Legislation by Concept: Public Health
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to remove certain doubts as to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada, in matters relating to Lunatics, Idiots, and persons of unsound mind, and their Estates; and to amend and extend the Laws in force in Upper Canada relating to Lunatics, Idiots, and persons of unsound mind, and their Estates. 18th May, 1846. | 9 Victoria – Chapter 10 | 1846 | An act to clarify the jurisdiction the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada has in cases concerning Lunatics, Idiots, and persons of unsound mind and their Estates, and to outline various laws relating to Lunatics Idiots, and persons of unsound mind, and their Estates. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Establishment of a Lunatic Asylum in St. John’s. (Passed 28th April, 1846.) | 9 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1846 | This act sets aside funds for the establishment of an asylum in St John's, making the governor responsible for the appointment of medical and non-medical staff, as well as seven individuals who will act as a board of commissioners, in charge of all operations. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 81 | 1845 | This act incorporates the Montreal school of medicine and surgery under the individuals named, and specifies provisions for replacing those individuals should it become necessary. Tuition fees and the number of lectures to be delivered in both English and French on an annual basis are noted, and the institution is given the power to examine and grant medical certificates to its students, though the granting of licenses is a privilege kept by the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Quebec School of Medicine. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 80 | 1845 | This act incorporates the Quebec school of medicine under the named individuals, and includes a process for replacing said individuals. It specifies the number of lectures which must be given by the institution annually (including the number of lectures to be given in English), empowers it to bestow medical certificates and pass bylaws to govern its students. It is also noted that students can only become licensed practitioners after applying to the province and paying the required fees. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of Shipwrecked and destitute Mariners, in certain cases therein mentioned. (10th February, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 12 | 1845 | This act provides for the welfare and health of mariners who have been stranded in the province for various reasons. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the spread of a Disorder now existing in certain parts of the Counties of Gloucester and Northumberland. Passed 13th April 1844. | 7 Victoria Chapter 28 | 1844 | This act creates regulations to stem the spread of a disease in Gloucester and Northumberland counties. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1844. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1844. |
| An Act to revive certain Acts relating to the prevention of the importation and spreading of Infectious Distempers within the Counties of Charlotte and Northumberland, and to extend the provision of the same to the Counties of Gloucester and Restigouche. Passed 25th March 1844. | 7 Victoria Chapter 26 | 1844 | This act revives existing legislation to prevent the spread of diseases in Charlotte and Northumberland counites, and expands their terms to Gloucester and Restigouche counties. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1844. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1844. |
| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled An Act to provide for the erection of an Alms House and Work Home, and to establish a Public Infirmary in and for the City and County of Saint John. Passed 25th March 1844. | 7 Victoria Chapter 23 | 1844 | This act requires the Commissioners of the Saint John Alms House and Work Home to make reports on the condition of their buildings and the costs of their repairs. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1844. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1844. |
| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled An Act to prevent Nuisances within the City of Saint John. Passed 25th March 1844. | 7 Victoria Chapter 22 | 1844 | This act creates new regulations for public health and safety in Saint John and penalties for the violation. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1844. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1844. |
| An Act to authorize the erection of a Marine Hospital at Dalhousie, in the County of Restigouche, and to make further provision for sick and disabled Seamen not being Paupers belonging to this Province, so far as the same may relate to the Port of Dalhousie. Passed 25th March 1844. | 7 Victoria Chapter 17 | 1844 | This act allows for Gloucester County officials to use money collected off ships docking in the port of Dalhousie to support a hospital for seamen. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1844. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1844. |
| An Act to provide for the Collection and Appropriation of all Monies stopped or detained by any Person or Persons by virtue of the provisions of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, entitled “An Act for the relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen, Fishermen, and other Persons,” and not appropriated to the purposes of the said Act. (Passed 29th April, 1844.) | 7 Victoria Chapter 13 | 1844 | This act makes provisions for the collection of sums of money due from various districts in order to support sick and disabled seamen, fishermen, and other mariners, as per a tax passed by an act in 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Ladies of the Committee of Management of the Montreal Lying-in Hospital. 16th November, 1843. | 7 Victoria – Chapter 53 | 1843 | An act to incorporate the Ladies of the Committee of Management of the Montreal Lying-in Hospital, who managed a hospital for impoverished women and their children. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate and facilitate the study of Anatomy. 9th December, 1843. | 7 Victoria – Chapter 5 | 1843 | This act establishes regulations regarding the procurement of cadavers for medical research in the province of Canada including the creation of the role of the Inspector of Anatomy to handle the transfer of unclaimed bodies to Medical Practitioners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render perpetual an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Late Majesty, entitled “An Act to provide for the performance of Quarantine, and more effectually to provide against the introduction of Infectious or Contagious Diseases, and the spreading thereof in this Island.” (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) | 6 Victoria Chapter 17 | 1843 | This act continues an act first passed in 1833, which imposed quarantine measures on ships coming into the province to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Office of Coroner in this Province. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 26 | 1841 | This act requires a legally qualified medical practitioner to be witness to a coroner's inquest in cases where the deceased was a not attended to by such a practitioner prior to death. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to revive an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, intituled “An Act to provide for the performance of Quarantine, and more effectually to provide against the introduction of Infectious or Contagious Diseases and the spreading thereof in this Island.” (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 9 | 1841 | This act re-enacts an act first passed in 1833, which imposed quarantine measures on ships coming into the province to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of Montreal. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 62 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate the "Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum" to provide care for orphans of the Roman Catholic faith in the city of Montreal. The Act also outlines the way that the company will run and allows married women to make decisions without their husbands' permission. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable persons authorized to practise Physic or Surgery in Upper or Lower Canada, to practise in the Province of Canada. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 41 | 1841 | An Act to allow Physicians and Surgeons authorized to practiSe in former Upper or Lower Canada to now have authorization to practise in the United Canadas. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited period, the certain Acts therein mentioned. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 23 | 1841 | An Act to continue various acts of former Upper Canada including encouraging destroying wolves, providing relief for insane destitute persons, and establishing agricultural societies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue several Acts for the establishment and regulation of Boards of Health in the several Counties of this Province. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 74 | 1840 | This act continues two acts passed in the 1830s establishing and regulating county Boards of Health until 1842. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |