The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-26

I tho we'll. ana, II possible TO do 90. In case
OF smallpox, vacclnate oil who have been
| exposed. This isolation and segregation
after the dismissal Of tho last smallpox
patient.
with regard TO either CT these Diseases.
NO definite time can be hxed WHEN pa
TENT may safely 90 out. AZ q general thing,
wheu the patient Is fully c0nvalescent all
dissemination has ceased, hb should be
cisxnted thoroughly with a warm bath and
foaD for three or four consecutive days. II,
at the end of that time there 10 no rough
ne<s CT the skim he may be dressed In clean
clothes ami taken nDm the room; he Is no
lpnge-. then, a source of injection. All rags
and articles Of little vaislc that have been
usfd or allowed to remain In the room
sheaild be burned. All sheets, towels, pillow
i.ps. spreads--tn fact. all articles that will
bear It without lnjury---shoyld be thorough
~ boiled. The room and furniture should
be- cIegnsed and dtslnfected The ceiling
and walls. II OF ordinary hard finish. should
be scraped AMI whitewashed or eialcimined;
ordinary plank rooms may he whnewashcd
All woodwork should be rubbed off with
damp cloths and the floors well scrubbed.
Care should be taken TO ren1,we all dust
from the lodges OF the doors and windows
and all cloths used in cleansing process
sh-nld be burned. Upholsteraf furniture,
or articles too valuable to be burned. or
which can not DO scrubbed OF boiled, can
be disinfected in stu. Cracks and openings
of all kinds In tho room should be stopped
and tho room thoroughly fumgated with
burning sulphur. Pillows. mattresses and
feather beds. an hair-stuffed cushions or
furn itdire should be ripped open. 30 as to
subject their contents to the action Of the
s,ilphurous fumes.
Tho above Is. In a general way, abch
the best course to purstie modified, OF
course. to suit circumstances and Individual
cases. Too much care can not be taken to
II N n ~<NrN tplcyt rsYt H.
| Your guards ought always 10 be reliable
min. who wll Immediately carry cut YOUR
instructions; and they should never be al
lowed to enter injected houses Nurses
should be impressed with the absolute Inn
Dortance OF keeping at a safe distance from
| the guards and all other persons liable to
contasicn.
Tho physician In charge should wear a
long rubber coat when Within the tnfeetsd
touse. and. immediately after leaving 1t,
should wash his coat. hands and face IN
some strong germioidal soltItion--the BIZ.
chloride think preferable brush
hat, pants and boots with whisls5rSom
clipped in the same sol,tuon Thee pre-
cautrors do not give partial or possible
immunity t. the physician. but they d.
protect others and give assurance 10 in-
telllgent communities that their medical
officer Is not a walking indus Of infec-
Hon.
THE State health officer will, at any
time when necessary, visit cases of doubt
fut diagnosis and confer with county or
city officials. Whenever sny community
is Threatened with an invasion OF centa-
gious or infectious diseases. a fearless per-
Torrance OF duty by local health officers
will, in the majority OF cases, avert an
epidemic. The public look to them for
protection. and no sacrifice of SELF or o.
comfort or convenience. should be spared
to secure IL.
II have the honor to be YOUR obsdieSt
servant. w. II. Blunt, N. D..
State Health Officer"
QUARANTINE PROCLAMATION FORM.
M'.-eretas dt has bean made TO appear -
this court chat there exists smallpox VITA
! IN county, Texas at and ne4r -
and that there is gr4at danger OIL a spread
OF said disease, tneretrom;
at is uherepore ordered, adjudged and
decrecd by This court that quarantine be
and is hereby declared within the follow
ing described territory, TO wit: -r--. Aud
all persons whomRoever within the | msts
Of said territory are hereby prohibited from
departing from said territory, and all per-
sons are prohibited from going into said
territory under the pains ans penalties
prescribed by the penal laws OF TINS S.a 4.
1T as further ordered by this cclrt that
DR.. -, county ht,slth Officer declare AID
maintain the quarantine herein pgoala med.
and thar he establish, proclaim and elfcr,e
AL such rules and regulations consistent
with law ito make said quarantine effe tive.
| ut is further ordered and declared by
this court that the said Dr. --- bs au-
thcrlZed and empowered, by and with the
advice and consent of the county judge
and one commiss .oner. TO establish quar-
antine station and quarantine lines, wnere-
in snail be Kept all such persons affec, ed
or suffering with SMALLPOX. and 10 employ
guards, nurses and perform all other du
ties required to make this proclamation,
, effective.
ut is further ordered by this court that
this order be published and that copy
thereof be served upon or left at the resi-
dence of every family In said territory at
once.
Article AIS OF the criminal laws of this
State is as follows. to-wit Any pers5n
coming from any port or district infec ed
with yellow fever or any othsr infectious
or contagious disease. who shall know
ingly evade any guard. or pass through
amy Gordon of quarantine duly established.
shall be deemed guilty OF nisdemeanor.
and upon conviction by any court of COM
petent jurisdiction. be punished by fine
not exceeding $1,000.
'Al persons are hereby warned against
n violation OF the above order. or No-
lation of any rule or rules promulgated
by Dr. ----, county physician, ln the fur
pherance OF said order. And the guards
acting under the said DR.. ----. or any
sheriff or constable OF co,rnty are in
struoted and enIoined DO follow UP and
arrest, wherever found, any person or per-
| sons violating the same.
County Judge;
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County Commissioners"
TRANSPORTATION OF BODIES.
When application is made at this office
for permission to ship the remains OF per-
No.. lI<.d az htaf, ta,ic