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2. “That there should be power given to the local
ties to require medical examination of all persons entering
common lodging-houses and casual wards.
3. “That each inmate of a common lodging-house or casual
ward should on admission have a bath of fresh water.
4. “That the local authority should have the power to
order the keeper of a common lodging-house, in which
there has been infectious disease, to refuse fresh
admissions for such time as may be required by the
authority.
5. “That the local authority should be empowered to
require the temporary closing of any common lodginghouse
in which infectious disease has occurred.
6. “That the local sanitary authority should have power to
require the detention of any inmate of a common
lodging-house or casual ward who may reasonably be
suspected of being liable to convey infectious disease.
7. “That means should be provided for the detention and
isolation of any vagrant found wandering in a public
place, if reasonably suspected of being liable to convey
infection.
8. “That the local authority should have full power to
require the disinfection of the person and clothes of
any person in a common lodging-house or casual ward,
whether infected or exposed to infection.
9. “That arrangements should be made by which the
occurrence of infectious disease in common lodginghouses
or casual wards should be made known by the
local authority of the district to the local authorities
of other districts.
10. “That the local authorities should be empowered to
require the vaccination or re-vaccination of persons in
common lodging-houses or casual wards who are
exposed to the infection of small-pox.”