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provided further that the health officer stall attend all indigent persons
in the said County suffering from contagious diseases.

Infectious Diseases.

41.

See section 63, et seq.

59.

See article 77, section 66A, et seq., and article 27, section 261.

63.

See section 41, et seq.

1904, art. 43, sec. 51. 1898, ch. 436, sec. 34B. 1914, ch. 644.
64. Whenever any physician knows or has reason to believe that

any person whom he is called to visit is infected with smallpox, diph-
theria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, typhus fever, yellow fever, measles,
whooping cough, or any other contagious or infectious disease danger-
ous to public health, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writ-
ing over his own signature to the Board of Health or Health Officer of
the city, town, county or district in which such disease exists; and if
he refuses or neglects to give such notice, he shall be fined not less than
iten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Midwives.

1910, ch. 722, sec. 55A (p. 144). 1912, ch. 94, sec. 55A.
69. Any midwife residing within this State not registered in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 68 of Article 43 of the Code

of Public General Laws on the first day of July, 1910, and who shall,

previous to July 1st, 1910, have been practicing as a midwife, may
register his or her name and address with the local registrar of vital
statistics for the city, town or county in which he or she resides, in
accordance with the provisions of said section 68 of Article 43 of the
Code of Public General Laws, and upon such registration shall be en-
titled to a license without examination as provided in section 73.

Any person engaging in the practice of midwifery subsequent to
July 1st, 1910, shall register his or her name and address as provided
by said section 68 of Article 43, but shall not be entitled to practice as
a midwife excepting upon certification and licensure as hereinafter
provided.

Any midwife who shall receive a license as provided in sections 69-
83A shall present the same within thirty days to the local registrar of
vital statistics for the city, town or county in which he or she resides.
Such local registrar shall record in a "Licensed Midwife Register,"