Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

Sec. 2. No person shall enter or
leave quarantined premises, except the
attending physician, unless in posses,
sion of a written permit signed by the
mayor or township clerk
Sec. 3. Physicians in attendance
upon cases of quarantinable disease
shall cover their clothing with a prop
er suit or gown before entering the
premises, and upon leaving shall disin-
feet said suit or gown and wash their
hands and face with a disinfecting
solution.
Isolation.
Rule 6. Section 1. Isolation means
the complete separation of the
patient, and those attendant upon him,
from all other persons upon the prem
iseS.
Sec. 2. Every article that has been
used on or about the patient, or In the
sick room, shall be properly disinfect-
ed by immersion in a strong disinfect-
ing solution, before being removed
from the sick room.
Sec. 3. When possible, a 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. 4. The discharges from the pa
tents bowels and bladder shall be
received in covered vessel. containing
an approved disnfectant, and shall
remain therein for at least one hour.
The discharges may then be buried or
turned into a sewer. When such dis
charges are to be buried the site Sc.
lected shall not be less than $50 feet
from well, and sufficient amount
of unslacked lime shall be used to
insure the complete destruction of
the sick room must be kept scrupu-
lously clean and properly disinfected.
Quarantine Period.
Rule Z. Section 1, Quarantine shall
be established and maintained in each
and every case for the period specially
and severally named herein:
Asiatic Cholera, 81 days; Epidemic
Cerebrospinal Meningitis, IA days;
Scarlet Fever (Scarletina, Scarlet
RASH, 80 days: Smallpox, 40 days;
Diphtheria Membranous Group lex
cept as provided in Rule 49,, 80 days;
Leprosy, Continuous confinement to
premises.
Sec. 2. The Local Board of Health
shall have authority to continue n
quarantine beyond the time specified
herein when such continuance is
deemed necessary to safe guard the
public health.
Defacing Quarantine Sign.
Rule 8. IL any person shall wilfully
or maliciously, or without written au-
thority, remove or deface, or cause to
be removed of defaced, any quaran-
tine sign or signal of danger, officially
posted upon the quarantined premises,
or upon premises subject to pla-
card as provided by regulations OF the
deemed to have violated the regula-
lions of the State Board of Health,
and shall be prosecuted accordingly
Disinfection Before Release OF Quar-
antine.
Rule Q. After the termination OF
either Of the following named diseas-
cs: Asiatic Cholera, Bubonic Plague,
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis,
Diphtheria, Including Membranous
Group, Measles Qncluding German
Measles), Scarlet Fever Qncluding
Scarletina and Scarlet RASH, Mumps,
Smallpox, Chckenpox, Tuberculosis
INCLUDING Consumption, Typhoid Fee
yer, 1yphus Fever, Puerperal Fever,
Erysipelas, Pneumonia and Whooping
Cough, the Mayor of the city or town,
or the Clerk of the township, shall Or
der the premises wherein or wherein
the disease occurred, together with all
persons, furniture, bedding, clothing,
books, and all other articles thereon
or therein contained to be properly dis
infected under the personal supervision
of the Health Officer, and in strict ac-
cordance with the regulations pre-
scribed by the State Board of Health.
(See Chapter 2, of Disinfection.)
General Requirements for Release of
Quarantine.
Rule 10. No order for the release OF
quarantine shall be made by the may
or, or township clerk until he receives
written report from the attending
physician stating the number OF per-
sons on the quarantined premises,
the number who have been sick with
the infectious disease, their names,
ages, and when the disease first ap-
peared in each case, and when and
how it terminated. If the mayor, or
township clerk, shall find that the
regulations of the State and Lo-
cal Boards of Health relative
to the period Of quarantine have
been fully complied with, he shall
order the premises and all per-
cons and effects thereon to he dis'p-
fectel in accordance with the regula-
lions of the State Board of Health.
(See Chapter on Disinfection) When
all requirements have been properly
complied with, the quarantine may be
released. If quarantine regulations
have not been fully complied with, or
if proper disinfection has not been
done, the mayor, or township clerk,
shall continue the quarantine for the
proper period and until disinfection is
completed and certified to by the
Health Officer. All disinfecting pro-