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The Act also requires that every Medical Practitioner
attending on, or called in to visit the patient, shall forthwith,
on becoming aware that the patient is suffering from
Infectious Disease, send to the Medical Officer of Health a
certificate stating the name of the patient, the situation of the
house, and the Infectious Disease from which the patient is
suffering.
Every person required to give a Notice or Certificate as
above-mentioned, who fails to give the same, is liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 40s.
The definition of "Infectious Disease" includes the
following diseases:—Small-pox; Cholera; Diphtheria;
Membranous Croup; Erysipelas; the disease known as Scarlatina
or Scarlet Fever; the fevers known by any of the
following names:—Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Relapsing,
Continued, or Puerperal.
The Local Authority may by order extend the above
definition to any other Infectious Disease. Such order may
be permanent or temporary, and may be revoked or varied
from time to time. Notice of any such order will be duly
given in manner provided by the Act.
Forms of certificate are provided for the use of Medical
Practitioners. These forms, and a copy of the epitome of
the Act, may be obtained on application to the Board at
their Offices.
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS AND OCCUPIED
BY MORE THAN ONE FAMILY.
The Regulations adopted by the Board under the provisions
of the 35th section of the Sanitary Act, 1866, are
printed in a separate form, and can be obtained at the
Board's Offices. The same apply to all houses let in lodgings,
with the following exceptions:—
(a) Where for the purposes of any rate for the relief of the poor
the rateable value of the house exceeds £30, and the rent
or charge payable by each lodger, and exclusive of any
charge for the use by such lodger of any furniture, shall