, 1906-07-02
RIGID QUARANTINE DEMANDED.


calling in of the state health officer, the
doctors of Laramie now appear to be
fully agreed upon the character of he
disease prevalent in this city. All that
ease out and prevent it from being car
ried into the coming winter is n rigid
enforcement of the health laws. There
is nothing to be gained by being leni
ent with some and strict with others,
All should be placed upon exactly the
same footing and all should be required
10 give strict heed to the law. Those
in quarantine must observe UGH quar-
antine and must not be released before
the period of desquamation has fully
elapsed. The state law says that in no
case should a person be released inside
of three weeks.
The fact that hundreds have been
exposed is no excuse for permitting
laXness. Do the best We can, there Is
danger of the disease remaining with
us till cold weather sets in, and during
the winter season is the time when it
is the most dangerous. because of the
fact that it is hard to keep patients
from being exposed at that time.
In the interests of individuals as well
as the public in general, all those who
have not been vaccinated should at
once adopt this %precaution. 1t may
save them time and money, besides the
disagreeable nuisance of n quarantine.
Every house in which the disease has
been, whether quarantlned or not,
should be thoroughly fumigated. An
ounce OF prevention is worth a pound
of cure The fact that the disease is
in mild form, is no excuse for permit
ting it to spread and infect the entire
city.
For the benefit of those unacquaint-
ed with the law, The Republican gives
herewith several sections, and the doc
tors and the people are urged to read
them carefully n to abide by them
implicitly. There is no safety in a
half-hearted. vacillating policy:
Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of every
practicing or licensed physician in the
state of Wyoming to report immediate
of health and county health officer, by
telegram, telephone, or in the most ex.
peditious manner every cas- of small
pox, cholera, scarlet fever, diphtheria,
or contagious or infectious disease tina
is a menace to public health, and such
telegram shall be paid for out of the
funds provided for the expenses of said
state board of health.
Sec. 16. Any practicing or licensed
physician who shall fail to report
to said secretary any such case
in the manner provided in the proceed
ing section, or shall willfully make any
false report regarding any such case,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in the sum of not less than 500 and
not more han $1,000, or Imprisonment
in the county Jail not less than six
months nor more than one year.
Sec, %. Any member of the state
board of health, any county health Off
Ger, superintendent, or principal of any
city, town, county or institution named
in this act, who shall fail or neglect to
perform any of the duties herein re
quired of them, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in the sum OF not
less than 500 nor more than $1,000, or
shall be confined in the county jail for
a period of not less than six months,
nor more than one year, or both.
Sec. %. Any person or persons con-
fined in any quarantine established in
this state under the provisions of this
act. who shall escape therefrom or at
tempt to escape therefrom, without
D having been dismissed upon the Ger
tifcate or authority of the county
health officer, shall be deemed guilty o.
a felony, n upon conviction thereof
shall be confined in the penitentiary
not more than five years.
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