Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-11-02
DC LES AND GULATIONS IN
IN REGARD To- SMALLPOX.

II REGARD To SMALLPOX.
,l a,s s.ssn,s nature Of small po1 q, to diase
not emily corlnunic4ls Fl, m p-rsoa - person, but
capable % 6eigg trsDspOrted % great t.stances;
the folio. AZ; 1esaistior ssre osen doet,d
by The Board q H-slih snt approved By tbs Gov
Pare t. and essrdiars shall rsH-e their children
age - two years, and revs~cinate1 whenever The
Board OF Health shall, after years FROM tie last
The B ard OF Health hereby orders and requires
leyscciusIiCn Of all TN lohabitan-s ia she District
CCl1mhia and Vh=I ever IN n IF opinion the
bile heal h q maBds AZ tte revscciUa,icu Of sil
psrsou- who Do not furnish satisfactory evidence
thst they have been successfully yaccinstcd or re
vsseir ated Within fve years -
vaccination 60 such persons unable 90 pay Cor
the same. For Ibis PuTbOss the PA cisn- % the
nate the poor grstuitOusly, and Whenever the ext
genCJ Ie9uTes IT. PhJ sicsns w,l b. eIs yed q 60
All pss pie v no need vaccination.
PTfrcipsIs q incorporated msnRfac. airing coslpA-
bies supt ndeuts alInshcuses. reform and in
custItaI schools lursic hospitals and II all other
masters OF houses ef correction. jsors, keepers II
prisons and dirss;9r, or SiGSTs - All istitgt,-s
shslI =; abe expense Of their respeetiye e1rPora-
vso1inated Immediately upon thsir admission there
60, unless they produce sufficient evidence q pre-
yious snecess nj vaccination having taken place
suail- pok being eminentIy contagious and infec-
tiOus, isOlxtiOu forms imperative necessity for
the pre<ention Of its propssstlea Whenever,
eoets,Sies more tbsn two nbsbitsais il shall b
the dutg Of the heal Of the family to select the most
a1iesed VIII small IL poI-the hief.st room n the
dwelling TO be preferred
house, boarding house hotel, the person afflicted
b the snail p11 cannot De i5Sia.ed 80 the m
moved % the small sox hesats.l By agents employed
case n SoI break. out in any
dwelling or place, the warning dag made Of yellow
premises occupied by said case, ss warning to the
pas.er By Of the presence Of small !eX IN that 10
ssiainabfe, plscsrd, on which : written in large
and Iegiole letters, - Small pOx here" shall be
fastened upon exposed part Of the Injected house
IL shall be the duty Of those in whose dwellings
room * the patient, wi,h sulphur. three tunes a
DAY. 70 clear. ana d'RitgI eEfry par q the dse
scid, tromo chlGralum; or such ether disinfeetant
clsth Of the size II square yard, steepei IN
solution Il chi -rinated soda carb0c lcid, bronc
chloralum, shall be hung in the patients room, aud
sSE; .,'n NV 'a'- a.'.l.','
ventilated, and no other person than purse who
has lad Lhe anal Po1, or member g. The iGH ai
in attendance the sick shall not come in con
with other inmates or persoL : unless ,hey nave
and ebsnsed the clothing WON BY them while IN the
.haIi be the duty Of said attendants to see that
no clothing 10 conveyed from the sick that has
not been prev ousy disinfected and fumssted; And.
patient while affected by small pOxr shall De kept
distinct ard separate and shall be gwen out 70 be
the fact to be stated in Instance that thew
from email pox patient and must therefore lie
Phy,icisns or Other citizens having knowledge OF
Sofee 10 se BSaEd IF Health Of every
coming TO their knOwledge. But it is especially
houses, lodging SSuses, boaIdins houses and h6
tells 70 notify The Be ard o. Health Of the presence Of
Of fine and impris nment, and this Law against ali
persons concerned will BE strictly enforced
ahall be the datV of the citizen immed iAfely
no tify the Board Of Health Of the death Of
ee.s ana no aps e1sevt !pe ne msa base had te
small pox. and The oficers Of the Board of Health
bury The BODY of the person who mas thus lied.
