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INFECTIOUS ND,'EPIDEMIo DISEASES.
Mr.. Collins introduced long and i'm
portant bill yesterday, emanating from
the state board of health, designed to reg
ulate the care and prevent the spread of
infectious and contagious diseases. The
chief points are given IN the following
summary:
Section l. Whenever any part of the
state appears to be threatened with or is
affected by any epidemic or infectious dis
ease, the state board of health may make,
and from time to time alter and revoke
regulations for all or any of the following
purposes: For the interment of the dead;
for house visitation; for the provision of
medical aid and accommodation for pa
tients, physicians and nurses; for
the promotion of cleansing,
ventilation and disnfection; guard
ing against the spread of diseases by
quarantine of any person; land may de-
clare all or any of the regulation so made
TO be in force within the whole or any part
of the district of any local board of health
in this state; and to apply to any vessel on
any of the waters of this state, or to any
railway cars or train or public vehicles of
any kind for the period named in such
order, and may by any subsequent order
abridge or extend such period.
Sect. 2. Regulations shall be published
IL a paper printed at the capital.
Sec. ). Local boards of health shall see
to the enforcement of and execution of such
rules, and are given power.
Sec. 4. Boards shall be established in
towns and villages and boroughs, to con-
sist of not less than three members, one to
be physician, and to be elected annually
by the county.
Sec. 5. Local boards shall give notice
by printing their regulations in the local
newspaper, and by posting notices of null
sance.
Sec. 6. Boards shall have power to order
removal OF nuisances at expense of private
parties.
Sec. Z. In case of noncompliance, the
boards may remove it at call of property
owners.
Sec. s. Boards are given power to enter
any buildings or vessels in prosecution of
their duties.
Sec. 10. Local boards shall make the
Investigations ordered by state board, and
neglect to do so shall be punishable by a
fine of not less than $25 nor more than
800.
Sec. IL. Local boards shall give notice
in meeting to secure the inspection of
buildings, vessels, neglect and failure to
comply Herewith shall be punishable by
fine of $25.
Sec r. Local boards may order the
destruction of beds, bedding, clothing,
carpets or other articles, and may allow
compensation therefor.
Sec. 10. The boards are given power to
remove persons suffering from infectious
diseases to hospitals to be cared for by
local board, failure of the officer to COM
ply with the order for such REMOVAL being
punishable by fine.
Sec. Il. The state board may order two
or more local boards to act together.
Sec. 10. A person coming from abroad,
or residing in any town, city, village, Dor
ough or city within district infected with
smallpox, shall be provided for at cost of
friends, or county from which he came or
by the state if non resident of state,
claims for which to be audited by the
state board of health, and paid only on
condition that the local board acted
promptly when notified by the state board.
Sec. &c. In case infected person cannot
be removed the board of health shall take
other steps to prevent spread of disease.
Sec. II. When disease dangerous to
public health appears the board shall i'm
mediately provide such hospitals as is
| judged best, and may cause persons to be
removed thereto.
Sec. IS. 1t shall be the duty of local
| boards of health to investigate all cases of
smallpox, or other infectious or conta-
gious diseases, and may adopt quarantine
and sanitary measures and Immediately
notify the secretary of the state board of
| health.
Sec. 19. The board shall have power to
post danger signals and prevent patients
sick with disease from leaving or other
persons from entering houses where per-
sons are so sick, violations to be punished
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| $50, and members of boards of health who
may neglect their duties shall be fined not
less than $50 nor more than 800.
Sec. 90. Physicians shall report to the
local boards in writing all cases of conta-
giou3 disease.
Sec. 81. Physicians shall report deaths
by contagious disease.
Sec. %. Every keeper of any private
house, boarding house or lodging house
or hotel shall notify the local board within
twenty-four hours of the presence of a
contagious disease.
Sec. %. 1t is made the duty of persons
knowing of such diseases to make such
report.
Sec. "a. No person shall, within the
limits of any town or city, without per-
nit, from local or state board, remove a
person suffering from an infectious dis
ease, or remove any body.
| Sec. %. Parents and guardians shall
cause minors to be vaccinated.
| Sec. 26. School teachers shall not per-
nit children or minors having scarlet fe-
YER, diphtheria, small pox, or any infec-
tious disease, or any person residing in a
house where a person is so suffering, to at
tend school.
Sec. 81. No person shall allow to be re-
tanned any dead body of person who has
died from a contagious disease, longer
| than tWenty-four hours without q hermit