Certificates of Successful Vaccination.-Every public Vaccinator, or other person who shall have inspected the vaccination of any child, and shall have ascertained that the same has been successful, shall within twenty-one days after such inspection transmit by post or otherwise to the District-Registrar of the district as aforesaid, a certificate, certifying that the said child has been successfully vaccinated, and upon request shall deliver a duplicate thereof to the parent or other person as aforesaid.

Registered Medical Practitioners may Vaccinate. Any parent or other person may take any child to be vaccinated by a duly qualified Medical Practitioner instead of a Public Vaccinator; and if any such Medical Practitioner shall undertake such vaccination, he shall be liable to perform all the duties in connection with such vaccination which are required by this Act to be performed by the Public Vaccinator, and shall further be vested with the powers and authority conferred by this Act on such Public Vaccinator in respect to such vaccination performed by him; provided, always, that no person, other than a Public Vaccinator, shall be entitled to receive any fee from public funds in respect of any vaccination.

Persons above seven years of age to be Vaccinated.-The Governor may make rules and regulations as to the terms on which Public Vaccinators shall be bound to vaccinate persons above the age of seven years, and as to the conditions on which the Public Vaccinators shall be entitled to receive a fee from public funds in respect of any such vaccination; and it shall be the duty of any Public Vaccinator, without fee, and subject to such rules and regulations, to vaccinate any person above the age of seven years, who may present himself for the purpose, and to subsequently examine, and if necessary to re-vaccinate, such person in the manner provided in the case of children under the age of seven years; and to send in to the Superintendent of vaccination, periodically, returns showing the names and ages of the persons so vaccinated, together with such other particulars as may be required by the rules and regulations aforesaid.

Inoculating with Small-pox.—Any person who shall inoculate any person with the Small-pox matter or virus, shall pay any sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds, or at the discretion of the Justices be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding six calendar months.

Public Vaccinator may demand age of any Child.-Any Public Vaccinator may inquire of the parent or other person having custody of any child, whose age apparently does not exceed seven years, the age of such child, and if it appear from the answer or otherwise, that any child is of an age not exceeding seven years, it shall be lawful for such Public Vaccinator to examine such child to see whether it has been vaccinated or not; and unless such Public Vaccinator is satisfied on such examination that such child has been successfully vaccinated, he shall forthwith vaccinate such child, and shall subsequently inspect, and, if necessary, re-vaccinate and do all things in accordance with the provisions of this Act applicable to the case of a child brought for vaccination to any Public Vaccinator.

Information to be authorised by the Superintendent.-No information shall be received in respect of any offence punishable under this Act, unless the informant satisfies the Justice or Justices that the same is laid with the approval and consent of the Superintendent of vaccination.

THE LUNACY ACT (1871).

(34 Vic., No. 9).

CERTIFICATES IN LUNACY.

I, the undersigned, A. B. of

Medical Certificates.-Any pauper deemed to be a lunatic, or any dangerous lunatic, may be conveyed to and detained in a Lunatic Asylum upon a Medical Certificate signed by one Medical Practitioner, and any person, not being a pauper, on a Medical Certificate of two Medical Practitioners, according to the following form :in the Colony of Western Australia, a Medical Practitioner of the said Colony, and now in actual practice, hereby certify that I on the day of (here insert the street and the number of the house (if any) or other like particulars) in the said colony (in any case where more than one Medical Certificate is required by this Act here insert--separately from any other Medical Practitioner) personally examined A. B. of (here insert residence and profession

or occupation (if any) and that the said A. B. is a lunatic (or an idiot or a person of

unsound mind) and a proper person to be taken charge of, and detained under care and treatment; and that I have formed this opinion on the following grounds, viz :— I.-Facts indicating insanity observed by myself (here state the facts). 2. Other facts (if any) indicating insanity communicated to me by others (here state the information, and from whom obtained)

