Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-04
BYLAWS. RULES
BYLAWS, RULES
AND
REGUL A TION S
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF
new HAVEN
RELATING TO
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES

SECTION 1.-Smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria.
typhoid fever ty plus fever, Asatc cholera, yellow
fever and any other diseases publicly declared by
the Board to be dangerous to the public health are
hereby defined to be dangerous diseases within the
meaning of these bylaws.
SECTION EVERY physician practicing within
the town of New Haven shall report in writing to
this Board within twelve hours after he has discov
practicable, specifying the name, age and address
of each patient having a contagious disease for
or been called upon to attend also
the nature and duration of such disease, the
number of children and families in the house, the
school attended, the factory shop at which the
patient works if any, and other facts which ne may
lending physeian ~ shall also report in writing to
this board the name age and address of every per
within twelve hours after he shall have been in
formed of such death, and the specific name and
type OF such disease.
SECTION s-Every lodging house keeper, hotel
keeper householder or person having charge of any
public private institution, the master of any
vessel in said town of New Haven in whose house,
hotel institution or vessel any person is sick with
shall report the to this Board within twelve
hours after it shall come to his or her knowledge.
SECTION 4.-No person shall, without a permit
from the Board of Health, carry or remove from
one building to another from any vessel any per.
son sick with contagious disease any clothing
or other articles which may have been exposed to
@ shall 6S hs S tire Sa
of such person or by any negligent act connecteo
there Ttn OF N respect 70 sne care OF
any article in his possession cause or contribute
to promote the spread of disease from such per-
sons or body.
| SECTION 5.-No superintendent. principal or
teacher of any school, and parent guardian OF
any child attending school shall knowingly permit
child sick with smallpox scarlet fever diphtheria
which such disease shall exist to attend any school
| without permit from the Board of Health
| SECTION 6.-No one sick with contagious
disease shall come. shall anyone
reasonably suspected to be sick with contagious
disease or any articles which shall have been ex
posed to infection from any such disease without
permit from the Board of Health.
| SECTION No person shall hinder or proven
the Board of Health from securing the isolation
any person sick with contagious disease, the dis
infection of any premises or articles which have
been exposed TO infection the using of any meth
DDS or means it may deem proper to control tht
! spread OF contagious diseases,
| SECTION 8.-There shall be no public funeral Of
/ any person dead from smallpox, scarlet fever
Il diphtheria or typhus fever without the permit o.
the Board of Health therefor, and subject to sucl
sanitary orders and regulations as it may pre-
scribe.
SECTION 9.-No shall enter passenger car
street car, steamboat, hack cib stageor other pub
lie conveyance wearing, having in his or her pos
session. any clothing other articles with which
ne or sac Snall nave Deen III AtteuuenCo upg -
sonsck with smallpox scarlet fever or typnuS Fever
without having had the same disnfecteo 10 tne sat
isfaction of the Board of Health.
| SECTION 1O-No hack cab, stage, carriage, horse
car steam car steamboat, vessel or other public or
private conveyance in which person has been car
ried known to the owner, driver, conductor. cap.
tain master other person having charge thereof
to be sick with smallpox scarlet fever or typhus
fever shall be thereafter used for the carrying OF
any passenger until such vehicle, car, steamboat OF
vessel shall been disnfected to the satisfaction
of the Board of Health.
. SECTION livery person violating any Of the
provisions of these bylaws, rules and regulations
shall forfeit and pay penalty of not less than $1(
| or more than 500 for every such offense.
| SECTION 12.-These by laws, rules and regula
tons shall take effect June 49, 1885, and all bylaws
heretofore passed by this Board inconsistent here
| with are hereby repealed. ie4 4t.