Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-17
NEW BOARD OF HEALTH RULES.
Adopted by the State Board for the Guild
ance Of County Boards of Health.

NEW BOARD OF HEALTH RULES
Adopted by the State Board for the Guild
ance Of County Boards of Health.
DIR. P. J. Waldron, superintendent o.
the Pennington county board of health
has received from DR.. W. Fl. Lane, o!
Miller, superintendent ofthe state board
of health, the following rules and regu
lations, which were adopted at the recent
meeting ofthe state boardin Vermillion
The rules are very explicit and DR..
Waldron says they will be enforced to
the letter.
Following are the rules:
"Rule /. No person, either adult OF
minor, having a contagious or infectious
disease shall be admitted into church,
school or any public or private gathering
Such persons, when afflicted with small
pox, scarlet fever, diphteria. cholera,
cerebro spinal meningitis or measles,
shall be quarantined by the superintend-
ent of the county board of health, or a
proper person whom such officer may ap-
point; the time of such quarantine being
governed by rules hereby appended ;
such time being subject to modification
by the county board of health in scarlet
fever and measles in the event of early
complete recovery from exceptionally
mild cases. llpersons having occupied
rooms infected with contagious disease
shall be quarantined until the proper
health officer shall be satisfied that all
danger of communicating such disease
is passed, and all infected persons, cloth
ing, bedding and rooms, are properly
disinfected by the superintendent of
health or proper person authorized by
him to so disinfect.
"Rule 2. Persons having charge of
children who may have occupied infect
ed rooms, shall not allow such children
to mingle with the public, until the health
officer is satisfied that proper disinfection
has been carried out.
"Rule 8. When any householder
shall know or suspect, that any person
within his or her family, or who may be
residing with him or her; or
when any physician shall know or suspect
that any person whom he is called to
visit, has one of the diseases named
above. said physician or householder
shall give notice within twenty-four
hours of such disease together with the
locality, name of patient, name of dis
ease, age and sex of patient to the county
ofhealth, and said health
officer shall see that the proper notice
Or notices of warning, not less than
Twelve inches square and printed in
arge letters on cards shall be placed up
On the front door, or other conspicuous
place, wherein such sicknss prevails and
'uch notices shall not be removed, ex-
,ept by the order of the health officer.
All needed blanks for reports, as above,
'hall be supplied by the county superin-
endent of health, upon request; but no
person shall fail to make the required
'eport for want of blanks.
"Rule 4. In the case of the alleged
presence ofany contagious disease, when
he health officer is not satisfied as to
he facts, it shall be his duty to visit and
such case that he may act in
in the premises.
"Rule 5. The isolation of patients, and
luration of quarantine for the above
lamed diseases, shall be as follows:
"Measles-Quarantine of patient only,
Il days after recovery, and disinfection
If patients clothing, bedding and room
by patient.
iphtheria-For the patient fourteen
lays after recovery and for those minsl-
ng with the patient, until they and their
clothes have been thoroughly disinfec.
ed, and thorough disinfection of all
,lothes, bedding and rooms, that have
been exposed to contagion.
Scarlet Fever-Scarlet Rash and
Scarlatina-Patient, attendants and
children associated with patient, until
II days after complete desquamation
md recovery, and thorough disinfection
If clothing, bedding, rooms and other
apartments to be made.
Small Pox-lsolation Of patient and
Attendants until all crusts and scales have
disappeared and careful disinfection of
all clothing, bedding, furniture and
rooms, and those exposed. Persons ex-
posed shall be taken under quarantine for
sixteen days after exposure unless vacci-
mated.
"Cholera and Yellow Fever-For the
patient:-isolation until after recovery,
and careful disinfection. For those ex-
posed, ten days and disinfection.
Typhoid Fever Isolation of patient;
and careful disinfection of attendants,
bedding, rooms and all ex-
cretions.
"Rule 6. Whenever any person has
died from small pox, cholera, yellow
fever typhus fever, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, puerperal fever, typhoid fever,
erysipelas, measles or any other con-
tagious or infectious disease, the body
shall be wrapped in a sheet saturated
with solution of bichloride of mercury,
one ounce to the gallon of water, and
must be placed in coffin as soon as
possible and the coffin securely closed
and never again opened except in cases
of measles and typhoid, when opening
may be authorized by the county board
of health.
"In all cases>of death from any of the
above named diseases the funeral of any