Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-05
BYLAWS, RULES
 AND REGUL A TIONS $
 OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
 OF NEW HAVEN
 RELATING TO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
BYLAWS, RULES

SECTION I.-SmaIpox. scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever typhus fever, Asatic cholera yellow fever, and any other diseases publicly declared by the Board to be dangerous to the public health hereby defined to be dangerous diseases within the meaning of these bylaws.
 SECTION 2.-Every physician practicing within the town of New Haven shall report in writing to this Board within twelve hours after he has discov- cred the nature qethe disease or immediately, if practicable, specifying the name, age and address whom such physician has prescribed or attended, e nase aod edsd of Such disease se he number of children and families in the house, the patient works if any and other facts which he may deem important to the public health. Every at this board the name, age and address of every per son who shall have died of any contagious disease within twelve hours after he shall have been in formed of such death, and ths specific name and type of such disease.
 SECTION 3-Every lodging house keeper, hotel keeper, householder person having charge of any public private institution, the master of any vessel in said town of New Haven, in whose house, hotel institution vessel any person is sick with contagious disease unattended by physician, 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 building to another from any vessel any per- son sick with contagious disease or any clothing or other articles which may have been exposed to infection; nor shall anyone by the exposure of a
 
 of such person or by any negligent act connected there Eth or in respect to the custody there or any article his possession cause or contribute to or promote the spread of disease from such per sons or body.
 SECTION 5-No superintendent, principal or teacher of any school and no parent guardian of any child attending school shall knowingly permit
 child sick with smallpox, scarlet fever diphtheria typhus fever, any child residing in house in without permit from the Board of Health.
 SECTION 6.-No one sick with contagious disease shall come. nor shall anyone bring tor cause to be brought into the town of New Haven any person known disease or any articles which shall have been ex permit from the Board of Health. SECTION 7.-No person shall hinder or prevent the Board of Health from securing the isolation of any person sick with contagious disease the dis infection of any premises or articles which have ods or means it may deem proper to control the l spread Of contagious diseases. SECTION s-There shall be public funeral of 1 any person dead from smallpox, scarlet fever l diphtheria typhus fever without the permit of l the Board of Health therefor, and subject to such sanitary orders and regulations as it may pre- 5cribe SECTION 9-No one shall enter passenger car, street car steamboat hack. cab, stage other pub lie conveyance wearing, or having in his or her pos session, any clothing other articles with which ne or she shall have been in attendance upon per- ,onsick with smallpox scarlet fever typhus fever without having had the disinfected to the sat- sfaction of the Board of Health.
 SECTION 10-No hack. cab, stage carriage, horse car steam car, steamboat, vessel or other public or private Conveyance in which person has been car jed known to the owner, driver, conductor, cap ain. master or other person having charge thereof Q be sick with smallpox, scarlet fever or typhus ever shall be thereafter used for the carrying of .ny messenger until such vehicle. car, steamboat or 'esss shah have been disinfected to the satisfaction z SECTION S I1-EverY person violating any of the provisions of these bylaws rules and regulations hall forfeit and pay penalty of not less than $10 IT more than $f00 for every such offense.
 SECTION l2.-These by laws, rules and regula- ions shall take effect June 15, 1885, and all by laws leretofore passed by this Board inconsistent here with are hereby fepealed. je4 At. \