Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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36. The landlord of a lodging-house, immediately
after he shall have been informed, or shall
have ascertained that any person in such house is
ill of a dangerously infectious or contagious disease,
shall give written notice thereof to the Medical
Officer of Health of the Nuisance Authority.
37. In every case where a lodger in a lodginghouse
has been informed, or has ascertained, or has
reasonable grounds for believing that an occupant
of any room which has been let to such lodger is ill
of a dangerously infectious or contagious disease,
such lodger shall forthwith give written notice therof
to the landlord and to the Medical Officer of Health
of the Nuisance Authority, and verbal or written
notice thereof to every other lodger in such house.
38. In every case where, in pursuance of the
statutory provision in that behalf, an order of a
justice has been obtained for the removal from a
lodging-house to a hospital, or other place for the
reception of the sick, of a person who is suffering
from any dangerous contagious or infectious disorder
and is without proper lodging or accommodation,
the landlord of such house, and the lodger to whom
any room whereof such person may be an occupant
has been let shall, on being informed of such order,
forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on