The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-14


Gus County school Organizations
With n View of Preventing the
Spread of COntuEious MnIadies.
BALTIMORE. Md. Nov. 1.-THE prin-
cipaI business transacted by the State
Board o. Health AT its monthly meeting
yesterday was the PRONUNCIATION Of rules
designed to aid the board in securing
prompt information about cases OF infeC-
tious OF contagious diseases especially
among school children, with view 90 pre-
venting the spread of such msIadics- The
rules will be submitted 20 the various
county school boards for approval They
are as follows:
Every child absent from school four
days on account of sickness must on re-
turning to school present to the teacher
the signed certificate of a practicinE ply
stefan that such child has not been af-
focted with any infectious OF contagious
disease.
NO child from a house IN which scarlet
fever is present shall attend a public
school until after the disease has disap-
pcarcd, the house has been disinfscted.
all clothing worn during amy period Of
the disease has been destroyed or disin-
fected. and written notice has been given
these conditions have been complied with
Children Twins ia house where scarlet
fever is present may Doe removed to an
other house and after a period Of ten
days may return To school Evidence Of
compliance with these conditions must
be furnished i'm writing 10y q competent
person acquainted with ihe facts.
children from houses where measles
is present may be admitted 20 school upon
the same conditions as are named with
respect to scarlet fever, except that the
date of recovery and the proper time for
disinfection shall be fixed at fourteen days
FROM the disappearance Of the rash.
In diphtheria The same regulations Will
he observed as in measles or scarlet fc-
V'r, except that the evidence that infec-
tiOusnoss is passed shall depend upon
ul gatiye results of "A culture taken from
the local area of infection. nose or throat
or both. not less than tWcnty-four hours
after the use OF any autisepJic gargle or
application, and at a period not earlier
than seven days from the disappearance
OF clinical symptoms
Children not living in an infected
house who have been exposed 70 diph-
iberia, but have not shown signs Of the
disease, may be admitted 10 school after
the negative culture Is taken from bith
nose and throat. Written evidences that
these conditions have been complied with
may be given by the local health officer
or by the attending physician
Children suffering from WhOOpiug
cough shall be excluded from school so
long as symptoms Of the disease persist
Every child absent from school on account
OF WhoDpiDg cough shall, on applying for
rcadmlsSIOn. present the written Certih-
cate of the attending physician that the
cough has disappeared Children living IN
houses whore ThoopIDE cough Is present
must be sent home as soon as the cough
D. observed, but on presentation Of the
certificate of physician that they are
free from whooping cough may be re-
Children having chickenpox are not ad-
mltted Go school during any period Of the
eruption. nor so long as scales ar crusts
remain upon any part OF the BODY. nor
until the clothing worn during the erup-
ton has been destroyed or dlsiufected.
Children absent from school on account
OF mUmUs may not be readmitted until
one week after the disappearance Of al
the symptoms, and shall present the Ger
tinCatC OF a physician that all the symp
toms and signs OF mUmps have been alb
sent for period Of not less than seven
DAYS.
Children having Scabies or itch upon
any part Of the body shall not attend
school until the disease has been cured,
and shall. on applying for rcadmissiDn,
present the certificate Of physician that
the disease has been cured and the cloth
Ing worn hy the child either destroyed or
dis.ufeCted.
Children having ringworm OF the scalp
or OF the face shall be excluded from
school until the disease Is cured, AID on
applying for readmissipu shall present the
certificate Of a physician that the disease
is cured
Children living I'm houses where typhoid
fever is present shall not bring 10 school
any milk or water from their houses
or john :. Fulton, secretary Of The
board. stated that he hal conferred with
Carroll j.. Wright. United States Labor
Commissioners Dr- CTsSsy T. Wilbur.
ChirT Of vital Statistics gf Michigan. DIT
William q. Woodward. Health CumU-s-
SiCusr Tor the District of Columbia Mr.
~. =. King. Of the United States CcnsuS
Department, Col Charles Smart # the
T"lt,d States army. Captain Gatewood,
Of the United States Navy, and Drs
Woodward and Vaughn. Of the Marine
Hospital Service, relative TO preparing
and publishing an exposition OF the ess, b.
and TO agree upon model form Of death
the needs of an registration areas in the
Omitted States and Of thu several branches
of the Federal Government
This work was initiated by N. commit
tee on dsmOETaphy and statistics of the
American Public Health Association. Dr.
Fulton being chairman Of the commit -r
The conference was productive II an cN-
tended intsrcha lgC Of views. and a gen
eTal plan which VIII. IL Is thought. yield
satisfactory results was decided upon and
the cooperation OF the various depart
mruts was promised
Dr Fulton further reported that there
Is no smallpox in the State outside OF
'. TgIEHt county.