The Iola register., 1901-04-19
THE LAW IN THE CASE
Council, Health officer and Commits
sioners Agree Smallpox Shall
BE Stamped Out

Carrie Nation, those in authority in
lola have finally decided to resort to
the law and the screws are going to
be turned and people who hereafter
endanger other peoples health and
welfare will have to pay the penalty.
Several things are under considera-
tion.
In the first place there are about
twenty-four cases in lola right now.
None OF them have been severe and
with one exception everyone has been
a person who has not been vaccinated
or on whom it did not take. The re-
port Is out that there are over 100
cases in lola, but the exact truth,
which is bad enough, is that there are
twenty-four, all Of them quarantined.
Hereafter when a house is quaran-
tined every person living in that
house will absolutely have to be vac
cinated.
In the next place pest house will
be bought or rented. The county and
city have fought their fight, each try
ing to make the other do a share and
now they seem to be working together.
This house will be a large, airy, clean
place and to it every person taken
with the disease will be removed. AS
it now is at several houses a dozen
persons are quarantined in the house
with one person who has it, not only
subjecting them to contagion, but en-
failing a big bill for board on the
city. Twelve boarders in one lodging
house are living off the city because
there is one patient in the house. At
another place a child has it and there
are eleven other children. This also
is going to stop.
And most important of all the State
law in such matters is going to be
consulted and enforced. For the
benefit of the public the REGISTER has
secured copy of the law and here
with submits the principal features.
Section l says that all physicians
who treat or know of any person who
has smallpox must report the same at
once to the health officer and if the
case occurs in his own practice shall
Immediately put out a yellow flag tell
ing the nature of the disease and thus
establishing a quarantine to be raised
only on approval of the health officer.
Section ,. Whenever any house
holder learns that any member of his
family has smallpox he shall immedi-
ately give notice to the health officer
and placard the front door, informing
the public of the nature of the disease.
Section 3. All municipal and county
health officers must assist in seeing
that all cases coming to their know
ledge are promptly quarantined. They
shall communicate with the doctor in
charge and see that all the provisions
of this law are carried out and if
necessary close the schools, churches
and all public gatherings. In small
poX epidemics general vaccination
should be insisted upon.
Section 4. All persons sick with
smallpox shall be thoroughly isolated
from the public.
Section 5, Members of,a household
in which there is a case of smallpox
shall be required to remain away from
public meetings of all kinds and re-
frain from visiting other private
houses. No person recovering from
such disease shall appear on the street
until all danger of contagion is past
and the premises disinfected.
Section 6. No person having small
pox shall attend the public school.
No parent or guardian, having charge
of children who have the disease,
shall permit said children to attend
the public school.
Section I. No public funeral shall
be allowed where a person has died
from smallpox.
Section s and 8. Every physician
attending person having smallpox
shall notify thehealth officer when the
pllS SuoO hdo .DGGn
quarantined is ready to be disin-
fected.
Section 10. Whenever smallpox
threatens to become epidemic and the
local authorities fail to do their duty
the State Roard of Health or it's
officers may quarantine any city,
township or county in which this dis
ease shows'such tendency.
Section IL. Any person found guilty
of violating the provisions of this act,
or failing to comply with any of the
requirements thereof, shall be fined
not less than S25 nor more than 800
for each otfense.
The above is now. q law of the State
of Kansas. 1t is a good law and it
ought to be enforced and is going to
be enforced. There are plenty of
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