Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-17
Rules and Regulations of the Ramsey County, ND.
Board Of Health as Adopted September 5th, 1914

THE TERM HEALTH OFFICER AS USED IN THESE
REGULATIONS, SHALL APPLY TO N INCLUDE
ALL SUPERINTENDENT OF COUNTY BOARDS OF
HEALTH. ALL HEALTH OFFICERS OF CITIES, ALL
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS, AND HEALTH OFFICIALS
OF VILLAGES BY WHATSOEVER NAME KNOWN.
Section 903S, Revised Statutes, 1905, is as follows:
Section 903S-(Violation of Health Laws). Every person
who willfully violates any provision of the health laws, the
punishment for violating which is not otherwise prescribed by
those laws or by this code, and every person who Willfully vio-
lates or refuses or omits to comply with any lawful order, di-
rection, prohibition or regulation prescribed by any board of
health or health officer, or any regulation lawfully made or es-
tablshed by any public officer, under authority OF the health
laws, is punishable by Imprisonment in a county Jail not eX-
eeedjas one :e9r, OF by a fine OF not exceeding two thousand
The following regulations of the State Board of Health,
low CT inIectious and contagious
diseases have been approved by the Ramsey County Board of
Health, dated the 9Th day of September, 1914, and have the
force of law:
/. Notification of every case Of any one of the diseases
known as smallpox, diptheria, scarlet fever, measles and
whooping cough shall be made in writing to the county
health officer within "a hours by the attending physician, or
any other person who has knowledge of the existence of such
disease, which notification shall specify the name of the dis
ease, and the name and place of residence of the person so
afflicted. Notification of every case of tuberculosis or typhoid
fever shall be made in writing to the health officer as soon as
a diagnosis is made, giving name Of the disease, name, age
and address of the person afflicted.
?. If the disease is smallpox, diptheria, or scarlet fever,
Cne edlt OIHCer Sldl al ONO alter ccelNllS SUCH NOlluca-
ton, see that the patient is completely isolated from all other
occupants of the house or building or removed to a hospital
for such cases. If the disease is typhoid fever, tuberculosis,
measles or whoopng cough, see section II for instructions.
3. If the disease is smallpox, diptneria or scarlet fever,
the health officer shall give notice to the public of the danger
Of infection from such disease, in the house or building by
placing placards with the name of the disease upon such in
large and distinctly printed letters, on the outer walls of the
house or building, close to the front, rear and other entrances.
4. The health officer shall rigidly quarantine on the prem
Uses upon which the infected house is situated, all the occu-
pants of the house OF building, not i'll of the disease, until
after: (a) The removal or thorough isolation of the patient;
(b) Until after disinfection to the satisfaction of the health
officer, Of those not i'll of the disease, their persons, clothing,
and that part of the house occupied by them. After all such
precautions have been taken, such persons shall not engage
in their usual vocations, OF in any other way mix or come in
contact with other individuals until the health officer shall
have given a certificate that in his opinion they may do so
without danger of spreading the disease.
5. School boards are forbidden from employing any person
as teacher afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis and all par
ents, guardians or persons having the care and custody of any
child or minor afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis are for
hidden from sending such child OF minor to any school OF
other public place.
G.. In case the disease be scarlet fever, the certificate re-
leasing from quarantine shall not be given by the health Of
fcer, to the person exposed, and who have not had the dis
ease, until after the usual period of incubation has elapsed
since last exposed, viz: a period of at least seven days, or
longer, at the discretion of the health officer. In case the dis
ease be d%iptheria, the quarantine period shall be at least
four weeks, or until a archaeological examination of the Sc
cretions of the pharnyS or naso- pharnyx has been made, and
found free from baci1li, such examination to be at the dis
erection Of the health officer. In case of smallpox, persons
who have never, had the disease and who have not we'll
marked VAGINAL scars, must not be released until after a
period of fourteen days after last exposure. All who have
been exposed must be vaccinated, or re-vaccinated, at once,
and those who have had smallpox, or who have on their
persons wen-marked typical vaccination scars, may be re-
leased after thorough disinfection of persons and clothing,
without further detention. 1t is, however, provided that under
certain conditions which the health officer may consider just
ifable, those exposed may be given restricted liberty after
they are disinfected and vaccinated.
Z. No child shall be permitted to enter any school in the
county until satisfactory evidence of successful vaccination
has been given to the proper authorities.
S. No health officer shall release any persons from quar-