Weekly journal-miner., 1913-06-04
NEW ORDERS BY STATE
 BOARD OF HEALTH.

Every case of pulmonary and laryngeal tuberculosis must be re- ported to the county or city health officer, and registered by him as a { communicable disease.
 This regulation was adopted by the state board of health which met at Phoenix Friday. The case must be reported by the patient himself or by his physician. The regulation has all the force of law and goes into effect immediate ly.
 To each patient so registered will be sent printed instructions in the methods of preventing contagion. Houses will not be placarded as in other contagious diseases nor will patients be quarantined. The instruc- tions are designed to safeguard pa- tients from auto-infection and to as sure the safety of those about them.
 The board also decided that each dairy selling milk in an incorporat- ed city shall be inspected by the county health officer who shall de- termine whether the conditions are sanitary or not and who shall re- commend that license be granted by the city or that it shall not be granted. Dr. Charles A. Meserve, state chemist and bacteriologist will cooperate with the health officers to this end.
 Dr. Meserve suggested that soda water fountains should serve drinks only in paper cups or else wash all glasses and utensils in boiling water
 It was the sentiment of the board that the state has good pure food laws, but that they are poorly en- forced.
 Briefly, the instructions that will be sent to tubercular patients are as follows:
 If room, apartment or house has been occupied within six months by another patient, it should be cleaned and fumigated
 A tubercular mother should not nurse an infant
 A patient should not be kissed habitually.
 Dishes, tableware, pipes, clothing and towels used by patient should not be used in common with other persons.
 A patient should not prepare food for the family without extra precau- tions to prevent contagion of the dishes or food.
 A patient should not spit on the floor, hearth, walls or furniture
 A patient should use a sputum cup of paper, china, glass or metal, which should have in 1t solution of car bo1ic acid or some other disinfec- tant.
 The sputum should be burned, never thrown away.
 A patient, when coughing, should hold handkerchief or napkin be- fore the face. If sputum is accident ally communicated to an objest in a room or to the room the spot should be disinfected immediately.
 
 Remove heavy curtains. Use sash curtains of washable material. Re move carpets and use cotton or wash rugs. Remove large pieces of furni- ture with thorough cleaning.
 The patients handkerchiefs and clothing should be disinfected before laundering and in the case of fam fly wash, should be attended to sep arately.
 Walls, floors and furniture should be wiped frequently with cloth wet with disinfectant Dry sweeping and dusting should be forbidden.
 The patient should not sleep with others. An attendant should sleep in an adjoining room.
 Food should not be prepared in or served to others in a room where a patient sleeps.
 A child should not be allowed to play on the floor of a patients room. Notice of change of residence should be given to the local health office.