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a public cab in this parish. I have every reason to believe
that no further attempt was made to use any of the public
vehicles for the purposes referred to after my interference.
The cab itself, by my recomendation, was thoroughly ventilated,
but I feel bound to mention that it was no fault of
the cabman that the vehicle had been called off the rank
without any intimation of the purpose for which it was
required.
In reference to this matter it is right it should be
known that by the 29 and 30 Vic., cap. 90, section 25, it
is enacted that " If any person suffering from any dan·
"gerous infectious disorder shall enter any public conveyance
"without previously notifying to the owner or driver
"thereof that he is so suffering, he shall on conviction
"thereof before any justice be liable to a penalty not
"exceeding Five Pounds, and shall also be ordered by such
"justice to pay to such owner and driver all the losses and
" expenses they may suffer in carrying into effect the
"provisions of this Act; and no owner or driver of any
"public conveyance shall be required to convey any person
"so suffering until they shall have been first paid a sum
"sufficient to cover all such losses and expenses."
R. HARLAND WHITEMAN,
Medical Officer of Health for Putney
and Roehampton.