Dated this

(Signed)

day of

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Of the two Medical Practitioners in the latter case, neither of whom shall be in partnership with, or an assistant to the other; and each of whom shall, separately from the other, have personally examined the person to whom it relates, not more than seven clear days previous to the reception of such person into such asylum; and such order as aforesaid may be signed before or after the medical certificates, or either of them. Provided, always, that any person may, under special circumstances preventing the examination of such person by two Medical Practitioners as aforesaid, be received into any asylum upon the certificate of one Medical Practitioner alone, if the statement accompanying such order set forth the special circumstances which prevented the examination of such person by two Medical Practitioners; but in every such case two other such certificates shall, within three clear days after the reception of such patient into such asylum, be signed by two other Medical Practitioners, not in partnership with or an assistant to the other, or the Medical Practitioner who signed the certificate upon which the patient was received, and who shall within such time, separately from the other of them, have personally examined the person so received as a lunatic.

Every Medical Practitioner signing any certificate under this Act, shall specify therein the facts upon which he has formed his opinion that the person to whom such certificate relates is a lunatic, an idiot, or a person of unsound mind; distinguishing, in such certificate, facts observed by himself from facts communicated to him by others; and no person shall be received into any asylum under any certificate which purports to be founded only on facts communicated by others.

If after the reception of any lunatic into any asylum, it shall appear that the medical certificate, or (if more than one) both or either of the medical certificates upon which he was received, is or are in any respect incorrect or defective, such medical certificate or certificates may be amended by the person or persons signing the same, within fourteen days next after the reception of such lunatic; provided, nevertheless, that no such amendment shall have any force or effect, unless the same shall receive the sanction of one or more of the visitors.

When any medical certificate upon which a patient has been received into any asylum, or any of such certificates, is deemed by the visitors incorrect or defective, and the same is or are not duly amended to their satisfaction within fourteen days next after the reception of such patient, the visitors, or any two of them, may forthwith order the discharge of such patient.

Discharge of Patients. The resident or superintending Medical Officer, or any two of the visitors of any asylum (of whom the Colonial Surgeon shall be one), on the receipt of a certificate signed by two Medical Practitioners, that any person contained therein as a dangerous lunatic is no longer a dangerous lunatic, and may be suffered to go at large with safety (such certificate setting forth that such person has been personally examined by the Medical Practitioner signing the same), may order such person to be forthwith discharged.

Penalty for False Certificate.-Any Medical Practitioner who shall sign any certificate contrary to the provisions of this Act shall for every such offence forfeit any sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds; and any Medical Practitioner who shall falsely state or certify anything in any certificate under this Act, and any person who shall sign any certificate under this Act, in which he shall be described as a Medical Practitioner, not being a Medical Practitioner within the meaning of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

BOARD OF VISITORS.

Appointment of Visitors.-Visitors of each asylum shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall continue in office till the first Monday in January in the year next following the date of their appointment; provided, that after the expiration of the term for which any visitor is appointed, he shall be eligible for appointment for the next ensuing year; and so on from year to year, unless he shall have failed to make six visits during his year of office to such asylum in his official capacity.

Duty of Visitors. Every asylum shall be visited once every week, at least, by some one or more of the visitors, who shall enquire what occupation or amusements are provided for the patients, and the result thereof; and whether there has been adopted any system of non-coercion, and, if so, the result thereof; and also as to the classification of patients, and the condition of the pauper patients (if any); and shall also make such other inquiries as to such visitor shall seem expedient.

Board of Inquiry.-The Colonial Surgeon, the Resident or Superintending Medical Officer, and any two or more of the visitors, shall be constituted a Board, called "The Board of Inquiry ;" and shall have and exercise all the powers and authorities conferred upon them; and the Colonial Surgeon shall be the Chairman of such Board; and at the meetings of such Board of Inquiry, the Colonial Surgeon, or the Resident or Superintending Medical Officer, and two of the visitors shall form a quorum.

THE SALE OF POISONS ACT (1879).
(43 Vic., No. 14).

Persons Selling Poisons to be Licensed.—No person shall sell, or keep open shop for retailing, dispensing, or compounding poisons in any part of Western Australia, unless licensed thereto by the Resident Magistrate or Police Magistrate of his town or district, and shall conform to such regulations as to the keeping, dispensing, and selling of such poisons as may from time to time be prescribed by such Resident Magistrate or Police Magistrate; provided, however, that such regulations shall not be contrary to the provisions of this Act, and shall be subject to the approval of the Governor.

