INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
THE NEW REGULATIONS,
[ Special to Times. | Wellington, last night. Under a new regulation issued by the i Public H.altu Department, niHical men j are to receive payment at t‘ cate of 8s j Od per house lor each ease i infectious • disease reported under ti e n; ions of 1 the Ilea.th Act. iliibe: •<• .; !..is been | compulsory that such < s s'uulJ be j reported without fee. ,r n’.'oged that ! the system lias no l , w ~-jd uccessfuily. and tiie risk oi pc.; ..y in. neglect to ; adtise the Department has buen too often j taken. The new sesiein will come into | operation on the first of Mare'll. Tile Chief Health Ouieer, wiio left yesterday to attend the Intercolonial Medical Conference at Hobart, will visit ! Sydney before iiis return to the colony to j investigate the causes of the plague outbreak and the conditions under which it is being combatted, and to watch the disease in its different phases. Although it is hoped the information may never be wanted for use in this colony, it is considered advisable to be cautious and prepared for any emergency.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 338, 12 February 1902, Page 2
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