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,Information regarding notified disease. -', Every medical practitioner, who in the course of his practice becomes cognizant of the existence of any notified ,disease in any' private ,or public dwelling Other than a public hospital and every manager of any factory or public building, every keewr of a lodging house, every head of':ffamily and' every owner, or occupier of a house, who knows or has reason to believe that any wrson in any premises under ' his management, control or oCcupation is' suffering from, or has died of a' notified disease, , shall, if the case has not been already reported, give information of the same with the leaSt practicable delay- ' (a) in local areas, to the local a)lthority, the Health Officer, or a Sanitary Inswctor, and (b) in other areas, to the Health Officer, a Health or Sanitary Inspector or the villageSar- panch . Explanation. - In this section, 'medical practitio- ' ner' includes a hakim or vaidya, whethet registered ' or not. ' 60.Pow&rof entry of Officers to take preventive nieasures.- (1) The Health Officer or any person authorized by him in this behalf; may- (a) at all, reasonable hours;, inswct with or without assistants any place in which any noti- fied ,disease is reported or suspected to exist without notice in the case of factories, workshops, work-places, offices and the like and' after giving stich notice as may appear to him reasonable in other cases; including dwelling houses; and ' , (b) !ake such measures as he may consider necessary to prevent the' spread of such disease beyondsllch place. ',.. ,', ,,,' ;' _: . " [' i' I, , I' ~r! t 'I I I i I \., 560 (2) The powers conferred by sub-section . (1) on the Health Officer: 'may,jn loCal areas;· be eX~roilied also.by'the local authority or any person authorised by-such authority. '. " '.' ,. ,. , ., , "" .' .' . ' . ".