View report page

154
Metropolis on the 30th day of October, 1889; and the
attention of the Public is therefore earnestly called to the
following Abstract of the Provisions in it which specially
concern their duties in the matter.
1. When an inmate in any habitation is suffering from
an infectious disease to which this Act applies,
then, unless such building is a hospital in which
persons suffering from an infectious disease are
received, the following Provisions shall have
effect, that is to say:—
(a) The head of the family to which such
inmate (the patient), belongs, and in his
default the nearest relative of the patient
present in the building, or being in attendance
on the patient, and in default of any
such person the occupier of the building
shall, as soon as he becomes aware that the
patient is suffering from an infectious
disease to which this Act applies, send
notice thereof to the Medical Officer of
Health of the district.
(b.) Any Medical Practitioner attending on, or
called in to visit the patient, shall forthwith,
on becoming aware that the patient
is suffering from an infectious disease to
which this Act applies, send to the Medical
Officer of Health for the district a certificate,
stating the name of the patient, the
situation of the building, and the infectious