Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-22
HEALTH ORDINANCE.

TINO the Honorable Court of Common Council 1 of the City of New Haven:
 Be it ordained :-
 Section 1. That smallpox scarlet fever. diph theria, membranous croup typhoid fever, ty measles be and they are hereby declared to be dangerous to the public health, and they are hereby declared to be contagious diseases within the meaning of these bylaws.
 Section 2. Every physician practising within the town of New Haven shall report in writing to the board of health in the town of New Haven, within twelve hours after he has discovered the nature of the disease, or immediately, if practi- cable, specifying the name, age and address Of each patient having either of said contagious diseases, for whom said phy sician has prescribed or attended, or had been called upon to attend also the nature and duration of such disease, the number of children, also the families in said house. the school attended, if known, the factory, shop or place at which said patient works or is employed.
 Section B. Every attending physician shall also
 report in writing to said board the name, age
 and address of every person who shall have died
 of any contagious disease, within twelve hours
 after he shall have been informed of said death
 and the specific name and type of such disease.
 Section 1. Every lodging house keeper, hotel
 keeper householder or person having charge of
 any public or private institution, or any master of any vessel within the town of New Haven, in
 whose house, hotel, institution or vessel any per son so sick with any of the aforesaid described
 diseases, unattended by physician, shall re after it shall come to his or her knowledge. Section 5. No person shall, without a permit from said board of health, carry or remove from
 one building to another, or from any vessel ship, boat or enclosure any person sick with any or the diseases specified and described in the first section of these by laws, 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 speci-
 fled and described in the first section of these by laws nor the body of such person or any article l in his possession or cause or contribute to or promote the spread of such disease from such sick person for the body thereof. Section G. No superintendent, principal or | teacher of any school, no parent or guardian of any child attending school, shall knowingly per | init child sick with smallpox, scarlet fever, or any child residing in a house in which such disease exists, to attend any school in the town | of New Haven wit bout the permission or the Board of Health of said town. Section z. No person sick with any of the dis eases specified in section of these by laws shall come into, shall any person bring or cause to | be brought into, the town of New Haven any per son known to be reasonably suspected to be sick with any of said diseases specified in section clothing which has been exposed to infection from any disease described in section of these bylaws, without permit from said Board oi | 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 of these yaws, or the dis infection of any premises articles or clothing which have been exposed to infection, or ths | using proper methods and means which may bt l proper to control the spread of such disease oi | diseases.
 Section Q. There shall be no public funeral oi l any person dead from smallpox, scarlet fever | diphtheria, membraneous croup or typhus fever without the permit of said Board of Health. | Section TO- No one shall enter a passenger car street car, steamboat, hack, cab, stage or other public conveyance, wearing or having in his or
 her possession any clothing or other articles | with which said person shall have had in attend | ance upon any person sick with smallpox, scar let fever or typhus fever without having had the | same disnfected to the satisfaction of the said | Board of Health
 Section Il. Any hack, cab, stage, horse car | steam car steamboat, vessel, or other public or private conveyance in which any person is req l sonably believed to have been carried, or known
 to have been carried or transported, while suffer ing with smallpox, scarlet fever, typhus fever oI
 yellow fever shall not thereafter be used for the carrying of any passenger until such vehicle, car | steamboat or vessel shall have been disinfected | to the satisfaction of said Board of Health. Section 12. Every person violating any of the provisions, section or sections, of these bylaws | on conviction, shall pay penalty of not more | than S100.
 In Court of Common Council read, accepted | and ordinance adopted.
 l Approved May 15, 1891.
 | To take effect May 9, 1891.
 | A true copy of record.
 l Attest: EDWARD DowNES,
 my20 St City Clerk.