§ 31. Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what safeguards are employed by the hospital authorities to screen both in-patients and out patients for infectious diseases, particularly smallpox.
§ Sir K. JosephNurses and doctors are always alert to the possibility that any patient may have some infectious disease but hospital authorities do not normally arrange to screen either in-patients or out-patients for such diseases. On becoming aware that a patient is suffering from an infectious disease, a hospital doctor or nurse would be expected to take action. 263W appropriate to the circumstances of the case, to guard against spread of infection.