Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10


and In strict accordance Herewith.
Infected Letters.
Rule IA. No letter or other articles
comm & from quarantined premises
shall hinder any circumstances be
placed in any post Office, letter box
or rurar delivery. II on account OF
3carelesHness or neglect, any such In.
fected article shall have been placed
in a. post Office, letter box or rural
delivery, all such letters or articles
together with such other articles as
have come In contact herewith, shall
be detained and Immediately disin-
fected by the Health Officer, without
unnecessary delay or removal from
the custody of the post master.
Second Hand Clothing, Books, and
Travelling Libraries.
Rule is, Section 1. No person
shall publicly sell or offer to sell any
second hand clothing, books or other
articles until the same have been
properly disinfected.
Sec, 3. Books contained in travel
ing libraries shall be disinfected be-
fore being shipped from one commun-
ity to another.
See. 4. All distinction provided
fer in this Rule shall be done under
the supervision Of the Health Qfieer.
School Teachers.
Rule is. School teachers boarding
or residing with family In which any
| disease. subject to quarantine or pla-
card, Is known or suspected to exist
shall Immediately remove to premises
not SO infected, and provided they
have not been actually exposed to
Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever or Smallpox
may be allowed to continue their at
tendance at school. In all cases they
shall conform to the requirements
of the State Board Of Health relative
to disinfection.
superintendent Of Schools.
HuIe II. All persons suffering from
any disease subject to quarantine or
plaeard or Residing upon. premises fn-
fected with any such disease. shall be
excluded from the public schools. The
superintendent, teacher OF other Of
fetal in charge Of any school, shall
be held personally responsible for the
enforcement of this regulation, and
under no circumstances shall such
superintendent, teacher or official al.
low any person So excluded to re-enter
such school, except Upon the presen.
| tation OF written permit, showing
that such person has been properly
| disinfected and regularly released
from quarantine. All such permits
must be signed by the mayor, or town
sbiB Gaerk; and by the Health Officer
OF the Local Board OF Health, This
regulation shall also apply to Acade'
mics, Seminaries and Colleges.
Laboratory Cultures in Cases of Diph.
iberia.
Rule IS. Section 1. Where possible
determ{ns ths psFio sna i e sua aHeu .e
for each Individual case Of Diphtheria.
Specimens for culture shall be taken
BY the attending physician from the
patient. and forwarded to the State
Board of Health Laboratory for dag.
nosis. Quarantine and isolation shall
be established Immediately upon the
Appearanee 9f suspicious symptoms
In districts where It is ngt possible
for the physician to avail himself ai
the Laboratory tests, and the clinical
symptoms are those of Diphtheria
quarantine shall be established and
naiptatned for the regular period OF
thirty-hvestsB3 days. provided. how.
ever, that If antitoxin was admits.
tered within the first twenty-four
hours from the discovery of the initial
symptoms, the quarantine may be
fsleaseG At the expiration Of twenty
eight f2s} days, provided the patient
has made q complete recovery and
these facts are certified to by the at:
tending physician. y. =
Sec. .. Cultures for the release
Of quarantine shall not be taken until
after fourteen Ga days from the
date of initial symptoms. When re.
lease from quarantine is to be deter.
mined by laboratory findings, all in.
fected persons on the premises must
show two consecutive negative results
from cultures taken spontaneously
from the nose and throat of each.
The second and subsequent cultures
fer release Of Quarantine shall not be
taken Until aftst the expiration q
lforty.eight 4S9 hours after the first
~ subsequent cultures were obtained.
Sec 8. All culture examinations for
the release of quarantine must be
made by bacteriologist of the State
Board Of Health, and the reports
| thereof shall be fled with the Local
Board 9f Health. Before the release
pf any perspp az persons quarantined
Or account ct Hiphfherla, the rules
Of this Board relative te aisinfeetton
must be fully complied with. (see
Chapter ID
Sec. 4. The rules and regulations
Of the State Board Of Health pertain.
ling to diagnosis, quarantine and dis
infestion in cases Of Diphtheria. shall
apply ,! equally g:y t g a Ell cases of Mem
Leprosy.
Auie 70. All persons affected with
lepresy shall be continuously confined
upon their home premises: It shall
be the duty of the Health offleeF al
the Local Board of Health to report
| to the Secretary of the State Board
| Of Health, the name, age, social con
dittor and residence Of all persons
affected with this disease within the
community over which he has juris
/ diction, and the Local Board shall
keep a record of the particulars re
CURED herein.
Pet Animals, Flies and Rodents.
Rule 20. Whenever any premises
are quarantined. special attention
must be given to all pet animals kept
thereon. Cats and dogs shall be ex
Guided from tie house, and prevented
from running at large. Before the
quarantine is raised all such animals
shall be thoroughly washed in disin
fecting solution. Special precautions
must be taken to destroy all mice and
rats. When flies are present all doors
and windows shall be securely screen
ed and fresh fly paper placed in eact
room n ai1v,.