Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-12
Dulles AND REGULATIONS IN
III REGARD To SMALLPOX.


itself, and under certain fsyorahe cordiffons " "a
not emily communicable from person to person, bu.
fo presest tie prossSs iSr 81 "a ..
blowing sanitary aistieus have been al pttd
efnor Of the District .: oeumSiss 'S 'h9 "'''
Parents and guardians shall cause II cir children
age OF two years, and Fevscoiuated whsue,rr tie
hosrd OF Heath shall aitsr FIVE years from the last
, The Board Of Heslth hsreby orders sud requires
re vaccination Of all the inhabitants in the DIS riot
OF Colombia and wherever In th-Ir opinion the
public heslfh demands IL, the revacciuatiSn 4 an
persons who do not furnish satisfactory eviF-rf~e
tkat they have been successfully yacciDRe 81 1r re-
The Board u Health vii furnish the rpes,s 81
fascination 20 sueh persons unable % pay for
ne same For this purpose the PhIsciSn, % the
rate the POOR gratui;ously: ant whenever the ext
fthCy requires IT. physicians VIII be employed 10 60
M IN house 70 hous- Tor he purpose Of ysecina,iag
Principals CT Incorporated msuufsc' prirg coulpa-
pies, suPerutendents Of aimshouses, reform AMI in
dustrisl schools uua'ic Hes pitaIg aud 81 all other
cbatltlee where tire poor ann sick are received
masters of houses o. correction, aors. keepers 4
PRISONS and directors or officers Of ali nstif
supported or sided by the District Of Columbia,
:bsll, az The expense II their respective corpora
lions or INSTITUTIONS, Cau.e sl inmates hereof 4 be
.sotihst-o imnediaisly upon their admission there
70, unless they produce sufficient evidence e pre-
yl9SIs ssecess al vaccination having taks1 pace
Small \ beirg em;neniiT contagious AMI inre--
llous. iscistIa forms imperative necessity far
re prevention OF It's propagation. Whenever,
thetei"re, case Of small p1x occurs N dwelling
SontalninG more than two inhsb:tsnts, It stall be
he - p ha IN.
SH.Ctt sfsI ibitht i9F the ocCuTaucy u the peTs
MlShta WIN snail p'X-the highest room ia the
And wLenevtr IL a tenant house am l,'efnE-
house, boar ding bose OF hotel the person an cd
by the small pcN cannot be isolated 20 the 81 i,.c
don ot the health officer, said person shall % r..
moved to tie small BOX nesp IAl agents en- p!oyed
tor the purpose OF the Board OF Health.
NheneEer case o. sut4l poy breaks out in any
sshtIl or place, The Werlius flag made Of yellow
premises occupied by said case, as wsrSinc 70 the
ps;sser by The presence OF small rsx in tast -.
and legtble letters, " Small pOX here" shall b.
fastened upon exposed part OF the infected house
Ii shall be the duty. of those in whose dwellings
small pox occurs 10 nigate the house. aud the
room Of the patient, with sulphur, three tunes a
to cleanse and disiEteot every part OF the dwell
scid, bronze chlorGiGm, or such other disiafectant
A clsth of the size of square yard, steepef in A
solution Of chic rinsted soda carboc acid or bro0
chloraum, shail be hung in the patient rot IN aud
ants.
The room Of the patient shall be kept thoroughly
ventilated, and no other person than a nurse Who
has bad the small. pox, or q member Of the family,
shall be allowed 10 enter the same. Persons b-iag
In attendance uoon the sick shall not come in con
tsctwth other inmates OF persons unless they have
and changed the clothing worn b. them while in the
Ii shall be the duty of said attendants to see tia
DO ClO hing is conveyed from The sick ON hat has
not been previously disinfeCted and famiE gated And
moreover, all clothing in said rOODI % Wurn by the
patient while affected by small -por shall b. Kent
distinct sLd separate, and shall be given out 10 be
washed only TO persons no have had the small nox
the fact to be stated ia every instance that they
from small pCX patient, and must therefore be
kept and washed separately.
