Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-26
ATTENTION !!
Physicians, Heads of Families,
Hack Owners and Under
takers.
Rules and Regulations of the Board
of Health of New Haven Relating to
ContaUinns

Rules and Regulations of the Board
of Health of New Haven Relating to
Contagious Diseases.
Section /. Smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
Asiatic cholera, Yellow fever and any other dis,
eases publicly declared by the Board to be dan
gerous to the public health are hereby defined to
be contagious 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 dis
covered the nature of the disease, or immediate
ly, il practicable, specifying the name, age and
ease, for whom such physician has prescribed or
attended, 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, and the factory or shop at which the
he may deem important to the public health.
Every attending physician shall also report in
writing to this Board the name age and address
of every person who shall have died of any con-
tagious disease, within twelve hours after he
shall have beeninformed of such death, and the
Section s. Every lodging house Keeper, hotel
keeper, householder or person having charge of
any public or private institution, or the master
of any vessel in said town Of New Haven, in
whose house, hotel institution vessel any per
| son is sick with contagious disease unattended
by a physician, shall report the same to this
Board within twelve hours after it shall come to
his or her knowledge.
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person sick with a contagious disease or any
exposed to infection; nor shall any one by the
exposure of a person sick with a contagious
| negligent act connected Herewith or in respect
to the care custody thereof by needless OF
careless exposure of himself or any article iu his
possession, cause or contribute to or promote the
| spread of disease from such person or body.
Section 5. No, superintendent, principal OIL
teacher Of any school, and no parent or guardian
| of any child attending school, shall knowingly
permit child sick with small po1, scarlet fever
or any child residing in house in which sucf
| disease shall exist, to attend any school withou
| a permit from the Board of Health.
Section 6. No sick with contagious dis
ease shall come, nor shall any one bring or cause
to be brought into the town of New Haven, any
with a contagious disease, or any articles which
| shall have been exposed to infection from any
Health.
Section 7. No person shall hinder or proven
the Board of Health from securing the isolation
OF any person sick with contagious disease, tn,
dislnfectlon OF any premises or articles whiol
have been exposed to infection, or the using o
| any methods or means it may deem proper t,
control the spread of any contagious disease;
| Section g. There shall be no public funeral O
any person dead from smallpox, scarlet fever
diphtheria, membranous Group or typus feve
| without the permit of the Board of Heath there
| for, and subject to such sanitary orders and reg
| ulations as it may prescribe. Every undertake
shall report to the Board of Health, within
twelve hours, each and every case Of contagiou
| disease coming under his care
Amended Jan. 10, 1891.
Section 0. No one shall enter passenger car
street car, steamboat hack, cab, stage or othe
public conveyance, wearing or having in his :, Q
her possession, any clothing or other article
with which he or she shall have been in attend
ance upon person sick with small pox, scarle
fever or typhus fever without having had tn
same disinfected to the satisfaction of the Boar
of Health.
| Section 10. No hack, cab, stage, carriage
horse car, steam car, steamboat, vessel or othe
public or private conveyance in which a perso
has been carried known to the owner, drive
conductor, captain, master or other Pc
son having charge thereof, to be. sic
with small pox, scarlet fever or typhus feve
shall be thereafter used for the carrying of an
passenger until such vehicle, car, steamboat {
vessel shall have been disinfected to the satisfa
ton Of of the Board of Health.
Section II. Every person violating any OF til
provisions Of these bylaws, rules and regu
| lions, shall forfeit and pay a penalty OF M
less than $40 or more than 500 for every sue
| offense.
Section IL. These bylaws rules and regul
| tions shall take effect June IS, 1888. and all b.
laws heretofore passed by this Board inconsis
ent herewith are hereby repealed.
Amended to take effect Feb. ID, 1889. f26 1t