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Section 65 provides for a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, on persons ceasing to occupy
infected houses or parts of houses without disinfection or notice to the previous existence of the
disease to the owner or master of the house or part of the house, or knowingly making a false
answer to questions on the subject.
Section 68 prohibits, under a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, the exposure of
infected persons and articles without proper precautions against spreading the disease.
Section 69 prohibits, under a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds, infected persons from
carrying on any occupation in such a manner as to be likely to spread disease.
Section 70 prohibits the conveyance of infected persons in public conveyances. The
person responsible for such an offence is liable to a fine not exceeding Ten Pounds and the driver
of the conveyance is further liable to a fine not exceeding Five Pounds, if after conveying any
such person, he fails to give notice to the sanitary authority and to have the conveyance disinfected.
Section 72 prohibits, under a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, the retention for more
than 48 hours in a dwelling room, sleeping room or work room, of the body of any person who
has died of any infectious disease, unless such body is retained with the sanction in writing of a
doctor.
Section 73 requires that, in certain cases, the body of a person who has died in hospital
of an infectious disease shall be removed only for burial. Any person wilfully offending against
this section is liable to a fine not exceeding Ten Pounds.
Section 74 prohibits, without previous notice to the owner or driver, the use of a public
conveyance for carrying the body of a person who has died of an infectious disease, and requires
the disinfection of the conveyance if so used. Any person offending against this section is liable
to a fine not exceeding Five Pounds, and to a further fine not exceeding Forty Shillings for
every day during which the offence continues.
whooping cough.
The number of deaths from whooping cough was much greater than last year, there having
been 11 deaths in Bloomsbury and St. Giles and 16 in the Holborn Sub-Division in comparison
with only 4 and 8 in the preceding year. The decennial average for these divisions was 13 and
18 respectively.
diarrhŒa.
The number of deaths assigned to diarrhoea (including deaths from epidemic diarrhoea,
epidemic enteritis and deaths of young children in the summer months certified as deaths from
enteritis) was much less than in the preceding year, being only 14 in comparison with 42 last
year. Of these 5 belonged to Bloomsbury and St. Giles and 9 to the Holborn Sub-Division
The decennial average for these divisions was 21 and 24 respectively.
plague and cholera.
No notification of Plague or Cholera was received.
If any case of Plague, Cholera or Small-pox occurs on a vessel, the Port Medical Officer
of Health, on its arrival, sends the names of the passengers and the address to which they are
proceeding to the respective Medical Officers of Health. Only 2 names of passengers respecting
Plague and 6 respecting Small-pox were sent to me during the year. The usual enquiries were
made, no one of the passengers afterwards suffering from plague or small-pox.