The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1901-12-13
AS TO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Nebraska Board of Health Devlses strin-
ent Quarantine Regulations.


bers and secretaries of the State
Board of Health have submitted q
set of stringent quarantine regulations
which are recommended for adoption
by every county in the state. They
provide for the quarantine of small
pox, scarlet fever and diphtheria
cases upon strict sanitary lines. The
board advises the county commission
ers in each county to organize q To-
cal board of health and they are ur-
ged to follow as closely as possible the
rules submitted to them, which are as
follows:
Whenever within the limits of this
county and without the corporate lin
its of any city or village a person is
suspected of having smallpox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria of other contagious
disease, he shall be Immediately iso-
lated within his own household as
carefully as possible, and as soon as
a contagious disease is recognized it
will be the duty of the attending ply.
sician and of the householder to give
written notice of the same to the
clerk of the county, giving the name
of the disease and of the family where
it exists. with the number exposed
and all other particulars that may be
of any value.
The premises where above conta-
gious diseases exist shall be duly
quarantined by the board through it's
proper officers, or an appointee, (a)
conspicuous point upon the premises
q placard giving the name of the dis
ease in letters not less than three
inches in height; (b) by verbal or
written notice to the householder to
remain on the premises and in no
way mingle with other people, or al
low others, except physicians, to ap-
proach nearer than thirty feet of any
house or person thus quarantined.
exposure.
Such quarantine shall continue un-
wiser Of the board, the last case of the
disease likely to occur therein has COM
pletely recovered and is ready FOR dis
infection. Provided. however. that in
cases Of extreme necessity one free
from disease may be released earlier
after thorough disinfection of person
and clothing, and with a certificate
from the above named medical ad-
wiser.
The necessaries of life, as often as
occasion demands, may be carried
within thirty feet of the quarantined
house by a neighbor or other duly
appointed messenger, but no nearer,
nor shall any effects whatever be
brought away from the household un-
til thoroughly disinfected.
In case of death from contagious
disease there shall be no public fun
eral; the body of the deceased shall
be closely wrapped in sheets we'll sat
urated with disinfectants and closed
in a tight casket, this to be again
wrapped in a disinfected cloth, and
in such cases the corpse shall not
be carried to or near any body of
people while on its way to the ceme-
terry.
When in any school district or COM
munity several families-say five to
eight-are infected with contagious
diseases, or very many exposures have
occurred, the board should prohibit
all gatherings of people in that COM
munity, including sessions of schools,
until in their opinion the emergency
is past.
All physicians should use due pre-
cautions in their visits to quarantined
households to avoid the danger OF
contagion to the well.
When, in the opinion of the medical
1OEloC1 vi IhC DOc1iu. qucll Oc1A
safely be raised, it shall be done with |
with a 40 per cent solu-
tion of formaldehyde, using at least |
five ounces to each 1000 cubic feet |
of air space, solution to be applied |
by an approved evaporation or by the |
sheet method, the rooms to be sealed |
for at least six hours, all persons to |
receive a disinfecting bath and their |
clothing to be fumigated and the |
house thoroughly cleaned. This is to |
be done in accordance with the sug-
gestions of the State Board of Health |
to physicians.
When in the opinion of the board a |
hospital is needed to which lndivid- |
ual cases of contagious diseases may
be removed, or when such method |
will accommodate those without homes |
at much less public expense, or for |
any other reason it is deemed best, |
a building suited to their needs shall |
be provided.
Whoever in any way willfully or |
negligently disobeys ohese rules of