Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-03
ron rHE PuRL1c sAFErY.
accommodations by the Ordinance Committee Relating to Contagioua
 

FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY. by the Ordinance
 Committee Relating to Contagious
 Diseases. --.- l.
 The following bylaws were recommend ed last evening by the ordinance commit tee relating to contagious diseases:
 Section l. That smallpox, scarlet fever, membraneous croup, typhoid fever typus fever, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever and measles be and they are hereby de- clared to be dangerous to the public health and they are hereby declared to be conta- gious diseases within the meaning of these bylaws. l within the town of New Haven shall re- port in writing to the board of health of the town of New Haven, within twelve hours | after he has discovered the nature of the l disease, or immediately, if practicable, l
 specifying the name, age and address of l
 each patient having either of said conta-
 gious diseases, for whom said physician | has prescribed or attended, or had been
 called upon to attend; also the nature and
 duration of such disease and number of
 children; also the families in said house,
 the school attended, if known, the facto-
 ", shop or place at which said patient
 works or is employed.
 Section 3. Every attending physician
 shall also report in writing to said board,
 the name, age and address of every per
 son who shall have died of any con
 tagious disease within twelve hours after
 he shall have been informed of such death
 and the specific name and type of such
 disease.
 hotel keeper, house holder, or per
 son having the charge of any public
 or private institution, or any master
 of any vessel within the town of New Ha-
 ven, in whose house, hotel, institution or vessel any person is sick with any of the aforesaid diseases, unattended by physi- clan. shall report the same to said board within twelve houra after it has come to
 his or her knowledge. Section 5. No person shall, without 8 permit from said board of health, carry or from any vessel, ship, boat or en-
 closure, any person sick with any of the diseases specified and described in the first section of these bylaws; or any clothing or other articles which have been, or which may have been exposed to infection, nor shall any person expose one sick with any of the diseases
 specified or described in the first section of
 these bylaws, nor the body of such per son or any article in his possession, or cause or contribute to or promote the spread of disease from such sick persons or the body thereof.
 Section 6. No superintendent, princi- pal or teacher of any school, no parent or guardian of any child attending school, shall knowingly permit child sick with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, mem branous croup or typhus fever, or any child residing in house in which such disease exists, to attend any school in the town of New Haven without the permis- sion of the board of health of said town. Section 7. No person sick with any of the diseases specified in section 1 or of this bylaws shall come into, nor shall any person bring or cause to be brought 1 into the town of New Haven, any person known to be, or reasonably suspected to | be, sick with any of said diseases specified l in sections 1 and of these bylaws, or of having any article or clothing which has been exposed to infection from any dis ease described in sections and of these ! bylaws, without permit from said board of health
 Section 8. No person shall hinder or | prevent the board of health of said town from securing the isolation of any person sick with the diseases described in section 1 and section 6, of the bylaws on the dis infection of any premises or articles of clothing Wh1ch nave been exposed to lnfec- ton, the using proper methods and means which may be proper to control the spread
 of such disease or diseases.
 Section 9. There shall be no public funeral of any person dead from small
 pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membran-
 ous croup or typhus fever without the
 permit of the said board of health. Section 10. No one shall enter pas
 senger car, street car, steamboat, hack,
 cab, stage, or other public conveyance
 wearing or having in his or her possession any clothing or other.s articles with which said person shall have had in attendance upon any person sick with smallpox scar let fever or typhus fever without having had the same disinfected to the satisfac- tion of the said board of health
 Section 4. Any hack, cab, stage, horse car, steam-car, vessel or other public or private conveyance in, which any person is reasonably believed to have been car ried, or known to have been carried while suffering with smallpox, scarlet fever, tyhpus fever or yellow fever, shall not thereafter be used for the carrying of any passenger until such vehicle, car, steam boat or vessel, shall have been disinfected to the satisfaction of the said board of health.
 Section 12 Every person violating any of the provisions, section or sections of these bylaws on conviction shall pay a penalty of not more than $100.