Madras Public Health Act, 1939
kerala · 1939
Chapter CHAPTER I
Chapter CHAPTER II
- S. 4Constitution of the Public Health Board.--
- S. 5Functions of the Public Health Board.--
- S. 6Powers of the Government and of the [Director of Health Services] and his staff.--
- S. 7Powers of the [Director of Health Services] to advice local authorities.--
- S. 8Public Health staff in local areas.--
- S. 9Appointment or nomination of health officer.--
- S. 10Appointment of temporary Health Officers in emergencies.--
- S. 11Delegation of powers of Health Officer.--
- S. 12Appointment of persons to carry out the provisions of this Act.--
- S. 13Powers of [Director of Health Services] over public health staff of local authorities.--
- S. 14-CHAPTER-IIPower of Government to direct the performance by district board of any function devolving on Panchayats.--
- S. 14-CHAPTER-II-2Health Officers control over public health staff.--
- S. 15Local authority to provide adequate facilities to the Health Officer.--
- S. 16Authorisation of Health Officer to perform the functions of executive authority in public health matters.--
- S. 16ALocal authority to manage health institutions.--
Chapter CHAPTER III
- S. 17Local authority to provide potablewater.--
- S. 18Power of Government to direct local authority to execute water-works.--
- S. 19Power of Government to divert water from water-main belonging to a local authority.--
- S. 20Power of Collector in regard to water-supply.--
- S. 21Powers of [Director of Health Services] to direct local authority to improve water-supply.--
- S. 22Railway administrations to submit samples of drinking water for analysis.--
- S. 23Rules for the protection and periodical examination of water-supply.--
- S. 24Health Officer's powers in regard to insanitary sources.--
- S. 25Levy of water-tax and earmarking the proceeds for water-works.--
- S. 26New house not to be occupied without adequate water-supply.--
Chapter CHAPTER IV
- S. 27Local Authority to maintain public drains.--
- S. 28Power of Health Officer to require drains to be constructed.--
- S. 29Drains in private streets.--
- S. 30Drainage for huts.--
- S. 31Drainage of Court, yard, alley, passage, etc.--
- S. 32Construction and closure of cesspools.--
- S. 33Prohibition of occupation of new building without drains.--
- S. 34Sullage or sewage not to be let out into streets.--
- S. 35Injurious refuse not to be discharged into public drains.--
- S. 36Pollution of water courses prohibited.--
Chapter CHAPTER V
Chapter CHAPTER VI
- S. 41Certain things to be nuisances.--
- S. 42Detection of nuisance.--
- S. 43Information regarding nuisance.--
- S. 44Power of Health officer to abate nuisance.--
- S. 45Power of local authority to abate nuisance.--
- S. 46Provision regarding house rendered unfit for occupation by reason of nuisances.--
- S. 47Disposal of articles removed while abating nuisance.--
- S. 48Powers of entry and inspection.--
- S. 49Power of Government in case of default by local authority.--
- S. 50Nuisance caused by act or omission outside local area.--
- S. 51Prohibition of the deposit of rubbish etc., in streets, etc.--
Chapter CHAPTER VII
- S. 52Infectious diseases.--
- S. 53Appointment of additional health staff.--
- S. 54Provision and maintenance of isolation hospitals and wards.--
- S. 55Provision of ambulances, etc.--
- S. 56Medical practitioners to give information of certain infectious diseases.--
- S. 57Prohibition of the use of water from suspected source.--
- S. 58Removal of infected person to hospital.--
- S. 59Prohibition of the exposure of other persons to infection.--
- S. 60Infected persons not to engage in certain trades and occupations.--
- S. 61Prevention of infectious disease transmissible from animals.--
- S. 62Notified diseases.--
- S. 63Occupation of houses to prevent the spread of infection.--
- S. 64Information regarding notified disease.--
- S. 65Power of entry of local officers to take preventive measures.--
- S. 66Destruction of hut or shed to prevent spread of infection.--
- S. 67Closure of lodging houses.--
- S. 68Infected clothes not to be sent to laundry.--
- S. 69Infected persons not to use public conveyance.--
- S. 70Letting or sub-letting a building occupied by an infected person.--
- S. 71Prohibition of the exposuer of other persons to infection.--
