The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-12-02
AN ORDINANCE
To Preserve The Public Health.

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Be it ordained by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen Of the town of johnson
City:
Sec. |. Whenever any case of small
pOx, cholera, diphtheris, scarlet-fever,
yellow-fever, or other contagious or cpl
demic disease, exist, or is suspected to
exist, in any household in the town of
johnson City it shall be the duty of
the head of said household, to immedi-
ately notify the Mayor Thereof.
Sec. 2. Whenever any physician, sur
geon, or practitioner of medicine shall
know, or suspect, that a person or per-
sons in the town whom he has been
called to visit, or who has been brought
to him for examination, be infected
with any of the diseases mentioned in
Section !, he shall Immediately notify
the Mayor, in writing, Of such fact.
Sec. B. Upon receiving notice as pre-
scribed in Section /, if the Mayor shall
ascertain that there is no regular ply
sician, or medical practitioner, in
charge of the case, it shall be his duty
to Immediately instruct the City Physi-
clan to make personal examination
of such case and report the result of
such examination in writing to the
Mayor, and it shall be the duty of the
City Physician to make such examina-
ton and report as aforesaid
Sec. 4. If the Mayor shall be satisfied,
either from notice as prescribed in
Section 2, or from report of the City
Physician as prescribed in Section g.
that any of the diseases mentioned il
Section probably exist within the cor
porate limits OF Johnson City, it shall
be the duty of the Mayor to issue to the
Chief of Police all order declaring thu
house or houses where such disease ex
lists, and the persons residing therein
to be in a state of quarantine, and thu
Chief of Police shall immediately mott
fly the head of the household and othel
persons where such disease exists O
said quarantine order, and shall faster
secure at the front gate or other promi
nent placein frontIof or about said house
or premises yellow flag, and placart
with the name of the disease said to ex
list at said place printed thereon in larg,
letters. Said quarantine shall contin
ue until discharged by order of tn,
Mayor in writing to the Chief Of Police
which shall be by him communicated
to the persons under quarantine.
Sec. 5. Whenever any house or plac
is declared in state of quarantine q
provided in section 4, it shall be unlaw
full for any person, other than the at
tending physician, to pass into sal,
premises, or out of same, except upol
the written consent of the Mayor o
City Physician.
Sec. 6. 1t shall also be the duty c
the Mayor upon ascertaining the proba
BILE existence of any of the disease
mentioned in Section to notify tn
Superintendent of the City Schools
and the principal of any other schoc
in the town, of such fact, designatin
the locality of the disease, and such ST
perintendent or principal shall not a
low any pupil to attend said schooI
from the house where such disease e.
lists while any inmate of same is sick {
such disease, nor during a period {
two weeks after the death, recovery {
removal OF such sick person.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall not /
so construed as to repeal former ord
nances, except as they may be in col
fict herewith.
3. Sec. s. Any person violating any (
y the provisions of this ordinance sha
be guilty of misdemeanor and sha
be fined not less than Three, nor mo-
than Fifty, Dollars for each violation
and upon failure to pay or secure sue
fine, shall be held to work out the san
in the work-house or chain-gang.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take 6
2 feet from and after its passage, Il
! welfare of the town demanding it.