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and duties in relation to the notification of cases of Plague as they
would have under that Act if Plague were an infectious disease to
which that Act applied
In the District of every Sanitary Authority in the Administrative
County of London, and in the District of the Port Sanitary Authority
of the Port of London, the persons mentioned in Section 55 of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891 (including the Managers of
the Metropolitan Asylum District), and the Sanitary Authority
shall, under this Order, have the same powers and duties in relation
to the notification of cases of Plague as they would have under that
Section if Plague were an infectious disease to which that Section
applied.
The Sanitary Authority shall forthwith cause Circular Letters to
be sent to all legally-qualified Medical Practitioners in the District,
informing them of their duties under this Regulation.
III.—It shall be the duty of every Medical Officer of Health to
report forthwith to Us any case of Plague which may be notified
to him, or which may otherwise come or be brought to his knowledge,
and which may occur in the District or Area assigned to his charge.
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government
Board, this Nineteenth day of September, in the year
One thousand nine hundred.
HENRY CHAPLIN
President.
WILL. ED. KNOLLYS,
Assistant Secretary.