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" dangerous infectious disease, or for a person suffering from any
" such disease to enter any public conveyance, and if he does so,
" he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds; and, if any
" person so suffering is conveyed in any public conveyance, the
" owner or driver thereof, as soon as it comes to his knowledge,
" shall give notice to the Sanitary Authority, and shall cause such
" conveyance to be disinfected, and if he fails so to do, he shall be,
" liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and the owner or
" driver of such conveyance shall be entitled to recover in a
" summary manner from the person so conveyed by him or from
" the person causing that person to be so conveyed a sum sufficient
" to cover any loss and expense incurred by him in connexion
" with such disinfection. It shall be the duty of the Sanitary
" Authority, when so requested by the owner or driver of such
" public conveyance, to provide for the disinfection of the same,
" and they may do so free of charge." The amendments contained
in the next four sections are chiefly technical.
Sec. 76 has little interest for our districft, but as the words are
new, I will quote them : " Any expenses incurred
Hospitals " by a Sanitary Authority in maintaining in a
and " hospital (whether or not belonging to that
Ambulances. " Authority) a patient who is not a pauper, and
" is not suffering from an infectious disease, shall
"be a simple contract debt due to the Sanitary Authority from
" that patient, or from any person liable by law to maintain him,
" but proceedings for its recovery shall not be commenced after
" the expiration of six months from the discharge of the patient,
" or if he dies in such hospital, from the date of his death."
Sec. 80, sub-sees. 2 and 3 now provide that the patient and his
friends are no longer liable for costs of maintenance incurred by
the Metropolitan Asylum Managers. All such expenses '' shall be
" paid by the Board of Guardians of the Poor Law Union from
" which he is received."
Sec. 81 declares that children sent by the London School Board
to any industrial school outside London, shall be considered as
belonging to London in the event of being admitted into any
hospital belonging to the Metropolitan Asylum Managers.