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"disease are received, the following provisions shall have effect, that is
" to say :—
"(1) The head of the family to which such inmate (in this
"section referred to as the patient) belongs, and failing the nearest
"relative of the patient present in the building, or being in
"attendance on the patient, or failing such relative every person in
"charge of or in attendance on i he patient, shall, upon demand in
''writing from the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough, furnish
"the following particulars, or such of them as may be demanded,
"relating to the patient and to the members of the family of the
"patient, so far as the same are within his knowledge, or can be
"reasonably obtained by him, viz.:—
"(a) The name, age, employment or occupation, and place
"of employment or occupation of the patient.
"(b) The names and ages of the members of the family of
"the patient being inmates of the building in which the disease
"has occurred, and their employment or occupation, and place
"of employment or occupation, and in the case of children
"attending school, the names of the schools attended.
"(2) Every person being an inmate of the building in which the
"disease has occurred, shall, upon demand in writing by the Medical
"Officer of Health of the Borough, furnish the following particulars,
"or such of them as may be demanded:—
"The names, ages, and employment or occupation of himself
"and the members of his family being inmates of such building,
"and in the case of children attending school, the names of the
"schools attended.
"(3) The employer of any person employed in, but not an inmate
of the building in which the disease has occurred, shall, upon receipt
"of notice in writing from the Medical Officer of Health of the
"Borough of the existence of the disease, and written demand for
"the name of any person so employed therein, furnnish such name if
"the same is within his knowledge, or can be ascertained by him by
"any reasonable means, to the Medical Officer of Health of the
" Borough.
"(4) Every person required by this section to furnish information
"who fails to give the same, or wilfully gives false information with
"reference thereto, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty
"shillings.
"(5) To recommend that the London County Council be requested
"to insert a section into their next General Powers Bill, providing
"that any person inhabiting any house in which a case of Small-pox
"breaks out, who knowingly and wilfully associates with other
"persons without having his or her own person or clothes cleansed