CO129-545-8 Annual medical report 1932 2-11-1933 - 16-5-1934 — Page 198

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99. The Health Officer may require any person liable to Disinfection be quarantined to be disinfected before being released. of persons

prior to release.

of infected

contained

100.-(1) Whenever it appears to the Health Officer Disinfection that any railway carriage has been infected by a person railway suffering from plague, cholera, or smallpox, or yellow fever, carriage he may order the carriage to be detained at the nearest station and articles for such time as may

be necessary for the purpose of therein. disinfecting it, or may order such carriage to be sent to another station at which disinfection may be more expenditiously carried out.

(2) Any clothing, bedding or other articles in the carriage may be disinfected or destroyed at the discretion of the Health Officer and no person shall be entitled as of right to any compensation by way of damages or otherwise for the destruction of any such article 3.

(3) The Health Officer with the sanction of the Governor may give compensation for articles destroyed.

of vehicles

101. Whenever it appears to the Health Officer that Detention any vehicle has been infected he may detain such vehicle for for dis- such time as may be necessary for the purpose of disinfecting infection. it.

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of infected vehicles.

102. All such carts and other vehicles as the Health Disinfection Officer shall use for the transport of infected persons or of things likely to spread infectious disease shall be thoroughly disinfected by the Health Officer before being returned to their owners.

requisitioned

103. When any building or place which has been Disinfection entered on and occupied under the provisions of section 91 of houses is vacated the Health Officer shall be bound at the cost of for hospitals. Government to cleanse and disinfect the said building or place, and if a building and if he is so required to do, to whitewash it both internally and externally immediately after vacating it.

of dangerous

104. In any case where the Health Officer shall certify Disinfection in writing that it is necessary as a precaution against the or closing introduction of disease in any place that any well should be wells. filled up, or cleansed or disinfected, he may by written order require the owner or occupier of the house or land wherein such well is situated to fill up, cleanse, or disinfect such well within a reasonable time to be specified in the order, and such owner or occupier shall fill up, cleanse or disinfect such well accordingly.

after removal

105. When any person suffering from any infectious Disinfection disease has been removed from any premises or has recovered of premises or died on such premises, the Health Officer shall take such of case. steps as he may deem necessary for the disinfection and purification of the premises.

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