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Section 68 prohibits, under a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, the
exposure of infected persons or 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 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 forty-eight hours in a dwelling room, sleeping room
or workroom, 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 a 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.
The remaining sections that refer to infectious diseases are Sections 55, 56, 57,
58, 59, 66, 67, and 71. These sections are not included in the Order.
Sections 55, 56 and 57 relate to the notification of infectious disease.
Sections 66 and 67 relate to the removal to a hospital of persons without proper
lodging accommodation and to their detention thereat.
Section 71 relates to the inspection of dairies and the power to prohibit the sale
of milk.