The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-23
AN ORDINANCE


That all premises where either scarlet
FEVER, diphtheria or smallpox has existed
SNAIL before the quarantine flag IS remov-
eG be thoroughly disinfected; the room
winch has been occupied by the peSor
SICK with any of the above mentioned us
eases shall be thoroughly disinfected after
the recovery of said person, or the death
Vi SAID person. as follows:
Inc noors. wood work and furniture
snall be thoroughly washed with a solu-
.ion or chloride of lime. three ounces tc
tne gallon, or OF corrosive subiimate or a
strength not less than one part zorro
sive subiimate to 1000 parts water. This
shal be followed after an interval OF
iWenty-four hours with 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, II
/ health.
All carpets shall be burned or disinfect-
ea oy the action of super-heated steam,
OF otherwise cleaned and disinfected, as
uireGted by the local board of health
All articles of clothing. hanginss, bed
Hnens 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 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 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,
board.
/ No person shall attend school from
premises injected with a contagious DIS
ease, except upon presentation of the
proper certificate from the local board of
health. It shall be the duty of the per-
disease TO report to the local board or
/ 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-
{ far removed as possible from those occu-
pied by other persons in the building, and
upon the top floor, when ii 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 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
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 a solution of bi-chloride of mer-
curry or chloride of lime, or some other
suitable disinfectant.
ExcremeniaI discharges from the patient
suffering from contagious or infectious
diseases shall be received in vessels of
water containing such 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 persln 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.
where contagious disease exists shall eX
ercise all reasonable care in the proven
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
tightly closed. and shall not be taken TO
any church or place of public assembly.
hours, unless otherwise ordered by the
local board of health.
No undertaken, or one acting IL such
capacity. shall conduct or assist in con-
Quoting a public funeral in cases of death
resulting from scarlet fever, diphtheria 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-
ria or smallpox.
dwelling in which there is a case of either
diphtheria. scarlet fever or smallpox, nor
in which 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
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-
SCHOOLS.
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 il is hereby
made the duty of the said board of
health:
To exclude from said schools any per-
son suffering with 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
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-
cian 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-
nf e-trf.D
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
schools.
That any person who violates. disobeys
omits, neglects or refuses TO comply with,
or resists any OF the provlsions OF this
obey any of the rules. orders, proclama-
lions 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 regula lions of said board of health
shall, upon conviction. be fined in a sum
not less than five dollars $500 nor more
than one hundred dollars ($lO0.O0)
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 S.
Rawlins 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.