Articles to be Deemed Poisons.-The following articles shall be deemed to be poisons within the meaning of this Act, viz. :- Part I.-Arsenic and its preparations; Prussic Acid; Cyanides of Potassium and all Metallic Cyanides; Strychnine and all Poisonous Vegetable Alkaloids and their Salts; Aconite and its preparations; Emetic Tartar; Corrosive Sublimate; Cantharides; Savin and its Oil; Ergot of Rye and its preparations. Part II.—Oxalic acid; Chloroform; Belladonna and its preparations; Essential Oil of Almonds, unless deprived of its Prussic Acid; Opium, and all preparations of Opium or of Poppies.

Regulations for the Sale of Poisons.—It shall be unlawful to sell any poison, either by wholesale or retail, unless the box, bottle, vessel, wrapper, or cover in which such poison is contained be distinctly labelled with the name of the article and the word" Poison," and with the name and address of the seller of the poison, and it shall be unlawful to sell any poison of those which are in the first part, on which may hereafter be added thereto, to any person unknown to the seller, unless introduced by some person known to the seller; and on every sale of any such article the seller shall, before delivery, make an entry in a book to be kept for that purpose, stating the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold, and the purpose for which it is stated by the purchaser to be required, to which entry the signature of the purchaser and of the person, if any, who introduced him shall be affixed; or in the event of the order for such article being sent to the seller by letter or telegram, in lieu of the signature of the purchaser being required to be affixed to the entry above-mentioned, the seller shall annex such letter or telegram to the said book, opposite the entry of the sale therein; and the person delivering the article so ordered and sold shall make and sign a memorandum opposite such entry, setting forth the date when, and the person or post office to whom or through which the said article was delivered or transmitted; and if the said article was delivered to any person, the person receiving the same shall also sign such memorandum. And any person selling poison otherwise than as herein provided shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for the first offence, and to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds for the second, or any subsequent offence. But the provisions of this section, which are solely applicable to poisons in the first part, or which require that the label shall contain the name and address of the seller shall not apply to articles to be exported from Western Australia by wholesale dealers, nor to sales by wholesale to retail dealers in the ordinary course of wholesale dealing. Nor shall any of the provisions of this section apply to any medicine supplied by a duly-qualified Medical Practitioner to his patient; nor apply to any article when forming part of the ingredients of any medicine dispensed by a person licensed under this Act, provided

such medicine be labelled in the manner aforesaid with the name and address of the seller, and the ingredients thereof be entered with the name of the person to whom it is sold or delivered in a book to be kept by the seller for that purpose.

Resident Magistrate may withhold Licenses.-Such Resident Magistrate or Police Magistrate may in his discretion withhold, suspend, or discontinue the license mentioned above.

THE MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS ACT (1871).

(40 Vic., No. 13.)

SANITARY REGULATIONS.

Noxious Trades, and Filthy or Overcrowded Houses.-Upon the certificate of the Officer of Health to any council, or in any municipality where no such officer has been appointed, of any legally qualified Medical Practitioner, that any manufactory, building, or place, used for any offensive or noxious trade, is a nuisance, or offensive to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, or injurious to their health, the council shall summon such offender before any two Justices; or if it appears from the certificate, as aforesaid, that any such place is in a filthy and unwholesome condition, such council shall give notice in writing to the occupier of such place to whitewash or purify the same; or if it appears from the certificate, as aforesaid, that any building, or any part thereof, is so overcrowded as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inmates, or persons employed therein, the council shall summon before any two Justices any person permitting such overcrowding.

Unwholesome Food to be Seized.-Any Member or Officer of any council, acting under the authority thereof, may at all reasonable times enter into and inspect any place kept or used for the sale of any provisions, or other articles used, or intended to be used, as food for human consumption, and may inspect any such articles, or any part thereof, if offered or exposed for sale; and in case any such articles, or any part thereof respectively, appear to such officer to be unfit for such food, may seize and carry the same before two Justices.