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

ZION OF sucn discharges. All vessels
used in the sick room must be kept
scrupplously clean and properly dis
infected.
Quarantine Period.
Rule 4. Section 1. Quarantine shall
be established and maintained in each
and every case for the period specially
and severally named herein:
Asiatic Cholera ..............21 days
Epidemic Cerebrospinal Menin-
gus. ................. ...l4 Gays
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina, Scar
let Rash) ..35 days
Smallpox observation-disclosures 40 days
Diphtheria (Membranous Group
Except as provided in Rule
1oj ........ 90 uays
Leprosy Continuous confinement to
premises.
Sec. 2. The Local Board of Health
shall have authority 10 continue g
quarantine beyond the time specified
herein when such continuance Is
deemed necessary to safeguard the
public health.
Defacing Quarantine Sign.
Rule 8. If any person shall vii
fully or maliciously, or without writ
ten authority, remove or defaoe. OF
cause to be removed or defaced, any
quarantine sign or signal OF danger
officially posted upon the quarantined
premises, or upon premises subject to
the State Board of Health, he shall
be deemed to have violated the regula
tons of the State Board of Health
and shall be prosecuted accordingly.
Distinction Before Release Of Quar-
antine.
Rule Q. After the termination Of
either OF the following named dis
eases; Asiatio Cholera, Bubonit
Plague. Epidemic Cerehrespfha
Meningitis, Diphtheria (incfudins
Membranous Group, Measles (includ
I ing German Measles), Scarlet Fever
| (including Scarletina and Scarlet
Rash), Mumps, Smallpox, Chickenpox
iFubercuIosis lincluding Consumption
typhoid Fever, Typhus Fever, Puer
pefai Fever, Erysipelas, Pneumonia
and Whooping Cough, the Mayer 81
the city or town, or the Clerk Of the
township, shall order the premise.
whereon or wherein the disease &C
CURED. together with all persons, fur
4itnre, bedding, clothing. books, ant
all ether articles thereon or therein
contained to be properly disipfectee
under the personal supervision q
the Health Officer, and in strict &C
cordance with the regulations pre-
scribed by the State Board of Health
(See Chapter 2. of Disinfection.)
seHsrai requirements for Release O
a4afaptIns.
Rule 10. No order for the relsas.
of quarantine shall be made by tn,
mayor, or township clerk until he re
ceives written report from the at
tending physician stating the numbel
OF pers9ns on the quarantined pre-
misses, the number whg have been sicl
with the infectious disease, thel,
names, ages, and when the disease
first appeared Up each ease, and whe1
and how it terminated, If this mayor
or township clerk shall fad that tht
regulations of the State and Ioca
/ Boards of Health relative to the per
lied Of quarantine, have been full.
compiled with, he shall order. the pre-
thereon to be disipfeeted II accord
I ance with the regulations OF the STATE
Board of Health. (See Chapter OF
Disinfection.) When all requirement.
have been properly complied with, the
quarantine may be released II quar-
, antine regulations have aol bsep fully
complied with. or if proper disinfee
ton has not been done, the mayor, OF
township clerk, shall continue the
quarantine for the proper period, ant
until disinfectioa is completed ane
certified to by the Health officer. AL
,disinfecting provided for in this Chap
j ter shall be done under the persona
supervision Of the Health officer ant
at public expense.
Special Provisions Under Which Quar-
antine May Be Released In Less
| Than the Prescribed Period.
Rule II. Section 1. At the ter
mination Of any quarantinable disease
! except Diphtheria, when there are M
further exposures thereto, upon the
premises, the Quarantine may be re
LEASED, even though the period pre-
scribed in Rule z has not elapsed
Provided, that no release from quaran
tine shall be permitted until the fol
lowing conditions have been compiled
with, viz.
Sec. 2. Seventeen days must have
elapsed after the date Of complete
recovery or death of the last case or
the premises, to which fact the at
lending physician must certify ii
writing.
Sec 8. The entire body of the pa
tient and all exposed individuals mus,
be bathed in to 5000 solutief
Bichloride of Mercury, or other an
proved disinfectant, and thoroughly
washed with soap and hot water
Fhs clothing and other personal eff
fects must be properly disinfectet
as provided IN Rule Z, chapter 2.
| Sec. 4. In cases of Smallpox, Mt
tentiea to the following additional rs
auiremeats IN Imperative: Unvac
cinated persons whs have been ex
posed to Smallpox must be yaeeinatss
at once. and kept isolated until it Il
evident that the vaccination is sue
eessful. OF If such exposed person
promptly submit to vaccination, he
may at the discretion Of the Loca
Board of Health. be permitted to &c
at large, provided that he make per
sonal daily report for a period Of
twenty -one CID days to his attending
physician, or the Health Officer of the
Local Board Of Health. In either
case, the requirements of Section :
Of this Rule relating to disinfection
must be complied with. If the vac
cination should fail in the norma
period OF time (ten days) the isola
ton, or observation with daily report
must be continued until twenty-one
f0fN ~ Io$a ~
when tse person may be released
provided that the requirements o
Section of this Rule relative to dis