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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
34. The landlord of a registered lodging-house, immediately after he shall
have been informed, or shall have ascertained that any person in such house is
ill of a dangerously infectious or contagious disease, shall give written notice
thereof to the Medical Officer of Health of the Nuisance Authority.
35. In every case where a lodger in a registered lodging-house has been
informed, or has ascertained, or has reasonable grounds for believing, that an
occupant of any room which has been let to such lodger is ill of a dangerously
infectious or contagious disease, such lodger shall forthwith give written
notice thereof to the landlord and to the Medical Officer of Health of the
Nuisance Authority, and verbal or written notice thereof to every other
lodger in such house.
36. In every case where, in pursuance of the statutory provision in that
behalf, an order of a justice has been obtained for the removal from a
registered lodging-house to a hospital, or other place for the reception of the
sick, of a person who is suffering from any dangerous, contagious, or infectious
disorder, and is without proper lodging or accommodation, the landlord of
such house, and the lodger to whom any room whereof such person may be
an occupant has been let shall, on being informed of such order, forthwith
take all such steps as may be requisite on the part of such landlord and of
such lodger, respectively, to secure the safe and prompt removal of such
peison in compliance with such order, and shall, in and about such removal,
adopt all such precautions as, in accordance with any instructions which such
landlord and such lodger, respectively, may receive from the Medical Officer
of Health of the Nuisance Authority, may be most suitable for the circumstances
of the case.
PENALTIES.
37. Every person who offends against any of the foregoing regulations
shall be liable to a penalty of Twenty shillings for any one offence, with an
additional penalty of Ten shillings for every day during which a default in
complying with such regulations may continue.