[Public health enactments, 1903-1926].

  • Federated Malay States
Date:
1903-1926
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Credit: [Public health enactments, 1903-1926]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    49. (].) Whenever there ib in any house or i)]ace, without obvious ctiuse, any unusual or excessive mortality anionj- rats, the Heiilth Ofticer may by written order require the occupants of such house or place or any of them to remove tiierefrom within a reasonable time, to be specified in the order, and all persons so required to remove shall comply with the terms of such order. . .{'i^i^i^rif^''^ '^^ occupiers of houses shall report without delay to the Health Officer or at the nearest police station any such mortalitv amon^ rats as aforesaid of which they may become aware. provisk)!) us 0*) Every Penghulu of a mukim who l)ecomes aware of the toA.mtics. occurrence of any case of disease within his mukim shall take immedi- ate steps to prevent any person not authorised in writing by the Health Officer from leaving or entering any house or houses in which disease has appeared, and shall immediately give information to the District Officer and at the nearest hospital or police station of the occurrence of the disease. • (ii.) If the Health Officer considers that any diseased person, being an Asiatic not resident within the limits of any town, can be properly attended to without removal, the following provisions shall, so far as may be practicable, apply to the case of such person :— (a) The Penghulu shall forthwith cause a fence to be erected at a distance of 50 feet round tlie house or houses in which disease has appeared. Such liouse or houses shall be placed in charge of the Police, who shall prevent any person not authorised in writing by the Health Officer from entering or leaving such house or houses, whether such persons are or are not diseased. (h) The Penghulu shall take steps to supply sufficient cooked food and water daily, and as often as is necessary, to the inmates of such house or houses. (c) . If the friends of such inmates fail to provide the necessary food the Penghulu shall purchase what is necessary, and recover the cost thereof from the person to whom it has been supplied, as a debt due to the Government; provided that if such person is unable from jjoverty to pay the cost thereof such cost shall be borne by the Government. (d) . The supplies of food shall be deposited at a distance of twenty-five yards from the house or houses, and conveyed to the inmates under the direction of the Health Officer. PART III. LEPEOSY. ProvLsions as to 51. (i.) The Senior Police Officer of a district shall, on receipt of cases of leprosy, ^^fyj-mation that there is within the district a person affected or sus- pected to be aifected with leprosy who is not in a hospital, asylum or other building provided for the reception of lepers, request the nearest Government Surgeon to examine such person, and such Surgeon shall examine such person and, on receipt of a written certificate from such Surgeon to the effect that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the said person is affected with leprosy and is a danger to the public