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 Collection de 
 microfiches. 
 
 Canadian Instituta for Historical IMicroraproductiont / Institut Canadian da microraproductiona hiatoriquas 
 
Tachnical and Bibliographic Notas/Notas tachniquaa at bibiipgraphiquaa 
 
 Tha Inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat 
 original copy availabia for filming. Paaturaa of thia 
 copy which may ba bibliographieally uniqua, 
 which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha 
 raproduction, or which may aignificantly changa 
 tha uaual mathod of filming, ara ehackad balow. 
 
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 Couvartura da coulaur 
 
 rn Covara damagad/ 
 
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 Couvartura andommag^a 
 
 Covara raatorad and/or laminatad/ 
 Couvartura raatauria at/ou pallicuMa 
 
 r*~| Covar titia miaaing/ 
 
 La titra da couvartura manqua 
 
 Coiourad mapa/ 
 
 Cartaa gtegraphiquaa tt coulaur 
 
 rad ink (i.a. othar than blua 
 
 da coulaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou noira) 
 
 r~| Coiourad mapa/ 
 
 □ Coiourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or black)/ 
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 r~~| Coiourad plataa and/or iliuatrationa/ 
 
 
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 Planchaa at/ou iliuatrationa an coulaur 
 
 Bound with othar matarial/ 
 RalM avac d'autraa documanta 
 
 Tight binding may eauaa ahadowa or diatortion 
 along intarior margin/ 
 
 La rm Hura aarr*a paut cauaar da I'ombra ou da la 
 distorakm la iwng da la marga intiriaura 
 
 Blank laavaa addad during raatoration may 
 appaar within tha taxt. Whanavar poaaibia, thaaa 
 hava baan omittad from filming/ 
 II aa paut qua cartainaa pagaa blanchaa aJoutAaa 
 lora d'una raatauration apparaiaaam dana la taxta. 
 mala, loraqua cala Atait poaaibia. caa pagaa n'ont 
 paa «t* filmiaa. 
 
 Additional eommanta:/ 
 Commantairaa supplimantairaa; 
 
 L'fnatitut a microfilm* la maillaur axamplaira 
 qu'il lui a itA poaaibia da aa procurar. Las details 
 da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-Atra uniquas du 
 point da vua bibliographiqua, qui pauvant modif iar 
 una imaga raproduita. ou qui pauvant axigar una 
 modification dans la mithoda normaia da fiimaga 
 aont indiquAs ci-daaaoua. 
 
 pn Coiourad pagaa/ 
 
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 This itam is filmad at tha raduction ratio ehackad balow/ 
 
 Ca doeumant ast film* au taux da reduction indlqu4 ci-daaaoua. 
 
 Pagaa da coulaur 
 
 Pagaa damagad/ 
 Pagaa andommagias 
 
 Pagaa raatorad and/oi 
 
 Pagaa raatauriaa at/ou palliculAaa 
 
 Pagaa diacolourad. stainad or foxat 
 Pagaa dAcolorAaa. tachatAas ou piquAaa 
 
 Pagaa datachad/ 
 Pagaa dAtachtes 
 
 Showthroughy 
 Tranaparanca 
 
 Quality of prir 
 
 Qualiti inigala da I'impraasion 
 
 Inciudaa supplamantary matarii 
 Comprand du matiriai suppl4mantaira 
 
 Only adition availabia/ 
 Saula Mition diaponibia 
 
 r~n Pagaa damagad/ 
 
 r~~1 Pagaa raatorad and/or laminatad/ 
 
 ry\ Pagaa diacolourad. stainad or foxad/ 
 
 r~n Pagaa datachad/ 
 
 r~^ Showthrough/ 
 
 rn Quality of print variaa/ 
 
 rn Inciudaa supplamantary matarial/ 
 
 rn Only adition availabia/ 
 
 PagM wholly or partially obscurad by arrata 
 slips, tissuas. ate. hava baan rafilmad to 
 ansura tha bast possibia Imaga/ 
 Laa pagaa totalamant ou partiallamant 
 obscurciaa par un fauillat d'arrata. una palura. 
 ate., ont it* filmAas i nouvaau da fa^on A 
 obtanir la maillaura imaga poaaibia. 
 
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 Th* copy fllincd hw has b««n raproduetd thanks 
 to tha ganarosity of: 
 
 Madical Library 
 IMcGill University 
 Montraal 
 
 Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality 
 possibia considaring tha condition and lagibillty 
 of tha original eopy and in icaaping with tha 
 filming contract spaoificationa. 
 
