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94. A Health Officer may require any person liable to Disinfection be quarantined to be disinfected before being released.

of

persons prior to release.

of infected

and articles

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

(3) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may with the sanction of the Governor give compensation for the articles destroyed.

dis-

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

vehicles.

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

of houses

98. When any building or place which has been Disinfection entered on and occupied under the provisions of section 91 requisitioned is vacated the Health Officer concerned shall be bound at the for hospitals. cost of 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

99. In any case where a 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, 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.

closure of

of case.

100.-(1) If in the opinion of a Health Officer it is Temporary

in the interests of the public health that the persons buildings necessary residing in a building or part of a building which is infected after removal shall be removed, he may direct that such building or part thereof shall be temporarily closed for such time as is necessary to secure its thorough disinfection and the disinfection or destruction of all infected articles contained therein, and it shall not be lawful for any person to reoccupy such building or part thereof until it has been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected as aforesaid.