Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-08
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, Nov. 8-The long looked
for rules by the state board of health
have been printed and were made pub
lie today for the first time by Secre-
tary Thomas Of the board. The rules
are given in brief above and are the
most drastic and far reaching that any
adopted, and the board declares that 1T
will see that they are enforced. A
meeting of the board with the health
officers of the entire state of Iowa
will be held IN this city next week and
the board will conduct a, school of In
struction in the new rules.
One of tile most drastic rules is that
in regard to tuberculosis. The board
has decided that no person afflicted
with tuberculosis can be allowed to
work in public places or places fire.
quented by the public. The board
promulgates state wide anti-spitting
ordinance and prohibits the employ
ment of persons afflicted with tuber-
culosis about schools, confectionery,
bakery, dairy. meat market, hotel.
restaurant, railway train or dining car.
theater, library, church, department
store or other public place where num-
bers of persons habitually congregate." :"
Teachers and principals of schools
are held by the board personally Ii
able or responsible for the presence in
the school of any pupil afflicted with
scabies or itch, of vermin and the chill
dren must be excluded from the school,
1t is made the duty of the mayor or
township clerk to appoint sanitary
police officer who shall visit all quar-
antined premises at least once every
twenty-four hours to see that the
quarantine is observed and report daily
to the mayor.
The head of the family heretofore
allowed to go in and out when there
was case of diphtheria Is hereafter
not to be allowed that liberty, In the
case of any disease where quarantine
is enforced.
All releases from quarantine must
be under the supervision of the health
officer who is hereafter burdened with
the duty of seeing to it that all flies,
rats and mice about the premises are
killed and that all dogs and cats and
pet animals of any kind are thor
oughly washed and fumigated.
Hereafter the physician must pay
closer attention and have more respect
for quarantines and the physician who
dares to violate the rules Of the state
board of health is liable to have his
certificate revoked. In the first place
physicians are not to be allowed to visit
patient who has diphtheria or small
pox and from there go straight to the
patient who has mild case of nerv-
Gus collapse strict rule Of the
state board Of health now promulgated
is that physicians on visiting patients
afflicted with any contagious or infec-
tious disease must on entering the
premises wear a robe that will entirely
cover all the clothing. On leaving the
premises this must be fumigated and
thoroughly disinfected before visiting
the next patient and the physician is
Furthermore required on leaving the
premises to wash his face and hands
with a disinfecting solution.
War on germs from one end of the
state to the other is declared in the
new rules Of the state board and even
Uncle Sans domains are invaded and
a rule of the board provides that no
letter from quarantined premises can
be removed and if by chance it is re-
moved and gets to the postoffice the
health officer must fumigate 1t and all
articles that it comes In contact with.
Furthermore, railroad companies under
the new rules will have to reconstruct
the sanitary appointments of their pas
senger companies and desist from scat
tering germs Of disease thru the coun-
try.
The state law gives the state board
of health practically unlimited author
ity and power to make and enforce
rules affecting and protecting the
health of the people of the state.
The third period Of the September
term Of the supreme court will con-