Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-06-25
NEW OREGON HEALTH LAW
More Stringent ReguIati tions for
Contagious Disea ses.

inspection Of food, dairies and milk
The, rules provide that practicing
physicians report cases of contagious
diseases to the county health officer
within "a hours after discovery
County health officers, their deputies,
municipal health officers, and phys
clans must make monthly reports of
deaths. The superintendents, of state
institutions childrens homes and
other institutions of public
nature must report to the state board
cases of contagious diseases within "a
hours. Monthly reports of births must
be made on the 9th of the succeeding
month to the county health officers by
physicians, midwives or householders.
Census bureau for the birth and death
reports were adopted.
County health officers must deputize
all persons who sell or handle caskets,
and the latter shall issue burial per
mits on physicians certificates. Rule
Z reads; "The transportation by rail.
way or steamboat of bodies dead of
smallpox, Asiatic cholera, yellow
fever, typhus fever, bubonic plague or
leprosy, is absolutely forbidden. -
Regulations are made for the trans
portation of bodies dead of dipthoria.
scarlet fever or other highly infectious
or contagious diseases; also for the
shipment of dead bodies in general.
These regulations must be observed
in the shipment of bodies from other
states for burial in Oregon. Careful
regulations are made for the disinter-
ment of bodies.
Rule IA reads; ''No person suffer
ing from diptheria, membranou.
Group, scarlet fever, smallpox, measles,
whooping cough, bubonic plague, lep,
rosy or other dangerous communicable
disease shall be admitted into any
public, parochial or private school
or Sunday school, or shall enter any
assemblage or railway car vessel OF
steamer, or other public conveyance. ;.
No person shall be admitted to any
school or college from house where
such disease has occurred, without
presenting physician S certificate tina;
danger is past.
No child shall be allowed tc
leave a house where such disease Ina.
occurred until the building has been
disinfected and quarantine removed.
Physicians must report cases of sucl
disease within "a hours to the county
or other health officer having iurisdic-
tion. In such case the county health
officer must place on the building a
quarantine card or flag bearing the
word " contagious, the color to be
yellow for smallpox green for diph-
iberia, red for scarlet fever and all
other diseases Persons attending
cases of such disease must use every
possible precaution to prevent com.
munication, and buildings where such
cases occur must be disinfected under
the direction of the health officer.
Periods of isolation for patients and
persons exposed are provided, ranging
from seven to II days. Bodies dead OF
communicable disease must be disin.
fected in a manner provided and must
be buried privately and not taken tc
any church, chapel or other public
place. School boards must have
children vaccinated. School or library
books must not be taken into houses
where there are cases of disease, and,
if they have been taken there already,
must be destroyed or disinfected.
The quarantine rules forbid the
bringing into the state Of persons sick
or suspected to be sick Of the disease
named. Railroad cars, steamers, OF
sailing vessels coming into Oregon
from places declared by the board
to be infected with contagious diseases
or having cases Of such diseases on
board, and all persons and things on
board, are subject TO disinfection at
the expense of the carrier or person
bringing in the disease. Any person
sick or suspected Of being sick with
any OF the diseases named shall be re.
moved by the local health authoEi tie,
isolated and properly cared for. II
the patient is unable to pay the ex
pense, it must be borne by the
owner of the car or vessel bringing
him in. Railroad condu ,tors and
masters of vessels must immediately
notify the secretary Of the board
by telegraph or telephone Of any cases
Of the such disease on their cars ol
vessels, ON arrival at any place IL
Oregon. County stock inspectors
veterinary surgeons, stock raisers ol
others knowing of lowor auimalI
affected with disease liable to be com
municated to man must report TO th,
county health officer, who must mott
fy the secretary of the state board
giving particulars County hcaltl
officers must, when requested
inspect dairics and milk. and wheI
they consider the dairy or milk in
furious they must report to the secre
tary Of the ttate board. That oflcia
or the state dairy and food commits
sioner must then prosecute, 10 case th
law is violated. County health on
GERS are required TO notify the socre
tary Of the state board Of all case
where articles Of food are expose
in such a way as to receive germs o
disease.
It is declared the duty Of all loca
boards Of health, health officials
health authorities, officers Of stat
institutions police officers, sheriIs
constables and all other officers an
employees Of the state, or any county