Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-21
Iowa STATE BOARD OF health
RULES AND REGULATIONS
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
DEFINITION

DEFINITION
Rule l. Section / An infectious
disease Is one caused by living mico-
organism or germ. Those infectious
diseases which are readily transmits
sible from one person to another or
from man TO lower animals, or vice
versa, are contagious diseases.
Section q The following disease
viz: Scarlet fever Including Sea rle-
tina and Scarlet RASH, Diphtheria
including Membranous Group, Small
pox, Epidemic Cerebrospinal Menin-
gifts, Asiatic Cholera, Bnbonic Plague
Leprosy, Measles, Whooping Cough,
Chickenpox, Mumps, Puerperal Fever,
Typhoid Fever, Tuberculosis (includ-
ing Consumption, and Pneumonia.
are hereby declared by the Iowa
State Board of Health to be conta-
gious and infectious diseases, and
dangerous to the public health.
NOTIFICATION OF CONTAGIOUS AND
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Rule 2. 1t is hereby ordered by the
Iowa State Board of Health that
every physician and every Osteopath
practlcing within the State of Iowa,
shall give immediate notice (by tele-
phone if accessible), to the mayor
OF the city or town, or the clerk of
the township, of every recognized
case of any of the diseases mentioned
in Section 2, Rule /. of this Chapter,
which he Is called upon to attend pro-
fessionally, and within twelve (l2)
hours after making his diagnosis, he
shall give written notice of the
same to the above named official. In
cases where there Is reasonable
doubt as to the character of a disease
the attending physician shall advise
immediate isolation of the patient
until diagnosis is determined. In
all cases unattended ty a physician
1t shall be the duty of the head of the
family, or the person ia charge of the
patient or premises occupied by the
patient TO give notice in like manner
to that required of physicians, and
any school teacher or officer of a
school who has knowledge of the ex-
istence of any contagious or infec-
tious disease among persons attend.
ing such school, shall give immediate
notice of the same as herein provided.
Ordinance No SO of the Town of Au-
dubon, requires strict compliance with
the foregoing rules of the Board of
Health and provides penalties for
violations thereof. Part of said or
dinance is as follows -
Sec. 80 1t shall be the duty of
every police officer who has any
knowledge of, or has good reason TO
believe, that any of the provisions
of this ordnance are being violated,
to make report of same through his
chef TO the health officer of the local
board of health
Sec. 80. Any citizen who has rea.
son to believe that any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance is being vio-
lated may file an infoi nation under
oath, describing the person and the
offense charged, and it shall be the
duty of the attorney of the town
forthwith to prosecute the same be-
fore the proper court
Sec. 40. If any person by himself,
or by his agent or employee, shall
wilfully violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance, where no other pen
atty is provided, he shall be fined not
less than ten dollars, nor more than
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned
not less than three days, nor more
than thirty days, in the discretion of
the court.
Passed November 8, 1905
r. G. SPENCER,
ID. l.. FREEMAN, Mayor.
Clerk.