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Government Medical Officer suspects that any person is or may be 

 sufl'ering from Yellow lever. 



3. The occupier of anv premises in anv town, or in case of 

 tlieir being no person in occupation, the ow iut thereof, shall keep 

 the premises free from stagnant water likely to breed mos(|uitos, 

 and the presence of mostjuito larvje in anv collection of water shall 

 ])e suflicient evidence that such water is stagnant ; and he shall 

 also keep the premises free from tins, bottles, whole or broken 

 (including broken bottles on walls), tubs, barrels, odd receptacles, 

 broken crockery, etc., kept or left in a position likely to accunm- 

 late and retain water and so become breeding places for mosijuitos. 



4. Innncdiately upon any case of Yellow Fever or suspected 

 Yellow Fever being reported, the Local Authority or Local 

 Authorities for the district or districts in or near to which the 

 case has occurred shall make or cause to be made remdar house-to- 

 house visitation in their district in the vicinity of such place 

 to ascertain whether any other cases of fever have occurred, and 

 the Government Medical OHicer of the district shall assist the 

 Local Authority by examining any person the Local Authority 

 may require, and the Local Authority shall see that, in any town, 

 the provisions of the last preceding Regulation have been, and 

 are, observed, and shall also have power and authority to order 

 and direct the owner or occupier of any premises in the neighbour- 

 hood of which any such case has occurred, and wlietlier the 

 premises be, or be not in any town, for a period of not exceeding 

 three months from such order and direction : 



(a) To com})ly with the re(|uirenients of the last preceding 



Regulation. 

 (/;) To cover all openings except the draw-off opening in 



tanks, barrels, etc., used for storing water, with wire-gauze 



(not less than in 18 mesh to the inch), or with a piece of 



cheese cloth, 

 (c) To either cover and keep covered with a film of kerosene 



oil, or draw off and keep drawn off, or fill up, all pools, 



ponds or excavations made for any purpose, which may 



contain water. 

 {d) To disinfect in manner directed, or to oil once a week any 



watery cess-pit, and to flush out or clean at least once a 



week any drain, or gutter. 

 (e) To repair and i'lvv. from obstruction any eaves-gutters and 



down-pipes and to keep the same repaired and freed from 



obstruction so as to allow the free passage of water from 



the roofs of houses. 

 All persons shall comply with the orders or directions of the 



