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

April OF each year, elect competent
physician as Health officer, whose term
OF office shall be one year, unless SOON
er removed by said Board or the acts
of a body having. superior Jurisdiction.
In the event of such removal, or II
vacancy occur from other causes, the
Board shall immediately proceed to ill
such vacancy. TO be qualified for
election as Health officer, the person
selected must be the legal holder of
certificate regularly issued by the State
Board of Medical Examiners Of this
state, authorizing him to practice medi-
cine In the State OF Town, and said
certificate must be recorded In the Of
flee OF the County Recorder Of the
county wherein he resides. The physi-
clan selected as Health officer shall
be the most competent person avail
able for this position. The salary of
the Health officer shall be determined
by the Local Board OF Health, and
should be an amount sufficient to COM
pensate him for the time and ability
required to properly discharge the
duties OF his office.
Duties OF the Health Omcer.
Rule %. The Health officer shall be
the sanitary adviser OF the Local
Board of Health, and In addition there
TO shall personally inspect the schools
ana all public buildings and public
utilities within the jurisdiction Of the
Local Board. He shall require the ow-
ners, managers, or superintendent OF
all such institutions to conduct and
maintain the same In proper SAM
tary condition, and order persons af-
| fected with any transmlsslble disease
or ailment excluded from the schools
and other places used by the general
public. All orders for the release of
quarantine In Incorporated cities or
towns, must have the approval Of the
Health Officer before such orders are
valid. In cases of sickness where no
physician Is In attendance, the Health
officer shall investigate as to the char
ncter Of such sickness, and report to
the Mayor or Township Clerk, and In
like circumstances, when the sickness
II caused by an infectious disease, de-
lcTIllhe lHt luct Oh recovery. ne SuHh
also attend and represent his Local
Board at the sanitary conferences
called by the State Board OF Health,
his actual expenses therefor being al
lowed and paid by the Local Board OF
Health so represented.
Revocation OF Physicians Certificate,
Rule 20. II any Physician or oste-
opath fail or neglect to conform to
quarantine regulations, or TO promptly
report cases OF infectious disease TO
which he has been called profession.
ally, to the Mayor or Township Clerk,
that official shall make affidavit setting
forth the facts and the names of wit
ncsses thereto, and file same with the
Secretary Of the State Board OF Health,
whereupon the offender shall be cited
to appear before the State Board of
Medical Examiners and show cause
why his certificate should not be sus-
pended or revoked.
Adopted August %. 1907.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
CHAPTER |.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Definition

Rule /. Section /. An infectious
disease Is one caused by living micro
organism or germ. Those infectious
diseases which are readily transmissi-
BILE from one person to another or from
man to the lower animals, or vice
versa, are contagious diseases.
Sec. 2. The following diseases,
viz: Scarlet Fever Qncluding Scar
letina, and Scarlet RASH, Diphtheria
Gncluding Membranous Group, Small
pox, Epidemic Cerebrospinal Menin-
gifts, Asiatic Cholera, Bubonic Plague,
Leprosy, Measles, Whooping Cough,
Chickenpox, Mumps. Puerperal Fever,
Typhoid Fever, tuberculosis Qnclud.
ing Consumption, and Pneumonia,
are hereby declared by the Iowa State
Board Of Health to be contagious and
infectious diseases, and dangerous to
the public health.
Notification of Contagious and In
fictitious Diseases.
Rule 2. 1t is hereby ordered by the
Iowa State Board Of Health that
every physician and every Os-
teopath practicing within the State
Of Iowa, shall give immediate notice
(by telephone if accessble), 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 az
hours after making his diagnosis, he
shall give written notice of the same
to the above named official. In cases
where there is a reasonable doubt as
to the character Of disease, the at
tending physician shall advise immedi-
ate isolation of the patient until 4
diagnosis Is determined. In all cases
unattended by physician, 1t shall be
the duty of the head Of the family, or
the person in charge Of the patient or
premises occupied by the patient to
give notice in like manner to that re-
quired of physicians, and any school
teacher or officer of school who has
knowledge of the existence of any con-
tagious or infectious disease among
persons attending such school, shall
give immediate notice Of the same as
herein provided.
Mayor and Township Clerk to Report
- to Secretary of the State
Board of Health.
Rule 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
mayor of every city or town, and the
clerk of every township, to report to
the Secretary Of the State Board Of
Health, within twenty-four (24) hours
after being notified thereof, every case
of contagious or infectious disease re-
ported to him; and upon receiving no.
tice of the subsistence of such disease,
to likewise Immediately report that
fact, together with the mode of term
ination, whether by death or recovery.
Ali reports provided for In this regula-
tion, shall be made upon postal cards
in accordance with the following
forms adopted by the State Board of
Health.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

