The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-21
AN ORDINANCE

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That all premises where either scarlet
fever, diphtheria or smallpox has existed
s1aii, before the Quarantine flag IS remov-
eu. De thoroughly disinfected; the room
which has been occupied by the pe~ror
SICK. with any of the above mentioned Ills.
eases shall be thoroughly disinfected after
the recovery of said person or the death
OF said person, as follows:
Inc Hoors. wood work and furniture
snail be thoroughly washed with a solu-
tion or chloride of lime. three ounces tc
the gallon, or of corrosive sublimate of a
Strength not less than one part zorro
sive sublimate to 200 parts water. This
snaH be followed after an interval OF
twenty.four hours with a thorough scrub
ping with soap and hot water. All dust
snail be removed from said room and the
room shall be kept thoroughly clean. The
walls ana ceilings of said room shall be
re-papered. or whitewashed or painted, il
, health.
All carpets shall be burned or disinfect-
ed by the action of super-heated steam,
or Otherwise cleaned and disinfected, as
directed by the local board of health.
All articles of clothing, hangings, bed
linens and other fabrics shall be subjected
10 an action of boiling water or super
heated steam. All school books in use by
the person who has any contagious dis
ease Is known.
Sulphur shall be burned in said room.
unoer the direction of the local board OF
1t shall be the duty of every householder
or every person in charge of every case
OF contagious disease, when a warning
sign has been displayed upon the premises
Which she or he occupies, TO report
promptly the removal of such sign to
the local board of health, unless the re-
moval has been caused by order of said
No person shall attend school from
premises infected with a contagious dis
ease. except upon presentation of the
proper certificate from the local board of
health. II shall be the duty of the per-
son in attendance upon any contagious
disease 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
SchooI building attending.
All persons suffering from measles, scar
let fever. diphtheria, smallpox and whoop-
ing cough are TO be isolated in rooms as
far removed as possible from those occu-
pied by other persons in the building, and
upon the top floor. when IL is practicable.
NO person other than the physician in at
tendance and the nurse or nurses and
parent or parents of the sick person shall
be admitted to Such loom during the prev
alence of scarlet fever. diphtheria or
smallpox, and in no case shall the nurse
or nurses visit other portions of the house
without having taken precaution by
cnanSe OF clothing or otherwise against
conveying contagion.
Every room occupied by a patient suf-
fer1ng 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 I'M
mediately placed in vessels of water con-
tanning 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 men;
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>n recovering from diphtheria.
scarlet fever, smallpox and WhOoplng
cough shall be permitted to associate with
other persons until 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 of the co-mingling of persons who
come in contact with the patient. or any
other persons. whereby the contag1on
might be disseminated.
The body of any person who has died
from either diphtheria, scarlet fever or
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 a public funeral in cases of death
resulting from scarlet fever. diphtheria or
smallpox. and it shall be the duty of the
undertaken in charge of the body TO see
that proper dis!nfection is made of such
cases as died from scarlet fever, diphthe-
ria or smallpox.
No public funeral shall be held in a
dwelling in which there Is case of either
diphtheria scarlet fever or smallpox nor
in which death from either disease has
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 TO such con-
tagion or Infection.
SCHOOLS.
The board of health shall have jurisdic
ton in all matters pertaining to the pre-
of the health of those in at
tendance upon the public and private
schools in the county outside of incorpo-
rated cities, to which end IL is hereby
made the duty of the said board of
health:
son suffering with a contagious or infec-
tious disease, or liable to convey such dis
sc to those in attendance.
IL 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 a competent physi-
clan or written permit OF the district
school board.
ings and premises when deemed advisable
as to their hygienic condition, and to re-
mort the result Of such inspection to those
having charge and control of such schools.
with instructions as to the remedy of
conditions (if 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
hose having such charge and control to
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
schools
That any person who violates. disobeys, !
omits neglects or refuses to comply with /
Or resists any of the provisions of this |
ordinance, or who refuses or neglectS to
1bey any of the rules. orders, proclama-
lions or sanitary regulations of the local 4
board of health health officer or who /
]mits, 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
han one hundred dollars (Sl00O0)
This ordinance shall take effect the first I
lay of July. A. d. 1899.
Passed and approved this 18th day of |
June A d. 1899. Commissioners Joseph 5. J
Rawlins and George A. Whitaker voting {
aye" Commissioner Francis Armstrong /
being absent.
J. S. RAWLINS,
Chairman pro tempore Of the Board of
County Commissioners of Salt Lake 4