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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 of inability to pay such sum application should be made
to the Public Health Department of the Vestry, by whom
such removal will be effected.
Chicken-Pox.
Judging from the number of notices received from
Head Teachers of Schools, this disease appeared to be very
prevalent during the month of June. In every case enquiries
were made at the houses as to whether the patients were under
medical attendance, lest the cases should be those of unrecognised
Small-Pox. The largest number of notices received was from
No. 1 District, and suggests that the outbreak was more
prevalent in that locality.
Scarlet Fever.
Eight hundred and nine notifications of this
disease were received, and six hundred
and twenty-two of the less effectively isolated cases removed
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