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to County Councils to enforce the existing laws in all cases
where Sanitary Authorities in the county refuse or neglect to
do so.
(5.) That the Local Government Board should obtain
powers to secure weekly returns of all cases of infectious disease
from all Central Authorities throughout the country, and circulate
the same.
(6.) That it is desirable that in districts comprising groups of
Counties and County Boroughs, intelligence bureaux should be
established, to which information should be sent from Sanitary
Authorities and Workhouses in the district, of persons of the
wandering class who have been exposed to the infection of smallpox;
and that a printed copy of such information should be
distributed from the bureau to every Sanitary Authority and
Board of Guardians in the district, and that the expense of
working the bureau should be met by contributions from the
County Councils and County Boroughs forming the district.
(7.) That this Conference is of opinion that the Port Sanitary
Authorities should be authorised to take more stringent precautions
to prevent the importation of disease by persons arriving
by vessel at the ports who are suffering from small-pox, or who
have been exposed to infection by that disease.
Common. Lodging-Houses and Casual Wards.
(8.) That the Local Authority should have increased control
over common lodging-houses, their keepers, and occupants.
Thus the Local Authority should have power—
(a) To medically examine the inmates.