The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-02-10

pointed as member of the county
Board of Health, and, upon motion of
Commissioner William H. Best, was
duly elected as chairman of said Board.
Whereupon, it is ordered that the
Board of Health, for the prevention of
the outbreak and spread of contagious
and infectious diseases, do hereby
adopt and publish the following SAM
tary rules and regulations, for the
government of Owyhee county, to-wit.
Rule I. 1t shall be the duty of every
resident, householder or property own
er of any town in Owyhee county to
keep his premises free and clean of all
filth and rubbish, to Thoroughly clean
said premises as soon as the ground is
free from snow in che spring, and keep
the same clean and free from all filth,
rubbish or offensive substances during
the spring, summer and autumn
months.
Rule III. 1t shall be the duty of the
owner of any horses, cattle. sheep,
swine or dogs, to bury the carcasses of
all such animals as may die, said buri-
al 10 be made within twenty four hours
after the death of the animal, and at
sufficient depth to cover the same with
three feet of soil Provided, however,
that said burial may be dispensed with
by depositing said carcasses at a dis
lance of at least two hundred yards
from any public road or highway, one
hundred yards from the banks of any
stream, and at least one half mile from
any residence or dwelling house.
Rule III. All privies and outhouses,
now erected ia any of the towns of
said county without suitable vaults or
sewerage are hereby declared to be
nuisances 1t shall be the duty Of the
owners thereof, within thirty days from
and after the first publication of these
rules, to dig suitable vaults, not less
than four feet in depth, to make prop
er sewerage connection, or provide
such other sanitary method as may be
necessary to render said privies
healthy and inoffensive to the smell
All privies and outhouses hereafter
erected in any of said towns must com
ply with this rule.
Rule ". For the prevention of
small pox, the Board of Health hereby
recommends the vaccination of all in
habitants of Owyhee county.
Rule V. Whenever case of small
pox occurs in a lodging house, board
ing house hotel or residence, and the
person afflicted by small pox cannot
be isolated to the satisfaction of the
Board of Health, said person shall be
removed to place provided by said
Board
Rule vi. Whenever a case of small
pox breaks out in any dwelling or
place, he warning flag. made of yellow
material, must be attached to and ex-
posed from the premises occupied by
the case, as warning to the public of
the presence of small pox in that local
ity; and if the yellow flag be not i'm
mediately obtainable, a placard on
which is written, in legible letters,
Small Pox,n shall be fastened on an
exposed part of the infected house or
dwelling.
Rule VII. 1t is the duty Of every
good cilizen to Immediately notify the
Board of Health of every case of small
pox coming to his knowledge, and it
is especially enjoined upou the pro-
prietors of lodging houses, boarding
houses and hotels to notify the Board
Of Health of the presence Of small pox
in their respective abodes.
Rule VII. 1t shall be the duty Of
every citizen to Immediately notify the
bOdIQ VI JICdlhn VI tn0 0tdOn VI any
person from small pox, of which he
lnay have knowledge, aud no one ex
cept such as may have had the small
poX, or some one employed by the
/ Board of Health to be assigned to that
duty, shall take charge of, dress, or
| bury the body of the person who has
thus died. The enterment of persons
who have died from small pox shall
take place within twelve hours after
death, or as soon as the circumstances
of the case will allow, and under nc
circumstances shall a corpse infected
with small pox be taken to a church
or meeting house, but shall be con-
veyed directly from the house to the
grave.
Rule TX. It shall be the duty OF
every physician, resident of Owyhee
county, Idaho, or otherwise, attending
upon any person afflicted with small
pox within said ONyhee county, to re-
port to the Board of Health said case
of small pox, within twelve hours OF
his first visit aud discovery of the dis.
ease of such person, or as soon there
after as possible, and the name aud
residence of such person.
Rule X 1t shall be the duty of the
Board of Health of Owyhee county
Idaho, whenever, in their judgment
the county is threatened with, or af
fected by any formidable epidemic, in.