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ABSTRACT
prepared by the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
of
The Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890,
By request of the Sanitary Committee of the
Board of Works for the Hackney District.
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This Act confers important powers and duties on the Board as
regards the inspection of dairies; cleansing and disinfecting of
infected premises and articles contained therein; burial of the dead;
detention of infected sick in hospitals, and provision of temporary
shelters for persons during disinfection of premises, &c.
Sect. 4, provides that if the Medical Officer of Health has evidence
of an outbreak of disease from the supply of infected milk to persons
resident in the district, he shall on a Magistrates order, visit the dairy
in company with a veterinary surgeon, and if satisfied that the outbreak
has arisen from the milk, shall report the same to the Board,
who may thereupon give notice to the dairyman to appear before them
to show cause why an order should not be made requiring him to
discontinue the sale of such milk. Notice of the order when made is
to be served on the milkman, and notice is also to be given to the
London County Council and Local Government Board. The penalty
for continuing to supply the milk, is not more than £5 and 40/- a day.
Sect. 5, sub-sections 1 and 2, enact that when the Medical Officer of
Health, or any other registered medical practitioner certifies that the
cleansing and disinfection of any house or part thereof, and of infected
articles contained therein, would tend to prevent the check of infectious