Sec. A. Cases Of Typhoid Fever,
Puerperal Fever, tuberculosis Con
SUMPTION, and Pneumonia shall be re-
ported for record, but neither Of these
diseases shall be subject to quarantine
or placard. The premises ON which
either Typhoid Fever, Puerperal Fever,
tuberculosis Consumption, or Pneu-
monia have existed, shall be properly
disinfected in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 2.
Sec. 5. All persons affected with
Scabies or Itch, and those infected
with Vermin, shall be excluded from
the public schools. All Teachers and
Superintendent of schools shall be
held personally responsible for the en-.
forcement of this regulation and shall
promptly report all cases of this
character to the Mayor or Health OF.
ficer.
Sec. 6. The Mayor of each City or
Town, and the Clerk of each Town
ship, shall designate and detail GER
tain Peace Officers as Sanitary Police.
Sec. Z. Sanitary Police Officers
shall visit all quarantined premises
within their jurisdiction at least once
in every twenty-four (24) hours to see
that Quarantine is properly observed,
and shall make daily report thereof to
the Mayor or Clerk of the Township
Ouarantina
Rule ). Section /. Quarantine shall
be established by serving written no,
tice, signed by the Mayor of the city
or town, or the clerk of the township,
upon the head of the family or occu-
pants of the premises, and by posting
in conspicuous place upon each
building, hall, lodging room, or place
wherein exists or is suspected to ex-
list an infectious disease, the follow
ing described sign: A yellow card not
less than eighteen inches square, hay
ing printed thereon in large letters the
word QUARANTINE" followed by
the name of the disease and the words:
"Notice! No person shall be permitted
to enter or leave these premises except
as provided by law, while r is quaran-
tined, under the penalty provided by
law"
Signed, ..................
). Mayor or 1vuHnship Clerk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
70 PROTECT THE
PUBLIC HEAL TIL
Rules and Regulations as
Adopted by the Iowa
State Board.
Valuable instructions as to the
Handling of Contagious and
infectious Diseases.

At the meeting of the Iowa State
Board Of Health in August, 1907, a
number of rules and regulations were
adopted for the purpose of preventing
the spread Of disease. The rules and
regulations should be carefully studied
In the interests of public health. In
,tructions of the State Board of
Health If carried out will certainly
result in improved conditions in the
handling of contagious and infectious
diseases, The rules and regulations as
adopted by the State Board Of Health
followi
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

Rule A. Section 1. 1t shall be the
duty of the Mayor and Township
Clerk, upon receiving notice of the ex-
istence of any case of Scarlet Fever
Qncluding Scarletina or Scarlet RASH,
Diphtheria Qncluding Membranous
Group, Smallpox, Epidemic Cere-
brospinal Meningitis, Asiastic Cholera,
Bubonic Plague or Leprosy, to forth
with quarantine the premises as pro-
yided for in Rule of this Chapter,
and to take such other measures as
may be necessary and proper for the
restriction and suppression of such
disease. He shall investigate all the
circumstances attendant upon the oc'
currence of the disease, and the per-
sons exposed thereto, and when neces-
sary to protect the public health, de-
tain such exposed persons under
quarantine. or isolation for the longest
period Of incubation. He shall make
proper provision for the care of the
sick.
sec. =. where lue ulSedSe IL
Measles, Chickenpox, Whooping Cough,
or Mumps, the premises shall he
placarded with the danger card de
noting such disease, and all persons
living upon such premises shall be pro-
h!bited from attending the public
schools or other public gatherings
Sec 3. Where the disease is Whoop-
ing Cough, Mumps, or Chlckenpox, per
sons not themselves afflicted with the
disease, need not be isolated, provided
that they do not occupy the same
sleeping apartment as the patient, but
such persons shall be prohibited from
attending the public schools while
residing upon such premises until the
same have been properly disinfected
under the personal supervision of the
Health Officer, and until they are in
possession Of a written permit signed
by the mayor or township clerk and
countersigned by the Health Officer.
Sample Form for Placard.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
Local Boards to:Keep Record.

Rule 20. The Mayor OF each incor-
porated city or town, and the Clerk of
the Township, shall keep a complete
record OF all cases OF contagious or
infectious diseases reported within his
Jurisdiction; said record shall include
the name, age, sex, social condition
and address of each patient, and the
name of the attending physician, and
nurse, the date of quarantine and re.
lease, the date Of disinfection, and the
name of the person who disinfected
the premises. A copy Of said record
shall be forwarded to the Secretary
OF the State Board OF Health by the
LIST day Of August In each year, and
shall include all data recorded up to
and including June 3Oth preceding.
Health Oficer, Election, Qualifica-
lions and. Compensation Or
Rule 81. Every Local Board Of
Health shall. at its first meeting In
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
CHAPTER l..
DisinfectioD.

