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(viii) measures for the disinfection of clothes and rags before packing where smallpox is prevalent;
(m) for appointing, establishing and maintaining places for the sanitary control of aerial navigation and for prescribing the sanitary measures to be taken in respect thereof;
(n) for prescribing the liability of any person to defray the expenses connected with the enforcement of this Ordinance or any regulation made under this Ordinance, and for regulating questions of compensation in connection there- with; and
(o) for prescribing the fine with which the contravention of any regulation made under this Ordinance shall be punish- able, but so that
no such fine shall exceed five hundred dollars.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1) and for the prevention of any epidemic, endemic, contagious or communicable disease, such regula- tions may also provide:-
(a) for the compulsory reporting of infectious disease;
(b) for entering and searching houses, buildings, rooms. and other places in which the presence of diseased persons or persons dead of disease or contacts may be suspected and for the examination of the occupants;
(c) for prohibiting or regulating the movements of dis- cased persons or of persons suspected of being diseased or of contacts;
(d) for the removal of diseased persons or persons sus- pected of being diseased to hospital or other places for medical treatment, and for their detention until they can be discharged with safety to the public, and for the temporary occupation of places required for the treatment of diseased persons or for the segregation of diseased persons or contacts;
(e) for prohibiting or regulating the removal of bedding, clothing, furniture or other articles which have been in the presence of a diseased person and which are reasonably sus- pected of being infected, and for the disinfection or destruction of the same;
(f) for ordering the vacation of, and for ordering or executing the cleansing and disinfection of, houses, buildings, rooms and other places which have been occupied by any dis- eased person, or which are suspected of being infected with disease, or which are overcrowded or otherwise in an insani- tary condition;
(g) for house to house visitation, cleansing and disinfec- tion;
(h) for the better prevention of the danger of the spread- ing of infection by rats by destroying them or minimising their numbers, and for the prevention of the passing of rats from the shore to vessels and aircraft and vice versa.
(i) for the disinfection and purification of infected vehicles;
() for the examination of the bodies of dead persons and the certification of the cause of death in cases where the cause has not been certified by a qualified medical practitioner or where there is reason to suspect that the diagnosis made is not correct;
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