The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-10-28
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
Churches and All Public Gather,
ings Discontinued
Situation Not Considered Serious

Owing to the prevalence Of diphtherla
and the laxity in observance OF quaran-
tine regulations in the past few weeks,
DR.. Phillips, city health officer, on
Wednesday morning ordered the public
schools of the city closed and all churches
and other public gatherings discontinued
until the spread of the disease is checked.
There are ten homes in lhls city
auarantined with about the same num-
Der Of cases. None of the cases have as
sumed serious aspect but in order to
check the disease it was thought best to
take radical steps to extermlnate 1t.
Several Of the cases are children from
the sixth and seventh grades OF the
school and the teacher in charge OF
those grades, Miss Bergland. is also
afflicted. During the time the school
Is closed the rooms will be thoroughly
fumigated. l..
No new cases are reported today and
with the precautions now being taken
it is likely that there will be no further
spread of the contagion. Quarantine
will be strictly enforced in all cases
Following are extracts from the regu-
lations of the state board of health:
1t shall be the duty of all health otfi-
GERS, upon the appearance OF any dan
gerous, contagious or infectious diseases
within their jurisdiction, Immediately
to investigate all circumstances concern
ing such diseases, and to make full
report thereof as required above. and
at all times promptly to take such
measures for the prevention, suppress
sion and control of such diseases as may
be needful and proper. Every health
officer shall have the power to remove
ton hospital, or to quarantine or isolate,
any person sick with any dangerous,
contagious or Infectious disease until
such sick person shall have been thor
oughly recovered and been disinfected.
Whenever any physician shall attend
any person sick with any dangerous,
or infectious disease, or with any dis
eases required by the state board of
health to be reported, he shall, within
"a hours, give notice thereof to the
health officer within whose jurisdiction
such sick person may then be.
In case of the question arising as. to
whether or not any person is affected or
is sick with a dangerous, contagious or
infectious disease, / he opinion of the
health officer shall prevail until the
and then the opinion of the executive
officer of the state board of health, or
any member or physician he may ap-
point to examine such case, shall be
final.
Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this act or violating or refus-
ing or neglecting to obey any of the
rules and regulations or orders made for
the prevention, suppression and control
diseases by the county board OF health or
the health officer or state board of
health, or who shall leave any pest
house or isolation hospital or quaran-
tined house or place without the consent
Of the proper health officer, or who
evades or breaks quarantine or conceals
case of contagious or infectious dis
eases. or assists in evading or breaking
any quarantine or concealing any case
of contagious or infectious disease, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be subject
to fine of not less than $25 nor more
than 800, or to imprisonment in the
county jail not to exceed 80 days, or to
both fine and imprisonment.
South Newport.