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As there have been complaints that persons suffering from
this and other infectious diseases have been conveyed in public
conveyances, the following notice has been issued to those concerned,
such as cabmen and conductors of tram cars and
omnibuses.
The Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea.—Notice
to owners of public conveyances, drivers, &c.—The Vestry
of the Parish of St. Mary, Battersea, desire to draw the
attention of the public to sec. 70, of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, which enacts that it shall not be lawful
for any owner or driver of a public conveyance knowingly
to convey, or for any other person knowingly to place, in
any public conveyance, a person suffering from any
dangerous infectious disease, or for a person suffering from
any such disease to enter any public conveyance and
if he does so he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
£10; and if any person so suffering is conveyed in
any public conveyance, the owner or driver thereof as
soon as it comes to his knowledge shall give notice to
the Sanitary Authority, and shall cause such conveyance
to be disinfected, and if he fails to do so he shall be liable
to a fine not exceeding £5, and the owner or driver of such
conveyance shall be entitled to recover in a summary
manner from the person so conveyed by him or from the
person causing that person to be so conveyed a sum sufficient
to cover any loss and expense incurred by him in connection
with such disinfection.
A Chamber has been provided at the Vestry's Depot,
Culvert Road, where conveyances can be disinfected free of
charge.
The Metropolitan Asylums Board will remove in one of
their Ambulances any person suffering from infectious disease
to places other than the Board's hospitals upon application
and payment of the sum of five shillings. In the case