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To all Urban, Rural, and Port Sanitary
Authorities:-
To all Officers of Customs;
To all Masters of Ships;-
And to all others whom it may concern.
WHEREAS the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, by an Order bearing date the 29th day of July 1871, after reciting certain provisions of an Act passed in the Sixth year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, chapter seventy-eight, and of the Sanitary Act, 1866, and further that Cholera was then prevailing in certain parts of Continental Europe with which this Country had communica- tion, and that it was requisite to take precaution, as far as practicable, against the introduction of that disease into this Country, did make certain rules, orders, and regulations in respect thereof, and by certain other Orders bearing date respectively the 3rd and 5th days of August 1871, did make further regulations ;
And whereas under and by virtue of "The Local Govern- ment Board Act, 1871," all powers and duties vested in and imposed on Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council by (among others) the said Sanitary Act, 1866, were, as regards England and Wales, transferred to and imposed on the Local Government Board;
And whereas Cholera is now prevalent in certain parts of Continental Europe with which this country has communication, and it is expedient that the said rules, orders, and regulations, should be rescinded, and other rules, orders, and regulations substituted in their place:
NOW THEREFORE, We, the Local Government Board, do hereby rescind all such rules, orders, and regulations in the
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