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Power of medical officer of health to examine school children.
The medical officer of health may enter any public elementary
school within the borough at all reasonable times and examine the
scholars attending the same and may exclude from attendance
thereat for such period as he shall consider requisite any scholar
who in his opinion is suffering from infectious disease or is likely to
spread infection.
The medical officer of health shall upon the exclusion of any
scholar in manner aforesaid give notice thereof in writing to the
principal or person in charge of such school or (if such school is
divided into separate departments and there is no principal or
person in charge of the whole school) the person in charge of the.
department which such scholar attend and shall send a copy of such
notice to the parent or guardian of the scholar.
Any person who obstructs the medical officer of health in
carrying into effect the provisions of this section or who permits
any scholar to attend school after he shall have been excluded as
aforesaid and before the expiration of the period of exclusion shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.
Occupier to furnish information as to premises occupied by any person
suffering from infectious disease.
(1) The occupier of any building in the borough which is used
for human habitation and in which there is or has been any person
suffering from a dangerous infectious disease shall on the application
of the medical officer of health at any time during the illness of
such person or within six weeks from the occurrence of such illness
furnish such information within his knowledge as the medical
officer of health may reasonably require far the purpose of enabling
measures to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
(2) Any occupier knowingly furnishing false information shall
be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding forty
shillings.
(3) " Occupier" shall have the same meaning as in the
Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889.
Registration of common lodging houses and keepers.
Notwithstanding anything in the Public Health Act 1875 or
the Croydon Corporation Acts 1884 or 1895 the registration of a
common lodging house or of the keeper of a common lodging house
shall operate for one year only and application for the renewal of
such registration shall be made to the Corporation on or previous to
the 31st day of December in every year,