The health officer's pocket-book : a guide to sanitary practice and law for medical officers of health, sanitary inspectors, members of sanitary authorities, etc. / by Edward F. Willoughby.

  • Willoughby, Edward Francis, 1840-1906.
Date:
1902
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    Duties of Inspectors of Nuisances {conliiiued), (9) He sliall give immediate notice ^ to the Medical Oflicer of Health of the occurrence within the district of any contagious, infections, or epidemic dis- ease ; and whenever it appears to him that the intervention of snch officer is y necessary in consequence of the exist- ence of any nuisance injurious to health, or of any overcrowding in a house, he shall forthwith inform the Medical , Officer of Health thereof. J (10) He shall, sirbject to the ^ directions of the Sanitary Authority, attend to the instructions of the Medical Officer of Health with respect to any measures which can be lawfully taken by an Inspector of Nuisances - under the Public Health Act, 1875, or under any other Statute or Statutes, for preventing the spread of any con- tagious, infectious, or epidemic disease of a dangerous character. (11) He shall enter from day to day, in a book to be provided by the Sanitary Authority, particulars of his inspections and of the action taken by him in the execution of his duties. He shall also keep a book or books, to be provided by the Sanitary Authority, so arranged as to form, as far as possible, a con- tinuous record of the sanitary condition of each of the premises in respect of which any action has been taken under the Public Health Act, 187.5, or under any other Statute or Statutes, and shall keep any other systematic records that the Sanitary Authority may require. (12) He shall at all reasonable times, when applied to liy the Medical Officer of Health, ])roduce to him his books, or any of them, and render to him siich information as ho may ho able to furnish with respect to any matter to which the duties of Inspector of Nuisances relate. Syllabus of Subjects {continued). The Eegulations af- fecting persons suffer- ing or recovering from Infectious diseases, and some knowledge of such diseases—The principles of Ventila- tion, and simple methods of Ventilat- ing Rooms—Measure- ment of Cubic Space. Disinfectants and Methods of Disinfec- tion. A Knowledge of the General Duties of the Office, and Methods of keeping the neces- sary l)Ooks and Re- cords—Writing and Spelling.