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the agent of another person, and in the case of a ship, vessel or
boat, the master or other person in charge thereof.
The Board trust that the inhabitants of the District will cordially cooperate
with them, in carrying out the provision of the Act, with a view
as far as possible of stamping out infectious diseases in the Metropolis.
HENRY G. JONES,
Clerk to the Board.
B.—Notice to Medical Practitioners.
The Board of Works for the St. Giles District.
Offices—No. 197, High Holborn, W.C.
The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889.
October, 1889.
Certificates of Medical Practitioners.
Every medical practitioner attending on or called in to visit a patient, on
becoming aware that the patient is suffering from an infectious disease to which
the Act applies, must forthwith send to the Medical Officer of Health for the
District a certificate in the form prescribed by the Local Government Board
(secs. 3, 4):
The certificate is to be given in respect of a case of infectious disease
to which the Act applies occurring in any building not belonging to Her
Majesty, used for human habitation, unless such building is a hospital in
which persons suffering from an infectious disease are received (sec. 3, i.); and
also in a case occurring in any ship, vessel or boat not belonging to Her
Majesty or to a foreign Government, or in any tent, van, shed, or similar
structure used for human habitation and not belonging to Her Majesty
in like manner as nearly as may be as if it were a building (secs. 13 and 15).
The expression "infectious disease " means any of the following diseases,
viz., small-pox, cholera, diphtheria, membranous croup, erysipelas, the
disease known as scarlatina or scarlet fever, and the fevers known by any of the
following names:—typhus, typhoid, enteric, relapsing, continued or puerperal.
The penalty for default in sending the certificate is a fine not exceeding
40s. (sec. 3).
The forms of certificates are supplied gratuitously by the Board, who will
also pay for every certificate sent by a medical practitioner in accordance
with the requirements of the Act a fee of 2s. 6d. if the case occurs in the
course of his private practice, or a fee of 1s. if the certificate is given in respect
of a case occurring in his practice as Medical Officer of any public body
or institution (sec. 4, ii). As a matter of convenience the Board propose to
pay the accounts for fees monthly.
Where a medical practitioner attending on a patient is himself the
Medical Officer of Health of the District he will be entitled to the fees to
which he would be entitled if he were not such Medical Officer (sec. 11).
Certificates should be sent to the Medical Officer of Health by post
addressed to him at his office, 197, High Holborn, W.C.
HENRY C. JONES,
Clerk to the Board.