Cholera in Jamaica / copy of a letter from C. Macaulay esq., Assistant Secretary to the Board of Health, to F. Peel esq., Under Secretary of State.
- Great Britain. General Board of Health.
- Date:
- 1853
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Cholera in Jamaica / copy of a letter from C. Macaulay esq., Assistant Secretary to the Board of Health, to F. Peel esq., Under Secretary of State. 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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![Anno Decimo Quinto Victoria Regin^. Jamaica, ss. CAP. XXXVI. An Act to establish a Central Board of Health, and for other Purposes. [26th February 1852.] Whereas the establishment of a Central Board of Health would tend greatly to facilitate Preamble, the adoption of such measures, and the speedy enactment of such laws, as would be likely, under Divine Providence, to aid the inhabitants in resisting the progress of epidemic and contagious diseases, and in the more effectual preservation of the public health: Be it The President of the therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly of this island, and it is hereby Council and certain enacted by the authority of the same, That the President of Her Majesty's Council of this ^^^'^^ P^'^^^^' island for the time being, the Speaker of the Honourable House of Assembly for the time being, the principal medical officer of Her Majesty's army in this island for the time being, the senior medical officer in charge of the naval hospital at Port Royal for the time being, the mayor of the city and parish of Kingston for the time being, the president of the together with such college of physicians and surgeons of this island for the time being, together with such three other persons as three other persons as the Governor or person administering the government of this po^jj^^^™^'' island for the time being, by warrant under his hand and seal, may be pleased to appoint, shall be and constitute a Board for superintending the execution of this act, and shall be ^gj^j^.™^^' called The Central Board of Health; and the Governor or person administering the -jyith power to the government of this island for the time being may from time to time, at his pleasure. Governor to remove remove all or any of the persons so appointed by him, and appoint others in their stead, g^'^^^j^jg^'^^*'^^^^'^^*^* whether the vacancy shall arise by the removal of the member of the Board by the ™ ^ y m. Governor or from any other cause. II. And be it further enacted. That the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon Three members, two the said Board by this Act may be exercised and performed by any three members thereof, ^e^be ^to^fom'^''^^ two of whom shall be medical members of the Board, who shall be and form a quorum for quorum of the Board, all the purposes of the same; and in case a vacancy shall occur in the said Board at any and no temporary time during tlie continuance of this Act, the remaining members of such Board shall and vacancy to void pro- may act as if no such vacancy had occurred, and their proceedings shall not be deemed nor ^eedmgs of the Board, held void in consequence of any such vacancy. III. And be it further enacted. That it shall and may be lawful for the said Board to Board may appoint a appoint a secretary, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the said Board, and in case at°pieasure'^^™°^^^^** of the resignation or dismissal of such secretary it shall be lawful for the said Board at any time thereafter to appoint another person in his stead : Provided, that the salary of such at a salary not exceed- secretary shall not exceed eighty pounds, the same to be paid quarterly by the receiver- recdver^general^^ general out of any public money in his hands otherwise unappropriated. IV. And be it further enacted. That from and after the passing of this Act, or so soon l-ocal Boards of after that day as conveniently may be, the members for each and every parish, the custos constituted, or senior resident magistrate, the rector, six resident magistrates next in seniority to the custos or senior magistrate, and the two churchwardens, or any five of them for and on behalf of the whole, shall meet together and be and constitute themselves into a Local Board, to be called The Local Board of Health of the parish or city and parish of 5 and immediately after such meetings to elect and appoint four other persons to associate with and be members of such Local Board of Health. V. And be it further enacted. That the said Central Board may from time to time, and Central Board may whenever they shall think fit, appoint and direct some proper and discreet person or nla^e^m^thJslnitar persons to visit such city, parish, town, village, settlement, or other place, and to make condition of any town such inquiry as he or they may deem necessary touching the sanitary condition of the or p'ace. inhabitants of the said city or other place as he or they may be required to visit, and to examine witnesses in prosecuting the same, and to obtain for and report to the said Central Board correct information as to the locality and state of burial grounds, supply of water, drainage, sewerage, and such other matters connected with the pubhc health as the said Central Board shall or may instruct such proper and discreet person or persons as aforesaid to inquire into. VI. And be it further enacted. That in case any of the districts of this island shall <=ase of epidemic or appear to be threatened, or shall already be affected, with any epidemic or contagious StSoaMmayissue disease during the continuance of this Act, it shall be lawful for the said Central Board byelaws and regula- of Health to make and issue such general and particular rules, byelaws, and regulations t ions for preventing as they may deem proper and expedient for preventing the spread or mitigating the a'iseasr'^ violence of such epidemic or contagious diseases, all and every of which rules, byelaws, which byelaws and and regulations shall be strictly kept and observed, and have the force and effect of law regulations shall have within such threatened or affected districts, for such period during which such districts force of law withia shall be threatened or actually affected by such epidemic or contagious disease, or until distncts. the same or any of them shall be disallowed or rescinded: Provided always, that no Such byelaws not to such rules, byelaws, and regulations shall be repugnant to the laws of this island or to be repugnant to the the provisions of this Act. laws of the island. ^ VII. And be it further enacted. That the said Central Board shall and may, from Central Board may time to time, during the continuance of this Act, repeal, alter, or amend all or any alter, annul, and such rules, byelaws, or regulations so authorized to be made by them as aforesaid, and IZeto Sr to make and substitute others in their stead, as to the said Board may appear expe-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24751303_0139.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
