The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-08
RULES AND REV uLATIoNs
OF the Beard Of Health Of the City Of
owosso.

Of the Beard Of Health Of the City Of
owosso.
l. Every physician or person acting as
such, who shall have a patient sick with
| smallpox, variOlOid, or other infectious or
| contagious disease shall forthwith report the
| fact In writing to the said Board, together
| with the name and street and the number of
| the house where such patient Is treated; and
| every keeper, superintendent or person I'm
| charge of any pest house within the corpO-
rate limits of said city of Ow0ssO, or any other
pest-house under the control of the auth0ri-
ties OF said city, to which any person being
| city charge may be brought sick. with in
| fictitious or contagious disease, shall at once
ON the arrival of every such person, give no
tice thereof In writing to the said Board.
2. Ii shall he the duty of the occupants
OF any dwelling house or other building
in which there shall Ike smallpox, variolod
or any infectious or contagious disease, TO
put up and maintain in "a conspicuous place,
on the front Of such building card or sign
To be furnished by the Board of Health ON
which shall he written or printed the word
smallpox, ''variOlOid, or any infectious or
contagious disease. and such card shall he
kept on such building during all the time
any person SO diseased shall remain therein,
and until permission is obtained in writing
from the Board of Health to remove the
same. No person shall take down, remove,
injure or deface said card or sign at any
time in which the same is required TO be
kept up and maintained.
3. All persons having smallpox, varioloid
or other infectious or contagious disease,
are hereby required to be kept closely con-
fined within their respective dwellings or
places of abode, and no person who has been
confined with such disease shall leave his or
her place of abode and go about the city
until in the opinion of the Board Of Health,
1t can be done without danger Of commune
eating the disease to others.
4. NopersOn having the smallpox, varioloid
or any other infectious or contagious disease
shall go about the city, or in any yard. COM
mons or place SO as to endanger the health
of other persons.
5. No person shall bring or cause to be
brought into the city of OwOssO. any person
infected with the smallpox, variOloid or
other infectious or contagious disease.
q. No owner or person in charge of any
public hack, carriage or conveyance, shall
use or permit the same to be used, for the
purpose of conveying the body of any per-
son who has died of smallpox, variolOid or
other infectious OF 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.
z. Every physician having a smallpox or
vari0Oid patient, Immediately after each
and every visit to the same, shall not visit
any other patient except those afflicted with
tine smallpox or variOloid until he has
changed his clothing and otherwise disin-
fected himself; and every undertaken, hav-
ing in charge the body of any person who
has died of either of said diseases, imme-
/ dlateiy after the interment thereof, and
every person nursing or taking care Of a
| patient SICK with either of said diseases, be-
fore gong upon the streets, shall change his
OF her clothing and otherwise disiniect as
the Board OF Heath shall direct.
.. The keeper of any hotel, tavern,
boarding or other public house, or the
owner Oh occupant Of amy private house or
fesiuelce, III winch any person may De SICK
| WIN snlalipOX, varlOlOld Or other contagious
dls,ase, VI The physician or person acLlng rs
such, VINO shall have Il patient afflicted with
! ANY SUCH con,aglUuS OF infectious disease,
shall forthwith report the same To the Board
oI ileailll, ANA the Keeper OF Keepers of such
| lUuiI, ta\cin, boarding Or puUilc nouse OF
Inc owner or occupant OF SUCH private resi-
d,nce dis alOlesaIu, shall tncieupCn inme-
consplcuous place OH inc front Of said
pIenises, II card or sign with the words
smallpox OF otner Infectious or contagious
uio.aoe prIn,eu thereon III large letters,
WHICH cdru shall not DC removed, injured ur
delaceu ny any person, and SNAIL remain
pOStcu on the PREMISES during All tie TIME
any person afflicted wIlh amy infectious OF
colltdSIOus disease Snail remain therein and
untlI tlle taking down OF sucn card Is adj
vlsvu ny the board OF Heath or It's health
OnIccr.
.. 1T shall be the duty of the keeper of
any hotel, tavern or public house, or the
owner or occupant OF any private residence
wherein amy person may DC sick with the
slildiipoX Or otlier Infectious or contagious
disease 10 CLOSE such puDllc house or private
resluence ana keep IL closed as against all
iougcis, customers anu persons desiring to
visit the same and To prevent the occupants
OF such puDlic house or private residence
from leaving said premises until such time
as III the opinion of the Board of Health all
danger Of communicating the disease from
SAID house or residence OF from any of the
inmates thereof shall have passed; provided
that the provisions of this rule shall not APP
ply to physicians Or clergvmen in attendance
upon the sick person or persons, nor to
poiicemen on duty in and about such
premises.
~. Immediately after the termination of
case OF smallpox, variOlOd or other infec-
tious or contagious disease by the GONZALES
cence or death of the person afflicted, it
shall be the duty of the attending physician,
or in case no physician has been in attend
ance, then of the city physician, to examine
the bedding, clothing and wearing apparel
OF the convalescent or deceased person as
the case may he, and shall order all such
articles to he disinfected by washing, or tie
use of such disinfectants as may be neces-
sary, and To cause the destruction by fire of
such articles as in his opinion cannot be
disinfected.
Ii. 1t shall be the duty of the physician
in attendance Oh any person or persons sick
with any infectious or contagious disease to
give all necessary instructions regarding the
thorough ventilation and cleansing of the
public house or the private residence where
in such person shall be sick. And it shall
be the duty of the keeper of such public
house, or the owner or occupant of such
private residence. TO follow the instructions
of the physician as aforesaid under the
penalty hereinafter provided.