The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-20
AN ORDINANCE

That all premises where either scarlet
! IsVer, dlphtheria or smallpox has existed.
/ ed, De thoroughly disinfected; the room
which has been occupied by the pe~On
SICK, with any of the above mentioned dis
| eases shall be thoroughly disinfected after
the recovery OF said person, or the death
OF SAID person, as follows:
| Inc floors, wood work and furniture
snail be thoroughly washed with a solu-
ton of chloride of lime three ounces to
/ the gallon. or of corrosive sublimate of a
Strength, not less than one part corro-
shall 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 and ceilings of said room shall be
re-papered, or whitewashed or painted, if
! health.
An 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
! to an action of boiling water or super
! heated steam. All school books in use by
! the person who has any contagious dis
ease shall be burned as soon as the dis
ease Is known.
Sulphur shall be burned in said room.
| health.
1t shall be the duty of every householder
|
| of a 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-
| board.
No person shall attend school from
premises infected with contagious dis
ease, except upon presentation of the
/ proper certificate from the local board or
/ health. 1t 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
| school building attending.
All persons suffering from measles, scar
let reVer, diphtheria, smallpox and whcop-
| Ing cough are to be isolated in rooms az
far removed as possible from those occu-
pied by other persons in the building, and
upon the top floor. when 1t is practicable
NO person other than the physician in at
tendance and the nurse or nurses ana
| parent or parents of the sick person shall
/ be admitted to sucn room during the prev
, alence of scarlet fever, diphtheria or
| smallpox, and in no case shall the nurse
i or nurses visit other portions of the house
! without having taken precaution by
| change of clothing or otherwise against
| conveying contagion.
Every room occupied by patient suf-
| ferlng from any contagious or infectious
| disease shall be cleared of all needless
! clothing, carpets, drapery, curtains or
other materials likely to harbor the 'pois-
Soiled bed and body linen shall be i'm
/ mediately placed in vessels of water con-
! tanning a solution of bi-chloride of mer-
J 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
7 water containing such a solution as mem
toned in the preceding section. and all
vessels used shall be kept scrupulousiy
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 persln recovering from diphtheria.
scarlet fever, smallpox and whooplng
cough shall be permitted to associate with
other persons until certificate mas been
furnished by the local board of health to
( such person to the effect that they may,
without danger of disseminating the con-
: ers.
All persons in charge of the premises
! where cOntag iouS 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 contagion
might be disseminated
The body of any person who has died
from either diphtheria. scarlet fever or
smallpox shall be Immediately disinfected
and placed in coffin. which shall be
tightly closed and shall not be taken 10
any church or place of public assembly,
and shall be buried within forty-eight
I
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. dlphtheria or
smallpox. and it shall be the duty of the
( undertaken in charge of the body to see
that proper disinfection Is made OF such
cases as died from scarlet fever, diphthe-
Z ria smallpox
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 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
10 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.
The board of health shall have jurisdic-
ton in all matters pertaining TO the pre-
servation 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 it is hereby
made the duty of the said board of
To exclude from said schools any per-
son suffering with a contagious or infec-
. tious disease, or liable to convey such dis
ease to those in attendance.
Ii 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
rem oval of such sick persons. then only
uuon a certificate of competent physi-
clan or written permit of the district
school board.
TO make inspection of all school build.
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 10 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 ana 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
PENALTY
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
obey any of the rules. orders, proclama-
tions or sanitary regulations of the local
board of health. health officer. or who
omits 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 a sum
than one hundred dollars ($l00.00)
This ordinance shall take effect the first
day of July. A. d. 1899.
Passed and approved this 18th day of
June A D. 1899 Commissioners Joseph 5.
Rawiins and George A. Whitaker voting
aye" Commissioner Francis Armstrong
being absent.
Chairman pro tempore of the Board of
County Commissioners of Salt Lake
County Utah.