Short title T CHAPTER 19. An Ordinance respecting Public Health. HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Public Health Ordinance." 1902, c. 4, s. 1. INTERPRETATION. Interpretation 'House" "Contagious or infectious disease" "Infected" "Minister" "Medical practitioners" 2. In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires: (a) The expression "house" means any place used as a dwelling; (b) The expression "contagious or infectious disease" includes small pox, chicken pox, scarlatina, measles, German measles, diphtheria, Asiatic cholera and any such other disease as may hereafter be declared contagious or infectious by the Lieutenant Governor in Council; (The expression "infected" means that condition of person or thing which is the effect of exposure to any contagious or infectious disease or contact with anything which has been so exposed under such circumstances as make it possible that such disease may be spread because of such exposure or contact; (d) The expression "minister" means the Commissioner of Agriculture or such other member of the Executive Council as the Lieutenant Governor may direct to administer this Ordinance; (e) The expression "medical practitioner" means any legally qualified medical practitioner. 1902, c. 4, s. 2. Certain offences defined PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CONTAGION. 3. Any person who (a) Has become infected or who has control as parent, guardian or master of anyone who has become infected; or who has possession or control of anything which has become infected and who does or causes or permits to be done any act whereby any other person is or may become exposed to infection or who refuses or neglects to cause such disinfection of any such person or thing as is herein prescribed; or who, (b) Being occupant of any infected house causes or permits to enter therein any person who is not a medical practitioner or other necessary attendant on the sick or a person acting under instructions from any health. officer; or who, (c) Not being an inmate of any infected house or a resident of any quarantined district or a medical practitioner or other necessary attendant on the sick or a person acting under instructions from any health officer knowingly enters any infected house or quarantined district; or who, (d) Being a physician in attendance on any infected person fails to take such precautions for the disinfection of his person and clothing or for the prevention of infection as are prescribed in the schedule hereto; or who (e) Being a nurse or other person charged with the care or nursing of any infected person or of any person ill of typhoid fever refuses or neglects to take such measures respecting the disinfection and disposal of the discharges from any such person as are described in the schedule hereto; or who (f) Being owner or tenant of any infected house either by himself or his agent knowingly offers for sale or hire such house or any part thereof without first causing it to be disinfected as prescribed in the schedule hereto; and for the purposes of this section a house shall be deemed to be let for hire to any part of which any person is admitted as a boarder or lodger; or who (g) Being the parent or guardian of any pupil in attendance at any school who is residing in any house. which has become infected, or who has whooping cough, or being the proprietor of any house in which any such pupil is boarded or lodged and which has become infected, thereafter allows such pupil to attend any school without first delivering to the teacher of such school a medical practitioner's certificate certifying that the disinfection prescribed in the schedule hereto has been done under his direction both as to the person and clothing of the pupil and as to the house in which it resides or is boarded or lodged; or who, (h) Having been exposed to the infection of small pox fails to remain in quarantine for a period of twenty days after having been so exposed and to have his person and clothing disinfected as prescribed in the schedule to this Ordinance Infected person or thing to be isolated Notice of disease to be affixed to house Instructions by medical practitioner shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding $100 and costs of prosecution or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both fine and imprisonment: Provided that any inmate of any infected house may do whatever may be necessary to procure medical or other aid in any emergency; Provided that any healthy adult inmate of any house infected with measles, German measles, diphtheria or scarlatina may under the direction of a medical practitioner be disinfected as to his person and clothing as prescribed in the schedule hereto and may thereupon be allowed to change his place of abode; and Provided that any healthy adult inmate of any house infected with measles, German measles or chicken pox, not being a school teacher, may when isolation of the case or cases can be maintained in a separate room or rooms after disinfection under the direction of a medical practitioner as prescribed in the schedule hereto and with his permission be allowed to come and go to his house and carry on his ordinary vocation; Provided that any person who has been exposed to the infection of small pox who has been successfully vaccinated subsequent to such exposure or who holds a certificate of a medical practitioner certifying that he has satisfied such medical practitioner that he has been successfully vaccinated within a period of three years immediately prior to such exposure need not remain in quarantine as provided in clause (h) of this section. (2) The medical practitioner in attendance or any health officer may order the removal of any infected person or thing to any hospital, pesthouse or any isolated building or tent provided for that purpose. 1902, c. 4, s. 3. 4. Whenever any contagious or infectious disease occurs in any house the occupant shall forthwith affix and shall during the whole period of infection keep affixed to the outside of every outer door of such house a written notice of a size not less than four inches by six inches bearing the name of the disease with which such house is infected. (2) Any person refusing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding $50 and costs of prosecution. 1902, c. 4, s. 4. 5. Whenever any medical practitioner is in attendance on a case of contagious or infectious disease in any house he shall give the occupant or owner written notice that he must put up a written notice on every outer door of his house and keep it there until he is authorized to remove it by the medical practitioner or health officer and also shall give such occupant or owner as full written instructions as to the quarantine pre- (2) Any such occupant or owner refusing or neglecting to practitioner infected person 6. Any medical practitioner attending any persons ill of Medical typhoid fever not within the limits of any city or town shall to inspect inspect the premises where such person is so ill and if he should premises where have reason to believe that the water supply thereof has resides become contaminated by reason of any cesspool or privy pit being adjacent thereto he shall notify the owner or occupant of such premises to cause immediate removal of the contents thereof and the subsequent disinfection and filling up with earth of such cesspool or privy pit. (2) Any medical practitioner refusing or neglecting to com- Penalty ply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $50 and costs of prosecution. obey order (3) Any person refusing or neglecting to obey an order or Penalty for notice given pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be neglecting to guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding $50 and costs of prosecution. 1902, c. 4, s. 6. Subsution SANITARY INSPECTORS AND HEALTH OFFICERS. or 7. The minister may at any time appoint a health officer or Appointment of sanitary inspector to inspect and report on the sanitary condi-sanitary intion of any premises not within the limits of any city or town or to investigate reported cases of contagious or infectious diseases. (2) It shall be the duty of such officer or inspector subject to the instructions of the minister to prosecute any person whom he may have reason to believe guilty of an offence under any of the provisions of this Ordinance. 1902, c. 4, s. 7. if health officer Power to act health ena 8. Any health officer or sanitary inspector may enter into and upon any premises and examine such premises; and upon such examination he finds that the premises are in filthy or unclean state or that any matter or thing is there which in his opinion may endanger the public health he may order the proprietor or occupant of the premises to cleanse and remove forthwith what is found there; and in case the proprietor or occupant of the premises neglect or refuse to obey his instructions such health officer or sanitary inspector may call to his assistance any persons he may think fit and with such persons may enter on the premises and cleanse the same and remove therefrom and destroy what in his opinion it is where public dangered |