The Australasian medical directory and handbook / edited by Ludwig Bruck.

Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Australasian medical directory and handbook / edited by Ludwig Bruck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    It sliall bo tlio duty of the Modical Practitioner in attendance on sucb case to state to the householder, as early as possible, the infectious nature of such disea,se, and also to give immediate notice thereof to the Local Boanl of the district in which the patient resides ; if he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds : Provided that any Medical Practitioner so giving notice as above required shall be entitled to receive from such Local Board the sum of two shillings and six pence in respect of each case of which notice shall be given : Pro- vided also that a Medical Practitioner shall not be entitled to payment in respect of more than three cases of the same disease reported from the same house during the coui-se of one month. Removal of Infected Persons.—Where any suitable hospital or place for the re- ception of the sick is jn-ovided v/ithin the district of a Local Board, or within a con- venient distance of such district, any person who is suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder, and is without proper lodging or accommodation, or lodged in a room occupied by more than one family, or is on board any ship or vessel, may, on a certificate signed by a legally qualified Medical Practitioner, and with the consent of the superintending body of such hospital or place, be removed, by order of any Eesi- dent Magistrate, to such hospital or place at the cost of the Local Board. Penalty on Letting Infected houses.—Any person who knowingly lets for hire any house, room, or part of a house, in which any person has been suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder, without having such house, room, or part of a house, and all articles therein liable to retain infection, disinfected to the satisfaction of a legally- qualified Medical Practitioner, as testified by a certificate signed by him, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. Removal of Bead Body to Mortuary.—Where the body of one who has died of any infectious disease is retained in a room in which persons live or sleep, or any dead body which is in such a state as to endanger the health of the inmates of the same house, any Justice may, on a certificate signed by a legally-qualified Medical Practi- tioner, order the body to be removed, at the cost of the Local Board, to any mortuary provided by such Board, and direct the same to be buried within a time to be limited in such order. Unwholesome Food. Medical Officer to Insj)ect Meat, ,^-c.—If any animal, carcase, meat, poultry, game, flesh, fish, fruit, vegetables, corn, bread, flour, or milk exposed for sale and intended for the food of man, appcai-s to the inspecting Medical Officer who may inspect and examine any such food at all reasonable times, to be diseased, or unsound, or unwhole-some, or unfit for the food of man, he may seize the same in order to have the same dealt with by a Ecsident Magistrate’s Court. Pviuilty for hindering Officer froni inspecting Meat.—Any person, who in any manner prevents any Medical Officer from entering any premises and inspecting any article intcndal for the food of man, or who obstructs or impedes, any such Medical Officer when caiTyiiig into execution the provisions of this Act, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and on complaint made on oath by a Medical Officer, or other officer of a Local Boanl, any Eesident Magistrate may grant a warrant to any such officer to enter any building, or part of a building in which such officer has reason for believing that there is kept or concealed any article intended for sale for the food of man, and is diseased, unsound, or unwholesome, or unfit for the food of man ; and to search for and seize any such article, in oixler to have the same dealt with by a Eesident Magi.strate. PORT HEALTH OFFICERS. Ilealth Ojfficer for each Port.—The Governor may, from time to time, appoint, for each jwrt in New Zealand, a Health Officer, and may at any time remove sucii officer and ajipoint another in his place. Health Officer to take Answer on Oath.—In all cases, wherein by virtue of this Act any answer shall be taken or made ui)on oath, the Health Officer who shall take such answers shall be deemed to have full power to administer such oaths. Inspection (»/■ The master of any vessel shall permit the Health Officer, either alone or together with any Medical Practitioner accompanying him, to inspect any jiart of the vessel, and all or any of the passengers or crew of such vessel. And if it shall a])pear to the Health Officer that such vessel is not li.ablo to iierform quaran- tine, he shall give to the master of such vessel a clean.bill of health. But if it appears that such ves.se amved from any place notilied by the Governor as being infected, oi if tlic Health Officer shall, apprehend any danger to the public health from the immediate admi.ssion of such vessel to entry, by reason of there then being, or of
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