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liy declaring venereal diseases infectious diseases within the meaning ot the Health Act, 15120. the Health Department has given itself certain powers which, if they are judiciously used, out to help the medical profession without raising the difficult question of notification, ’flic object of the change is to facilitate rather than order a stringent course in the ease ol individuals who will not accept ordinary advice and treatment. Under Section 70 of the Health Act every medical practitioner who becomes aware that any person professionally attended by hi,',, is suffering from a notifiable disease. or from any sickness the svmptlionis of which create a reasonable suspicion that it is a notifiable disease, shall notify the Medical Officer of Health. Section 81 of the Act goes further. authorising the isolation of sufferers where isolation is considered to be iu the public interest, and since these precautions may be carried out if necessary “ hv force.” medical practitioners. who have careless or defiant patients may call in the Health Department to assist them.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 December 1924, Page 3
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