Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-24
NOTICE.
BOARD OF HEALTH RULES.
STA DING O. DERS.


professionally attended or advised;
said reports to be made upon blanks
furnished by the Board of Health, an
swering each requisite of auch blanks.
In case no physician or mlu ,.'..so has
been in attendance, such birth shall be,
in the same manner, reported by the
head of the family into which the
child is born, or by any person who
was present at the time of such birch.
Still births shall be reported as are
other births, together with the fact of
still birth.
No. 2. Every physician practiclng
within the city, shall, within twenty
four hours after each death occurring
within his professional employment,
report the same to the Clerk of the
Board of Health. upon blanks furnish
ed by the Board! answering each req
uisite of such blank, and in case of
death resulting from cholera small
| 'pbXl scarlet fever, diphtheTla mem
braneous Group, typhoid feveri measles,
erysipelas, anthrax, pdefpefii eEor
childbed) fever, or other dangerously
infectious, contagious or pestilehtial
diseases, the attending physician shall
report such death to the Clerk OF the
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the time the same occurreHf TSee
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No. 5-If person die, or be found
dead, within the city, and has no le-
gally qualified medical attendance DUR
ing last sickness, and a physician
makes examination of the remains of
such deceased person, other than to
give testimony before a Coroner, or in
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port of such death in all respects as II
the decedent had, at the time of his or
her decease, been under the treatment
OF such physician, giving name, il
known, and if not, a full description
of such decedent, also cause of death
and such other facts as the Board OF
Health may require.
No. 4.-If a person die or is found
dead within the city, and has had nc
legally qualified medical attendance
during last sickness, and an inquest
concerning such remains is held, the
Coroner or other person holding such
inquest shall report the name, or a full
description, and the probable cause OF
death, to the Clerk of the Board OF
Health; and in the absence of either
an examination by legally qualified
physician, or an inquest, the head OF
the family, or the landlord of such
decedent, or the person discovering the
remains of such decedent shall re.
port what he or she can learr
of such deceased person, and par.
ticularly what he can learn of the
cause of DEATH and such report shall
in every case be made within the time
specified in Standing Order No. 2, &C.
cording to circumstances.
No. 5.-A death report which states
that the deceased died of heart fail
ure" will not be deemed a sufficient re-
; port of such death, unless the cause e
, such heart failure" be stated; and
is added that the death did not resGl
= from any contagious or infectious di
sease. Nor will ''senility" or t'olS
age" be deemed a sufficient report1 d
: the cause of death unless the deceased
had reached the age of at least seven
! ty-five years. '''i.
No. 6. In reporting deaths as re
quired by Standing Orders Nos. 2, 8,
other than those resulting from an!
, contagious, infectious or pestilentia
disease, it W.. be deemed ;
compliance with said orders to delive
the report to the person having i'm
mediate charge of the remains of sucl
deceased person. (See No. 81
No. Z. No undertaken, physician
railroad or steamboat employe, or 9th
er person, shall receive, or convey
1 corpse to, from or within the city
Y without a permit therefor from tn
Board of Health; and no such permi
shall be granted until the proper dealt
report shall have been filed with tn,
Clerk of the Board. (See Nos 2 to g.
No. s. The remains of persons wh'
shall have died of cholera smallpox
scarlet fever, typhoid fever, ,diphtheria
! membraneous Group, erysipelas, an
= thrax, or other dangerously infectious
, contagious Or pestilential disease
shall within six hours after death, b.
wrapped in q S.eet saturated with
solution of bi-chloride of mercury, il
the proportion OF one ounce of bi
chloride OF mercury to one gallon o
water, shall be then placed in an air
tight casket or box, which shall b.
then closed and which shall not agaiI
, be opened; shall be buried or cTemat
ed within twenty-four hours from tn
time of death or within such lbhge
time, as in particular case the Boaft
of Health may fix, FOR good reasoi
shown; shall not be conveyed In an!
carriage used by the public, other'tIIaf
hearse, and u fIearse so used shall
not again be used within twenty foul
hours, without a permit in WRITING
from the Board of Health, or att any
time until thoroughly disinfeetel Ant
made safe beyond doubt, which dish.
fection shah be done under tlie SINGER.
lvfsion'of one of the sanitary poIIeemel
or 'bther proper officer OF the tB6aFh ioi
Heath, and to his satisfaction! u''''
N6!' 8. The remains of persons who
shall have died Of any dangerously in.
fectious, contagious or pestilentfal
disease, shall, tlinibn'o instance, be
taken into any church, chapel oI
other public bHiI1ing, for any
purpose, and the fHpeyal, If one
be allowed, must be private, and
attended within the house, aF in the
presence of the remains, by Bhe near
est relatives only, and otAer healthy
adult persons not TO exceed xix In
number: but, excepting the family, no
minor child, or mother of minor child
with whom she lives, or pregnant
woman, shall ever attend such fun
eral; but this Standing Order shall not
be construed as preventing the Board
of Health from excluding any person
or persons whatever from such fRperal
whenever the Board shall deem II hd-
visable SO 20 do. gsg
no. 10. laJlEo person shall make, or
assist in making any burial of de-
ceased person, or q StIlI-born child, in
lany ground within the city, lOther than
an established cemetery; on IN any
cemetery without first having obtain
ed permit so to do from the Board OF
Health.