The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-22
AN oRDINANcR

ordains as follows
That all premises where either scarlet
snail before the quarantine flag is remov-
60, De thoroughly disinfected; the room
when mas been occupied by the peRon
SICK, WITH any of the above mentioned dis
Eases snail be thoroughly dlsinfected after
the recovery of said person, or the dealt
OF SAID person, as follows:
Inc floors, wood work and furniture
/ snall be thoroughly washed with solu-
! ioh or chloride of lime, three ounces to
lne gallon, or of corrosive sublimate of a
sive sublimate to loo parts water. This
snail be followed after an interval of
tMenty-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 snail be
re-papered, or whitewashed or painted, if
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. hanginss, bed
HnenS 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 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
or contagious disease, when a warning
sign has been displayed upon the premises
Whlch 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 injected with a contagious as
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 fever. uiphtheria, 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, ana
upon the top floor, when ii IS pracucable-
NO person other than the physician in at
tendance and the nurse or nurses and
parent or parents of the sick person snail
be admitted 10 SUCH room during the prev
alence of scarlet fever, dipntheria 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 patient SUI
fering from any Contagious or infectious
disease shall be cleared of all needless
clothing, carpets, drapery curtains or
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 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.
All persons in charge of the premises
where contagious disease exists shall eX-
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. /
ana snail be buried Within IortN-elSnt
hours. unless otherwise ordered by the
local board of health
No undertaken, or one acting in such
capacity, shah conduct or assist in con- J
Quoting public funeral in cases of death /
resulting from scarlet fever. dlphtheria or ]
smallpox. ana 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- /
No public funeral shall be held in a
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diphtheria scarlet fever or smallpox, nor .
in which Il 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
while so exposed. unless the same has
been thoroughly disinfected. or to other
wise expose any other person TO such con-
tagion or inieeI sI9IH;oors
The board of health shall have jurisdic-
ton in all matters pertaining TO the pre-
upon the public ane 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-
Lious 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
IF the household to which such pupil be-
ongs is sick with any infectious or con-
.agious disease. nor during the period of
.WO weeks after the death, recovery, or
of such sick persons, then only
Ipon a certificate of a competent physi-
ian, or written permit of the district
school board.
ngs and premises when deemed advisable
Is to their hygienic condition, and to re-
)ort the result of such inspection to those
Iaving charge and conTol of SUCH schools.
With instructions as to the remedy of
conditions Tiff any such be found) whereby
he 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
AIRY out the instructions so given, then
he board of health shall cause such
aulty conditions to be remedied at the
proper cost and expense of those having
harge and control OF the school or
chools.
That any person who violates disobeys
units neglects or refuses to comply with
II resists any of the provisions of this
ordinance, or who refuses or neglects to
hey any of the rules. orders, prOclama-
ions or sanitary regulations of the local
,oard of health health officer. or who
mits, neglectS or refuses to comply with, |
r who resists any officers or, orders or :
pecial regulations of said board of health
hall, upon conviction. he fined in a sum
ot less than five dollars $500 nor more
han one hundred dollars SlO0.00) I
This ordinance shall take effect the first
ay of July. A. d. 1899
Passed and approved this 18th day of
une A. d. 1899. Commissioners Joseph S. :
sawlins and George A Whitaker voting
ave- Commissioner Francis Armstrong T.,
j. s. RAwLINS. !
County Commissioners of Salt Lake I
County. Utah. :