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Poor law medical officer entitled to costs of attendance on board vessels.
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152. Whenever, in compliance with any regulations so issued by the Local Government Board as aforesaid, the medical officer of health of any sanitary district performs any medical service on board any ship or vessel he shall be entitled to charge extra for such service, at a rate to be fixed by the Local Government Board; and such charges shall be payable by the captain of such vessel on behalf of the owner thereof, together with any reasonable expenses for the treatment of the sick.
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Where such services are rendered by any medical practitioner who is not a medical officer of health of any sanitary district, he shall be entitled to charges for any service rendered on board, with extra remuneration on account of distance, at the same rate as those which he is in the habit of receiving from private patients of the class of those attended and treated on shipboard, to be paid as aforesaid. In case of dispute in respect of such charges, such dispute may, where the charges do not exceed twenty pounds, be determined by a court of summary jurisdiction; and such court shall determine summarily the amount which is reasonable, according to the accustomed rate of charge within the place where the dispute arises for attendance on patients of the like class as those in respect of whom the charge is made.
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