The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-06-18
Rules and Regulations.
SECTION I.
Prevention of Disease


SECTION l.
Prevention of Disease.
Rule l. 1t shall be the duty of the
occupant of any dwelling house or
other building in whose family there
shall occur case of diphtheria,
scarlet fever, smallpox, pneumonia,
consumption, meningitis, measles,
whooping-cough, TYPHOID fever, or
any other communicable disease
dangerous to the public health, to
Immediately give notice thereof to
the health officer of this township,
Refusal or neglect to comply with
this rule shall, upon conviction
thereof, subject such owner to a fine
of not less than ten nor more than
fifty dollars.
Rule 2. Whenever any physician
whether living in this township or
outside thereof, shall be called IN
this township to treat any patient
who is sick with smallpox. scarlet
fever, diphtheria, or any other conf
municable disease dangerous to the
public health, such physician shall
immediately give notice thereof to
the health officer of the township;
and every physician who shall ne
glect or refuse to give such notice
shall, upon conviction thereof, be
subject to a fine of not less than ten
or more than fifty dollars.
Rule 3. This Board of Health, or
it's health officer, will, upon receipt
of such notice as provided for in
Rules / and 2, and whenever IN
their opinion a disease dangerous TO
the public health exists, take steps
for the prevention of the spread OF
such disease by placard and quar-
antine, and by such other measures
as they may deem necessary or ex-
pedient. And it shall be the duty of
every person connected with such a
| case of dangerous communicable dis
ease to strictly abide by the orders
md advice which this board or it's
health officer may issue.
Rule A. No person shall take
down, remove, injure or deface any
card or sign which may have been
| placed by order of the Board of
Health or health officer upon an,
building or premises. No occupant
| of said placarded building or prem
ises shall leave the same, and no
person except the attending physi-
clan or physicians, nurses and cler-
gymen shall enter the same without
| first obtaining the permission of
said board of health or health officer
Rule 5. In case of death of any
person from smallpox, diphtheria or
scarlet fever, the body of such de-
ceased person shall not be taken to
or inside of any church. public
building, or any other public place,
nor to any private residence or
building other than that upon the
| premises where said death occurred;
but said body shall be privately con-
veyed to any proper cemetery be-
| tween the hours of seven o'clock in
the evening and seven o'clock in the
| morning, and therein buried with
out any public demonstration or
public funeral services, unless 9TH
erwise ordered by the board of
health or it's health officer.
Rule 6. No person sick with
cholera, smallpox, diphtheria, scar
let fever. or any other dangerous
communicable disease, no corpse of
person dead from one of the above
named diseases, or from any other
dangerous communicable disease,
and no article which has been IN
fected or is liable to propagate or
convey any such disease shall be
brought within the limits of the
township, without the special per-
NIT and direction of the board of
health thereof. Whoever violates
the foregoing regulations incurs
the penalty of the law.
Rule Z. Permits for the remoV-
al Of infected articles or persons ia
accordance with the law, may be
| granted by this board, or by it's
| health officer when the board is not
| in session, under circumstances and
conditions recommended by the
State Board of Health.
SECTION III.
Prevention of Disease in Public
| SCHOOLS.
| Rule 8. 1t shall be the duty of
the principal of any school, or the
teacher in any school room or
building, whenever any disease
dangerous to the public health
breaks out in their room or building,
to Immediately notify the rlealth Of
ticer, whose duty is shall be. upon
receiving such notice, to investigate
the same at once and institute such
restrictive measures as will control
the spread of the disease.
Rule 8. Whenever smallpox, diph-
liberia. scarlet fever, or other dan
gerous communicable disease breaks
out in household containing
school children, it shall be the duty
of the health officer to Immediately
notify the school board and the
principal of the schools of the name
and character of the disease.
Rule 10. Whenever the principal