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AN ACT RESPECTING THE riiUSEKVATlON- OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. • ■llltllUIIIIIIMIIIIIIII,,!, „„„,,,,,,„„„, iiiituil^ •2*1 Vlctorlae, Cap. XXVIII. ■■ll|||||l||||Mlilllllllll||||lM|||||||||||||||||,|,|„,„„„, nUNIED f OR IBL BUREAU OF AGRICCLTUKE AND STATlallCS 1860. • t. (I a.) 5X5^^3 ANNO VIGESSIMO-SECUNDO. YicTomjE, hkotInje:. Thl< Act io bo put In forr« temporarily liy Proclamation when the Pro- vince in threat, oned with any formidable eplde* mlc. CAP. XXXVIII. An Act respecting the preservation of the Public Health. HER Majesty, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : 1. Whenever this Province, or any part thereof, or place therein, appears to be threatened with any formidable epidemic, emlemic or contagious disease, the Governor may by Proclamation, to be by Him from time to time issued by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, declare this Act to be in force in this Province, or in any part thereof, or place therein, mentioned in such Proclamation ; and it shall thereupon be in iorce accordingly ; and the Governor may in like manner from time lo time, as to all or any of the parts or places to which any such Proclamation extends, revoke or renew any such Proclamation ; and, subject to revocation and renewal as aforesaid, every such Proclamation shall have effect for six mouths, or for any shorter period in such Proclamation expressed. 12 V. c. 8, s. 1. 2. Upon the issuin^; of any such Proclamation, Partiof chapter and whilst the same is in force, the first, second, ^9 ofCon. smt third and sixth sections of the fifty-ninth o.hapter ed iti part"aB*o * of the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada, inti- piaee« affected by tuled. An Act respecting the Public Health, and so j»^ch Proci»ma. much of the fifth section thereof as provides for thq trial and punishment of any person accused of wiU fully (iisobeyiiig or resisting any lawful Order of any Health Officers* acting under the said Act, or of wil- fully rejiMing or obstructing such Health Officers in the execution of their duties, — shall be suspended as to every p'aco mentioned in such Proclamation, or being within any part of this Province included thereby ; but any person accused of having wilfully disobeyed or resisted such order, or resisted or obstructed such OfRcer, before the issuing of the Proclamation, may nevertheless be tried and dealt with as if such Pioclamation had not been issued. 12 V. c. 8, s. 2. After IdBulng •ach Proc!arna- llon, the Gover- nor may appoint a Central Hoard of Health. 3' From time to time after the issuing of any such Proclamation, and whilst it is in force, the Governor may, by Commission under his Hand and Seal, ap- point five or more persons, to be " The Central Board of Health," and also, such Officers and Servants as he deems necessary to assist the Board ; and the powers and duties ot the said Board may bo exer- cised and executed by any three Members thereof; and during any vacancy in the said Board, the con- tinuing Members or Member, may act as i( no vacancy had occurred ; Duratlou of such CommiBfiiuD. Cbipf Miinidpal OfBcer of every place aflii'Ctoil by Buch Proclama- tion to take fifepfl for constitutini; a " Local Board of Health." 2. And every such Commission shall ip.'^o facto be determined by the revocation of the Proclamation under which it issued, as to all the places included in such Proclamation, or by the expiration of six months from the date of such Proclamation, or of any shorter period expressed in such Proclamation, as that during which it is to be in force ; unless such Proclamation be renewed as to all or some of such parts and places. 12 V. c. 8, s. 3. 4. From time to time, while any such Proclama- tion is in force, the INlayor or oHier Head of the Mu- nicipal Corporation, Inspecting Trustee or other Chief Municipal Officer, of any and every place mentioned in such Procl^imation, or included thereby, may call a special uieeting of the Council or other Municipal Corporation or of the Police Trustees of such place, over which he presides, for the purpose of nominat- ing, and such Municipal Corporation or Police Trus- tees shall nominate accordingly not less than three persons, resident within the limits of their respective jurisdictions, (or in the case of a City, Town or Vil- lage, within seven miles thereof,) to be '* The Locnl Board of Health " for such place : 2. And »noh Mayor, or other Head of such Muni- cipal Corporation, Inspectinjjf Trustee, or other Chief Municipal Odicer, Hhall call such special meeting within two (iays from the receipt of a written requisi- tion to that effect, signed by ten or more inhabitant househuUlers of the place under the jurisdiction of the body over which he presides, on pain of being personally liable to the jwnalty hereinafter men- tioned ; and if at anytime while any such Proclama- tion is in force, it is certified to the Governor by any ten or more mhabitant-householders of any place in- cluded in such Proclamation, that the Mayor orother Head of such Municipal Corporation or Inspecting Trustee, or other Chief Municipal Officer of such place, has failed to comply with such requisition, within such time as aforesaid, the Governor in Coun- cil may forthwith appoint not less than three persons resident within the limits of such place, (or in the case of a City, Town or Village, within seven miles thereof,) to be the Local Board of Ht-allh, for such place ; for thrir cloctino to b«call«'lwitb ill a certnin tims nftpr written re* fjHii«itlnn from Inhftbitant- houfMbolderi. If no nieoMng CHUed wttbin the preRCribcd time, tiovernor mH\ appoint Local Board. 