 L'axamplaira film* fut raproduit grica A la 
 g*n4roait* da: 
 
 IMadical Library 
 McGill Univarsity 
 Montraal 
 
 Laa imagaa auhrantaa ont 4tA raprodultaa avac la 
 plua grand coin, compta tanu da la condition at 
 da la nattat* da l'axamplaira film*, at an 
 conformit* avac laa condMona du eontrat da 
 filmaga. 
 
 Original coplaa In printad papar covars ara filmad 
 baginning with tha front cover and anding on 
 tha last paga with a printad or iiiuatratad Impraa- 
 sion. or tha bacic covar whan appropriata. All 
 othar original coplaa ara filmad baginning on tha 
 first paga with a printad or iiiuatratad impraa- 
 sion, and anding on tha iaat paga with a printad 
 or iiiuatratad impraaalon. 
 
 Laa axamplalraa originaux dont la couvartura an 
 papiar aat imprim4a sont film*a an commandant 
 par la pramlar plat at an tarmlnant salt par la 
 damMra paga qui comporta una amprainta 
 dimpraaalon ou dIHuatration, sdt par la sacond 
 plat, salon la caa. Toua laa autraa axamplalraa 
 originaux aont fHmte an commandant par la 
 pramiira paga qui comporta una amprainta 
 dimpraaalon ou dllluatratlon at an tarmlnant par 
 la daml*ra paga qui comporta una taila 
 amprainta. 
 
 Tha Iaat racordad frama on aach microfiche 
 shall contain tha aymbd -^^ (moaning "CON- 
 TINUED"), or tha symbol ▼ (maaning "END"), 
 whichavar appllaa. 
 
 Un daa aymbdaa suhranta apparaltra sur la 
 damMra imaga da chaqua microficha, salon ia 
 caa: la aymbola •-»> signlfia "A 8UIVRE", ia 
 symbola ▼ signlfia "FIN". 
 
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 Mapa, plataa. charta, ate., may be filmed at 
 different reduction ratioa. Thoae too lerge to be 
 entirely included in one expoeure are filmed 
 beginning In the upper left hend comer, left to 
 right and top to bottom, aa many framae aa 
 required. This following diagrama llluatrate the 
 method: 
 
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 Lee cartea. planchee, tablaeux. etc.. peuvent ttre 
 filmte A dee taux da rMuctlon diffAranta. 
 Loraqua la document eet trop grand pour Atre 
 reproduit en un seul cilch*. II est fUm* A pertir 
 do i'angia aupArlaur gauche, do gauche A droite. 
 et do haut en bee, en prenant la nombre 
 d'imagee nAceeaaire. Lee diegrammee suivanta 
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 (ASSEMBLY BILL No. t.) 
 
 An Act le-iptHJting Public Health. 
 
 ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent 
 ol' the Ijcg'islatnre oi" Qn«^bec, enacts as follows : 
 
 Com/jositinn of the hoitrd. 
 
 1. Seven persons may be appointed by the Lientenai 
 overuor in Council to lorm a Board of Health in thi' Pi 
 
 uil- 
 CTOveruor in Council to form a Board of Health in thi' Pro- 
 vince under the name ol' the " Quebec Provincial Board of 
 Health " whose duty shall l)e to occupy itself with 
 everythinsi' vvhit'h concerns the publii- health in this P:o- 
 vinct". 
 
 Four at least of these persons must be physicians 
 whose names arc entered upon the register, ac<'ording to 
 the law respecting medicime and surgery, and having 
 at least five y»'ars practice. 
 
 4. Four of the members of the Board may be appoint »'d 
 for a term of I wo y<'ars, and Ihrec others for a term of 
 thr«M> years. 
 
 Subsecjuent ajipointments are made for a term of three 
 y*^ars. 
 
 Any member n'tiring from olii«'e may be re-appoinlt'd. 
 
 *t. The Lieutenanl-Oovernor appoints the chairman 
 and the secretary of th«> Board. 
 
 4. The chairman shiill be allowed the annual sum of 
 four hundr«'d dollars for his services. 
 
 The menil>ersol'the Board including the. hairnuin. shall 
 receive live (lollars per day for each me"ting of the Board, 
 in addition to their travelling and other necessary expenses. 
 
 The secretary receives a salary not ex«'eedini' Hfteen 
 hundred dollars per annum. 
 
 The «'X])enses (d' the Board shall be paid out of the 
 moneys i'rom time to timeappropriatt'd by the Jjegislature 
 for that purpose. 
 
 The Boanl shall have the power to ai>point an analyst 
 and a sanitary eni»ineer without r. lixed ,sahiry. but wiili 
 KUch remuneration as may be ]>roi>ortionat • to the amount 
 of work re(|nire«l ol them. 
 
 Such ollieials shall not be membois of the Board. 
 
 
 

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 Duties of the Board. 
 
