Health Act Amendment Act 1918 (1918 - )

From

1918

Categories

Amending Act

Location

Western Australia

The Health Act Amendment Act 1918 (9 Geo. V No. 7) was concerned with the spread of venereal disease and some amendments (section 242j) had an impact on young people in care. It was now compulsory for medical officers attached to industrial schools to examine residents who were suspected of having venereal disease (a power which was retained in the Act until repealed in 2004). The Act also enabled the Children's Court to order that a child suspected of having veneral disease be examined either before or after admission to an industrial school.