The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-26
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Recommendations Looking to the Prevention
Of the Incoming of infectious Diseases.

The State Board of Health was in session
sides, Ramsey and Metcalf present Sec
rotary Metcalf reported the health of the
State exceptionally good. The only case of
infectious disease is in Alexandria. where
there Is case of smallpox. A feature of
the case is that Howard Lyons q nurse
employed to care for the patient under the
superstition that 1t was chicken pox. fed
incontinently to New Albany. The board
concluded to notify the health officers of
New Albany 10 find Lyons and both to vac
cinate and TO quarantine him.
The board considered and passed favora-
bly, upon @ sample ordinance for suGges-
ton to city councils and town boards in
connection with the measures to prevent
the incoming into the State Of infectious
diseases. 1t provides:
That it shall be unlawful for any person 20
throw or deposit. or To permit any person In his
employ, or any member OF his family. or other
person about his premises TO throw or deposit
any NTH, manure, Ofal, dead animals, vegetable
matter. Stops. straw, shavings OF wood. clippings
OF metal or leather, paper or fragments or glass
ware, Queensware, crockery ware. or any other
carnage, or rubbish, or sweepings OF any kind,
upon any street. or sidewalk. or any cutters.
OF the town, or TO permit any such articles 10
accumulate upon any lot or parcel OF ground, or
to permit the flow into such places of any kind
OF nth or noxious liq Ids; aud every day any
such accumulation or deposit made by any per-
son shall be allowed by him to remain. shall be a
new and separate ofTense.
The secretary of the Board OF Health. the
Board or Town Trustees, OF any member thereof.
and the town marshal shall have full power and
authority TO enter into and upon any street,
alley. lot or ground. public or private. for the
purpose OF examining the same to whether
nuisances or uncieanness exists therein, preju-
dcial to the public health; and II they find that
there Is, on such street, alley, lot or ground.
any nuisance or uncleanness. they shall immedi-
ately notify the person residing on such proper
", or the owner thereof, TO Immediately remove
or abate such nuisance. II such person shall
fail or refuse TO comply with the notice then
the nuisance or uncleanness shall be removed at
the expense of the owner. or occupant or both.
and the expense charged to the property and
collected i'll the same manner rs other taxes are
collected
It shall he unlawful for any undertaken OF
other person to remove from the town, or 10 in
ter within the town, the dead body OF any per-
son Whatsoever. without having first procured
from the secretary OF the Board of Health per-
NIT so 10 do.
No burial permit shall be issued by the secre-
tary of the Board OF Health until he shall have
received certificate OF death from the ply
SLOAN last In attendance, accoucheur. house
holder or coroner. The report of death shall
contain the following facts, II known, VIZ: Name
Of deceased, age, sex, color, residence, single
married, widow or widOwer, cause or death
occupation. birth place. place or death. date OF
death, fathers naue. fathers birth place, moth
er's maiden name. mothers birth place, date OF
return, when reported, postofiice.
President Boots reported upon q CON-
plant from Greenfield. where q farmer
named Martin V. III. Kinsley had buried
three cattle in his barnyard near neigh.
boris well. The farmer was compelled &c
disinter the bodies and to burn them tC
ashes.
The secretary reported that he bad In.
specteG the canal complained OF at Lafay-
cite, and had found 1t in good condition III
q sanitary sense.
Reports of the proceedings at the ma
tional convention In New York were re-
ceived and approved. A vote of censure
was passed upon Dr. Kendle. health offices
of Princeton, Tor failure 10 disinfect q
house promptly after the death of q
excuse was that he had been called
out In labor case. and that be
had his own business to attend to. and W as
not required 10 sUperintend personally this
disinfection. but only had TO order the
work to be done. The board took another
view of the duty In the premises. and
adopted resolution demanding that the
Mayor and City Council of Princeton IN
vestigate the case. and if the facts are
found as represented to proceed upon the
lines laid down in the law establishing
the State board and providing fine and
imprisonment for such negligence of duty.
On motion of Dr. Taylor the secretary
was instructed to prepare plan of action
for use IN case of the outbreak of cholera
in tho State. The plan is to include both
inspection and Quaretine. The board de.
cided to 60 to Michigan City to inspect the
new sewer In the State prison.