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the Act, are as follows: "Smallpox, 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, and puerperal." Notification of cases occurring
in the Parish of Camberwell is to be made to the Medical
Officer of Health, Vestry Hall, Camberwell, S.E.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
G. W. MARSDEN.
MEMORANDUM.
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 in the following cases forthwith send to the Medical
Officer of Health for the District a certificate in the form
prescribed by the Local Government Board (sees. 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 (1)); 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