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devoted to practical chemistry. The laboratory course 

 should be so arranged as to lay special stress on practical 

 work which bears most directly on the duties of a medical 

 officer of health. 



RULE 3. Every Candidate shall have produced satisfactory 

 evidence 



Either ( i ) that, after obtaining a registrable qualification, he 

 has during six months been diligently engaged in acquiring 

 a practical knowledge of the duties, routine and special, of 

 public health administration, under the personal supervision 

 of (a) In England and Wales, the medical officer of health of 

 a county or of a single or combined sanitary district having a 

 population of not less than 50,000, or a medical officer of 

 health devoting his whole time to public health work ; or 

 (b) In Scotland, a medical officer of health of a county or 

 counties, or of one or more districts having a population of 

 not less than 30,000 ; or (c) In Ireland, a medical superin- 

 tendent officer of health of a district or districts having a 

 population of not less than 30,000 ; or (d) In the British 

 dominions outside the United Kingdom, a medical officer of 

 health of a sanitary district having a population of not less 

 than 30,000, who himself holds a registrable Diploma in Public 

 Health ; or (e) A medical officer of health who is also a teacher 

 in the department of public health of a recognized medical 

 school ; or (/) A sanitary staff officer of the Royal Army 

 Medical Corps having charge of an army corps, district, com- 

 mand, or division, recognized for this purpose by the General 

 Medical Council ; or (g) An assistant medical officer of health 

 of a county or of a single sanitary district having a population 

 of not less than 50,000, provided the medical officer of health 

 of the county or district in question permits the assistant 

 officer to give the necessary instruction and to issue certificates ; 



Or (2) That he has himself held for a period of not less than 

 three years an appointment as medical officer of health of a 

 sanitary district within the British Dominions, and having a 

 population of not less than 15,000. 



Note i. The certificate for the purpose of Rule 3(1) must 

 include testimony that the candidate has attended under the 

 supervision of the person certifying on not less than 60 

 working days. Provided that if the candidate has : (i) Pro- 

 duced satisfactory evidence that he has attended a course or 

 courses of instruction in sanitary law, vital statistics, 

 epidemiology, school hygiene, and other subjects bearing on 

 public health administration, given by a teacher or teachers 



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