Commentary: Dangerous patients or dangerous diseases?
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Notification of Dangerous Diseases
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the control ?nd prevention of dangerous diseases in Bengal, it is hereby enacted as follows:? ,1(i) This Act may be called the "Prevention of dangerous Diseases Act." (?) It extends to the whole of Bengal (except placcs Where the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923 is in force). (Hi) It shall come into force on For the purposes o>f this Act, unless there is any"l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7036.967