The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-06
CONTROL CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Modern Methods Recommended by the Su-
perintendent of Health.

perintendent OF Health.
Superintendent of Health Chaplin sent a
communication to the Board Of Aldermen
yesterday afternoon recommending
number Of important changes In the sani-
tary rules for the control OF contagion.
He stated that the methods now employed
are.the same as adopted eleven years ago,
and have become antiquated. Accom-
panying the communication were the ioi-
lowing proposed amendments TO the rules,
which We're referred to the committee on
health department:
Chapter.X Of the Rules and Regulations OF tho
=. Board OF Aldermen, entitled. "Sanltary
Code" Is hereby amended 80 that rules
42-54 inclusive. shall read az follows;
AZ. Every physician located or praoticing IN
the city OF Providence, who shall Know or
suspect any person whom he or she shall be
called upon TO visit, or who comes or IN
brought to him or her for examination, Is
suffering from or Is afflicted with "holorh,
yellow fever. typhoid fever, typhus fever,
measles. scarlet fever, smallpox, diphtheria,
or menbranous Group, shall forthwith make
report thereon TO the superintendent OF
health. and said superintendent Of health
shall furnish blanks for that purpose.
20. Whenever there Is a case OF smallpox,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, or membranonss
Group. in any bCuse. the superintendent OF
health shall cause TO be placed upon sucn
house warning sign bearing the name OF
the disease there existing, except thht IN
cases OF membraDous Group the sign shall Do
the samo as that used In cases of diphtherla.
In cases OF smallpox or scarlet fever such
sign shall remain upon the house at least nve
weeks from the beginning OF tho last case,
and until determination shall have ceased.
In cases of diphtheria and membranous Group,
such sign shall remain until IL has been shown
that Klebs-Loeffier baci.l are not present In
the throat. In case OF IA death from one OF
these diseases the warning sign shall remain
on the house until the body has been removed
case remove any such warning sign without
the permission or the superintendent OF
health.
IA No person sick with smallpox, scarlet
fever. diphtheria. membranous Group or
measles shall leave the house until the warn
ing sign shall be removed, except with the
permission of the superintendent OF health.
-. No person living in family where
here Is person sick with smallpox, scarlet
tever, oiphtheria or membrsnons Group, or
while the warming sign Is UPON the house,
shall visit theater, church, public library,
for any public assemblage. without the PER-
mission of the superintendent Of health.
AZ. No person living in house where
there Is "A person sick with smallpox, scarlet
fever. diphtheria or membranous croup. shall
attend public school, private school. par
ochial school SUNDAY school, or any educa-
tional institution, without permit from the
superintendent of health or the medical IN
specior.
No person living in a family where there is
a casa OF measles shall attend public private,
or parochinl school or any education insti-
tuition for two weeks from the beginning OF
the last case.
No person who is suffering from or afflicted
with whooplng cough, mumps. cnlckenpox, or
any contagious disease, shall attend public,
private. or parochial school or any educa-
tional institution.
a.. The superintendent Of health shall
notify tho principal of any school, or the
pastor OF any church, whenever smallpox,
scarlet fever. diphtheria, or membranous
Group, exists in any family, any members of
which attend auCh schools churches. and
the superinte ndent of health shall also send
notice to the public library of every case OF
typhus fever, smallpox, scarlet fever diph-
iberia, or membranous Group. which Is re-
ported to said superintendent OF health.
az. No teacher IN public. private or par
ocbial school. or other educational institution.
shall ADMIT person from house in which
there ~ or has been n case of smallpox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria, or membrapous Group,
without a permit from the superintendent OF
health or from the medical inspector.
40. No person shall give, lend. sell, trans
init. or expose, any bedding, clothing, rngs.
books or other articles which have been or.
posed to the infection OF smallpox, scarlet
fever. diphtheria or membranous Group until
such have been disinfected as required by the
superintendent OF health, provided that such
articles may b. moved for the purDcse OF de-
struction or disinfoction under direction OF
the superintendent OF health.
No person shall make or nssist in making,
in any family in which there IL q case OF
smallpox, scarlet fever. diph,heria, or mem.
branous Group, any clothing or wearing ap-
parel, except such clothing or wearing ND
parel as IL for the personal use OF some mem
Der of said family; and no person shall sell or
expose for sale, any clothing or apparel which
may have been exposed 10 the infection of
smallpox. scarlet fever. diphtheria or mem
branous Group, until such clothing or wearing
apparel shall have been disinfectod as required
BY the superintendent Of health.
80. The owner of any conveyance in which
shall be carried case of smallpox, scarlet
fever. measles, diph heria or membranous
cronp, shall Immediately have such convey
ance disinfected m required by the superin-
tondent OF health.
ST. The funeral of any person who has died
while suffering from or afflicted with small
pox, scarlet fever, measles. dipbiheria or
membranous cropp, and the funeral of any
person who has died while any member Of The
family OF such person Is suffering from or
afflicted with smallpox, scarlet fever. measles,
diphtberia or membranous Group shall be
private, and attendance thereat shall he
limited to the immediate relatives of the de-
ceased, adult pail bearers, clergyman and
together with such other persons
"a shall have received from the superintendent
OF health permission TO be present.
No person who has tho care or custody of
the BODY OF any person who hos died while
from or offlicted with smallpox.
scarlet fever, measles. diphtheria, or mem
branous Group. and no person who has the
care or custody of the body of any person
who has died while any member Of the family
OF such person is suffering from or afflicted
with smallpox, scarlet fever measles, diph-
iberia or membranous Group shall permit
any funeral other than such as ~ specified in
the foregoing section, and no person having
the care or custody of such body shall permi.
any wake" to be held over such body, and
when such BODY he's been placed in n casket,
tho caslget shall be immediately closed and
not opened again before burial.
52 Nofrndertaker or clergyman shall assist
at the funeral of anv person who has died
while suffering or afflicted with fmsllpox.
oaret fever, measles, diphtheria or mem
brsnous Group. and no undertaken or clergy
man shall assist at the funeral of any person
who has died while any member of the family
Of such person Is suffering from afflicted
with smallpox. scarlet fever, measles, diph-
iberia or membranous Group, unless snch
funeral shall ba COZ Quoted in accordance
with section s3 OF this chapter.
So No person shall visit the smallpox hos
pital at Fields Point, nor directly or in
directly furnish any spirituous or intoxicat-
Ing liquors, medicine, food or other article
whatever 20 any patient nurse or other
person In said hospital, without written per-
mission from the superintendent of health.
No patient, nurse. or other person IN said
hospital shall leave said hospital for any pur-
pose, without the written permission of the
superintendent OF health.
50. Every person violating any OF the pro-
visions OF the IL next preceding regulations
Of this chapter shnll be fined not less than sl0
nor more than $50 for each offense.
Rules q. co and 40 Of said chapter X added