Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-19


attendance and other necessares which shall be [al
chargeld in favor of sucn town, village, borough
city upon the person SO provided for, his parents,
guardian or master, IL able: otherwise upon the
county in which he has legal settlement, or upon
the State if said person be nonresident of the
State, and has no property within the State; IN
which latter the bills for sucn expenses shall
be paid only after being audited aud approved by
the State board Of health and by the governor and
SAID bills shall be allowed only condition that the
local board OF health shall have promptly, on the
appearance OF such disease, notified the State board
of health thereof, aud shall have followed the in
strucons and regulations of said State board given
with respect to the and expen in the case
cases in reference to which said bills were incurred
and further snail file satisfactory evidence to said
State board that such person or persons were nom
residents or the State anu have no property within
the same The town, village, borough, or city, as
the case may be, may recover in civil action
against the person or persons or the county charg-
able under this section.
Sec 10 If such infected person cannot be re-
moved without danger TO his health, the board of
health shall make provision directed in the pre-
cedug section for such person il the house where
he may be, and in such case they may cause the
persons in the neighborhood 30 be removed, and
LGiay take such other measures as theyI may deem
necessary Tor the safety OF the Inhabitants.
Sec. II. When disease dangerous 10 the public
health breaks out the board shall immediately bro
VIDE such hospital or place or reception for the sick
ana infected as IS judged pest tor their accOllmoda
ton and the safety OF the Inhabitants, which shall
BE- subject 20 the regulations of the board aud the
board may any SICK aud nIectsd persons to be
removed thereto. unless his condition will admit
Of such removal without danger 20 las health, in
which case the house place where he remains
Shall be considered q hospital, aud with all its
inmates, subject 20 the regulations u the board.
Sec. IS. Ii shall be the duty of all local boards of
health, whenever tney are informed that there Is 4
Of small D0X, scarlet lever. diphrhera or other
infe cous or contagious disease within the territory
over which 1t has jurisdiction, Immediately
examine into the facts OF The case, aud,
shove specified, they shall adopt such quarantine
aud sanitary measures rs may in their Judgment
tenG prevent the spread OF said disease in its 10
Cliity, subject 10 be modified by the State board of
health, and shall Immediately notify the secretary
OF said State board OF the appearance of such dis
ease AMI the measures adopted by said local board
IL relation thereto
Sec. 70. And said boards of health shall have
power TO forbid, by notices posted upon the
frances TO premises where there may be a patient
sick with such disease. any person except the msGi
CA attendants and spiritual advisers from going
or leaving said premises without their permission,
carving, or causing to be carried, auy material
whereby said disease may be conveyed, until after
SAID disease has ahatsd ard the premises, dwelling
and clothing have been rendered free from disease
by such dsinfecting means the board may direct
and if said board shall be informed that
measures which they have adopted and
made public, is mas been violated,
then the said board may cause said offender
against this act TO be apprehen3ed and brought
before an officer having jurisdiction; and said Of
fender shall, upon conviction, he liable 70 tine II
the sum of not less than five dollars $50 nor more
than twenty-five dollars (S25l for any violation
under this act Any member of any board of
health who shall neglect his duties under the pro-
visions of this act, shall be liable, upon conviction
IN court having competent jurisdiction, to be
| fined in SUN not less tiaa Twenty-Five dollars
$3.50 nor more than one hundred dollars (SIU0) for
the first oHeuse and for conviction for violation Of
this act the second time, shall, IN addition to the
| fines already provided, become disqualified from
holding the Office Of, or to which is attached The
duties OF, am9mber OF a board Of health
Sec. 20. Al fines collected under this act shall be
placed to the credit OF special fund of the city,
village town in which the offense is committed
for the use and expenses of said board
| That every physician shall report to the
local board OF health, in writing every person hav
ing contagious disease, and the state of his or her
disease, and his or her place OF dwelling, and name
II known which SUCH physician has prescribed for
or attended fer the first time since having con
tagious disease or since the discovery Of the same
to be contagious, during any part of the preceding
twentyfOur hours: but not more than two(9 reports
shall bo required in one a week concerning the
| same person. but every attending physician thereat
must see that such report is or has been made by
some attending physician
| Sec 81. That it shall be the duty of each and
every practclng physician in this State to report
in writing to the local board OF health the death of
| any Of his patients who shall have died of con-
! tagiouS or infectious disease, within twenty-four
hours thereafter, and to state in such report the
specified [speciicl name and type of such disease
| Sec. ~ That every keeper of any private
| house, clearinghouse or clearinghouse and
| every inn keeper and hotel keeper
! shall, within twentv-four hours report
particulars required OF any physician in the pre-
cedlng section, concerning any person being at any
OF the aforesaid houses and hotels, and attacked
with any contagious disease dangerous TO the pub
| lie heslth.
| Sec %. That it shall be the duty of every per-
son knowing OF any person sick of any contagious
ulsease dangerous to the public health, and the
duty of every physician hearing of any such sick
person. who he shall have reason to think requires
the attention of the local board to at once report
the facts 10 the board in regard the disease con-
dtlon and dwelling place or position of such sick
| person.
Sec. "a That no person shall, within the
limits OF any town, city village within this State,
without permit from the local or State board OF
| health, carry or remove from one building to an
other, or from vessel to the shore, or any rail-
/ way cars, any person sick Of any contagious dis
| ease, or the body of any person having died of
| contagious disease; nor shall any person, by
| any exposure of any individual sick of any
! contagious disease or OF the body of such
person, or by any negligent act connected there
with, or IN respect to the AID custody thereof
| or by needless exposure of himself, cause, or
| contribute to or promote the spread OF disease
! from any such person or from any dead body.
| Sec. %. That every person being the parent OF
guardian, or having the care, custody control, OF
any minor or other person, shall, to the extent OF
J any means, power authority Of said parent,
guardian or other person, that could properly be
used or exerted for such purpose, cause and pro-
cure such minor or person under control to be SO
| promptly, frequently and effectively vaccinated
| that such minor individual should not take, OF
! be liable to take, the small pox.
|
! teacher Of any school, and no parent. master OF
guardian Of any child or minor, having the power
| ana authority to prevent, shall permit any child OF
| minor having scarlet fever, diphJheria, small pox
or any dangerous. infectious contagious disease
| or any child residing in any house in which any
such disease exists, has recently existed TO at
tend any public or private school until the board oil
| health of the town, village, borough or city
shall have given its permission therefor; nor in any
| manner to be unnecessarily exposed, or to need
lessy expose any other person 70 the taking or tc
the infection of any contagious disease.
| Sec. q. That TO person shall allow to he re.
tanned unburied the dead body OF any human being
! for q longer time than four days or where destl
has been caused by a contagious disease for
longer time than twentvfour hours after the deatt
| of such person, without a permit from the loca
| board of health, which permit shall specify the
length OF time during which such body may be re-
| tanned unburied: and when death has been caused
by contagious disease the body shall, if directed
by said board, be Immediately disinfected in sucl
manner as may be directed by said board ard en.
| closed in q tightly sealed coffin, which shall not
thereafter be opened, and the funeral of such per
son shall be strictly private, and in the remova
| thereof for burial or otherwise hearses or Suci
| other vehicles as may be authorized by said boarl
| only shall be employed.
| Sec %. Said boards of health may employ
al such persons shall be necessary Il
carry into effect the prov sions o
this act and the regulations duly established by sal
| board as herein provided, any may fix their com.
pensarion The said boards shall have power to en-
ploy physicians and provide necessaries for persons
| in cases OF poverty and generally TO pay such ex