The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-15
NEW HEALTH RULES.
Regulations That Must be Observed by
 Citizens.

Regulations That Must be Observed by
 Citizens.
 Some important changes in the rules governing the care of contagious dis eases and other matters coming under the direction of the town health officers have been made by the county health officers of this state. They will be printed and distributed within a few days. These rules are adopted by the town health officers as additional pre- cautions to those established by the state laws.
 The first amendment provides that complaints made to the town health of- ficers shall be in writing, if he so re- quests.
 An important amendment is/ that doctors shall report contagious and in fectious diseases within twelve hours after his recognition of the disease" in-, stead of within forty eight hours of his first attendance" upon the case.
 To the list of diseases of which such
 
 cerebro spinal fever, whooping cough and measles.
 Must Report Diseases.
 One of the new rules made necessary by reason of a good deal of trouble be- cause of the absence of 1t reads as fol- lows: Every householder in whose house any person shall be i'll with any of the following diseases-cholera, yell low fever, typhus fever, leprosy, small pox, diphtheria, menbranous croup, ty- phoid fever, whooping cough, measles or other contagious or infectious dis eases, shall report the same to the town health officer within twelve hours of the first appearance of such disease, provi- ded no physician shall be in attend ance"
 Another new and important rule reads: Until instructions have been received from the health officer, no clothing or other property that may be exposed to the infection or contagion described in rule two of the preceding rule (the list above given) shall be re- moved from the house. nor shall any oc- cupant of such infected dwelling change his residence elsewhere without consent or the health 0Il1cer.
 Consumption Contagious.
 The rule affecting householders Is made necessary by reason of the fact that in the country sections physicians are not always summoned in event of a contagious disease, ordinary precau- tions to prevent the spread of the dis ease are not observed and the result is an epidemic.
 The rule prescribing attendance in the schools in case children have cer- tain contagious or infectious diseases is amended by adding to the list of dis eases preventing such attendance, con- sumption, chicken pox, humps and sore throat This is the first time the health officers of this state have ever officially admitted that consumption Is contagious disease. County health officers admit that doctors regard sore throat as disease. It has been found | that In some instances where one child would have simple sore throat, anoth- CT would, by contagion. have a severe | case of diphtheria; the first child being | healthy and the second not being so. 1 This rule will give the town health of | ficers chance to examine the scholars | and see if there is any danger. Sewers and Drains. | It is provided also that sewers and | drains near springs or wells must be water tight if, in the opinion of the health officers, they are likely to cause contamination.
 | The public has generally had an er- roneous impression that the display of card giving warning of the presence of contagious disease in house consti- tuted a quarantine Such is not the case. For the purpose of clearness, it | is provided that warning card shall 1 be displayed in cases of diphtheria, membranous croup typhus, typhoid or scarlet levers, measles and small pox | The fine for the violation of these rules is one hundred dollars |