The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-03

Dengue
Diphtheria
Dysentery
(a) Amebic e
OBJ Bacillary
Erysipelas
FavuS
German measles
Chambers
Hookworm disease
Leprosy
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis:
(a) Epidemic cerebrospinal
OBJ Tuberculous
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (conjunctivitis
Of newborn infants)
Para typhoid fever
Pneumonia (acute Iobar)
Poliomyelitis (acute infectious)
Rabies
Scarlet fever
Septic sore throat
Smallpox
TetanuS
Trachoma
Trichinosis
tuberculosis GALL forms; the organ or
part affected in each case to be specified
To be reported on special card as required
by Section 1929, General Statute 1870
Typhoid fever
Typhus fever.
WhoOping cough
Yellow fever
ment of infectious, contagious communi-
cable diseases depends upon the knowl-
edge of the existence or location of cases
of such diseases by the local and State
Boards of Health, it is hereby ruled that
the diseases named in paragraph (a) shall
be declared to be notifiable diseases and
the occurrence of cases of such diseases
shall be reported as herein provided;
Hereafter, each and every physician or
other practitioner of the healing art prac-
ticing in the State of Kansas who treats
or examines any person suffering from or
afflicted with, or suspected to be suffer
ing from afflicted with, any one of the
notifiable diseases named above shall i'm
mediately report such case of notifiable
disease in writing TO the local health au-
thority having Jurisdiction. Said report
shall be forwarded either by mail or by
special messenger and shall give the fol-
1. The date of the onset of such disease.
2. The name of the disease or suspected
disease.
3. The name, age, sex, color, nativity.
occupation, address, end school attended
or place of employment of patient.
in the household.
3. Source or probable source of infection
or origin or probable origin of the dis
ease.
6. The name and address of the report
ing physician.
suspected to be, smallpox, the report
shall, in addition. show whether the dis
ease is of the mild virulent type, and
smallpox or typhoid fever, whether the
patient has ever been successfully vac
cinated. and if the patient has been sue
cessfully vaccinated the number of times
and dates or approximate dates of such
vaccination; and if the disease is, or is
suspected to be, cholera, diphtheria,
plague scarlet fever, smallpox, or yellow
fever, the physician shall, in addition to
the written report. give immediate notice
of the case to the local health authority
in the most expeditions manner available;
and if the disease is. or is suspected to be,
tuberculosis, typhoid fever. para typhoid
sore throat, the report shall also show
whether the patient has been, or any mem
Der of the household in which the patient
resides is, engaged or employed in the
handling of milk for sale or preliminary
to sale
(c) The requirements of the preceding
paragraph shall be applicable to ply
sicians attending patients i'll with any of
asylums, or other institutions, public or
private; provided, that the superintendent
or other person in charge of any such
which the sick are cared for, may, with
the written consent of the local health
officer Tor board of healthy having juris-
| diction, report in the place of the attend
| ing physician or physicians the cases of
notifiable disease and disabilities occur
ring in or admitted to said hospital,
| asylum, or other institution in the same
manner as that prescribed for physicians.
Cd Whenever a person is known or is
suspected to be afflicted with notifiable
disease. or whenever the eyes of an infant
| under two weeks of age become Redeemed,
inflamed, or swollen, or contain an I'M
natural discharge. and no physician is in
| attendance. an immediate report of the
existence of the case shall be made to the
attendant, householder or other person
in charge of the patient.
(e) The written reports of cases of noti-
! fable diseases as required of physicians
by this rule shall be made upon blanks
| supplied for the purpose, through the
local health authorities, by the State Board
! of Health.
I 81 Local health officers boards of
health shall within seven ca days after
| the receipt by them of reports of cases of
| nathalie diseases forward mail n
the State Board of Health the original
written reports made by physicians. after
| first having transcribed the Information
! given in the respective reports in a book
| or other form of record for the permanent
| files of the local health office. On each
report thus forwarded the local health
officer shall state whether the case to
which the report pertains was visited or
! otherwise Investigated by the local health
/ officer or bv a representative of the local
health officer and whether end what meas
| ures were taken TO prevent the spread of
! cases
(g) Whenever there occurs within the
! jurisdiction of local health officer or
| board of health On epidemic Of n notifiablp
| disease the local health Officer or hoard
Of health shall. when requested by the
| Officer) within thirty davs after the cpl
| demic shall have subsidized. make n report
to the State Board Of Health If the num-
| her of cases occurring in the epidemic. and
the means by which the disease was
spread.
| (al In addition 70 the diseases named in
Rule I. the following are hereby declared
to he Infectious. conts gious. or communi-
| cable in their nature and are declared to
be notiffable diseases:
| Group II.
Gonorrboea
| Syphilis
| Obi Hereafter. each and every physician
| or other practitioner of the healing art
practicing in the State of Kansas. or anv
| other person who treats examines anv
| rerson suffering from afflicted with
| gonorrhoea or Syphilis in any of their
stages manifestations shall report by
| number. as hereinafter renr'red. in writ
ing to the State BOARD of Health the ex-
istence of sueh diseases.
(el All Surh rpnorts shall he made in
writing within IS hours after dia grosis
on blank forms supplied nv the State
Board of Health. and shall give the num-