Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

No. 457, 81 Published June 9, 1918.
~ CHAPTER "A 444, LAWS OF 1919; -
ing to public health
The people of the State of wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly.
do enact as follows:
Section !. Sections 141s-15 and
1416-17 of the statutes are amended
to read: Section 1416-15. Whenever
a health officer shall know, suspect
or be informed of the existence of any
communicable disease, dangerous to the
public health, it shall be the duty of
such health officer, or deputy, to at
once examine such case or cases of
alleged communicable disease, danger
GUS to the public health. The
health officer having jurisdiction, up
on being notified or having knowledge
Of the existence of any disease which
of health in it's rules and regulations
to be quarantinable, shall Immediately
in person or by deputy quarantine the
infected house, rooms or premises SO
as effectually to quarantine the case
or cases and the family, if necessary,
in such manner and for such time as
the state board of health in it's rules
shall determine necessary to prevent
transmission of the disease When
ever a house, tenement room or other
building is placed in quarantine, a
placard shall be posted in a cOnspicu-
Gus position on such building, giving
the name of the disease for which
quarantine is established, or the word
Quarantine" in letters not less than
two inches long. Such placard shall
contain the following quarantine no
tice: "All persons are forbidden to
enter or leave these premises without
special written permit from the
all persons are forbidden to remove,
obscure or mutilate this card or to
interfere in any way with this quar-
antine without written orders from
1,nn II do, 1n1Tr
fine or Imprisonment as provided in
section 1908 of the statutes" The local
board of health shall employ as many
persons as are necessary to execute it's
orders; properly guard any house or
place containing any person or persons
affected with a Quarantinab able disease,
or who have been exposed thereto, if
quarantine is violated or intent to vio-
persons shall be sworn in a quaran-
tine guards, shall have police powers,
and may use all necessary means to
enforce the state laws for the pre-,
vention and control of contagious or
infectious diseases or the orders, rules
and regulations of any board of health
made in pursuance thereof
Section 1416-17. The expenses for
necessary nurses, medical attention,
food and other articles needed for the
comfort of the afflicted person, or per-
so taken care of, or against any other
person who may be liable for his sup
port INDECENT cases shall be cared for
at public expense upon the order of
the local board of health. The expense
of maintaining quarantine and disin-
lection of persons and premises after
death or recovery, shall be paid by the
city, incorporated village, or town, up
on the order of the local board of
health When a person with conta-
gious disease, quarantined in any
township, incorporated village or city
is legal resident of another
tnu inp villa ri u
of this state, the expense for neces-
sary nurses, medical attention, food
and other articles needed for the health
such person is INDECENT shall be paid
by the township, incorporated village
or city where such person is legal
resident or by the county where the
county system for the care of the poor
has been adopted; provided, that
sworn statement OF such expense is
sent to the proper town or county Of