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To All Medical Officers of Health of the Sanitary
Authorities aforesaid:—
And to all others whom it may concern.
WHEREAS England and Wales appear to be threatened with
Plague, and it is desirable that regulations should be made as hereinafter
contained:
Now therefore, We, the Local Government Board, in the
exercise of the powers given to Us by the Public Health Acts, and
any other Acts enabling Us in this behalf, do, by this Our Order,
make the following Regulations, and Declare the same to be in force
in the District of every Sanitary Authority in England and Wales,
and to apply to all vessels within the jurisdiction of a Port Sanitary
Authority or a Riparian Authority:
I.—In this Order—
The expression "Sanitary Authority" means every Port
Sanitary Authority and every Council of a County
Borough and every Urban or Rural District Council,
and in the Administrative County of London every
Sanitary Authority for the execution of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891.
The expression "Medical Officer of Health" includes any dulyqualified
Medical Practitioner appointed or employed by
a Sanitary Authority to act in the execution of any
regulations made by Us in pursuance of any of the
enactments referred to in this Order.
II.—In the District of every Sanitary Authority which is situate
without the Administrative County of London, the persons mentioned
in Section 3 of the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, and
the Sanitary Authority shall, under this Order, have the same powers