The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-12-12
SCARLET Y
Attention is hereby directed to the
law which provides that:

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RULE 8. When any householder
shall know or suspect, that any person
within his or her family, or who may
be temporarily residing with him or
her, or when any principal or teacher
in any school shall suspect that any
pupil under his or her supervision; or
when any physician shall know or sus-
pect that any person whom he is called
to visit. has one of the diseases named
above, Smallpox, scarlet fever, diph-
liberia, cholera, cerebro spinal menin-
gifts, measles or infantile paraiysis,)
said householder, principal, teacner,
or physician shall give notice within
tWenty-fOur hours of such disease, to-
gether with the locality, name of pa
tient. name of disease, age and sex of
patient to the County Superintendent
of Health, and said health officer shall
see that the proper notice or notices of
warning, not less than twelve inches
square and printed In large letters on
cards shall be placed upon the front
door, or other conspicuous place, where
in such sickness prevails and such no.
tices shall not be removed, except by
the order of the health officer All
keepers of hospitals and asylums snail
be responsible, equally with any ply
stefan who may be in charge, in seeing
that all cases of contagious diseases un-
der their jurisdiction or care are report
ed as noted above. All needed blanks
for reports. as above, shall be supplied
by the County Superintendent ofhealth
upon request; but no person shall fail
to make the required report for want
of blanks.
Violation of this is a misdemeanor
and punishable by a fine of 500 or
imprisonment or both.
On account of the epidemic of scar
let fever prevailing, this law will be
strictly enforced. Parents who have
children sick from any cause and do
not want to employ a physician, are
required to report same to some mem
Der of the local Board of Health, either
the City Mayor, City Atty, or the
undersigned,
1t is expected that parents keep
their children on their own premises.
1t is best for the children to be out of
doors as much as possible. to have the
houses, clothing and bedding thoroly
aired every day, especially to hang
them out when it is bright sunshine,
but visiting OF different families should
be abstained from as much as possible.
On quaranteened premises pet anil
mails such as cats and dogs will have to
be kept shut up, the Marshal is instruct
ed to do away with these animals when
| allowed to run at large.
Scarlet fever is contagious at least
from the time fever and sore throat
begins and as long as there is any
scaling after convalescence. The light
forms Of scarlet fever or so called scar
letina are as apt to be followed by bad
after effects such as ear trouble, deaf
ness, chronic sore throat, Bright's Dis
ease or heart trouble, as are the severe
forms aud while we may have quite a
number of very mild cases it may from
this same contagion appear in a severe
form at any time and cause death or
chronic invalidism.
Scarlet fever is a treacherous disease
at best. 1t has a high death rate in
children under eight years old.
The contagion does not require direct
contact, but may be carried in the
clothes, letters, dust, etc. 1t has been
known to stay active in clothes that
have been packed away for years. AS
a lule one attack confers immunity.
There is now obtainahle a vaccine
for the prevention of scarlet fever on
the principle similar to that of vac
cinating against small pox, except that
this is injected hypodermically, and
does not cause sores like the small pox
vaccine.
For immunizing, three injections
given a week apart are required.
1t is recommended that parents avail
themselves of this opportunity to pro-
tect their children before contracting
the disease,
HI. G. KooRs
City Health Officer