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*PLAGUE
On the 19th September, the Local Government
Board, in the exercise of powers conferred upon
them by the Public Health Acts, extended the
provisions of such Acts to the notification of
Plague, and on the 20th issued the following
circular letter to all Sanitary Authorities in
England and Wales, including London: —
"Local Government Board,
" Whitehall, S.W.,
" 20th September, 1900.
"NOTIFICATION OF CASES OF PLAGUE.
"Sir,
"I ani directed by the Local Government Board to
"state that in consequence of the appearance of Plague
"at Glasgow, and in view of the possible occurrence of
''cases of the disease in England and Wales, they have
"decided to issue an Order requiring the immediate
"notification to the Sanitary Authorities and to them"selves
of all cases of Plague.
"The Order, in its application to sanitary districts
"outside London, extends the provisions of the
"Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, to the
"notification of every case of Plague occurring in the
"district of a Sanitary Authority.
* See Report on this subject to the Sanitary Committee of the 20th
May, 1901.—W. C.