Phyt icisns or Othsr citizens having knowledge of
the existence Of small poX expected 20 give i'm
mediste notice TO the Board Of Health % every case
coming to their knowledge. But il is especially en-
joined 10y Law upon the PROJECTORS % tenement
tells 70 notify the Beard Of Health Of the presence Of
small - in their peCtve sbodes, under penalty
persons concerned will be strictly enforced
II shall be the duty Of the CIT zen C. immediately
son from small pox Of which he may have know
ledge, and no one except such may haye had the
assigntd TO that duty, shall take charge Of dress or
bury the body Of the person VIII has thus liel.
ne lnteTment OF d. All pDN
shall take place within six hours after death, or
soon as the Gircuinstanee OF the case viii alloy and
40 person who has died OF small p0x shall be buried
10 private or public cemeteries burying grouud-
without permit from the Board of Heali n, a mezl-
Der Of the same, or the Health Officer.
whenever funeral obsequfes may be desired, the
cofp and no person will be allowed to be present al
said obseQues OF follow the corpse to the grave ex
stances shall g corpse infected with small pox be
taken TO church or meeting house but IL shall be
conveyed directly from the house to the grave.
tie expense of coffin and burial, any undertaken ap
the coffin, and in every shall take the same to
the house in which the corpse lays but shall not
laying ont the dead, unless he has had the small
RSx, aid properly iumiga9ed and disinfsctsd mis-
shai BE- done by the efHcsrs appointed Tor thar pur
pose by the Board of Health.
Ihe small pox ambulance shsii be kept at the
The ambulance shall be accompanied By an in
pox patients or otherwise.
The inspector accompanying the ambulance, and
the driyeL are iorbcden from entering street cars
They shall also keep a suit of clothing to wear
said suit OF clothing be kept fumigated and disin
iectsd at all times, and under no circumstances
Tie inspector attendiJ to small pox patients and
the driver of the ambulance shsD, until otherwise
The Inspector detailed attend 10 the removal of
small pox patients shall fumgate and dsinfect the
see that he ciothis is properly disnected packed
mp carried safely TO the ambulance, aad destroyed.
II poor persons which have been destroyed, the
probable value Of the same, and the names Of the
parties 10 whom they belong, and give receipt foE
-Under no circuni stances shall the ambulance be
length Of time as Will be required TO remove the
Tie ambulance Shall not be taken 70 anv Mace fer
reF air; but If repair is needed person having had
the snail pOx shall be gagged to meLd 1t a. as
In driving the ambulance to any Tint, care shall
be taken 70 avoid crowded streets school houses or
tiosble, keep out OF crowded thoroughfares, and
shall avoid mn. meeting or passing any procession,
The inspector shall display the yellow flag from
flag be taken away without authority, the Health
Officer d ust be Immediately notified of the fact.
The inspector Of each district shall be notified Of
the presence and locality OF small pOX IN his
district, and il shall be his duty 10 that the
quarantine regulations relating TO houses having
N all pox within properly enforced. and thac
no person exposed TO the coDtagion be allowed t.
cut OF the dH cling or come III contact with any
other person.
The ins rectcr shall In su urbsne manner inform
he people OF tne quarantine regu atons I'M posed By
the Board Of Health regarding SMALL pox, sut shall
cause unnecessary hardship.
The iBs pectOr detailed to attend 70 the snail poN
shall FIRST rain whether the be isolated
in the dwelling SO as not 10 expose the other inmates
10 the diseass.
Wlepever a patient IN a tenement, lodging house,
bosrdiu ghouse, hotel Is so situated that he can
not be isolated FIR IN other Inmates, he she shall
be remove Il and taken 10 the hospital; and ii aay
person.interferes with the execution of this ORDER
OF the patient refuses 10 obey the law shall DO
toIced against such person CT persons.
III il come 10 the knowledge If Any inspector thst
cases Of small pox are kept in tenement house,,
lodging houses boarding houses, hO els, without
the proper notice having been CAV TO the Board OF
Health required bJ law, the Ia pector sh all make
nm ediate report 10 the Health OfIcsr, stating tue
name of the person Or persons Causing or abetting
in the Violstion OF this lsv.
In all asses here there il doubt wheths person
s really afflicted with small pox, physicians
opinion should be secured before removing the pa
tient.
The inspector shall see that the rules regarding
the inteTnent OF persons who die Of small pox be
ba r reRoiug rules and regulations are made and
prouul lated ly the Board Of Health the District
II Columbia, in accordance with an act entitled
AN act fer the prevention of diseases in the Dis