The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-02-15

out suitable vaults or sewerage, are
hereby declared to be nuisances. It
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 proper sewerage con
nection, or provide such other sanitary
method as may be necessary to render
said privies healthy and inoffensive to
the SMELL And all privies and out
houses hereafter erected in any of said
towns must comply with this rule.
Rule ". For the prevention OF small
pox, the Board of Health hereby re
commends the vaccination OF all inha-
bitants of Owyhee County.
Rule V. Whenever case Of small
pox occurs in a lodging house, boarding
house, hotel or residence, and the per-
son afflicted with smallpox cannot be
isolated to the satisfaction OF tile Board
of Health, said person shall be removed
to place provided by said Board
Rule VI Whenever case OF small
pox breaks out in dwelling or place,
the warming flag, made OF yellow ma
terial, must be attached to and exposed
from the premises occupied by the case,
as warning TO the public of the pres
ence of smallpox in that locality, and
if the yellow flag be not obtainable, a
placard on which is written in legiblt
letters "Small Pox," shall be fastened
on an exposed part of the said infected
house or dwelling.
Rule VII. 1t shall be the duty Of
every citizen to Immediately notify the
Board of Health Of every case of small
pox coming to his knowledge, and it is
especially enjoined upon the proprietors
OF lodging houses, boarding houses and
hotels to notify the Board Of Health Of
the presence of small pox in their re-
spective abodes.
Rule VIII. It shall be the duty o
every citizen to Immediately notify tn,
Board of Health of the death of au,
person from small pox, of which h'
may have knowledge, aud no one excep
such as may have had the small pox, O
some one employed by the Board o
Health to be assigned to that duty
shall take charge of. dress, or bury th
body of the person who has thus died
The interment Of persons who hav
died from small pox shall take plac
within twelve hours after death, or a
soon as the circumstances of The cas-
will allow, and under no circumstance
shall a corpse infected with small pc.
be taken to a church, or meeting house
but shall be conveyed directly from til
house to the grave.
Rule TX. 1t shall be the duty o
every physician, resident OF Owyhe
County, or otherwise, attending upol
|, any person afflicted with small po
within said Owyhee County t, repor
to the Board of Health said case G
small pox within twelve hours afte
the first visit and discovery OF the di
sease of such person, or as soon there
after as possible, and the name and re
sidence Of such person.
Rule X 1t shall be the duty of til
Board of Health OF Owyhee County, Ida
no, whenever, in their judgment, til
the county is threatened with, or afflicl
ed by any formidable epidemic, infec
tious or contagious disease, to issue 0
cause to be issued, such orders, regula
tons and instructions as may, in thei
judgment, be deemed efficient for th
prevention of such disease, which or
ders, regulations and instructions sha
be advertised in at least one wspape
in Owy bee County for period Of THU
J ty Cays; said orders, regulations aud in
structions to be aud remain in fore
? and effect until by the said Board r,
voked: provided. thAt the same ma,