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The Public Health Acts contain important provisions relating to
infectious disease. Any person who knows he is suffering from an
infectious disease must not carry on any trade or business unless he
can do so without risk of spreading the disease. Local authorities may
require premises to be cleansed and disinfected; they may order the
destruction of bedding, clothing or other articles which have been
exposed to infection; they may provide proper places for the
disinfection of infected articles free of charge; they may provide
ambulances, &c. In the case of a person found suffering from
infectious disease who has not proper lodging or accommodation, or is
lodging in a room occupied by more than one family, or is on board any
ship or vessel, such person may by means of a justice's order be
removed to a hospital; a local authority may pay the expenses of a
person in a hospital or, if necessary, provide nursing attendance; any
person exposing himself or any other in his charge while suffering
from infectious disease, or exposing infected bedding, clothing or the
like, is made liable to a penalty. Owners and drivers of public
conveyances must not knowingly convey any person suffering from
infectious disease, and if any person suffering from such a disease is
conveyed in any public vehicle the owner or driver as soon as it comes
to his knowledge must give notice to the medical officer. It is also
forbidden to let houses or rooms in which infected persons have been
lodging, or to make false statements to persons negotiating for the
hire of such rooms. An act was passed in the year 1890, called the
Infectious Diseases Prevention Act. When adopted it enabled an urban
or district council to obtain the inspection of dairies where these
were suspected to be the cause of infectious disease, with a view to
prohibiting the supply of milk from such dairies if the fact were
established. The act of 1907 extended the provisions of the act of
1890. It enables a local authority to require dairymen to furnish a
complete list of sources of supply if the medical officer certifies
that any person is suffering from infectious disease which he has
reason to suspect is attributable to milk supplied within his
district. It also compels dairymen to notify infectious diseases
existing among their servants. The act of 1890 also forbids the
keeping for more than forty-eight h