- S. 72Forbidding work in infected premises.--
- S. 73Prohibition of use of public library by infected person.--
- S. 74Disposal of bodies of persons dying while suffering from notified disease.--
- S. 75Power of Magistrate to prohibit an assembly of more than fifty persons.--
- S. 76Power of Government to confer special powers on officers to control notified diseases.--
- S. 77Destruction of rats, mice, etc.--
- S. 78Provision for treatment of venereal disease by local authorities.--
- S. 79Patient to be instructed in methods of prevention of the spread of venereal disease.--
- S. 80Certain medical practitioners to certify as to freedom from venereal disease.--
- S. 81Rules for the prevention, treatment and control of certain diseases.--
Chapter CHAPTER VIII
Chapter CHAPTER IX
- S. 83Prohibition of mosquito breeding in collections of water.--
- S. 84Treatment of mosquito breeding places.--
- S. 85Health Officer's powers in case of default.--
- S. 86Protection of anti-mosquito works.--
- S. 87Prohibition of interference with such works.--
- S. 88Power of Health staff to enter and inspect premises.--
Chapter CHAPTER X
- S. 89Notification of residential areas.--
- S. 90Approval of [Director of Health Services] and of Director of Town-Planning to be obtained for notification.--
- S. 91Appeal against notification.--
- S. 92Consequence of notification.--
- S. 93Extension of Sections 89 to 92 to non-urban local authorities.--
- S. 94New building not to be erected on certain sites.--
- S. 95Cleansing of Court, yard or passage used in common.--
- S. 96Dwelling house unfit for human habitation to be vacated.--
- S. 98Definitions.--
- S. 99Duties of landlord--
- S. 100Power to make rules.--
Chapter CHAPTER XI
- S. 101Lodging houses to be registered.--
- S. 102Register of lodging houses.--
- S. 103Conditions of registration and of renewal of registration.--
- S. 104Appeal to local authority.--
- S. 105Rules for the upkeep and maintenance of lodging houses.--
- S. 106Notice to be affixed outside the lodging house.--
- S. 107Cancellation of registration by Court.--
Chapter CHAPTER XII
- S. 108Prohibition of sale of unsound food.--
- S. 109Punishment for contravening provisions of Section 108, through others.--
- S. 110Flesh of dead animal not to be consumed.--
- S. 111Importing meat into local area.--
- S. 112Power of Health Officer to enter premises used for food trade.--
- S. 113Powers of Health Officer to deal with carriers of disease handling food.--
- S. 114Investigation of diseases caused by milk or dairy produce.--
- S. 115Inspection of dairy by Health Officer.--
Chapter CHAPTER XIII
- S. 116Notification of fairs and festivals by Government.--
- S. 117Levy of pilgrim tax on travellers by inland waterways.--
- S. 118Levy of tolls on vehicles.--
- S. 119Notice to be given of fair or festival.--
- S. 120Sanitary arrangements, etc.--
- S. 121Health Officer to supervise the arrangements.--
- S. 122Power to enter and seize unwholesome food.--
- S. 123Occupation of building, etc., required in connection with fair or festival.--
- S. 124Control over private sources of water-supply.--
- S. 125Licensing of houses to accommodate visitors to fair or festival.--
- S. 125AExtension of provisions of Chapter to certain areas.--
Chapter CHAPTER XIV
Chapter CHAPTER XV
- S. 128Power of Government to make rules.--
- S. 129Penalty for breach of rules.--
- S. 130Procedure for making and the effect of rules.--
- S. 131Bye-laws by local authorities.--
- S. 132Breach of bye-laws.--
- S. 133Procedure for making or altering bye-laws.--
- S. 134Penalties for offences against Act, etc.--
- S. 135Penalty for preventing entry of executive authority or Health Officer.--
Chapter Chapter XVI
- S. 136Appeal against decisions of Health Officer.--
- S. 137Method of serving notices.--
- S. 138Cognizance of offences against the Act.--
- S. 138APower to compound offences.--
- S. 139Powers of police officers to arrest offenders against Act, etc.--
- S. 140Powers of executive officer and public health staff to arrest offenders against Act, etc.--
- S. 141Procedure after arrest.--
- S. 142Bar of suits and prosecutions in certain cases.--
- S. 143Punishment for malicious abuse of powers.--
- S. 143ADelegation of powers by Government.--
- S. 143B—
- S. 144Act to override other enactments.--
- S. 145Power to remove difficulties.--