5 mar 1900 año - Threat of Bubonic Plague

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The threat of bubonic
plague in 1900 brought the passage of new legislation - the Bubonic Plague
Prevention Bill, the Public Health Act and the Municipal Corporations Act.
Under the Public Health Act the Department of Health was created with
specific powers to require demolition of unsanitary houses and to take action
against infectious diseases.

SOurce: https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_94029549/Wai%2060%2C%20A002.pdf

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