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Infections Disease (Notification) Act, 1889.
This most important Act, relating to the notification of
certain Infectious Diseases, received the Royal Assent upon
the 30th day of August, 1889, and came into operation in
the Metropolis on the 30th day of October, 1889. The
Board, immediately after the passing of the Act, took the
necessary steps for making its provisions known to the ratepayers
in the District, and the Clerk to the Board and the
Medical Officer of Health received the necessary instructions
for carrying the Act into effect. The forms of notices and certificates
and other matters which were required were immediately
prepared, and the Act has, up to the present time,
been found to work extremely well so far as the St. Giles'
District is concerned. The amounts which the Board have
paid for certificates received from Medical Men have been
refunded by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in accordance
with the provisions of the Act.
It has not been found necessary to take any proceedings
for failure to comply with the Act.
The Board, in the month of February last, resolved to
comply with a request received from the School Board for
London, and to notify to the School Board Superintendent
of Visitors for the District, all cases of Scarlet Fever, Smallpox
and Diphtheria which are notified to the Board by
householders under the Act.
Closing of Princes Court
At the l-equest of Messrs. Lambert & Butler, and with
the approval of the adjoining owners, the Board consented
to an application being made to the Justices of the Peace
for closing Princes Court, Drury Lane, but upon the