The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-24
AN ORDINANCE

| ordains as follows:
That all premises where either scarle
fever, diphtheria or smallpox has existed
! snall, before the quarantine flag is remov'
l ed, be thoroughly disinfected; the room
winch has been. occupied by the pe1or
SICK, with any of the above mentioned dis
eases shall be thoroughly disinfected aftel
the recovery OF said person, or the deatf
OF T sad person person as follows: s
Inc noors. wood work and furniture
snali De thoroughly washed with solu'
tion of chloride of lime. three ounces &c
the gallon, or of corrosive sublimate OF
sive sublimate to 1000 parts water. This
snail be followed after an interval OF
tWenty-four hours with a thorough SCRUB,
1 ping with soap and hot water. All duSl
shall be removed from said room and the
room shall be kept thoroughly clean. The
walls and ceilings of said room shall be
! re-papered, or whitewashed or painted, il
such be advised by the local board OF
health.
All carpets shall be burned or disinfect-
ed by the action of super-heated steam
{ OF otnerWise cleaned and disinfected, as
b directed by the local board of health
. All articles of clothing, hanglngs, bed
linens and other fabrics shall be subjected
10 an action of boiling water or super
heated steam. All school books in use by
3 the person who has any contagious dis
ease shaH be burned as soon as the dis
Sulphur shall be burned in said room,
under the direction of the local board oil
health.
1t shall be the duty of every householder
OF every person in charge of every case
] OF a contagious disease, when warning
sign mas been displayed upon the premises
winch She or he occupies. 10 report
promptly the removal of such sign to
4 the local board of health, unless the re-
moval has been caused by order or SAID
I board.
No person shall attend school from
premises infected with a contagious DIS
ease, except upon presentation OF tne
proper certificate from the local board OF
health. 1t shall be the duty of the per-
son in attendance upon any contagious
dlseaSe TO report to the local board OF
health in every instance If children IN the
same family, or other children IN the
same building, attend school, and at what
school building attending.
All persons suffering from measles, scar
let fever, diphtheria, smallpox and whoop-
ing cough are to be Isolated in rooms as
lar removed as possible from those occu,
| pied by other persons in the building, ana
upon the top fioor. when it is practicable.
NO person other than the physician IN at,
tendance and the nurse or nurses ana
parent or parents of the sick person I snail
alence of scarlet fever, diphther1a or
smallpox, and in no case shall the nurse
or nurses visit other portions OF the mouse
without having taken precauuon by
Change of clothing or otherwise against
conveying contagion.
Every room occupied by a patient suf-
fering from any contagious or infectious
disease shall be cleared of all needless
clothing, carpets, drapery, curtains or
other materials likely TO harbor the pois-
onS of disease.
Soiled bed and body linen shall be inn
mediately placed in vessels of water con-
tanning a solution of bi-chloride of mer-
curry. or chloride of lime, or some other
suitable disinfectant.
Excremental discharges from the patient
suffering from contagious or infectious
diseases shall be received in vessels of
water containing such a solution as mem
toned in the preceding section, and all
vessels used shall be kept scrupulously
clean and thoroughly diSinfected. Dis
charges from the throat, nose and mouth
shall be received upon pieces of cloth, cot
ton or paper. and must be Immediately
burned.
No pers IN recovering from diphtheria,
scarlet fever, smallpox and whooping
cough shall be permitted to associate with
other persons until a certificate has been
! furnished by the local board OF health to
such person to the effect that they may,
without danger of disseminating the con-
tagion, go abroad and associate with 9TH
erS.
All persons in charge of the premises
where contagious disease exists shall eX-
ercise all reasonable care in the preven-
ton or the co-mlngl1ng OF persons VINO
come in contact with the patient, or any
other persons whereby the contagion
might be disseminated.
The body of any person who has died
from either diphtherfa. scarlet fever or
smallpox shall be Immediately disinfected
and placed in a coffin, which shall be
tightly closed and shall not be taken to
any church or place of public assembly,
and shall be buried within forty-eight
hours unless otherwise ordered by the
local board of health.
No undertaken. or one acting in such
capacity. shall conduct or assist in con-
Quoting public funeral in cases of death
resulting from scarlet fever, dlphtheria or
undertaken in charge of the body to see
that proper disinfection is made of such
cases as died from scarlet fever, diphthe-
No public funeral shall be held in a
dwelling in which there is a case of either
diphtheria. scarlet fever or smallpox. nor
in which a death from either disease mas
occurred.
All physicians or nurses or other per-
sons having been exposed TO any conta-
gious or infectious disease are forbidden
TO mingle with other persons subject
thereto in the clothing worn by them
while so exposed. unless the same has
been thoroughly disinfected, or TO other
wise expose any other person 10 such con-
SCHOOLS.
The board of health shall have jurisdic-
ton in all matters pertaining 10 the pre-
servation of the health of those in at
tendance upon the public and private
schools in the county outside OF incorpo-
made. the duty OF the said board Of
health:
son suffering with a contagious or infec-
tious disease, or liable to convey such dis
ease to those in attendance.
1t shall be the duty of the teacher or
school board not to allow any pupil to at
tend the district schools, or any member
of the household to which such pupil be-
longs is sick with any infectious or con-
tagious disease, nor during the period of
two weeks after the death, recovery. or
removal of such sick persons, then only
upon a certificate OF competent phySi-
clan. or written permit of the district
10 make inspection of all school build
ings and premises when deemed advisable
as to their hygienic condition, and to re-
port the result of such inspection to those
having charge and control of such schools.
with instructions as to the remedy of
conditions Gf any such be found whereby
the health of those in attendance may be
impaired or life endangered.
That in the event of failure or refusal of
those having such charge and control to
carry out the instructions so given, then
the board of health shall cause such
faulty conditions to be remedied at the
proper cost and expense of those having
charge and control of the school or
PENALTY.
That any person who violates, disobeys,
omits, neglects or refuses TO comply with.
ordinance, or who refuses or neglects to
obey any of the rules. orders, proclama-
lions or sanitary regulations of the local
board of health. health officer. or who
omts, neglects or refuses to comply with,
or who resists any officers or orders or
special regulations of said board of health
shall upon conviction, be fined in sum
not less than five dollars $500 nor more
than one hundred dollars CSl00.00)
This ordinance shall take effect the first
day of July. A. d. 1888.
Passed and approved this 18th day of
June A d. 1899. Commissioners Joseph S.
Rawlins and George A. Whitaker voting
aye" Commissioner Francis Armstrong
]. S. RAWLINS.
Chairman pro tempore of the Board of
County Commissioners of Salt Lake
County. Utah.
Nttested hY David c. Dunbar