 5« It is the duty of the Provincial Board of Health : 
 
 1. To make a special study of tin' vital statistics of the 
 Provinci', and to endoavor to apply, in an iniolligi'nt and 
 useful manner, all the facts colLicted respecting mortality 
 and disease ; 
 
 2. To mak(> sanitary investigations and inquiries into 
 the causes of disease and especially of epidemics, into 
 the causes of death, and the eifect which the employment, 
 conditions, habits and other circumstances of the people 
 may have upon their health ; 
 
 3. To establish such rxiles as they think fit for the 
 prevention as far as possible or tin* mitigation of such 
 epidemic,', endemic or contagious diseases, with power to 
 revoke, renew or alter any such regulation, or substitute 
 any new regulations as to them ap])ears expedient ; 
 
 4. To superintend the format ion of local boards of health, 
 to keep a register of such loinil boards and of the 
 names of the members thereof, and to inquire into the mea- 
 sures whit'h are being taken l)y such local boards of health 
 for the limitation of any existing dangerous, contagious or 
 infectious disease or the removal of bad sanitary condi- 
 tions, in virtue of the powers conferred iipon such local 
 boai-ds of health by any public health act, or by the Mu- 
 nicipal Code or specdal «;harters ; and, should it appear that 
 the said powers are not beinif taken and that the said 
 powers ar«' not being enforced, in the interests of the 
 puldic health, to require the local board to exercise and 
 eniorce any of the said jjowers, which in the opinion of 
 the Provincial IJoard the urgency of the case demands ; 
 
 Where the local board, having been thereto required in 
 writing by th<^ Provincial Hoard, neglects or refuses to 
 exercise their p(»wers, durinti* a delay of ten days, the 
 Provincial Board may, with the approval of the Minister 
 of tlie Deparment under which the Hoard is acting for Iht; 
 time l)eing, exercise and enforce, at the expense of the 
 municipality, any of the pf»wers of local boards vvhit-h 
 under thi' circuinstanc 's they may think necessury. 
 
 i). T<» advis" when re([uired or when it deems it ex;)^- 
 dient the olH'',«rs of the government, and loi^al boards of 
 health, respecting the pul)li<' health and upon the mea- 
 sur«'s to be taken to protect it, and also the positi(ii, draiu- 
 aije, wat«'r-sni)ply, th«' means of disposing of excreta, 
 the heating and ventilation of public institutions and pub- 
 lic buildings, the ])osition and drainage oi cemeteries, 
 as also ui)on the dis))osal of excreta and sanitary condi- 
 ti(»ns yencrally of private institutions and schools. 
 
 »'(. In any municipality in which there is a local board 
 of health a])pointed in virtue of its cliarter or of ih<^ 
 
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 Municipal Code o- ol' tho town corporations' general 
 clausoK' act, such board ol' health shall be the local board 
 of health for the purposes of this act. 
 
 O. The mayor or other head of the municipal corpora- 
 tion of any pUure, after being- notified in writing by tho 
 Provincial Board of Health, shall call a special meeting of 
 the council or other muncipal corporation of such place 
 over which he presides, at whi«;h meeting not less than 
 three persons, resident within the limits of their respective 
 jurisdictions, shall be nominated to be the " Local Board 
 of Health " for such place. 
 
 7. The Provincial '3oard, from time to time, and espe- 
 cially when any epidi^mic, I'udt^mic or contagious disease 
 is prevalent in any portion of the Province, shall cause 
 to ]>»> distributi'd to the public by means of the prciss, and 
 to the local boards of In'alth, health olficers, municipal 
 councils or publii' schools and to the clergy, by means of 
 circulars or in any other way deemed advisabh' in the 
 interests of the public health, writings upon ^hygiene and 
 practical and special information upon the means of pre- 
 venting contagious and infectious diseases and upon their 
 spread. 
 
 31eelings of the Board. 
 
 -S. The board mt'ets quarterly or oftener in the city of 
 Qucb.'c or in the city of Montreal, as shall by the Board be 
 deemed necessary. 
 
 Four m"inl)ers of tht' Board shall form a quorum for 
 the transaction of business. 
 
 The l)()ar<l has power to make rules and regulations 
 to liovern the action of llie Bonrd. and to jn'ovide by such 
 regnlations lor the api>()iutineiit of committees to which it 
 may delegate its authority and powers for the accomplish- 
 ment of the duties imposed upon it. 
 
 Serrctiin/ of the Boanl mid his Duties. 
 
 9. The secretary shall keep his olHce in the city of 
 Montreal, and perform the duties imposed upon him by 
 this act or i)rescril)ed by the board. 
 
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 He shall alfso keep a register in which he enters all 
 reports i'rom local boards respecting the causes of conta- 
 gious diseases. 
 
