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Steps have been taken for the disinfection of each house
or room where cases have occurred, and also for the disinfection
of the articles therein.
The Act requires that notice of the infectious diseases
therein specified shall bo sent to the Medical Officer of
Health. The persons called upon to send such notices are—
(1) The head of the family to which the patient belongs,
and in his default
(2) The nearest relatives of the patient present in the
house, or being in attendance on the patient, and
in default of such relatives
(3) Every person in charge of, or in attendance on the
patient, and in default of any such person
(4) The master of the house.
The Act also requires that every 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 the section of the Act applies,
send to the Medical Officer of Health of the District a
certificate stating the full name and the age and sex of the
patient, and other information required by the section.
Forms of certificate for use of Medical men are provided
by the Board, and may be had on application at the Board's
Offices.
Every person required to give a Notice or Certificate as
above-mentioned, who fails to give the same, is liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 40s.
The definition of "Infectious Disease" includes the
following diseases:—Small-pox; Cholera; Diphtheria;
Membranous Croup; Erysipelas; the disease known as Scarlatina
or Scarlet Fever; the fevers known by any of the
following names:—Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Relapsing,
Continued, or Puerperal.
The Board direct special attention to the provisions of
this Act.