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Town Hall,
Richmond, Surrey,
March 3rd, 1902.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT,1901.
LAUNDRIES.
Dear Sir or Madam,
It has recently transpired that clothing from a person infected
with small-pox has been sent to a laundry in the Borough, before
the friends were aware that the case was one of small-pox.
Such a danger may arise in connection with your laundry at
any time, and your employees may thus be exposed to infection.
If small-pox occurs in connection with your laundry you are
liable to a heavy penalty if you fail to immediately notify the same
to the Medical Officer of Health.
The Town Council acting on the advice of the Medical
Officer of Health may make an order forbidding the occupier of any
laundry, or any contractor employed by him, to give out washing
(or any work incidental to washing) to be done in a house in which
an inmate is suffering from a notifiable infectious disease. This
order may be made though the person so suffering has been
removed from the house. Such order shall be made, either for a
specified time, or subject to the condition that the house shall be
disinfected to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, or
that other reasonable precautions shall be adopted. For contravention
of the above the penalty is £10. The Medical Officer considers
that vaccination is a reasonable precaution.
You are therefore strongly urged to see that all your
employees have been successfully vaccinated and revaccinated if
such vaccination took place some years ago.
If you do not call in your own medical practitioner, vaccination
and revaccination will be performed by the public Vaccinator
(Dr. Yates, The Green, Richmond) free of cost, and he will call at
the house, if so desired.
Believe me, dear Sir or Madam,
Yours truly,
Medical Officer of Health.