The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
AN ORDINANCE

feVer diphtheria or smallpox has existed.
ed. be thoroughly disinfected; the. room
wnich has been occupied by the pe3on
SICK, with any OF the above mentioned as
eases snail be thoroughly disinfected arter
the recovery of said person. or the death
OF said person. as follows:
Inc hoors, wood work and furniture
snaH De 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 9
snail be followed after an interval Of
tWenty-four hours with a thorough scrub
ping with soap and hot water. All dust
! snaII pc removed from said room ana the
room snail be kept thoroughly clean. The
walls and ceilings of SAID room shall be
le-Papered, or whitewashed or painted, II
health.
All carpets shall be burned or disinfect-
ed by the action of super-heated steam.
| OF otherwise cleaned and disinfected, as
directed by the local board of health
All articles of clothing. hangings. PEG
linens and other fabrics shall be subjected
70 an action of boiling water or super
heated steam. All school books in use by
the person who has any contagious dis
ease shail be burned as soon as the dls-
ease Is known.
| Sulphur shall be burned in said room.
under the direction of the local board OF
1t shall be the duty of every householder
or every person in charge of every case
OF a contagious disease, when warning
siSA mas Decl UlSpiayeQ 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
proper certificate from the local board OF
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 feVer, diphtheria, smallpox and whoop-
ing cough are TO be isolated in rooms as
far removed as possible from those occu-
pled by other persons in the building, ana
upon the top floor, 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 snail
be admitted to such room 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
change of clothing or otherwise against
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 i'm
tanning solution of bi-chloride of mer-
curry. or chloride of lime, or some other
suitable disinfectant.
ExcrementaI discharges from the patient
suffering from contagious or infectious
diseases shall be received in vessels of
water containing such solution 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 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 10
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 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 a coffin, which shall be
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 I
resulting from scarlet fever, diphthCria or
smallpox, and il 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- I
ria or smallpox.
No public funeral shall be held in d I
dwelling in which there is a case of either I
diphtheria, scarlet fever or smallpox, nor /
in which a death from either disease has +
occurred.
sons having been exposed to any conta- I
gious or infectious disease are forbidden 1
10 mingle with other persons subject /
thereto in the clothing worn by them 4
been thoroughly disinfected. or to other (
wise expose any other person TO such con-
tagtOn or infection: oo1s
The board of health shall have jurisdic-
ton in all matters pertaining to the pre-
seryation of the health of those in at
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.
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
longs is sick with any infectious or con-
tagious disease. nor during the period of
two weeks after the death, recovery or
of such sick persons then oaly
upon a certificate of a competent physf-
clan or written permit of the district
school board.
ings and premises when deemed advisable
as 10 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 df 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
schools.
That any person who violates, disobeys,
omits, neglects or refuses to comply with
or resists any of the provisions of this
obey any of the rules. orders, proclama-
tons or sanitary regulations of the local
board of health health officer, or who
omits neglects or refuses TO comply with, 4
or who resists any officers or orders or
special regulations of said board of health
shall upon conviction, be fined in a sum
not less than five dollars $500 nor more
han one hundred dollars ($lO0 OO)
This ordinance shall take effect the first
lay of July, A ID. 1899
Passed and approved this 18th day of ;
June A. D. 1899 Commissioners Joseph S.
Rawiins and George a. Whitaker voting
aye" Commissioner Francis Armstrong
]. S. RAwLINS,
Chairman pro tempore of the. Board of
Attested by David C. Dunbar
SeaD County Clerk.