Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-11-30
Ordinance No. 2a4.

anu SpicdiiiiS VI SoiitstsiouS uiocdSts.
Tie city IF Olympia does or''ain as to'losrs.
SECTION l. There is hereby estab-
shed Board Of Health. consisting of
he Mayor, the Health Officer, the Chair
nan of the Committee on Health and
Police, and the Chief of Police and the
lily Clerk, who shall be all of them
members OF the Board OF Health ex Off
10.
SEC. >. The City Council shall ap-
,oint suitable person for Health Off
,er, who shall hold office for the term OF .
,ne year snd shall have and exercise
such power and perform such duties as
shall be prescribed by ordinance. The
City Marshal shall execute and carry out
the orders and directions Of such Health |
Officer, and so soon as he has knowledge |
that any person has any contagious or
dangerous disease in any house, store,
hotel, boarding house or building within
the city OF Olympia, he shall give notice
to the public, of the existence of such
disease, by placing green card in case
of diphtheria, scarlet card in case OF
scarlet fever, a yellow card in case of
smallpox and white card in all other
cases, where the same may be seen by
in such disease may be, and no person
the penalties herein prescribed, until no
Health Officer shall sanction the removal
thereof.
SEC. 3. The Board of Health may, at
any time 1t deems necessary, employ as
sistants to aid the Health Officer in case
OF any contagious or infectious disease.
Such assistants shall perform the same
duties as herein prescribed for the
Health Officer.
SEC. 4. That no person shall introduce
or aid in introducing into the City Of
Olympia any yellow fever, smallpox,
scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough
or diphtheria, or any other contagious or
infectious disease.
Sec. 8. That any and all physicians
called to attend any case of contagious
or infectious disease shall notify the
Board of Health Immediately of the ex-
istence of the same, with name and resi-
dence of the patient
Sec. 6. That every proprietor or other
person in charge of any hotel, boarding
house, coffee house, or other place in
which any contagious or infectious dis.
ease may be discovered, shall give imme
date notice of the same to the Board Of
Health, with name and residence of the
person or persons introducing the same
SEC Z. That no child affected with any
contagious or infectious disease shall at
tend any private or public day school
or any Sunday school, and persons il
charge of such schools are required t.
report to the Health Officer any sucl
known case in attendance, and to cause
such child to return home; nor shall
such child be returned to any schoo
without permission from the Board o.
Health.
Sec. s. That it shall be the duty of the
attending physician to report to the
Board of Health the recovery of persons
affected by any contagious or infectious
disease, and certify that the house has
been thoroughly fumigated, giving date.
of such disinfection. Two weeks after
such notice being received by the Boarc
of Health, the children of such tamil,
may receive a permit to return to schoo
by applying for the same at the Health
Office.
SEC. 8. That every physician shall re
port to the Board of Health, in writing
every person having contagious disease
land the state Of his or her disease, ant
his or her place of dwelling and name i
known,) which such physician has pre-
scribed for or attended for the first time
since having such a contagious disease
during any part of the preceding twenty
four hours, not more than two reports t
be required concerning the same person
but every attending, practicing physician
thereat must, at his peril, see that sucl
report is or has been made by some at
tending physician. Said report shall b,
made on blank forms furnished by tn,
Board OF Health.
SEC. 10. That every person knowing O
any individual in said city sick of an,
contagious or infectious disease, an1
every physician hearing OF any such per
son whom he shall have reason to thinl
requires the attention of this department
shall at once report the facts to the Boar,
of Health in regard to the disease. con
dition and dwelling place or condition O
such sick person; and no person shall
Interfere with or obstruct the entrance
inspection or examination of any build
ing or house by any inspector and Office
of the Board Of Health when there ha
been reported the case of person sicI
with contagious disease therein.
SEC. IL. That no person shall within
this city, without permit from tn,
Board of Health, carry, remove, or caus,
or permit to be carried or removed, an,
person sick with smallpox or other cor
tagious or infectious disease, or remoy,
or cause to be removed any such persoI
from any other building, or to or from
any vehicle in any part Of the city. No
shall any person, by any exposure of an,
individual sick or affected by any con
tagious or infectious disease, or of TIN
body OF such person, or by any negligen
act connected Herewith, or in respect O
the care or custody thereof, or bv need
less exposure of himself, cause or con
tribute to or promote the spread OF dis
ease from such person or dead body.
SEC IL. The Board Of Health shall b
empowered, whenever in their opinion i
shall appear proper and conducive I,
public health, to cause all people arriy
ing at the city, by any vessel from foreipI
ports, to be vaccinated, who are unabI
to prove they have been vaccinated with
in the last FIVE years; and for the pur
pose Of carrying into effect the provision
of this section, no boat or vessel from
any foreign port shall be allowed to Ian,
until first receiving a permit from tn
Health Officer; Provided, however, thi
section shall apply only in case the Boar,
of Health determine the necessity a
causing such vaccination to be made i,
which case proper notice shall be giyeI
by due publication of such intention !,
, the paper doing the city printing: an,
the Health Officer shall, whenever in hi
opinion it becomes necessary, to proven
the spread Of smallpox, order any persoJ
or persons 70 be vaccinated, and an,
person refusing or neglecting for thre
days to comply with such order, hayin,
it in their power to comply, shall b,
deemed guilty of "a misdemeanor. Per
sons unable to pay the expense shall b,
vaccinated at the expense Of the CITY
And for the purpose of carrying into ef
feet the provisions of this ordinance. tn,
Health Officer shall be authorized to en-
ter any house or building of any kin,
within the city limits, or to 60 upon an,
vessel, steamship, steamboat, or an
craft landing or attempting to land a
said city and search the same.
Sec. IL. The Board of Health NAV
whenever they deem it necessary, re
quire all students in the public school
who have not been successfully vaccinat
ed within five years, to be vaccinated.
SEC. IA. No parent or guardian O
other person having the custody an,
control of any child who has not beef
successfully vaccinated within five year
shall allow such child to attend at an,
of the public schools after being notifies
by the Health Officer to have such chill,
vaccinated. And for the purpose of cal
rying out the purposes of this ordinance
the Board Of Health may at any tim
require all the students in the publ,
ooI,o,1 m ,rQSant corf;fco<a, cot;ae.