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Disinfection

of persons prior to release.

Disinfection of infected railway carriage and articles contained

therein

Detention

of vehicles for dis- infection.

Disinfection

of infected vehicles.

Disinfection

of houses

requisitioned

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

95.--(1) Whenever it appears to a Health Officer that any railway carriage has been infected by a

by a person suffering from plague, cholera, smallpox or yellow fever. he may order the carriage to be detained at the nearest station for such time as may be necessary for the purpose of disinfecting it, or may order such carriage to be sent to another station at which disinfection may expeditiously carried out.

be

more

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

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

97. All such carts and other vehicles as a Health 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.

98. When any building or place which has been entered on and occupied under the provisions of section 88 for hospitals. is vacated the Health Officer concerned shall be bound at the 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.

Disinfection

or closing

of dangerous wells.

Temporary

closure of buildings

of case.

99. In any case where a Health Officer shall certify in writing that it is necessary as a precaution against the introduction of disease in any place that any well should be 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.

he may

100.-(1) If in the opinion of a Health Officer it is necessary in the interests of the public health that the persons after removal residing in a building or part of a building which is infected

shall be removed,

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.