The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-04
NEW QUARANTINE RULES.


The State Board OF Health has issued a
set OF new rules for the government Of
county and local boards of health. One OF
the most important changes is the placing
Of tyhus fever on the same level as small
pox and yellow fever in regard to quaran-
tine measures Diphtheria is also to be
quarantined. The quarantine rules are as
follows:
mo common CO rrier or other person shall
bring into the State of Indiana any person
sick or suspected of being sick with Asiatic
cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, typhus
scarlet fever, or any other communicable
disease dangerous to the public health.
sci or othsr conveyance coming from a
place or locality declared by the State
Board of Health having jurisdiction as be-
ing infected with cholera, smallpox, typhus
fever or yellow fever or having on board
any person or persons affected with any
of the aforementioned diseases, enters any
part or place in the State of Indiana, such
railway car, steamboat, vessel or other
conveyance and the crew, officers, pas
sengers, baggage, merchandise and freight
shall be subject TO such inspection and dis
infection as may be ordered by the State
Board of Health.
IF any person is found on any railway
car, steamboat. vessel or other conveyance.
who is sick with cholera, smallpox, typhus
fever or yellow fever. he or she shall be
thorities within whose jurisdiction such per-
son is found. and isolated and properly
cared for until the termination Of the dis
ease, and the necessary expense of such
isolation and care Of the person so removed
is unable to pay the same) shall be valid
claim against and be refunded by the own
ers, agents or assigns of the railway car.
steamboat, vessel or other conveyance from
which such person or persons were re-
moved.
ably suspected OF having been exposed
thereto. shall be removed from such rail-
way car steamboat be Vessel or g other con
days from the last exposure. In case of
typhus fever, all persons reasonably sus-
pecedh OF nayas and Seen exposed Fed thereto
one days from the last exposure. In
case of cholera or yellow fever. all per.
exposed thereto shall be removed and iso-
lated for five days from last exposure.
The clothing of persons SO removed, and
disc found on any railway, steamboat,
vessel or other conveyance on which there
is any person sick with cholera, small
sonably suspected of having been infected
shall be at once disinfected or destroyed,
and such railway car, steamboat, vessel or
as required by the board of health having
jurisdiction.
cholera, and after ten days notice,
each and every railway car, steamboat.
diana, and used for the transportation Of
passengers, shall be provided with means
satisfactory to said board Of health for
dsinfecting the excreta Of passengers and
| crews.
TT shall be the duty of the conductor
Of any railway train, and the master OF
any steamboat or vessel, to Immediately
notify by telegram the secretary of the
State Board OF Health. at indianapolis. OF
any case or suspected case of cholera,
smallpox. yellow fever or typhus fever oc-
curing on board such train, boat or vessel
within the limits Of the State Of Indiana
1T shall be the duty OF the Board OF
Health or other health authority OF any
| town, city or county, to at once furnish