✨ Proclamation and Health Regulation
Numb. 56.
899
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1881.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1881.
China and Hong Kong declared Infected Places
under "The Public Health Act, 1876."
(L.S.) ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
IN pursuance of section ninety-two of "The Public
Health Act, 1876," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby proclaim and notify that the Empire of China
and the British Possession of Hong Kong are in-
fected with the disease called small-pox, being an
infectious or contagious disease highly dangerous
to the health of the people.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
eighth day of July, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.
THOMAS DICK.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Regulation by Central Board of Health.
Office of the Central Board of Health,
Wellington, 8th July, 1881.
THE following regulation has been made by the
Central Board of Health, and is published for
general information.
THOMAS DICK,
President.
REGULATION.
WHEREAS it has been represented to the Central
Board of Health by the Local Board of Health of the
Borough of Thames that a formidable infectious epi-
demic disease exists within the said borough, and that
special precautions are required to prevent the spread
of such disease: And whereas the said Local Board
of Health hath undertaken to provide free nurses, free
medical attendance, and free rations of food for all
families affected by such disease: Now, therefore,
the Central Board of Health, in pursuance of the
powers conferred upon it by subsection 3 of section
20 of "The Public Health Act, 1876," doth hereby
make the following regulation, that is to say,-
Upon its being publicly notified by the Local Board of
Health of the Borough of Thames that a formidable
infectious epidemic disease exists within the boun-
daries thereof, and that the said Local Board are
prepared to provide and defray all expenses of food,
nursing, and medical attendance for any households
infected with such disease, it shall not be lawful for
any person, other than the medical man or officer of
the Local Board of Health, to enter into or to visit
any house, knowing the same to be occupied by any
person suffering from such disease, or being in such
house to leave it, or to remove any articles therefrom,
without permission in writing from such Local Board,
or from any officer whom they may appoint for the
purpose of giving such permission: and this regula-
tion shall remain in force for three months from the
gazetting thereof.
Dated at Wellington, this eighth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
THOMAS DICK,
Colonial Secretary, President of Central
Board of Health.
By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington
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NZ Gazette 1881, No 56
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🏥 Proclamation declaring China and Hong Kong infected with small-pox
🏥 Health & Social Welfare8 July 1881
Proclamation, Small-pox, Infected Places, China, Hong Kong, Public Health Act 1876
- Arthur Gordon, Governor
- Thomas Dick
🏥 Regulation concerning infectious disease precautions in Thames Borough
🏥 Health & Social Welfare8 July 1881
Regulation, Central Board of Health, Local Board of Health, Infectious disease, Epidemic, Thames Borough, Medical attendance
- Thomas Dick, Colonial Secretary, President of Central Board of Health