DisinfectioB.
Rule l. Definition: The term dis.
infection" has reference to the de-
struction of disease producing bacteria.
The agents used for such are called
"dIslnfectants" or "germicides."
An "Antlseptic" Is an agent which
prevents the development of bacteria,
but does not necessarily destroy them.
A "Deodorant' is substance which
has power TO remove offensive odors,
but Is not necessarily dlsinfectant.
sterilization" Is term used to
designate the destruction Of germs by
heat, whereas "Disinfectlon" refers
more properly to their destruction by
chemical agents.
The terms "aseptic" and sterile"
have reference to condition denoting
the absence OF germ life.
Diseases In Which Disinfection Ii Re-
quired.
Rule 2. Disinfectlon of the prem
Uses, patient, patients secretions, ex.
cretions and exudates, books, clothing
and furniture, and everything used by
following infectious diseases:
Asiatlc Cholera, Bubonic Plague,
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis,
Diphthera 0ncludlng Membranous
Group, Measles Including German
Measles, Mumps, Scarlet Fever I'm.
Guiding Scarlet Rash and Scarletina),
Smallpox, Chlckenpox, Tuberculosis
Qncluding Consumption, Typhoid
Fever, Typhus Fever, Puerperal Fever.
Eryslpelas, Pneumonia, WhoopIng
Cough, and it is strongly recommended
that disnfection also be carried out
In Influenza.
Preliminary Precautions.
Rule 3. Before beginning disinfec.
ton, the requirements as prescribed In
the following Sections shall be com
piled with:
Sec. !. The person employed to do
the dlsinfecting shall wear cap and
gown so constructed as to completely
cover his clothing, and shall cover bis
face with piece Of gauze. After all
arrangements are complete, these gar.
ments shall be left ON the premises
and disinfected in the same manner as
other infected articles.
Sec. 2. All holes, cracks, and other
external apertures shall be sealed by
FASTING over them pieces of paper or
filing them with clean, damp cotton
rags.
Sec. 3. All bedding and other cloth.
fng, carpets and rugs should be hung
on chairs, or upon lines stretched
across the room for that purpose.
Books should be placed on edge, or
hung upon line in such manner as
to spread the pages. Drawers, cup
boards and trunks should be opened,
and while their contents need not be
unnecessarily disarranged, they should
be loosened in such manner as 10
give free access to the dlslnfecting
gas. Windows should be securely
closed, but left unlocked, in order %
admit OF their being opened from the
Continued on page 9, Part p
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Rule II. All persons suffering from
any disease subject to quarantine or
placard, or residing upon premises in
fected with any such disease, shall be
excluded from the public schools. The
superintendent, teacher or other Off
cial in charge Of any school, shall be
held personally responsible for the en-
forcement Of this regulation. and I'M
der no circumstances shall such super
intendent, teacher or official allow any
pers0n so excluded to re-enter such
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Sample Form for Placard.
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KEEP OUT.
Notice.

All persons are forbidden to en-.
ter or leave these premises except
as provided by regulations of the
State Board of Health.
Signed, ..................
Mayor-Township Clerk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

N. B. The foregoing cards must be
provided by the Local Board Of
Health.
Duties of the Mayor, Township Clerk
and Sanitary Police.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07

Sec. 2. No person shall enter OF
leave quarantined premises, except the
attending physician, unless in posses
sion of 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.
err suit or gown before entering the
premises, and upon leaving shall disin.
feet said suit or gown and wash their
hands and face with disinfecting
solution.
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Notice.

Signed. ....................
Mayor-Township Clerk.
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Prevention of Tuberculosis.

Rule %. Section l. The sputum ex-
perforated by persons affected with
Tuberculosis Consumption, Is infec-
tlous, and therefore serious menace
TO the public health. In order to pre-
vent dissemination Of this disease 1t
Is hereby ordered by the State Board
OF Health Of Iowa, that splitting upon
the public sidewalks, or upon the floors
or stairs of any public building or
other premises where the public con.
gregates, or upon the floors or steps Of
any street or railway car, or other pub
lie conveyance Is hereby prohibited
and forbidden.
Sec. 2. The custodian Of every pub
lie building and the manager OF every
street or railway car operating In this
state. shall cause all cuspidors used
therein to be cleansed and disinfected
by steam or other approved disinfec-
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
THREE
TIME CHAMPIONS
CinCh the Flag by Winning
from Altoona, While Sem
atOrS Split Even

