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Whenever any part of Scotland appears to be threatened with or is affected by any formidable epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease, the Board may make and from time to time alter and revoke regulations for all or any of the following purposes ; (namely,)
(1)For the speedy interment of the dead;
(2)For house to house visitation;
(3)For the provision of medical aid, dispensing of medicine, and accommodation, for the promotion of cleansing, ventilation, and disinfection, and for guarding against the spread of disease;
(4)For any such matters or things as may to them appear advisable for preventing or mitigating such disease;
and may by order declare all or any of the regulations so made to be in force within the whole or any part or parts of the district of any local authority, and to apply to any ships, whether in ports or on inland waters or on arms or parts of the sea within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, for the period in such order mentioned ; and may by any subsequent order abridge or extend such period.
The Board may with the consent of the Treasury, employ such additional clerks as may be necessary during such period, and the remuneration of such clerks, and the office expenses incurred under this Part of this Act by the Board, shall be defrayed out of money to be provided by Parliament.
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