The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-08-16
fer Vaccination.
State Board Of Health Will
Suppress SMALLPOX In
This Manner.
LUMBERMEN WILL AID.

LUMBERMEN WILL AID.
At meeting of the states boards
of health of Minnesota and Wiscon.
sin, held at the city hall in Duluth
Tuesday afternoon and attended bv
many lumbermen and EMPLOYERS
ST lapo:; resolutions looking to the
suppression ST shall pox by com.
pufsory Vaccination were unani-
mously PASSED:
The resoruttion}s' as adopted are
as follows:
Resolved: FirstI1Ttfi;a,}t: tie. lie state
board of health appoint tn61esdii,caa1 HEIDI, in
spectors to act as experts ii the.
northern part of the state, to visit
suspected cases of contagious dis
eases in districts where there are
no medical health officers. That
such inspectors superintend re-
moval of all those ill with a .conta-
gious disease to suitable quaran-
tine hospital or place for quaran-
tine, giving such patients over to
the control of the local board of
health or the county board of
health. That such inspectors shall
receive Compen satiOn from the
state at a rate of 81 a visit, with
one way at the rate of 81
per mile. The inspectors shall
make note of the residence County
or state) of any patient who may
come under their observation.
They must also report their action
at once to the state board of health.
Second-That the county board of
health make arrangements with
local authorities to receive conta-
gious disease cases at a reasonable
per diem rate, or, in lieu thereof,
establish county quarantine hospi-
tails at reasonable points.
Third-That the owner, manager,
agent or foreman or other person
IN charge of any lumber4camp or
othe d men are
employed shall require vaccina-
ton as condition of employment.
Fourth-That the state inspectors
shall he prepared to vaccinate at
any camps at the expense of the
men themselves, the employers or
county for the material.
Fifth-That in connection with
the camps, works or dwellings,. or
convenient groups of camps, works
or dwellings coming under these
regulations there shall be construc-
ted building, or, in lieu thereof, a
double walled tent or tents shall be
kept on hand, with floor or floors,
and with facilities for heating and
ventilation, for the reservation of
any employe who may become sick;
and should any disease of con-
tagious nature, as defined
by the public health laws break
out, the hospital building or tent
must be located by the physician
in charge of the patient, in a posi-
tion satisfactory to any health Of
fcer authorized by the state board
of health to inspect the camp or
works.
Sixth-That all disinfection must
be conducted by a competent disin-
fectOr.
Seventh-That all camps in which
smallpox has existed during the
past year must be Immediately
disinfected or quarantined until
they have been thoroughly disin-
fected or burned. The same regu-
lations shall apply to the contents
of all such camps. The expense of
disinfection shall be borne by the
owner of the camp, and the disin-
fector employed must be subject to
the endorsement of the state board
of health.
Eighth-That, as the state law of
Minnesota provides that the expen-
ses of caring for persons infected
with a contagious disease shall be
borne by the person infected, if he
is able;
Resolved, that all employers of
laborers withhold from such en-
ployes who may become infected
with a contagious disease, and to
whom salary is due at the time OF
such infection, all moneys or wages
due him, until his discharge from
the hospital or place of detention;
that moneys or wages be withheld
from any such employees with sus.
picious SYMPTOMS until the diagno-
sis of the disease has been deter
mined by competent physician.
GoGEB1c exchanges convey the
intelligence that smallpox has
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