The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-21
Published In The Topeka State journal,
Monday, May 81, 1871
ORDINANCE NO. 4721.

ORDINANCE NO. 4721.
AN ORDINANCE to prevent the introduce
ton and spread of tuberculosis in the
City of Topeka, establishing quarantine
rules and regulations pertaining thereto
and providing for segregation and isola-
ton of tuberculosis patients
Be it ordained by. the Board of Commits
sioners Of the City of Topeka:
cable disease dangerous to the public
health. It shall be the duty of every ply
writing on a form to be furnished by the
City Health Department, the name, age,
sex. color, occupation. place where last
person known by said physician to have
tuberculosis, to the City Physician within
to the knowledge of said physician.
Sec: 2. 1t shall be the duty of the City
Physician to cause all such reports so
he shall be the custodian. Such register
shall not be opened to inspection by any
Of said city And said health authorities
shall not permit any such report or record
to be divulged so as to disclose the iden-
tity of the person to whom it relates, ex
cept as may be necessary to carry into eff
feet the provisions of this ordinance.
apartment or premises by the death or
removal therefrom of a person having tu-
berculosis, it shall be the duty, of the at
physician. of the owner. lessee, occupant.
or other person having charge of the said
heah Officers Of sad City to Of sod
or removal within twenty -four hours there
after and such apartments or premises so
vacated shall not again be occupied until
duly disinfected, and the City Physician.
or one of the city health officers, shall
within "a hours thereafter visit said apart
ments premises and shall order and di-
rect and determine the manner in which
said apartments or premises shall be dis
infected, cleansed or renovated.
Sec. +. In case of the order or direction
of the City Physician requiring the renova-
ton 6 OF amy MEM or snal
hours after such order or direction shall
be given. the City Physician may cause
ally follows, to be placed upon the door
Of the infected apartment or premises
These apartments have been occupied by n
consumptive and may be infected. They
must not be occupied until the order of
the City Physician directing the disin-
with
Sec. 5. Any person having tuberculosis
shall exercise proper care to prevent in
fecting others. and all persons so suffer
ing from tuberculosis shall dispose of their
sputum. saliva. or other bodily secretion
or excretion. in approved and sanitary
manner. and any person suffering from
tuberculosis shall not expectorate upon the
floor or wall Of any public place nor upon
any sidewalk street. nor upon the floor
or wall of any dwelling.
Sec g. No washing. ironing or cooking
shall be done in any room where there is
any person suffering from tuberculosis.
ana all d1shes ana utensils used by any
person suffering from tuberculosis shall
be either thoroughly boiled immersed in
an approved antiseptic solution for at least
thirty minutes after being used.
Sec. 4 1t shall be the duty of a phvsi-
clan attending a patient having tuber-
culosis TO take all proper precaution and
to give proper instructions to prevent the
spread of tuberculosis. and it shall be the
duty of the City Physician to transmit TO
physician reporting a case of tuber-
culosis a printed statement in form APP
proved by the Secretary Of the State Board
of Health. naming such procedures and
precautions as in the opinion of the said
Secretary are necessary or desirable to he
taken the premises of tuberculosis
patient. And If such attending physician
be unwilling or unable to carry into effect
the procedure and n ecautious specified. it
shall then be the duty of the City Physi-
clan to see that such procedure and pre-
cautions are carried out.
Sec s. That in case any person suffer
ing with tuberculosis fails or refuses to
follow the procedure and precautions speci-
fled in Section of this ordinance. or who
fails to comply with anv of the provisions
Of this ordinance applicable to tuberculosis
patients. or who is so situated that their
presence endangers the health of children.
or who are liable to communicate this dis
ase to others. then It shall be the duty
of the City Physician to remove or cause
to be removed said patient to the local
tubercular sanitorium situated in Shawnee
County. Kansas. If in his opinion such
patient can be better provided for at such
sanitorium-
Sec. O. The CITY Physician shall have
charge of the said tubercular sanitorium
and he shall attend all patients in said
hospital and shall have power to discharge