The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-11
Guilford County Health Board
Enacts a Rigid Quarantine
Law

Law
A quarantine law for Guilforc
county was enacted at specia
meeting Friday of the county board
of health. Since the state of North
Carolina abolished its quarantine re-
eulations, by enactment of the gen.
eral assembly of 1911, this county
has had no restrictions on people
suffering with communicable dis.
eases. The new law for Guilford
will be controlled in its operation by
DR.. w. M. Jones. county health Off
Ger, and he may establish rigid and
complete quarantine in cases of Dip
liberia or membraneous Group, scar
let fever and smallpox.
The full provisions Of the new law
follow:
Through and by the authority in-
vested in section 10 of the public
health laws of North Carolina, the
Guilford county board ofhealth does
hereby enact the following reeula-
tons to apply to the county of Gull
ford, with the exception of the cities
of Greensboro and High Point:
Section ALI previous laws are
hereby ratified except when they
are in conflict with the following:
Section 2-That the term COM
municable disease shall include
every disease of contagious. infec.
tious, or pestilential nature, particu-
larry diphtheria or membraneous
Group, scarlet fever, smallpox,
measles and whooping cough.
Section s. That rigid and COM
plete quarantine may be established
in diphtheria or membraneous Group,
scarlet fever and smallpox, when
ever in the judgment of the health
officer it is necessary to prevent the
spread of these diseases.
Section 4-Where no physician
is in attendance, the nurse shall
furnish the information of the pres
ence of a known or suspected com
municable disease, and if no nurse
is in attendance, then the parent.
Or custodian of the person
sick with any disease mentioned in
section 2 shall report the same to
the health officer in writing.
Section 5-That the physician or
shall report to the health
officer in writing of the termination
by recovery, or otherwise, of every
case of a disease mentioned in sec
ton 8.
Section 6-The health officer is
hereby empowered to post in a con
spicuous place upon any building, |
or premises, wherein any person is
afflicted with a communicable dis
ease, a placard specifying the name
of the disease. 1t shall be unlawful |
for any person to tear down or null
tilate such notice in any way ex-
cept upon authority from the health
officer.
Section Tt shall be unlawful
for any principal or teacher of any
public school or private school, or
any parent, guardian or custodian
Of any minor child affected with any
of the diseases mentioned in section,
to permit such minor. to attend to
any public or private school. Sun
day school or public gathering. 1t
shall further be unlawful for any
parent, guardian or custodian of any
minor child to permit such child to
attend any public or private school,
school or public gathering,
from any house or premises where
III case of any of the diseases men,
toned in section 2 has been reported,
except upon written authority of the
health officer.
Section 8-lsolatihn from all pub
lie and private schools for cases of
known exposure to the following
shall be: Scarlet fever, seven days;
diphtheria, seven days (unless i'm
rnunized); smallpox, IA days Gum
less vaccinated,")
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