Evening journal., 1915-04-02
new STATE HEALTH
RULES effective
Whooping Cough an d
Typhoid Fever Cases
Must be Quarantined
REGULATIONS SENT
TO ALL

Al the annual meeting OF the State
Board Of Health at the Hotel DUPONT
yesterday afternoon the retiring
officers were reelected. they be-
ing Dr. William b. Orr. Lewes. pres
ideni; Or. A. E. FrGntz. this city,
secretary, and Dr. Herbert J. Wat
son. Newark. hactcriologiat The
greater part Of the meeting was Civ
en- over TO discussion on the new
health requirements which compel
all physicians in this State to report
the existence of many diseases not
heretofore rcportable, including
chicken pox. malaria, tuberculosis,
whoopng cough and typhoid fever.
Houses in which chickcl pOx, ty
phold fever or whoOping cough and
many other diseases occur also must
be placarded.
Physicians throughout the State
have been forwarded copies OF The
new regulations and also quarantine
cards TO be placed on houses In which
diseases exist. The new regulations
says
"1hc following diseases are hereby dc.
clarcd by the STATE Board of Health ol
Delaware TO he dangerous TO the public
health. and must be reported mmcdt-
atcly 10 the Bureau of vital Statistic.
of the State OF Delaware, upon blanks
pro, i,led for that purpose. The report
/ signed by the physician In charge oi TIE
| case, ur ID no physician Is Ia charge, thci
/ 10y the householder or other person 10
clurgc of or ministering the casr, build
/ ing. or institution. shall state the dis
ease. the name. the age, the scN. The
color Of the patient, the duration OF th'
illness and the cAact location of th'
house or room occupied by the patient
aud when more than one ease exists h
the same household or ON the suun
lmemiscs. each case shall immediutei.
be separately reported:
"hnthraN. Asiatic cholera, corcbro spi
nal meningitis, chickcnpoN. cholera in
lanlum. dphthcria lmcmmaucou
Group. crysipclas, glanders, hook Wori
disease, lcprosy, malaria, measles la
iuwsl. mumps. opimlnia nevnaiornn
pnlarfa. pneumonia. polio myclui
lpuciprlal fever. rabirs. scabics, -curlc
fever lscailoiina, scarlet iashl. snm'
pos t,araloidl. tctanus. irachuma, IA
hciculosis tull respiratory forms) iN
phoir fever, typhus fever, whool n
cough, bubcnic plague, yellow fever.
IAN reports must hr nude on blurl
furnished hy the State Board oi licalt
Failure 90 comply wiih this rule in
yokea the penalty TO comply With th
rules and regulations of the stat
Board of Health.
r rlacarding.
Every house in which case Of al
J thrax. Asistic cholera. bubon
plague. cerebrO spinal mcningiii
chicken pox. diphtheria tmombran
(, ons Group. lcprosy. measles. pol
: myelitis, scarlet fever tscarletin
e scarlet rash). small pox. typho
/, fcver. typhus fever. whOOping cOug
yellow fever has occurred or exist
shall be Immediately properly placarC
: cd by tho local Board of Health in a
! Incorporated towns. and when Outsid
such health limits, then by the phys
clan or person in charge of the cas-
and remain so until the end Of th
! quarantine Tho following disease
shall be quarantincd by the followin
colorod placards
Red, Scarlet Fever; Blue Dipl
: | thcra White. Chicken POX Measles
, ! Typhoid Fever. WhoOping Cough
. | Green. Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
Polio Myolltis: yellow Anthrax. As
attic Cholera. Buhonic Plague. Lepros,
Small Pox, Typhus Fever. Nello
Fcyer.
"All the requirements as at preser
provided for by the law and othe
g rules and regulations Of the Stat
7 Board of Health must be compile
. with
- Quarantine.
a Every house in which a case
D. anthrax, Asiatic cholera, bubon
! plague. cerebro spinal meningiti
diphtheria (membraneous Group
leprosy measles polio myelitis sea
let fever (scarleiina, scarlet rash