The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-24

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tagious diseases, shall 60 about the city.
or in any yard, commons OF place so AS TO
endanger the health of other persons.
Gee. 6-No person shall bring. or cause
TO be brought into the city of Owosso, any
person infected with the smallpox, vario-
loid or other infectious or pcstilential dis
ease.
Sec. mo owner, or person in charge
of any public hack, carriage or convey
ance, shall use or permit the same to be
used, for the purpose of conveying the
body OF any person, who has died OF the
smallpox, varioloid or other infectious or
contagious disease, or any person from
any house, building or place, in which
any person is sick. or has within two
weeks died of either of said diseases, with
out permission from the Board of Health.
Sec. S-Every physician, having a
smallpox or varioloid patient, immedi-
ately after each and every visit to the
same, shall not visit any other patient, en-
cept those afflicted with the smallpox or
variloid, until he has changed his clothing
and otherwise disinfected himself; and
every undertaken, having in charge the
body of any person, who has died OF
either of said diseases, Immediately after
the interment thereof, and every person
nursing of taking care of any person sick
with either of said diseases before going
upon the streets, shall change his clothes
and otherwise disinfect himfelf.
See. 9-The said Board shall keep a
complete record of all its proceedings
operations and expenditures in books for
that purpose, provided which shall at all
times be open to inspection by any COM
mittee of the Common Council. All debts
contracted by said Board shall be paid by
the city in the same manner that other de
mands against the city are paid.
Sec. 10-Said Board shall keep, subject
to the inspection above provided, full
and complete record of the deaths Of all
persons dying in the city. including the
dates and causes of deaths, and places of
burial, age of deceased and names of as
tending physicians and also record of
the causes, incidents and circumstances
of all contagious epidemics, or infectious
diseases originating in said city.
Sec. 11-At the end of each year, the
said Board shall report to the Common
Council, in detail, the amount and cause
of all their expenditures during the year
| and number and causes of death of all
persons dying during the year and the
| places of burial.
Sec. 12-The keeper of any hotel, tav-
ern, boarding or other public house, or
the owner or occupant of any private
house or residence in which any person
may be sick with smallpox, varioloid OF
other infectious or contagious disease, OF
the physician or the person acting as such
who shall have a patient afflicted with
any such infectious or contagious disease,
shall forthwith report the same to the
Board of Health and the keeper or keep,
ers of such hotel, tavern, boarding or
public house, or the owner or occupant
Of such private residence as aforesaid
shall thereupon Immediately procure, put
up and maintain in a conspicuous place
on the front of said premises, card OF
sign with the words, smallpox oil
other infectious or contagious disease,
printed thereon in large letters, which
card shall not be removed, injured or de-
faced by any person and shall remain
posted on the premises during all the time
any person afflicted with any infectious OF
contagious disease shall remain therein
and until the taking down of such card is
advised by the Board of Health or its
Health Officer.
Sec. 13-It shall be the duty of the
keeper of any hotel tavern, boarding OF
public house or the owner or occupant OF
son may be sick with smallpox or other
infectious or contagious disease to close
such public house Or private residence and
keep il closed as against all dodgers, Gus
toners and persons desiring to visit the
same and to prevent the occupants of such
public house or private residence from
leaving said premises until such time as In
| the opinion of the Board of Health all
danger of communicating the disease from
! said house or residence, or from any oil
| the inmates thereof, shall have passed
| Provided that the provisions of this sec
ton shall not apply to physicians or cler'
| gymen in attendance upon such sick per-
son or persons nor TO policemen on duty
in and about such premises.
Sec. 14-Immediately after the termina-
ton of a case of smallpox, variloid OF
other Infectious or contagious disease, by
the convaesence or death of the
person afflicted, it shall be the duty of the
attending physician, or In case no ply.
stefan has been in attendance, then of the
City Physician TO examine the bedding,
clothing and wearing apparel of the conva
lescent or deceased person, as the case
may be, and shall order all such articles to
be disinfected by washing, or the use OF
such disinfectants as may be necessary
and to cause the destruction by fire of such
articles rs in his opinion cannot be disin-
fected.
Sec. 15--It shall be the duty of the ply
stefan in attendance on any person or per
sons sick with any infectious or conta
gious disease to give all necessary instruc
tons regarding the thorough ventilation
and cleansing of the public house or the
private residence. wherein such person
shall he SICK.
And il shall be the duty of the keeper
of such public house or the owner or oc
cupant of such private residence 10 fol
low the instructions of the physician as
aforesaid under the penalty hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 16-In case of the death of any
person from smallpox, varioloid, diph
iberia or scarlatine the body of such de-
ceased person shall not be taken to or in
side of any church, public building o,
other public place nor to any private resi-
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