Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-05-13

Mayor-Township Clerk.
Sec. 2. No person shall enter or
leave quarantined premises, except
the attending physician, unless in pos
session of written permit signed by
the mayor or township clerk.
Sec. g. Physicians in attendance
upon cases of quarantinable disease
shall cover their clothing with a
proper suit or gown before entering
the premises, and upon leaving shall
disinfect said suit or gown and wash
their hands and face with a disinfect.
ing solution.
Isolation.
Rule 6. Section /. Isolation means
the complete separation of the pa
tient, and those attendant upon him
from all other persons upon the pre-
misses.
Sec. 2. Every article that has been
used on or about the patient, or in
the sick ROOM shall be properly dis
Infected by immersion In strong
disinfecting solution, before being re-
moved from the sick room.
Sec. 8. When possible, nurse
should be obtained to care for the
patient, but where from necessity or
choice the parents or other members
Of the family assume the duties of
nurse, the isolation shall apply to
them.
Sec. T. The discharges from the
patients bowels and bladder shall be
received In covered vessel contain.
ing an approved disinfectant, and
shall remain therein for at least one
hour. The discharges may then be
buried or turned into a sewer. When
such discharges are to be buried, the
site selected shall not be less than
100 feet from a well, and sufficient
amount Of unslacked lime shall be
used to insure the complete destruc-
ton Of such discharges. All vessels
used In the sick room must be kept
scrupulously clean and properly dis
infected.
Quarantine Period.
Rule 7. Section 1. Quarantine shall
be established and maintained in each
and every case for the period specially
and severally named herein:
Asiatic Cholera III days
Epidemic Cersbrospinal Menin-
gifts IA days
Scarlet Fever (Scarletina. Scar
let Rash) ................ 80 days
Smallpox .............. 40 days
Diphtheria (Membranous Group
Except as provided in Rule
1S) ........ ..............35 days
Leprosy Continuous confinement to
premises.
Sec. 2. The Local Board of Health
shall have authority to continue a
quarantine beyond the time specinec
herein when such continuance Is
deemed necessary to safeguard the
public health.
DefacIng Quarantine Sign.
Rule 8. II any person shall will
fully or maliciously. or without writ
ten authority, remove or deface, or
cause to be removed or defaced, any
quarantine sign or signal of danger,
officially posted upon the quarantined
premises, or upon premises subject to
placard as provided by regulations of
the State Board of Health, he shall
be deemed to have violated the regula-
lions of the State Board of Health,
and shall be prosecuted accordingly
Distinction Before Release of Quar-
antine.
Rule 9. After the termination Of
either of the following named dis
eases: Asiatic Cholera, Bubonic
Plague, Epidemic Cerebrospinal
Meningitis, Diphtheria (including
Membranous Group, Measles (includ-
ing German Measles), Scarlet Fever
(including Scarlatina and Scarlet
Rash), Mumps, Smallpox, Chickenpox,
tuberculosis (including Consumption)
Typhoid Fever, Typhus Fever, Puer
peral Fever, Erysipelas, Pneumonia
and Whooping Cough, the Mayor Of
the city or town, or the Clerk of the
township, shall order the premises
wherein or wherein the disease oc-
Cured, together with all persons, fur
niture. bedding, clothing, books, and
all other articles thereon or therein
contained to be properly disinfected
under the personal supervision Of
the Health Oficer, and in strict ac-
cordance with the regulations pre-
scribed by the State Board of Health
(See Chapter Q, of Disinfection.)
General Requirements for Release Of
Quarantine.
Rule 10. No order for the release
Of quarantine shall be made by the
mayor, or township clerk until he re-
ceives a written report from the at
tending physician stating the number
Of persons on the quarantined pre-
misses. the number who have been sick
with the infectious disease, their
names, ages, and when the disease
first appeared In each case, and when
and how II terminated. II the mayor
or township clerk shall find that the
regulations of the State and Local
Boards OF Health relative to the per
iod of quarantine, have been fully
complied with, he shall order the pre-
misses and al persons and effects
thereon to BE- 6sinfected In accord.
anoe with tho regulations of the State
Board Of Health. (See Chapter = on
Disinfectfon.) When all requirements
have been properly complied with, he
quarantine may be released. II quar-
antine regulations have not been fully
compiled with, or II proper disinfeo-
ton has not been done. the mayor, or
township clerk. shall continue Ma