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Assemblage of
persons at
waking the
dead prohibited.
16. Where any death shall occur from Cholera or Choleraic
Diarrhœa, no collection of persons shall assemble in the room
where the corpse is, and no "waking" of the dead shall be
allowed.
Corpses to bo
kept separate
from the
living.
17. Ihe Vestry or Board shall cause the immediate removal,
from any room which living persons inhabit, of the corpse of
every person dying from Cholera or Choleraic Diarrhoea, until the
time of its interment, and shall cause such means to be adopted
for preventing the spread of infection from the corpse as their
Medical Officer of Health shall recommend.
To take precautions
as to
ships and
vessels lying
within their
Parish or
District.
18. If the Yestry or Board shall be informed that Cholera
or Choleraic Diarrhoea exists, or within three days previously has
existed, in any Ship or Vessel which may be lying within their
Parish or District, they shall cause the same to be forthwith visited,
inspected, and otherwise dealt with, according to the circumstances
of the case, in like manner as if it were an inhabited house on
shore, and shall give all such medical and other directions in
reference to the persons in such Vessel or Ship, as shall be
requisite for preventing the spread of the disease, and for the
disinfection or disposal of any things which may be infected or
may have been exposed to infection, subject always to the provisions
of any Order of Council issued under the Quarantine
Laws for the time being in force in such Parish or District.
Statistical
returns to be
obtained.
19. The Clerk of the Vestry or Board shall, every Monday,
send by post to the Medical Officer of the Privy Council a return
of the number of new cases of Diarrhoea or Cholera which
have during the week ended on Saturday midnight last come
under the cognisance of the Vestry or Board, and of the
number of recoveries, and the number of deaths, with such
other particulars as such Medical Officer shall from time to time
require. The return shall be in the following form, or the like
effect:—
Parish or District.
Weekly Return of Cases of Cholera or DicCQrhcea for the Week
ending on Saturday last.
\
New Attacks during the Week -
Deaths during the Week ------
Recovered during the Week -
Total number of Cases now under treatment
1866.
(Signed) Clerk to the Vestry
or Board.