 He shall notify municipal councils to appoint health 
 officers or local boards of health in their municipalities. 
 
 He prepares the annual report u]>on A'ital statistics of 
 the Province, and performs all the other duties and func- 
 tions respecting vital or other statistics which may be 
 assigned to him by the board. 
 
 Inquiries into the muses of Cnntagious Diseases. 
 
 10« When deemed necessary, thi' Board may send its 
 secretary or one or mon^ of its members to imy place in 
 the Province to inquire into the causes of any i>artic\ilar 
 endemic, epidemic or contagious disease or into the causes 
 of mortality. 
 
 Such inquiry may be made l)y s,\'orn depositions or in 
 any manner in whi«'h the committee or secretary making 
 the inquiry deems necessary ; and in thiM-aseof an inquiry 
 und«'r oath, the secretary or any meml)er of Ihe IJoard 
 present may •administer snch oath. 
 
 Misrellnmnus. 
 
 II* The Tjieutenant-CTOvernor may, when h»^ issues a 
 proclamation under the i>rovisions of chapter 88 of the 
 Consolidated Statutes of (.'anada, respecting the preser- 
 A'ation of public health, l>y such proclamjition declar<' that 
 the Provincial Doard ol' lle;iltn estal)lished by this a«!t, 
 shall be the central board of health under the said chap- 
 ter 38. 
 
 13. Whenever any h(»usi'holder asc(>rliiins that any 
 person within his housi'hold has small \m\. diphtheria, 
 cholera, typhoid fever, scarlatina or <>liin«lers, or any 
 otht'r disease danu'erous to the ]ml)lic ln'iilth, he shall 
 immediately give notice thereof to the local ])oard of 
 heiilth (»r to the health officer of the municipality in 
 which he resides, whose duty it will be to report to tiu^ 
 Provincial Board of Health, the exist en«-,e of such diseases 
 in their district. 
 
 13* Whenever any physician ascertains that any person 
 whom he is called upon to"isit is infected with snuill pox 
 cholera, diphtheria. tyi>hoid fever, scarlatina, or glanders, 
 or other (liseasf danyerous to public health, such physi- 
 cian shall immediately irive notice thereof io the local 
 ]n)ar(l of health or health officers or the mayor of the 
 municipality in which snch diseased piTson may be 
 
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hich lu' eJittM-s all 
 in causos of oonta- 
 
 to appoint health 
 loir municipalities. 
 Ill vital statistics of 
 ler duties and func- 
 tics which may be 
 
 hiom Diseases. 
 
 hoard may send its 
 
 •rs to any place in 
 
 |es of any particular 
 
 ise or into the causes 
 
 nil depositions or in 
 
 or secretary making 
 
 thecase of an inquiry 
 
 cinber of Ihe Board 
 
 \f, when he issues a 
 »t' (■ha])ter 88 of the 
 ■speclino- the preser- 
 lanuition declare that 
 u])Iished l)y this act, 
 under the said chaj)- 
 
 14. When small-pox, diphtheria, cholera, typhoid fever, 
 tK^arlatina, glanders or other contagious disease exists in 
 any municipality, the board of health of such munici- 
 pality shall immediately use all possible means to prevvmt 
 the disease from spreading, and shall give prompt public 
 notice of infected places or houses by such means as it 
 deems most eflFective for the common safety. 
 
 1^- "Whosoever vilfully obstructs any person acting 
 under the authority or employed in the execution of this 
 act, or wilfully violates any regulation issued by the 
 Provincial Board of Health under this act, or neglects or 
 refuses to comply with such regulations or with the 
 requirements of the law in any matter whatsoever, shall 
 be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding 
 twenty dollars, to be recovered by any person before two 
 justices of the peace. 
 
 lO. The act 49-50 Victoria, chapter 38 is hereby er* 
 pealed ; but such repeal shall not affect the existence of 
 Provincial Board of Health as now constituted which shall 
 continue to exist under the name given to it by this act, 
 neither shall it affect the appointments, rules and regu- 
 lations made and every thing done up to present time in 
 virtue thereof, all which shall continue to exist and remain 
 in force until otherwise determined under this act. 
 
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 iis('i>rl;iins that any 
 n;ill pi)X, diphtheria, 
 
 or iihmders, or any 
 blic ht'iillh, he shall 
 ;o the local Imard of 
 
 the umuicipality in 
 ill l)t' ttt report to the 
 tciice of such diseases 
 
 ■rliiins thai any person 
 ifecti'd witli siiinll Y>o\ 
 arliitiiiii, or «>-landers, 
 '. liealth. such physi- 
 ' th<>re()f 1o (he local 
 or thi' mayor of the 
 isi'd pi'rsoii may be. 
 
 
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