Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1897]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART III. General Prevention and Mitigation of Disease. Infectious Diseases,—Notijicatiom, Section. 44. Notification of infectious disease. Infectious Diseases.—Prevention. 45. Power to inspect premises where infectious disease supposed to exist. 46. Provision of means for disinfecting bedding, &c. 47. Cleansing and disinfecting of premises, &c. 48. Disinfection of bedding, &c. 49. Persons engaged in washing or mangling clothes to furnish list of owners of clothes in certain cases. 50. Infectious matter thrown into ash-pits, &c. to be disinfected. 51. Penalty on letting houses in which infected persons have been lodging. 52. Penalty on persons letting houses making false statements as to infectious disease. 53. Penalty on ceasing to occupy house without disinfection or notice to owner, or on making false answer. 54. Removal to hospital of infected persons without proper lodging. 55. Detention of infected persons without proper lodging in hospital. 56. Penalty on exposure of infected persons and things. 57. Penalty on sending child to school, so as to spread infection. 58. Prohibitions on infected person carrying on business. 59. Prohibition on conveyance, &c. of infected person. in public conveyance. 60. Inspection of dairies, and power to prohibit supply of milk. ; 61. Dairymen to supply information and to produce list of customers and invoices. 62. Prohibition of retention of dead body in certain cases. 63. Body of person dying of infectious disease in be removed only for burial. 64. Disinfection of public conveyances if used for c corpses. 65. Byela>vs as to public conveyances. Hosjntals and Ambulances. 66. Power of local authority to provide hospitals. 67. Provision of conveyance for infected persons. Mortuaries, <^c. 68. Power of local authority to provide mortuaries. 69. Power of sheriff, &;c. in certain cases to order removal of dead body to mortuary. A 2 3 A.D. 1897. I QUE iNSTITUTI