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CAUTION.
Penalties for wilfully Exposing Infected
Bedding, Clothing, &c.
Extract from the Pullic Wealth Act of 7866,
il Any person suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder who
T wilfully exposes himself, without proper precaution against spreading
J the said disorder, in any street, public place or public conveyance,
I and any person in charge of one so suffering who so exposes the
I sufferer, and any owner or driver of a public conveyance who does
I not immediately provide for the disinfection of his conveyance after
I it has, with the knowledge of such owner or driver, conveyed any such
I sufferer, and any person who without disinfection gives, lends, sells,
I transmits or exposes any bedding, clothing, rags, or other tilings
which have been exposed to infection from such disorders, shall, on
I conviction of such olfencc before any Justice, be liable to a penalty
I not exceeding five pounds.
"If any person knowingly lets any house, room, or part of a house
f in which any person suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder
I has been to any other person without having such house, room, or part
I of a house, and all articles therein liable to retain infection, disinfected
to the satisfaction of a qualified medical practitioner as testified by a
certificate given by him, such person shall be liable to a penalty not,
exceeding twenty pounds. For the purposes of this Section the
keeper of an Inn shall be deemed to let part of a house to any person
admitted as a guest into his Inn.''
The above, as well as being a Caution to the
General Public, applies specially to Marine
Store Dealers, Laundry-women, Undertakers,
Cabmen, &c.
The Medical Officer of Health begs to caution persons against
removing any portion of bedding, wearing apparel, or furniture from
a room in which any infectious Fever has occurred, and recommends
that early communication be made with him, when he will immediately
supply all the necessary information for disinfecting, &c.
N B.—The burning of infected Articles of Bedding, &c., in
the open air is strictly forbidden.
ARCHER FARR,
Medical Officer of Health.
Vestry Hall, Kennington Green,
January, 1877.