Report of Royal Commission upon the Administration and Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Contagious Diseases Acts
- Date:
- 1871
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Credit: Report of Royal Commission upon the Administration and Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![You are, therefore, to appear before me, or such other justice, at that place and time, and to answer to what is stated in the said information. You may ajipear yourself, or by any ijerson on your behalf. If you do not appear, you may be ordered, without further notice, to be taken to a certified hospital for medical examination. If you prefer it, you may go with the constable [or as the case may bel who serves this notice to the Hospital at and submit yourself there to medical examination. Dated this day of (Signed) L.M., Justice of the Peace for [Subjoin copy of infortiiation.'] Form of Order for Examination. Be it remembered, that on the day of to -^vit. J in pursuance of The Contagious Diseases Preven- tion Act, 1864, I, one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of , do order that A.B. of be taken to Hospital (being a certified hospital within the meaning of the said Act) for medical examination. (Signed) L.M. Form of Medical Certificate. To L.M., Esq., and others. Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the [county] of In pursuance of The Contagious Diseases Prevention Act, 1864, I hereby certify that I have this day examined in this hospital A.B. of , and that she has a contagious disease within the meaning of the said Act. Dated at the Hospital this day of (Signed) E.F. House Surgeon to the Hospital [or as the case may be]. Form of Order for Detention in Hospital. To the authorities of the Hospital at I In pursuance of The Contagious Diseases Preven- towit. / tion Act, 1864, I, one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of , do order that A.B. of be detained in the Hospital at for medical treatment until duly discharged by you, and I do command you to detain her accordingly ; and for so doing this shaH be your warrant. Dated this day of 186 . (Signed) L.M. irt Title. Jierpreta- liof Act to com- mence from Sept. 30 ISOd, and then 27 & -iS Vict. 0.8.J, to cease to operate, except, &o. 29 Vict. Cap. XXXV. An Act for the better Prevention oc Contagious Diseases at certain Naval and Military Stations. [ilth June 1866.] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : Prelmi7iary. 1. This Act may be cited as The Contagious Diseases Act, 1866. 2. In this Act— The term contagious disease means venereal disease, including gonorrhoea : The term police means Metropolitan Police or other police or constabulary authorised to act in any part of any place to which this Act applies : The term '''superintendent includes inspector: The term chief medical oiRcer means the principal physician or surgeon for the time being attached to or doing duty at a hospital, or the house surgeon or resident surgeon of the hospital: The term justice means a justice of the peace having jurisdiction in the county, borough, or place where the matter requiring the cognizance of a justice arises, or in any part of any place to which this Act applies: The term two justices means two or more justices assembled and acting together, and includes any police or stipendiary magistrate or other justice liaving by law for any purpose the powers of two justices. 26937. 3. This Act shall commence from and immediately after the thirtieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and on the commencement of this Act the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act, 1864, shall cease to operate; but the discontinuance of that Act by this Act shall not affect the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered before the commencement of this Act; and that discontinuance or anything in tliis Act shall not apply to or in respect of any offence, act, or thing committed or done, or omitted before the commencement of this Act; and every such offence, act, or thing shall after and not- withstanding the commencement of this Act have the same consequences and effect in all respects as if the Con- ta{i,i'jus Diseases Prevention Act, 1864, had not been discontinued. Every order of a justice under the said Act shall remain in force as if this Act had not been passed. Every hospital certified under the said Act shall con- tinue to be a certified hospital, for the purposes of this Act, for three months after the commencement of tbis Act, unless before the expiration of that time the certificate is withdrawn or the hospital is certified under this Act; and every hospital certified rmder this Act shall be deemed a certified hospital for the purposes of the said Act, as long as the operation thereof continues for any purpose under this Act. Ejctent of Act. 4. The places to which this Act applies shall be the places mentioned in the first schedule to this Act, the limits of which places shall for the jjurposes of this Act be such as are defined in that schedule. Expenses of Execution of Act. 5. Expenses incurred in the execution of this Act shall be paid under the direction of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom or the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral (hereafter in this Act styled the Admiralty), and of such one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, as Her Majesty thinks fit for the time being to entrust with the seals of the War Department (hereafter in this Act styled the Secretary of State for War), out of money to be provided by Parliament for that purpose. Visiting Surgeons. 6. The Admiralty or the Secretary of State for War Appoint, may, on the commencement of this Act, appoint a medical ™<it of officer for each of the places to \7hich this Act applies, to Iur*eo?i3 be, during pleasure, visiting surgeon there for the purposes of this Act, and may from time to time, on the death, resignation, or removal from office of any visiting surgeon appoint another such officer in his stead. The Admiralty or the Secretary of State for War may, from time to time as occasion requires, appoint a medical officer to be the assistant of any such visiting surgeon; and every such assistant shall have the like powers and duties as the visiting sui'geon to whom he is appointed assistant. A notice of the appointment of every such visiting surgeon and of every such assistant shall be published in the London or Dublin Gazette according as the place for which he is appointed is in England or in Ireland. A copy of the Gazette containing such a notice shall be conclusive evidence of the ajjpointment. Inspector of Hospitals. 7. The Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War Appoint- shall, on the commencement of this Act, appoint a medical P'ent of officer to be, during pleasure, inspector of certified hos- au^a ass^s- pitals under this Act, and shall from time to time, on the taut in- Act to ex- tend only to places In schedule. Expenses of Act to be defrayed by Admiralty. and assis- taiits. such spector of certified hospitals. death, resignation, or removal from office of any inspector, appoint another such officer in his stead. The Admiralty and the Secretary of State for War may, from tirne to time as occasion requires, appoint a medical officer to be an assistant inspector of certified hospitals under this Act, which assistant shall have the like powers and duties as the inspector. A notice of the appointment of every such inspector and of evei-y such assistant shall be published in the Loudon Gazette. A copy of the Gazette containing such a notice shall be conclusive evidence of the appointment. Certified Hospitals. 8. The Admiralty or the Secretary of State for War may power to from time to time provide any buildings or parts of build- Admiralty, ings as hospitals for the purposes of this Act, and any vfdo^lios™' building or part of a building so provided and certified in pitals, and writing by the Admiralty or Secretary of State for War certify them. 5 E](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365945_0867.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
