Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

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Power of Local Government Board to make regulations for prevention of the spread of diseases.

149. Whenever any part of Ireland appears to be threatened with or is affected by any formidable epidemic endemic or infectious disease, the Local Government 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; and

(2.) For house to house visitation;

(3.) For the provision of medical aid and hospital accommodation; and

(4.) For the promotion of cleansing, ventilation, and disinfection, and for guarding against the spread of 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 sanitary authority, and to apply to any ships or vessels, whether on inland waters, or on arms or parts of the sea within the jurisdiction of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom or the commissioners for executing the office of the Lord High Admiral for the time being, for the period in such order mentioned; and may by any subsequent order abridge or extend such period. For the purpose of any regulations to be made under this section any ship or vessel lying in any river, harbour, or other water within the district of a sanitary authority shall be subject to the jurisdiction of that authority in the same manner as if it were a house within such district; and any ship or vessel lying in any water not within the district of a sanitary authority shall be deemed to be within the district of such sanitary authority as may have been or may be prescribed by the Local Government Board, and where no sanitary authority has been prescribed, then of the sanitary authority whose district nearest adjoins the place where such ship or vessel is lying.