Report on the outbreak of plague at Sydney, 1900 / by the Chief Medical Officer of the Government and President of the Board of Health.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- 1900
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Report on the outbreak of plague at Sydney, 1900 / by the Chief Medical Officer of the Government and President of the Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![No. : Department of Public Health. Form 250. Notice to Cleanse and Disinfect, under the Public Health Act. To occupier of situated at No. street. Tue Board of: Health, being of opinion that it is necessary that the premises occupied by you should be cleansed and disinfected, and that the drains of the said premises should also be cleansed and disinfected, and that certain articles should be destroyed, notice is hereby given that unless within twenty-four hours - from the receipt of this notice you inform the Board of Health, in writing, that within a further period of hours you will carry out the cleansing and disinfecting operations, and the destruction of certain articles hereinafter mentioned, the Board of Health will enter on the said premises and carry out the said cleansing and disinfecting operations and the destruction of the said articles at your expense, in pursuance of the powers vested in them by the provisions of the Public Health Act. Particulars of cleansing and disinfecting operations required List of articles to be destroyed Norr.—All such cleansing and disinfecting operations, and the destruction of such articles, must be done to the satisfaction of a legally-qualified medical practitioner. Date of Service / Hour of Service Inspector. Under this notice you may elect to take any of the following courses :— “A” To cleanse and disinfect the premises yourself within the period mentioned in the notice. “B” To request the Board of Health to undertake the cleansing and disinfecting of the premises. Penalties for Non-compliance. If, having elected to carry out the required operations, you fail to do so within the time mentioned, a breach of the Act will have been committed. Nore.—In addition to the penalties incurred under the Public Health Act, you will be liable to have your premises placed in quarantine and isolated. C. A. SIMMS, Secretary. Form No. 265. Department of Public Health, N.S.W. Notice under the Public Health Act. To occupier of situated at No. street. You are hereby notified that the undermentioned works must be executed before your premises can be certified as sanitary, To avoid institution of proceedings against you under the provisions of the Public Health Act, the improvements must be taken in hand at once, and most be completed within from date of service of this notice. Date of Service Inspector. Hour of Service [Five Plates, One Diagram, Four Plans. ] Sydney : William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer.—1901. [7s. 6d. ] 57 —L](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32183021_0087.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
