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" The Sanitary Authority shall forthwith cause . circular
letters to be sent to all legally qualified medical Practitioners
in the District, informing them of their duties under this
Regulation.
" It will be the duty of every Medical Officer of Health
to report forthwith to us any case of Plague which may be
notified to him, or which may otherwise come or be brought
to his knowledge, and which may occur in the District or area
assigned to his charge."
In accordance with this Order the following circular was
forwarded to every Medical Practitioner in the District.—
Public Health Department,
IMPORTANT. . Municipal Buildings,
Lavender Hill, S.W.
TELEPHONE No 68.
27th September, 1900.
Notification of Bubonic Plague,
Dear Sir,
I am directed to draw your attention to an Order issued
by the Local Government Board, dated 19th inst., relative
to the notification of cases of the Plague.
Under this Order, Medical Practitioners and Sanitary
Authorities have the same powers and duties in relation to
the notification of cases of Plague as they would under
Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, if
Plague were an infectious disease to which that Section
applies.
I have also to inform you that the Metropolitan
Asylums Hoard have instructed their Boards Ambulance
Stations to remove forthwith to the South Eastern Hospital
any person duly certified to be suffering from Bubonic
Plague.