Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-06
'Departme1|t lof Public Health
SANITARY CODE.

The sanitary Bylaws, rules. regula-
 tons and orders heretoforel and here
 after adopted by the Depalrtment of
 Public Health and duly bubllshed
 and conformed to an Actl Revising
 and Amending the CharteAa of the
 City of Waterbury, approyed lJune
 p. 1905. and to an Act AmeIhding the
 Charter of the City of Waterbury in
 Relation to the Department of Pub
 lie Health, approved May s5 1905,
 shall be known as the Sanitary
 Code.
 INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
 Section 25.-It shall be the dnfv of every physician to report to the De- partment of Health, in writing. the full name. age and address of every person suffering from any one of the infectious diseases included in the list appended. with the name of inc dis ease, within twenty-four hours of the time when the case is first seen.-
 A. Contagious (very readily cIom- municable: Measles, rubella, (rothaln). scarlet fever, smallpox. vsriclella (chicken pox), typhus fever
 B. Communicable: Diphfherla. (croup), typhoid fever, Asiatic cholera, tuberculosis (of any organ), plague. te- tanus. epidemic cerebro spinal merlin gitis. leprosy, erysipelas. whooptng cough.
 c. Indirectly communicable lthrough intermediary hosp: Yellow fever.
 Section 26. It shall be the duty of every physician to report forthwith. in writing, to the Department of Health. the death of any person who dies rom, or while suffering with any in- fectious disease. and to state in such report the specific name and tyne Iof such disease.
 Section 2. It shall be the duty of every keeper of any boarding hbuse or lodging house, and the proprieu1r of every lodging house or hotel, to reuort forthwith to the Department of Hhalth all the known facts of any persoh ill, in any house or hotel under his ot her charge. and suffering from any one of the following infectious diseases.-L Measles. dfphtheria. tcroup), scarlet fever, smallpox, chicken pox, epi- demic cholera. typhus fever, rubelia. Crotheln). plague, tuberculosis, whoop- ing cough.
 Section 2S. It shall be the duty of every person having knowledge of lths existence of any person afflicted wfei any one of the following infectious q eases: Measles, diphtheria. (crou scarlet fever, smallpox, chicken pt epidemic cholera, typhus fever, ,t bella, (rotheln). plague. tuberculo, and whooping cough, who he has fe. son to think requires the attention t the Department of Health, to at on,.. report to the Department all facts h regard to the disease: and no perstp shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance. inspection or examination )f any building or house, or the occ,,- pants thereof, by the inspectors and officers of this Department, when anf case of one of the infectious disea se,, above specified has been reported as existing in sucn house or dwelling! nor shall any person interfere with oH obstruct. mutilate or tear down any notices of this Department posted ii or on any premises in the City of Wal ferbury. 5Ny1
 See 29. It shall be the duty of the commissioners or managers, or fhe principal. superintendent or physician of each and every public or private in stitution or dispensary in this city to report to the department of health, in writing. or to cause such report to be made by some competent and proper person. the name, age. sex. occupation and latest address of every person af- fiicted with tuberculosis. who is in their care or who has come under their observation. within one week from such time. It shall he the duty of every person sick with this disease and of every person In attendance upon anyone sick with this disease. and of the authorities of public and private institutions or dispensaries. to observe and enforce all the sanitary rules and regulations of the board of health for preventing the spread of pulmonary tuberculosis.
 Sec 30. It shall be the duty of every undertaken having notice of the death of any person within the city of Wa terbury of smallpox. diphtheria lcfOupl, scaIleL ieNeE, ltllOW leNft' typus fever. plague, Asiatic cholera or any other infectious disease dangerous to the general health of the commum ty. or of the bringing of the dead bOds of any person who has died of any such disease into such city. to give i'm mediate notice thereof to this depart- ment. No person shall retain or ex- pose or assist in the retention or ex-