Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-26
SANITARY CODE
- OF THE
CITY OF WOODBURY.


bury New Jersey, by virtue OF the provisions
OF Act OF the Legislature of the State of
New Jersey, entitled "An Act to establish in
this State, Boards of Health and Bureau OF
Vital Statistics, and to define their respective
power and duties" approved March 3lst, 1887
and the various supplements thereto; doth
dain,
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Sec L The terms contagious or infectious or
dangerous diseases shall be taken to mean
cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, leprosy
plague, trchinosis, smallpox, varioloid, enteric
or typhoid fever, measles, dipntheria, mem
branous croup scarlet fever chick en-pox or any
other contagious, infectious communicable
disease which hereafter may be publicly de-
clared by the State Board of Health this
Board to be preventable and specially dangerous
to the public health.
Sec. 2. Every physician within twelve hours
after his first professional attendance upon any
person in this city known to be suffering from
any of the foregoing described diseases shall
give notice thereof to the Secretary of this
Board, which report shall be in writing signed
by such physician and shall set forth the name
age and precise location of the person suffering
from such disease and every house owner or
house holder who knows that any person living,
dwelling or being in any building under his or
her control is affected-by any of the contagious
diseases hereinabove specified or referred to-
shall, when no physician has professionally
attended such sick person within twelve
hours after discovering the same, report the
fact in writing to the same person and in the
same manner as any physician attending such
sick person would be required to do as herein-
| above set forth.
| The Board shall, at its regular meeting next
preceding the annual meeting of the Board di-
| rect Its Treasurer to pay to every one making
such report, the sum of ten cents for each and
| every name reported, unless such notification
| shall be found to have been erroneous and any
physician, house owner or householder who
shall refuse or neglect to perform the duty here
lnaboye required shall be liable to penalty not
| exceeding fifty dollars
| Sec B. The Secretary upon the receipt of any
| %Ixa.~
at once notify the Inspector of this Board as al
| SO the supervising principal of any public or
| private school, and the superintendent of any
Sunday-school, of which any member of the
affected family attends, well as the manager
OF any factory or place of business at which
any other member OF the family NAV be en-
| ployed.
Sec 4. Every physician shall report in writ
ing TO thls Board the name, age and address of
any person who shall have died of any disease
mentioned or referred to in section one, within
twelve hours after he shall have been informed
| OF said DEATH and such report shall be indepen-
gent OF the regular certificate of death required
| against any of the provisions of this section
snail forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
twenty-five dollars for every such offense.
See o. Whenever it shall be necessary by the
members of the Board to establish the true
| character of any disease not already reported
which it may believe to be communicable a
medical examination of the person or persons
| affected by such disease may be ordered and
such examination shall be permitted by all at
PENDANTS and persons Any person or persons
offending against any of the provisions of this
section shall forfeit and pay penalty not ex-
eeedlng fifty dollars for every such offence.
sec o. In case any infectious or contagious
disease occurs in this city the person affected
thereby shall at theldiscretion of this Board be
| isolated or removed to such locality as this
Board may order and direct and all buildings,
property and premises which may become in
| fected by the presence of such contagious dis
ease, shall be fumigated and any bedding
clothing, rags or other things which have been
exposed to injection from any of the contagious
diseases hereinbefore mentioned, shall be disin-
fected or destroyed, and said disinfection or
tumlgatlon or destruction shall be made and
| performed in such manner as this Board NAV di-
| rect And this Board may establish such separ-
alton and Isolation quarantine of the sick
from other persons not necessary as attendants,
ana also provide and effect such special care,
| dlsinfeetion and cleansing of property and
| premises as shall in the Judgment of the Board
| be needed in order to prevent the spreading of
such diseases to other persons. Any person or
| persons offending against any of the provisions
| of this section shall forfeit and pay penalty
| not exceeding fifty dollars for every such
| offense.
| Sec. z. And be it enacted that it shall be I'M
| lawful for any common carrier to accept for
| transportation or to transport carry within
| this city, any person affected with any of the
contagious, infectious or communicable diseases
named or referred to in the first section of this
act, any infected article or articles of clothing
bedding or other property whatsoever the
| body OF any person who shall have died of any
| of said contagious, infectious or communicable
diseases except the same be enclosed in q her
metically sealed casket, and except license for
such transport be first obtained in writing from
the Board OF Health; and any common carrier
knowingly violating any of the provisions of
| this section shall be liable to penalty not ex-
| ceeding one hundred dollars.
Sec. No person suffering from contagious
disease, and no person article liable to pro
pagate or spread such disease shall be brought
| into the city; and whenever it shall come to the
| knowledge OF any person that such persons or
| articles have been brought within such limits,
| they shall Immediately give notice thereof to
| the Board OF Health; and no person shall remove
any such diseased person infected articles
from any house or place without permit from
| this Board. Any person offending against any
of this section shall forfeit and pay penalty
not exceeding fifty dollars for every such Of
| fence.
| Sec. 9. No principal, teacher or super;ntend-
ant OF any public, private, Sunday or other
school shall permit any child sick with any com
i munieable disease or any child residing in any
1 house in which such disease shall exist, to at
tend any such school until certificate from the
medical attendant shows that there is no longer
any danger OF infection or this Board shall have
given its permit therefor. Any person or per
sons offending against any of the provisions of
this section shall forfeit and pay penalty not
exceeding twenty dollars for every such offense.
Sec. 10. When death has been caused by any
infectious disease named in section one of this
| code, the body shall be Immediately thereafter
disinfected in such manner may be directed
| by the Board of Health, and enclosed at once in
an alright coffin which shall not thereafter be
opened; and in removal for interment or other
| wise, hearses other vehicles used for the pur-
pose of conveying corpses only shall be en-
ployed, and said body shall not be allowed to
| be unburled for a longer time than thirty-six
hours The funerals OF such persons shall be
| strictly private Any pefson or persons offend
ing against any of the provisions of this section
| shall forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
| fifty dollars for every such offense.
FOOD AND DRINK
Sec: IL. No person shall manufacture, have,
offer for SALE sell any article of food or drink
which is adulterated within the meaning of IAN
| act to prevent the adulteration of food or
| drugs" approved March 2lst, 1901, and the sup
| plements thereto. Any person persons Of
| Tending against the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
| twenty-five dollars for every such offense.
Sec. II. No meat, fish, bird, fowl, vegetable,
| fruit or milk not being in sound, healthy and
wholesome condition and safe for human food,
! nor the meat of any fish, bird, fowl or animal
that has died from disease shall be brought into
this city, or offered for sale or sold. Any per-
| son persons offending against any of the pro-
visions of this section shall forfeit and pay a
penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for
every such OtfenSe.