The interment Of persons dying from small pox
soon the circumstances of the will allow and
no person who has died Of small pox shall be buried
without permit from The Board of Health, mem
whtneyer funeral obseQuies may be desired, the
body shall be placed IN nermeticaily sealed metal
said obsequiss or follow Tie corpse TO the grave er
cept the nearest kin relations; aud under crcum
taken to church or meetine nous. but IL sRii be
conveyed directly from the house TO the grave.
the expense Of ecin and burial, any undertaken ap
pointed to furnish c. fins % the poor shall provide
the house In which the corpse lays, bat shall not
place said cerpse in the coffin, or take any part in
laying out the dead, unless he has had the small
po1s ard properly tumigated and disinfsctsd his
clothing he laying out OF the body and the burial
pose by the Beard II h sItb 0' VIM f-'
The small ambulance shall be kept at the
The ambulance shall be accompanied by an in.
sreetCI wheneyer needed for the removal Of small
The Inspector accompanying the ambulance, and
ere toIblc den from entering street cars
They shall also Keep . suit q clothing to wear
said clOthins TO BE kept surigatrd and disn
ss'nd a. all time. ard SGd Dr. no CO
Inc spestor stterdteg TO small FOX Patients snd
ordered, . linen suit while on duty.
The Inspector detailed to Attend the removal OF
dwellings ~here small poI cases oceur He shall ssif
See that he eiothiIg Il properly disneeted packed
BE shall ke- account OF the clothes furniture
ue Of he a nase and Sfea he names Of th h
parties to whom they belong, and give receipt FOL
Under no circumstances shall the ambulance b
allowed 70 tarTy IN the streets, except for suel
pssient or the body 'A
1se ambulance shall not be taken to any place fol
rers.I; but II repair Is needed person having h,
the sn all pox shall be engaged 70 meLd 1t al as
In driving The ambulance to any int, care shall
BE tab Ell 10 avoid crowded streets schOOl houses
ticssIe. Keep out 81 crowded thorcashfares,t az
shall avoid meeting passing any procession
TIE nsPte1tT sGsi dsT "a SSs 'ye, Gag from
every Dwelling containing email BOY. and 4 saic
nag he taken away without authority, the Health
OTeer ust be INN edistsly notified q the fact.
the presehce ana locality Of snail pox cases In hi
district. and il shall be his duty 10 see that III,
quarantine regulations relating TO houses hsvins
small pox within are properly enforced, and thai
DO person exposed 10 the COntzgiOn be allowed 10 e
out OF the dwelling or come in contact with any
oth-r person.
The Inspector shall in an urbsne manner inf I'm
the peOp pie Of tie quar- regr atons posed
the Board OF Heal h resardins snail pox but shst
cause no unnecessary hardship.
The inspector detailed % attend 20 the srlan po1
shall first a.e rtaU whether the can De sOaset
IN the dwelling lot to pose the other inmates
10 the disease.
Whenever a patient In tenement, lodging house
boarding house, hotel Is so situated that he
Dot be isolated from other Inmates, he or she shat
be removed and taken TO the hospital; and IL any
person rterferes with the execution OF this order
the patient refuses TO obey the law shall be
forced against such person persons.
fit come TO the knowledge Of any Inspector that
SAses OF small POI are kept IN tenemeat houses
lodging houses. boarding houses, OF hotels without
ne proper notice having been given to the Board O
Health AZ required BY Law, the nspector shall make
MN edlsts report TO the Health Ofhcer. stating toe
IN the violation OF this law
In al eases here there Is doubt whether Q person
really snioted with small box, a physician
dent.
The inspector shall See that the rules regarding