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proper place descriptive of the sanitary condition found upon the
date of the last inspection, and reference is facilitated by means of
an index.
III. Inspection.
(a) If notification be made in the morning, a visit shall be paid
by the Inspector during the same day ; if in the afternoon or
evening, upon the following day. It is the duty of this officer, in
the course of inspection, to examine the sanitary condition of the
whole premises, especially of traps, paving, wat r upply, dustbin,
the drain connections of sink, stack pipes, and overflow pipes the
condition of w.c., the cause of dampness of basement walls, of
offensive effluvia, whether originating from defective drain:, connexions,
or from a want of ground ventilation.
(£) In Houses in which infectious diseases have occurred the
drains shall be tested.
IV. Isolation.
(a) Isolation shall, when practical, be attained by the removal
of the patient to the hospital.
To put in motion the Ambulance Department of the Asylums
Board, notice and certification are required.
The duty of giving notice and procuring the necessary certificate
generally devolves upon the Sanitary Inspector. To facilitate the
process, books of certificates of the form required by the Asylums
Board shall be distributed by the Department to the registere 1
practitioners residing in the Parish. When the removal of a
patient is determined on, the Sanitary Inspector shall make the
necessary arrangements, both to obtain the certificate and communicate
with the officer of the Asylums Board.
(b) When the patient is retained at home, printed directions
relating to the isolation of the patient shall be supplied to the
person in charge.
(r) A letter shall be sent to the medical attendant, asking for
information in regard to the origin of the disease.
(d) I he Inspector shall call from time to time during a period
varying from three to six weeks, until, in the opinion of the
medical attendant, disinfection may be carried out.