The principal of a school in which any scholar is suffering from a notifiable disease shall, if required by the medical officer of health of the district, furnish to him within a reasonable time fixed by him a complete list of the names and addresses of the scholars, not being boarders, in or attending the school, or any-specified department of the school.
The local authority shall pay to the principal of a school for every fist furnished by him under this section the sum of sixpence, and, if the list contains more than twenty-five names, a further sum of sixpence for every twenty-five names (including the first twenty-five names) contained in the list.
If the principal of a school fails to comply with the provisions of this section, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
In this section the expression " the principal " means the person in charge of a school, and includes, where the school is divided into departments and no one person is in charge of the whole school, the head of any department.