Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-11-14
BOARD OF HEALTH NoTIcEl

Rules And Regulations Adopted By
the Board of Health of Extra
Township, Audubon County,
Iowa, on the 18th Day of
April, A. D., 1891.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
| RULE SIN order that the guardians of the
public health may have early warning, it
Board of Health. "Whenever any house
holder shall know that any person within
his family is taken sick with smallpox,
| scarlet fever, diphtheria. or any other dis
ease dangerous to the public health, he
shall Immediately give notice thereofto
of this township and if he shall refuse
or neglect to give such notice he shall for
felt a sum not exceeding twenty-five dol
RULE 6.-"Whenever any physician shall
know that any person whom he is called
| to visit is infected with smallpox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria, or any other disease
dangerous to the public health, such ply
| stefan shall Immediately give notice there
Of to the Board of health or health officer
shall refuse or neglect to give such notice
shall forfeit, for each ofense;. sum not
less than twenty-five dollars"
RULE Upon notice being given of cas-
| es of smallpox, varioloid or scarlet fever to
the Board of Health, or to the health ply
,of the Board of Health or the health ply
stefan shall have any knowledge of any
gases Of smallpox, ,Xarioloid or SCARLET
some member of the Board or the health
physician shall cause yellow cloth or
card having smallpox" or scarlet
less than eighteen inches square, to be
| fastened on the front door, or other con-
spicuous place on each building in which
such sickness prevails, said cloth or card
to be maintained during the existence of
the disease, and until such time as the
health physician is satisfied the premises
l,aa r1n rpfa fa6
| and purified If said yellow cloth or card
is removed without authority. from the
health physician, the name of the person,
or the head of the family occupying the
| premises, together with the name of the
street or location shall be published, and
the person removing said cloth or card, or
| causing their removal without authority
| of the health physician shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars.
pox. scarlet fever or diphtheria shall be
| thoroughly isolated from the public; not
| less than thirty-five days. F9
| RULE 9.-No person recovering from an
infectious disease shall be permitted toap-
| pear on the public highway, or in any pub
tic place in this township until all danger
| is passed. E,a
RULE 10.-The body of person who has
\ died from smallpox, scarlet fever OF diph-
iberia shall not be removed from the sick
room until it has been wrapped in a cloth
saturated with solution of corrosive sub
or solution of Chloride Of zinc, and tight.
| ly sealed in coffin. The body must be
| buried immediately.
at a house where there is case of infec-
tious disease; nor in which a death has re-
Gently occurred.
| RULES FOR DISINFECTION.
| RULE 12.-The room into which person
sick with smallpox, variolid. scarlet fever
or diphtheria is placed must previously be
drapery and all other articles likely to har-
Dor the disease. After the death or recov-
cry of the sick the room. furniture and
other contents not to be destroyed must
be immediately thoroughly disinfected.
The paper on the walls and ceiling, if any,
must be removed aud completely burned.
| The floor woodwork and wooden furniture
must be painted over with solution of
corrosive sublimate, made by dissolving
t6) gallons Of water, let it remain one hour
and wash off with clean water. The walls,
if not papered, must be thoroughly scrub
small pieces of rags should be substituted
| for handkerchiefs, and when once used
must be Immediately burned.
RULE 13,-Soiled bed and body linen
| must be placed in vessels of water contain
| ing chlorinated soda, chlorinated lime or
other disinfectant, before removal from the
NOTE 1.-For this purpose chlorinated
soda is the neatest and most convenient,
because it can be used with soap, but it is
age. Chlorinated lime, if used too freely.
| may destroy articles of clothing with
which , /; It comes in contact but, # properly
RULE 14,-The discharges from the pa
| tient must be received into vessels con-
tanning chloride Of lime, copperas, or some
| other known disinfectant, and if not bur
| ried at once must be thrown into a cess
pool or water closet, after having been
running stream. Perfect cleanliness of
nurses and attendants must be enjoined
| and secured.
| RULE 15.-Fumigation with chlorine gas
| a good h NJ
| For this purpose the rooms to be disnfect-
ed must be vacated. Heavy clothing. blan-
ketS. bedding and other articles which
cannot be treated with zinc solution, must
be opened and exposed during fumigation.
| IodlSinfect ordinary rooms with chlorine
gas, having tightly closed allthe openings
of the room, place in an open earthen dish
| four ounces of peroxyde of manganese.
| Pour on this one pound of strong muriatic
acid, being careful not to breath the fumes,
When certain that continuous evolution
OF chlorine is taking place, leave the room
and close the door. After funiigation the
rooms must be thoroughly aired by open
| ing the doors and windows, for several
4 hours.
RULE 16.-Body and bed clothing, etc;
all articles which have been in contact
with persons sick with contagious or in
| fectlous diseases too valuable to be de-
stroyed should be treated as follows:
should be put in boiling hot zinc solutions,
introducing piece by. piece; secure thor
| ough wetting and boil for at least half an
hour.
| b. Heavy wooden clothing, silks, furs,
stuffed bed covers, beds and other articles
luton, should be hung in the room during
fumigation, their surfaces thoroughly ex-
posed. and pockets being turned inside
out. Afterwards they should be hung in
the open air, beaten and shaken. Pillows,
| beds, stuffed mattresses, upholstered fur
niture, ETC., should be cut open. the con-
| tents spread out and thoroughly fumigat-
ed. Carpets are best fumigated on the
| floors, but must afterwards be removed
\ to the open air and thoroughly beaten,
| NOTE 1.-The only safety gainst infec-
tious disease is to avoid the special conta-
| gion of the disease, and for smallpox to
| vaccinate, especially when the disease is
| prevalent.
The rules and regulations of the State
Board of Health were adopted by this
CLAUDE N. ANDREWS. CLERK.