Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-02-27
PUBLIC HEALTH NOTICE,

! IUDHlU 1EhLln NUllUEI
Notice is hereby given that the proyi-
sions of the following act passed by the
| legislature of 1901 will be strictly en-
| forced:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
| State of Kansas:
| SECTION l. Whenever any physician
! shall know, or have reason to believe,
that any person whom he is called to visit.
| or any person sick within his knowledge
without the care of II physician, is sick
with or has died of cholera, smallpox,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, epidemic cere-
| Dro-splnal meningitis, or any disease
dangerous to the public health, he shall
Immediately give notice thereof to the
nearest board of health or health officer:
and if the case occurs in his own prac-
tlce, shall at once cause red or yellow
cloth or card not less than twelve inches
| square, with the name of the disease
written or printed thereon in large char
acters, to be fastened upon the front
door or other conspicuous part of the
building wherein the sickness prevails:
such cloth or card to be maintained dur
| ing the existence of the disease and un-
| til such time as the health officer, or, in
his absence, the attending physician,
acting by his authority and approval, is
satisfied that the premises have been
thoroughly disinfected and are fit for re-
occupation.
Sec. 2. Whenever any householder
shall know that any of his family is sick
| with or has died from smallpox, cholera,
scarlet fever, diptheria, epidemic cere-
bro-spinal meningitis, or any disease
dangerous to the public health, he shall
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| nearest board of health or health officer,
| and shall cause the house to be placard-
ed, as prescribed in section 1.
SEC. 3. Any municipal or county
board of health or health officer having
| knowledge of any infectious or contag-
ious disease, or of death from such dis
ease, within their jurisdiction, shall i'm
| mediately exercise and maintain a su-
| perviSion over such case or cases during
their continuance, seeing that all such
| cases are properly cared for and that the
provisions of this act as to isolation, re-
| striction Of communication, placarding,
quarantine and disinfection are duly en-
forced. The local board of health or
health officer shall communicate with
out delay all information as to existing
conditions to the state board of health.
Said health officer will confer personally,
| if practicable, otherwise by letter, with
| the physician in attendance upon the
case as to its future management and
| control, and with the authorities of the
place as to their duties in the premises.
| Should the disese show tendency to be
come epidemic, the public and private
| schools must be closed, and, in extreme
cases, church services suspended and
public assemblages of people at shows,
| circuses, theaters, fairs or other gather
ings prohibited. In case of smallpox, a
general and thorough vaccination should
be recommended and insisted upon.
Sec. 4. All persons sick with small
pox, cholera, scarlet fever, diptheria,
| epidemic cerebro--spinal meningitis or
any contagious or infectious diseases
dangerous to the public health shall be
! thoroughly isolated from the public and
| quarantined.
Sec. 5. Members Of any household in
which cholera, smallpox, diptheria, cpl
demic cerebro spinal meningitis, meas
les or other infectious or contagious dis
eases exist shall be required to abstain
from attending places of public amuse-
mont, worship, and from visiting other
private houses. No person recovering
from such diseases shall be permitted to
appear on the public streets or highways
or in any public places until after danger
from contagion is past and the premises
thoroughly disinfected.
Sec. 6. No person inflicted with any
infectious or contagious disease danger
Gus to the public health shall be admit
ted into any public or private school.
No parent, guardian, tutor or other per-
son having charge or control of children
whose residence is infected with small
pox, cholera, scarlet fever, diptheria,
epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis or
other infectious or contagious disease
dangerous to to the public health shall
allow or permit them to attend any pub
lie or private school during the contin-
uance of such infection, or until the
premises have been thoroughly disinfect-
ed and all danger from contagion has
passed.
Sec. 7. No public funeral shall be
allowed, either at the home or church,
where death occurs from smallpox,
cholera, scarlet fever, diptheria, cpl
demic cerebro-spinal meningitis, or other
infectious or contagious disease danger
Gus to the public health.
Sec. 8. Diphtheritic Group, croupous
diptherio, membranous Group, Group
other than spasmodic, putrid fever, diph-
theritic sore throat, and sloughing sore
throat, occurring in communities where
diptheria is prevalent, shall be included
among the diseases dangerous to the
public health, and subject to the same
precautions as diphtheria. In like
manner, patients suffering from or ex-
posed to scarlatina or scarlet rash or var
ioloid shall be required to undergo the
precautions prescribed for scarlet fever
and smallpox, respectively.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of every
physician in attendance upon any person
afflicted with any contagious or infec-
tious diseases designated in this act to
notify the proper health officer when
said premises are ready for disinfection,
SO that the same may be properly disin-
fected under the direction of said health
officer or some other person under his
authority.
SEC. 10. Whenever cholera. small
pox, diphtherIa, scarlet fever, epidemic
cerebro spinal meningitis or Other in
fictitious or contagious diseases show q
tendency to become epidemic, and the
local authorities neglect to properly iso-
late and quarantine such diseases, the
state board of health or It's executive of
hcer may quarantine any city. town.
ship or county in which any Of these
diseases may show tendency to be.
come epidemic.
SEC. II. ANY person found guilty of
violating any of the provisions of this
act. OF failing to comply with any re-
QuiromentS thereof shall ha fined not