Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-08-02
PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN.


The Minnesota State, Board of
Health has promulgated number of
new rules for the control Of commu-
nicable diseases and safe guarding
the public health, the following Of
which relate to the. health of school
children, and ought to be observed
by all school officers and patrons of
our public schools: ::
Rule II. The local board of health
of every city, village and township
in Minnesota shall appoint one or
more school physicians, shall assign
a school physician to every school
within the city, village or town.
ship, shall provide him with all .-nec-
essary blanks and proper facilities
for the performance Of nis duties and
shall require him to call at such in
tervals as many be prescribed by the
local board of health, or whenever
notified so to do by the head of the
school, at the school building or
buildings under his jurisdiction;
except that, in the case of schools
in remote and isolated situations the
local board of health may, after con-
sullation with the State Board Of
Health, make such other arrange
ments as may best carry out the pur-
pose of this rule.
Rule y. Each school physician shall
make a medical examination of all
school children referred to him for
that purpose, and such examination
of pupils, teachers, and janitors, and
of school buildings as in his opinion
the protection of the health of the
public may require, and shall report
the results of such examinations to
the State Board of Health.
Rule 49, The local board of health
of every city and village shall require
every teacher to report each morning
to the head of the school the case of
every child belonging in his or her
room who shows signs of being in ill
health or suffering from commu-
nicable disease; also every child re-
turning to school after absence on
account of illness or unknown cause.
The head of the school, upon re-
ceiving such report, shall as soon as
possible thereafter notify the school
physician and refer to him all such
cases for examination. Whenever, in
the opinion of the head Of the school,
a child's condition requires that he
or she be sent home, and whenever
a child shows symptoms Of smallpox,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles,
chicken pox, tuberculosis, influenza,
tonsilitis, erysipelas, whooping cough,
mumps, ITCH ringWorm, or trachoma,
he or she shall send such suspect
home Immediately, or as soon as a
safe and proper conveyance can be
found, and the local health Officer
shall be notified at once by such case.
Rule "a. In the event of.any..school
child having smallpox, or having
been exposed to the disease while in
attendance at school, the building
where such child is in attendance
shall be closed by the order of the
local health officer and kept closed
until the place has been thoroughly
disinfected and cleansed under the
supervision OF said health officer. In
the event of the Board Of Education
having passed regulation requiring
vaccination Of all teachers and
pupils the school may be opened
after the above disinfect and
cleansing otherwise the school shall
be kept closed until the local board
of health, with approval Of the State
Board Of Health, directs otherwise.
Rule IS. No principal, superinten-
dent or teacher Of any school, and no
parent, master or guardian Of any
child or minor, having the power and
authority to prevent, shall permit
any such child or minor having
smallpo x,.. scarlet fever, d1phther1a,
measles, chicken ox, tuberculosis,
influenza -. =: tonsi litis, erysipe las,S
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