CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
PREVALENCE AND INCREASE. [RIGOROUS METHODS SUGGESTED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Medical testimony, police reports, and other information given at the conference of clergymen and doctors held at the instance of the Hon. Dr. Pindlay, revealed the prevalence and increase of certain contagious diseases in the chief centres. (Proposals are under consideration to amend the Public Health Act, making it applicable to certain contagious diseases and providing that persons affected may, when necessary, be required by the District Health Officer to report themselves or submit themselves for medical examination. It is proposed to make doctors and chemists, who may he consulted by such persons, give notice to the District Health Officer, and to provide heavy penalties, if any person, knowing he or she is affected by either of these diseases ; wilfully does anything to communicate these diseases to another.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 31 August 1910, Page 5
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142CONTAGIOUS DISEASES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 121, 31 August 1910, Page 5
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