72, and 53 & 54 Vict. c. 34.

18. In the application to Ireland of the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, and the Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890, the expression “the medical officer of health of the district” shall mean the medical officer of the dispensary district. Provided that where a medical superintendent officer of health is appointed for a sanitary district, the Local Government Board may by order direct that for all the purposes of the said Acts such medical superintendent officer shall be substituted for the medical officer of the dispensary district, and upon the making of such order the said Acts shall have effect in their application to that sanitary district as if such substitution had been made therein.