Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-23
LEGAL NOTICE.
BOARD OF HEALTH RULES.
STANDIN6 ORDERS.
BIRTHS, DEATHS AND BuR1ALs.


No. 1. Every physician and mid,
wife shall on or before the fifth day |
of each month report to the Clerk of
the Board of Health, each birth occur
ing within the city during the month |
preceding, at which he or she has
professionally attended or advised;
said reports to be made upon blanks
furnished by the Board of Health, an
swering each requisite of such blanks.
In case no physician or midwife 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 birth.
Still births shall be reported as are
other births, together with the fact of
still birth.
No. 2. Every physician practicing
within the city, shall, within twenty
four hours after each death occurring
within his professional employment,
report the same to the Clerk Or the
Board of Health, upon blanks furnish
ed by the Board, answering each req
ulsite of such blank; and in case of
death resulting from cholera, small
pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, mem
braneous Group, typhoid fever. measels
erysipelas, anthrax, puerperal (or
childbed) fever, or other dangerously
infectious, contagious or pestileDtial
diseases, the attending physician shall
report such death to the Clerk of the
Board of Health within six hours from
the time the same occurred. (See
Nos. AMI ~
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
court, such physician shall make re-
port of such death in all respects as If
the decedent had, at the time of his or
lher decease, been under the treatment
OF such physician, giving name, If
known, and if not, 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 no
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 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 land lord of such
dackdent or the person discovering the
remains of such decedtne shall re-
port what he or she can learn
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, ac-
cording to circumstances.
No 5.--A death report which states
that the deceased died of heart fail
ure" vii not be deemed sufficient re-
port of such DEATH unless the cause ol
o. such heart failure be stated; and II
is added that the death did not result
from any contagious or infectious di-
+ sease. Nor will "senility" or ''old
. age" be deemed sufficient report ot
the cause of death unless the deceased
had reached the age of at least seven
ty-five years.
No. 8. In reporting deaths as re-
quired by Standing Orders Nos. 2, 3, a
other than those resulting from any
o. contagious, infectious or pestilential
disease, it WI be deemed q
compliance with said orders to deliver
= the report to the person having i'm
: mediate charge of The remains of such
deceased person. (See No. 81
No. Z. No undertaken physician
railroad or steamboat empioye, or 9th
Y er person, shall receive, or convey 8
corpse to, from or within the city
without permit therefor from the
Board of Health; and no such permit
shall be granted until the proper deIatt
. report shall have been filed with the
Clerk of the Board. (See Nos. 2 TO g.
> No. 8. The remains of persons who
shall have died OF cholera smallpox
y scarlet fever, typhoid fever, ,diphtheria
0 membraneouS Group, erysipelas, an
: thrax, or other dangerously infectious
contagious or pestilential disease
shall within six hours after death, be
wrapped in a s.reet saturated with 8
solution of bi-chloride of mercury, IL
the proportion of one ounce of BIZ
chloride OF mercury to one gallon oi
r water, shall be then placed in an air
: tight casket or box, which shall bt
then closed, and which shall not agair
be opened shall be buried or cremat-
ed within twenty-tour hours from the
time of death or within such longer
= time, as in particular case, the Board
OF Health may fix, for good reason
shown; shall not be conveyed in any
; carriage used by the public, other than
, a hearse, and hearSe so used shall
not again be used Within tWepty-foui
hours, without a permit in writing
from the Board of Health, or at any
time until thoroughly disinfected and
made safe beyond doubt, which disin-
lection shall be done under the super
vision Of one of the sanitary policemen
or other proper officer of the Board OF
Health, and to his satisfaction.
No. 8. The remains of persons who
shall have died OF any dangerously in
fictitious, contagious or pestilentfal
disease, shall, in no instance, be
taken into any church, chapel Or
other public building, for any
purpose, and the funeral, If one
be allowed, must be private, and
attended within the house, or in the
presence of the remains, by che near
aduIL persons not to exceed six 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 funeral
whenever the Board shall deem ii ad-
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