W1LLTAMsPORT Pa. Sept. IT,
For the third tho In five years or
since the Tn-State League has been
in existence, Willlamsport has won
the championship. This was virtually
decided yesterday when Manager
Wolverton's team won from Altoona.
while Harrisburg the locals only
contenders in the race-was breaking
even with the Jawns
All Williamsport is celebrating for
the locals, even If they lose every
game and the Senators win all Of
theirs, will stil be the acknowledged
champions of 1908. The season ends
Saturday. the locals remaining games
being with Altoona. Previous to this
year teams representing this city IN
the Tri-State League have won PEN
nants In 1905 and 1907.
Until the seventh yesterday It look
ed as II Warhop would shut the Noun
taineers out. only twenty men faced
him In the first six innings. although
In that time the Beauts gathered four
hits.
Fast double plays by Altoona held
the score down. Reislng, Ward and
Keller were the best and worked the
doubles, Keller having one unassisted
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
BEAT us AFTER
TEN INNINGS
Peaches, With Hartley in the
Box, Make Red Roses
Go Some

LANCASTER. Sept 1i-Chic Hart
lev was used an an emergency pitcher
for the crippled Peaches yesterday and
he gave the Roses IN exceedingly
warm session. surprising them with his
swell control. abundance of speed ana
skill in separating the safeties. II re-
duired ten innings for the locals to
land the battle bv a 3 TO 2 check up.
Covaleski was turned TO winnins form
however. -Four of the SIX hits charged
against him We're reeiad off in the first
inning. when the visitors got their
runs. but thereafter orly one Of them
reached third The Philadelphia tcy-
out also distinguished himself by fan-
ming eleven. falling oae short OF tho
Tri-State record A peat catch of a
foul bv Deal. off Weinberg, was the
fedir- feature.
Singles bv Gleason. Ovens. Hartly
and Hunter and Miller sacrifice gave
the Peaches their two tailies. The
Roses got one back in The third, when
Covalesh smashed a triple TO centre
and counted on FitzpatdclI's out TO Ed
mundson. The figures we're tied IN the
seventh when Covaloski. who reachea
first on force. again scored on Mar
shall's threo-bagger 10 right. The is
sue was determined III The tenth by
Fitzpatriok's two. bagssr ana Fosters
left field drive. Score:
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE

To-day is the 1S1st anniversary Of the
Battle of Brandywine, but there will be
no civil or military demonstration to cons
memorate the event. In fact there viii be
nothing unusual on the old battlefield
which has been neglected, there being
only a few insignificant memorials at
Birmingham TO mark the spot where tho
Continental army made a brave but hope
less stand against overwhelming numbers
and a superior armed foe.
Thomas b. Brown, of West Chester,
President of the Brandywine Battlefield
Association said that there would be no
celebration of any sort on the field that he
knew of. He had talked the matter over
with members but it had been decided
not to make any effort this year to COM
memorate the event. One member, Joseph
B. Thompson, says that the Battle OF
Brandywine should be more enthusiastic
cally commemorated than the occupation
of Valley Forge, where there was no bat.
tie. While the Battle of Brandywine was
a defeat, many men shed their blood and
lost their lives there and it assisted in the
general result, showing that the Contin-
entail Army. was still imbued with pa
triotism and courage
Evening journal., 1908-09-11
THE PASSING
OF JOE CANS
Has Fought His Last Battle
in Long List of
l4S.

The victory of Battling Nelson over
Joe Cans marks the passing of one of
the greatest gladiators the ring has
ever seen. Cans says he will never
fight again and if he is wise he will
stick TO this decision, for there is
nothing more pitiful than the sight of
an old champion being battered
around by second-raters and trading
entirely on his past reputation. OF
the 14S battles I'm which he has fought
he has been knocked out but three
times.
Cans rise to the championship was
not meteoric; il was steady He was
born November 25, 1876, at Baltimore,
and fought his first fight i'm his native
city early in 1894 He started off like
whirlwind and knocked out the first
eight men he faced. He fought twelve
TO fifteen fights a year. and won prac-
tically all of them up to 1904. when he
got championship aspirations. In those
ten years George McFadden was the
only fighter who had knocked Cans
out
In 1904 he fought Jimmy Britt and
was Ocdlen IN lne llln Iounuf Dul ue
has since confessed that the fight was
fixed.
He fought few fights from that time
till Labor Day. 1906. when he met Bat
Ting Nelson at Goldheld. and after
giving him an awful beating for over
forty rounds was declared the winner
on a foul.
Cans subsequently picked up a little
easy money from a few second -raters,
such as Rudolph Unholz. He was un-
able to get another match with Nelson
because the Battler insisted on pro-
hibitive terms. Meanwhile he met
Jimmy Britt and disposed of tin IA
vorite son" in short order.
Finally another bout was arranged
with Nelson at Colma for July 4. The
Battler took another beating in the
early rounds, but wore Cans down and
put him out i'm the seventeenth round.
Cans claimed he had underestimated
Nelson and was not I'm good condition.
Thus the return match was arranged,
with the result that history was re-
peated and Cans again took the count.