The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-05-13
Sample Form f,,r Quarantine Caro-.
Mayor-Township Clerk.

| Sec. 2. No person shall enter or
leave Guaranteed premises, except the
attending physician, unless in posses
SIGN 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 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 /. 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, 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 disinfectant, and shall
remain therein for at least one hour.
The discharges may then be buried or
turned into 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
such discharges All vessels used in
the sick room must be kept scrupu-
lousy 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 Cholc 4. 81 days: Epidemic
Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Ia days;
Scarlet Fever (Scarletina, Scarlet
Rash), 35 days; Smallpox, 40 days;
Diphtheria (Membranous Group lex
cept as provided in Rule 49,. 35 days;
Leprosy, Continuous confinement to
premises.
Sec. 2. The Local Board Of Health
shall have authority to continue a
quarantine beyond the time specified
herein when such continuance is
deemed necessary to safeguard the
public health.
Defacing Quarantine Sign.
| Rule 8. II 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
State Board of Health, he shall be
deemed to have violated the regula.
tions of the State Board of Health
and shall be prosecuted accordingly
Disinfectton Before Release of Quar-.
antine.
Rule 9. After the termination OF
either Of the following named diseas
cs: Asiatic Cholera, Bubonic Plague
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis
Diphtheria, Gncluding Membranou.
Group, Measles Gncluding German
Measles), Scarlet Fever dncludins
Scarletina and Scarlet RASH, Mumps
Smallpox, Chickenpox, Tuberculosi,
Gncluding Consumption, Typhoid Fe
yer, Iyphus Fever, Puerperal Fever
Erysipelas, Pneumonia and Whoopin,
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 al
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 &C
cordance with the regulations pre-
scribed by the State Board of Health
(See Chapter 2, of Disinfection.)
General Requirements for Release o
Quarantine.
Rule TO- No order for the release o.
quarantine shall he made by the may
or, or township clerk until he receive,
a written report from the attendin,
physician stating the number of per
sons on the guaranteed premises
the number who have been sick wit
the infectious disease, their names
ages, and when the disease first ap
peared in each case, and when ant
how 1t terminated. If the mayor, o.
township clerk, shall find that til,
regulations of the State and Lo
cal Boards OF Health relativ,
to the period OF quarantine hav,
been fully complied with, he shall
order the premises and all per
sons and effects thereon to be dis
fected in accordance with the regula
lions of the State Board of Health
(See Chapter 2 on Disinfection) Whe1
all requirements have been properly
compiled with, the quarantine may be
released. IF quarantine regulations
have not heap fI,llv oompIiad with "a,