Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Queensland.

  • Queensland. Department of Public Health
Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Health / Queensland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX O. ENTHETIC (VENEREAL) DISEASES REGULATIONS, 1913. Order in Council. At tne Executive Buildings, Brisbane, the twenty-seventh day of March, 1913. Present; His Excellency the Governor in Council. W HEREAS lT “The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911,” it V i is amongst other things enacted that the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Com¬ missioner, may from time to time, by Order in Council, declare that in such area or areas as are therein named, any venereal disease named in such order shall be a disease to which the provisions of section 132a of the aforesaid Acts shall apply: Now, therefore, His Excel¬ lency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the Commissioner, doth hereby declare that, on and after the First da}7 of April, 1913, the venereal diseases—Primary Syphilis, Secondary Syphilis, and Gonorrhoea—shall be diseases to which the provisions of section 132a of the afpresaid Acts shall apply within the areas of the Cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane, the Towns of Hamilton, Ithaca, Toowong, and Windsor, the Shire of Stephens, the Shire of Toombul, and so much of the Shire of Bal¬ moral as lies to the west of Bulimba Creek. And the Honourable the Home Secretary is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. E. H. ABELL, Clerk of the Council. Home Secretary’s Department, Brisbane, 27th March, 1913. IS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has, in pursuance of the pro¬ visions of “The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911,” and upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Public Health, been pleased to make the following Regulations, entitled ‘‘The Enthetic (\enereal) Diseases Regulations, 1913.” s ’ J. GEO. APPEL. “The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911.” The Enthetic (Venereal) Diseases Regulations, 1913. Whereas, in pursuance of “The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911, the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, has, by Order in Council, declared that in the following areas, that is to say, the Cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane, the Towns of Hamilton, Ithaca, Toowong, Windsor, the Shire of Stephens, the Shire of Toombul, and so much of the Shire of Balmoral as lies to the west of Bulimba Creek, the venereal diseases —Primary Syphilis, Secondary Syphilis, and Gonorrhoea— shall be diseases to which the provisions of the aforesaid Acts shall apply: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, in pursuance of the provisions of section 132b of “The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911,” has been pleased to make the {following Regulations:— 1. i he form of notification to be used by medical practitioners for notifying cases of venereal diseases in areas in which section 132a of “ The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911,’ is in force shall be as hereunder set forth:— Queensland. “The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911.” (Sections 132a and 132b.) Confidential. No.: Notification of venereal disease. The Commissioner of Public Health, Brisbane. I hereby give you notice that* a person attended or treated by me is suffering from a venereal disease, namely [name of disease]. The following particulars are supplied in respect of such person :— t Sex. t Age. t Occupation. t Marital Condition. t Duration or Stage of Disease. * Number or Reference in my Records. Source of infection stated or ascribed (if any) : Remarks: Medical Practitioner. Date * “ The Health Acts, 1900 to 1911,” section 132b, require that the name and address of the patient shall not be disclosed, but he shall be denoted by a number or other reference in or to the records of the medical practitioner. t An answer is required for each heading. 2. If the Commissioner or any medical practitioner suspects that any pierson is infected with venereal disease, the Commissioner may, in writing, require such person to submit himself or herself for examination by clinical and bacteriological methods. Such requisition shall state the name of the medical practitioner to whom such person is required to submit himself or herself for examination, and the time and place of examination. 3. The Commissioner may make such arrangements as he thinks fit for the establishment, management, and control of a dispensary for the gratuitous treatment of venereal diseases at the General Hospital, Brisbane. 4. When any matter or thing is by these Regula¬ tions directed to be done, or where any authority is given by these Regulations to the Commissioner or any person to direct or require any matter or thing to be done, and such act directed to be done remains undone, in every such case every person offending against such direction shall be deemed guilty of an offence against these Regu¬ lations. Every person guilty of an offence against these Regulations shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. On and after the First day of April, 1913, the fore¬ going Regulations numbered one to four inclusive shall be in force within the areas of the Cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane, the Towns of Hamilton, Ithaca, Toowong, and Windsor, the Shire of Stephens, the Shire of Toombul, and so much of the Shire of Balmoral as lies to the west of Bulimba Creek. [Circular to Medical Practitioners, Brishane Metropolitan Area.] Queensland. State Department of Public Health, Brisbane, 28th March, 1913. Dr. Enthetic (Venereal) Diseases. (Notification and other measures, Metropolitan Area of Brisbane.) Sir.—It has been decided by the Honourable the Home Secretary that the venereal diseases hereunder named shall be rendered notifiable to the Commissioner of Public Health within the Metropolitan Area:—• 1. Primary Syphilis. 2. Secondary Syphilis. 3. Gonorrhoea. For the purpose of notification this area includes the Cities of Brisbane and South Brisbane, the Towns of Hamilton, Ithaca, Toowong, Windsor, the Shire of Stephens, the Shire of Toombul, and so much of the Shire of Balmoral as lies to the west of Bulimba Creek,