3. Every nomination or appointment of a Local Duration of Board of Health, under this Act, shall i>so/ac/o be i^ocai Board, determined by the revocation, as to the place within the limits of which such Local Board is authorized to act, or as to any place in which it is included, or as to the whole Province, of the Proclamation under which such Local Board was appointed, or by the expiration of six months from the date of such Proclamation, or of any shorter period expressed in such Proclamation as that during which it is to be in force ; unless such Proclamation be renev/ed as to such place, or any place in which it is included, or as to the whole Province. 12 V. c. 8, s. 4. 5. The Central Board of Health, or any three or central Board more Members thereof, may from time to time issue of Health may such regulations as they think fit, for the prevention, /nd directiong*"" as far as possible, or ttie mitigation of such epidemic, for the preven- endemic or contagious diseases, and may revoke, ^f 5i^^^*^''^*°° renew or alter any such regulations, or substitute such new regulations as to them or any three of them appear expedient : Tenf^r of mirb rfgulntiniiii nud dircctiuQi. 2. Tho said Board may by such regulations pro- vide for the frequent and efrectual clean*in^ of streets, by the Surveyors or Overseers of higiiways and others intrusted with the care and ruanaijement thereof, or by the owners or occupiers of houses and tenements adjoin injr thereto ; and for the cleansin;?, purifying, vetitihiting and disinfecting of housesi dwellings, churches, buildings and places of assem- bly by the owners and occupiers, and persons having the care and orderinir thereof; for the removal of nuisances^ for the speedy mterment of the dead, and generallv for preventing or mitigating such epide- mic, endemic or contagions diseases, in such man- ner as to the said Central Board seems expedient ; Central Hoard tntv Authorize and reauire Loa«l uoardfl to auperlntend and nee to the execu- tion of Ruch re- galatioDi. 3. The said Central Board may by any such regu- lations, authorize and require the Local Boards of Health to superintend and see to the execution of any such regulations, and (where it appears that there may be defaulter delay in the execution there- of, by want or neglect of such Surveyors or others intrusted as aforesaid, or by reason of poverty of oc- cupiers, or otherwise,) to execute or aid in executing the same within their respective limits, and to pro- vide for the dispensing of medicines, anil for afford- ing to persons afHicted by or threatened with such epidemic, endemic or contagious diseases, such medical aid as may be required, and to do and pro- vide all such acts, matters and things as are neces- sary for superintending or aiding in the execution ot such regulations, or for executing the same as the case may require ; if They may extend to authorize the removal of par- ties from their dfvellings under certain circum- Btancei, and placing them in shedi or tents. 4. The said Central Board of Health may also by any such regulations, authorize and require the Local Boards of Health, in ail cases in which diseases of a malignant and fatal character are discovered to exist in any dwelling-house or out-house, temporarily occupied as a dwelling, situated in an unhealthy or crowded locality, or being in a neglected or filthy state, in the exercise of a sound discretion, and at the proper costs and charges of such Local Boards of Health, to compel the inhabitants of any such dwell- ing-house or out-house, to remove therefrom, and to place them in sheds or tents, or other ^ood shelter, m some more salubrious situation, until measures can be taken, by and under the directions of the r.ocat Boards of Health, for thn immeiliate oleansinf^, ventilation, purification and disinfection of the said dwelUng-house or out-house ; 5. And the directions and ren;uIations to be issued Towhntiiaroi as aforesaid, shall extend to all parts or places, in th^m* rpRuUtujon which this Act shall, for the time being, be in iorce •*"»"•='*•'»•»• under any such Proclamation as aforesaid, unless such regulations be expressly confmed to some of such parts or places, and then tosut^h parts or places as in such directions and regulations shall be sped- ;^„ji,o^ jq,,- tied, and (subject to the power of revocation and tbfy than eon- alteration herem contained,) shall continue in force ti^"* *n fotr*. 80 long as this Act shall be in force under such Pro* clamation, in the parts or places to which such regu- lations extend. 1'^ V. o. 8^ s. 5. Momben of Local Board* of Health to be called Hnalth Offlcerfl : And may *»nt«r dwellingR in cer* tain cases. 6. The Members of the said Local Boards of Health shall be called Health Officers, and any two or more of them acting in the execution of any such regulations as aforesaid, at reasonable times in the day-time, may enter and inspect any dwelling or premises, if there be ground for believing that any person has recently died of any such epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease in such dwelling or premises, or that there is any filth or other matter dangerous to health therein or thereupon, or that necessity otherwise exists for executing in relation to such dwelling or premises, all or any of such regulations as aforesaid : 2. And in case the owner or occupier of any such And may call for dwelling or premises negle^^ts or refuses to obey the asMstance to en* orders given by such Health Officers, in pursuance to"he?r*iawfuf of such regulations, such Health Officers may call orders if neces* to their assistance all Constables and Peace Officers, ^^y- and such other persons as they think fit, and may enter into such dwelling or premises, and execute or cause to be executed therein such regulations^ and remove therefrom and destroy whatsoever in pursuance of such regulations it is necessary to remove and destroy for the preservation of the public heahh. 12 V. c. 8, s. 6. •y. The expenses incurred by the said Central Expennes of Board of Health shall be defrayed out of any moneys £,* KfrJyed by appropriated by the Provincial Parliament for that tb« Proviueei 8 Those of LoofU Boar-- .'S-"*.-wN/'*-„"S.*^'^'^'N -.^-•v.N.^'V.-v, - iside 9 by into 12 V. • pres- gned io or v'ords es of er, or je of 5 to- City, any )d by Divi- l.gh- \lTey 12 V. • » * »