Arizona republican., 1916-01-18

poN tNdTlOld, NdrlOlOlQ), lypnold lever, whooping cough, yellow fever, typhus fever infantile paralysis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. and tubercu- losis, and shall be understood to be in cluded in the following sections unless certain of them only are specified. @ Every physician who shall know or suspect that any person, requiring his services professionally, is suffer- ing from any of the diseases named in the preceding paragraph, shall forth with make report in writing to the City Health Officer upon blanks to be ful nished for that purpose. The re- port shall be personally signed by the physician and shall contain such items of information as are indicated on the blanks aforesaid. Cases merely sus- pected shall be reported as suspicious, or suspected cases, and the City Health Officer shall be notified promptly upon a definite decision being made as to the nature of the disease.
 (3) In case of Asiatic cholera, bu- bonic plague, small pox, and yellow fever, in addition to the card report the City Health Officer shall be inn mediately notified by the most eXpe- ditious method telephone, telegraph, messenger). Like immediate notice. in addition to the card report, shall also be given to the City Health Officer of PRIMARY cases in the City of chicken
 poX, diptheria, measles, scarlet fever and Whooping cough.
 (4) Every keeper of any private house, boarding house, lodging house inn or hotel, who shall know or sus- pect that any person, boarder, lodger, guest, tenant or other occupant of premises owned. conducted, managed or supervised by him. or any member of his family, is suffering from any of the diseases named in this section shall forthwith make report in writing to the City Health Officer, provided
 that where a physician or other per son has professionally attended such person, the responsibility of such re- port shall devOlVe solely upon the phy- sian or person so attending such person.
 C5) The City Health Officer shall
 upon receiving a report of any case of any disease, named in the first para graph of this section. forthwith make such inspection and examination as may be necessary and shall take such action as may be provided herein
 or by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health.
 (6) Upon receipt of the reports ir
 paragraphs and of this section
 provided the City Health Officer shall immediately proceed Tn the manner | following:
 (a) Upon notice to him of the exist ence of bubonic plague. cholera, small pOX and yellow fever he shall declare and establish an absolute quarantine which shall continue until raised by him or by the City Board of Health
 and the term Absolute quarantine" l used herein shall include first: Abso- lute prohibition of entrance to or exit | from a building or conveyance except | by officers or attendants authorized 1 by the health authorities and the placing of guards if necessary to en- force this prohibition; second: the posting of a warning placard stating l the name of the disease, in a con- 1 spicuous place or places on the out
 side of the building or conveyance
 third the prohibition of the passing
 out of any object or material from the | quarantined house or conveyance l fourth: provision for conveying the necessaries of life, under proper re- l strictions to be formulated by the l Health Officer, to those in quarantine. (b) Upon notice to him of the eX- | istence of diptheria. measles, scarlet 1 fever, infantile paralysis and epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis he shall de- clare and establish a modified quar- | antine; provided, however, that where
 in his judgment, the health of the | community will be endangered by per
 hitting the liberties of modified quar- l antine he may, at his discretion, es- l tablish absolute quarantine. The term modified quarantine as herein used
 shall mean and include. first: Prohi- bition of entrance and exit as an ab- | SOlute quarantine, except against cer- tain members of the family author | ized by the health authorities to pass in and out under definite restrictions
 to be formulated by the Board of | Health or the Health Officers; second The placing of placards as in absolute quarantine; third; Isolation of pa tient and attendants. The wage earneI
 or head of the family shall be allowed
 to continue his vocation provided he al | tt,n tient and that he has. and uses, ia
 cilities for thoroughly cleansing his hands immediately before leaving the premises. No such person. however
 shall be employed in an establishment
 maintaining the production. sale oi
 manufacture of candy or food pro.
 ducts. including milk and ice cream;
 nor shall such person be employed as
 a teacher of children or in any other
 capacity that might bring him into
 intimate contact with children.
 | Co Chicken pox, German measles
 humps, whooping cough, typhoid fever and leprosy shall be placarded an(
 dated. Houses from which cases o
 variola or variOloid are reported shal
 be placarded and treated as small poX
 and houses from which cases O
 membranous croup or diptheric croul
 are reported shall be placarded anC
 treated as diptheria
 (d All dieases named in this sec
 tion shall be subject to such specia
 instruction as may be issued by th'
 Secretary of the State Board O
 Health or the Board of Health of thu 1 CitN and the placardS used shall con