The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14
State Board Given Full
Power to Enforce
It's Rules.
REGULATES CARE
OF INF'ECTEDC CASES
Railway Coaches and Street Cars
Must Not Be Swept While
Passengers Are Present.
Local Boards of Health
Appointed for Every
County.

Clothed with power conferred upon
by the last Legislature. the State
Board OF Health yesterday met in this
city and promulgated set of rules
and regulations for the protection Of
the public health. These rules Will at
once have the full force and effect OF
law. Any violation or refusal to obey
them Is imisdemeanor and is punish
able as such.
For the most part the regulations
are directed at proper care OF persons
having or suspected of having irfec-
tions or communicable disease. Local
officers must hereafter handle all cases
Of smallpox. scarlet fever and diphthe
ria according to the rules of the State
Board. In addition. requirements are
fixed for the sanitation of schools, rail-
way coaches and stations. OF churches
and OF theatres.
1nasmuch as disinfectants are fire.
quently required by the rules, the State
Board sets standards OF disinfection to
which all persons will be required to
come.
In the last place. three conditions
are set forth as distinct uusances
which will not hereafter be tolerated
anywhere within the bounds of the
COMMUNICATIVE.
Local boards Named.
AS another Item OF business during
an extremely busy session. the State
Board appointed local boards of health
in every county in the state. In each
case under the law, the chatrma Of
the Board OF Supervisors is a member
of the county board. while the other
three members are physicians. In most
Instances the old boards were reap
pointed.
Members OF the board who attended
the meeting were as follows: DIR Raw.
ley W Martin. chairman, of Lynchburs: !:
pr w u. Smith. temporary secretary.
Alexandria Dr. $. w. Hobson. New
port News DIR. Stanley II. Graves, Nor
folk; DR.. j. B. Fisher. Midiothian;
DR.. T. c. Firebaugh, Harrisonburg. DR..
.. c. Wright. Jarra;ts: DR.. Lewis Nj
Harvie. Danville: DR.. Reid White. Lex
ington; DR.. George Ben Johnston and
DR.. Stuart Mcclure, Richmond
DR.. Smith was elected secretary to
succeed the late DR.. Samuel Peachy
Lstsne. He was appointed recently to
fill the office temporarily.
This being the occasion OF the pre-
sentation of the annual reports, they
were read and considered. State Health
Commissioner Ennion G. Williams de-
tailed the work oftthe year just ended.
ceedingly satisfactory showing.
Work at Cntnwbn.
Reports from the Catawba Sanator-
lum were made by Manager A. L.
Martin and by DIR. w. D. Tewkesbury,
the resident physician. II was shown
that many persons had been completely
restored to health through Its agency,
and that it will shortly be in position
to undertake the cure OF a greatly In
creased number.
State Sanitary Engineer Richard
Messer made his frs, report. He is
now putting In the sewerage system al
Catawba, but the numerous calls made,
upon him for work have demonstrated
the interest taken nawadays in ths
sanitation of public buildings
Five men are now at work in this
State combating hookworm. accord
ing to the report of Assistant Health
Commission Allen W. Freeman, who
has especial charge of this branch OF
the commissioners office, In the dis
tricts which have been organized tho
disease is well under control and the
people affected are becoming Interest,"
ed in the treatment offerd.
Resolutions of respect to the memory
of DR.. Latane were presented and
unanimously adopted
Pay of Local Oflcess.
Consideration was had a S to the COM
pensation to be allowed the local boards
of health. which for the first Nme
under the new law are chosen by the
State Board. It was decided to refer
the matter Of a uniform scale of sala-
ries and fees for county health officers
to committee composed Of DR.. S. W.
Hobson. chairman; DR.. j. B. Fisher. Dr.
5 George Ben Johnston and DR.. T. c.
Firebaugh
At 6 O'Clock the board completed its
labors and adjourned. The members
proceeded to the Country Club and
were guests of the State Health Com
3 mission at dinner.
Cases of Infection.
Smallpox is. first treated of in the
rules as to the care Of cases of infec.
ton. Machinery Is provided for the
diagnosis, following which every sus.
pected case must be strictly isolated.
Both the patient and the premises
are to be quarantined. All persons liv-
ing in the house must be quarantined
excepting those who exhibit scars OF
successful vaccination recent enough
to be protective in the opinion of the
protected will be allowed to leave af,
ter fumigatton of their effects. but
they may not return until the quaran-9
tine is raised The usual time limit OF
Z twenty-one days Is placed upon In
( facted property. Placards are required
to be exhibited at doors and gates
announcing the existence of the dis
ease,
Rules as to the isolation Of cases OF
scarlet fever and of dlptheria are
practically the same. Patient and
nurse are to remain alone in one ROOM
and must not be visited excepting by
the physician and the health officer. All
p persons under fifteen years of age In
the house are to be confined during
the period of isolation
Adults may attend to their regular
vocattons but are not allowed to en-
ter schools, churches or places OF pub
lto meeting. where children are in at 4
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