The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-03-28
NEW AND AMENDED CITY
CHARTERS.
ORDINANCE NO. 175.

/ puuiAe HCaith ahu " plONOAt the
spread infectious and contagious
diseases" passed by the common
council March 5th, 1901, to be and
the same is hereby amended by add
ing thereto sections 80, 3S, "a, S5
| S6. 81. SS and 80. which sections
shall be respectively as follows:
Section 80. That syphilis, gonor-
rhea and chaEcorid, hereinafter des-
ignated venereal diseases, are hereby
recognized and declared to be con-
tagious, infectious, communicable
and dangerous to the public health.
Section 3S. 1t shall be the duty OF
every licensed physician. or every
superintendent or manager of hos
pital or dispensary, and every person
who gives treatment for venereal
disease, to mail to the Board OF
Health of the City of Heppner, card
stating the age. sex. color, marital
cordition and occupation of such dis
eased person. the nature and pre-
vious duration of such disease and its
probable origin; such cards to be
mailed within three days after the
| first examination of such diseased
person, provided, tha. except as here
matter required the name of such dis
eased person shall not be reported to
said Beard of Health.
Section "a Upon the receipt of a
| report of a case of venereal disease
| it shall he the duty of the Board of
Health TO institute such measures for
the protection of other persons from
infection by such venereally diseased
person as said Board of Health is al
ready empowered to use to protect
the public and the spread of other in
fectious and contagious diseases.
Section 35. All information and
reports concerning persons infected
with venereal diseases shall be con-
fidential and shall be inaccessible to
the public except insofar as publicity
may attend to the performance of the
duty imposed upon the Board of
Health by this ordinance and the
rules of the state board of health and
laws of the state of Oregon.
Section So. The parents of all mi
nors acquiring venereal diseases and
living with said parents shall be le-
gally responsible for the compliance
of such minors with the requirements
of this ordinance relating to vener-
cal diseases.
Section 81. On all suspected cases
of venereal diseases in the infectious
stages, the Board Of Health shall i'm
use every available means
to determine whether the person or
persons so suspected Of being infect
ed are suffering from said diseases or
any of them, and whenever said dis
eases are found to exist the said
Board of Health shall whenever pos
sible ascertain the sources of such in
lection. In such investigations, the
said Board of Health is hereby vested
with full powers Of inspection, exam
ination, isolation and disinfection of
all persons, places and things as pro
vided herein.
Section 3S. 1t is hereby made the
duty of said Board of Health and they
are hereby directed and empowered:
(a) To make examination of all
persons reasonably suspected OF hav-
ing syphilis in the infectious stages
or gonococcus infection.
(b) To isolate persons infected
with any of such d sea ases
whenever isolation is necessary to
protect the public health. In estab-
fishing isolation, the said Board OF
Health shall define the limits of the
area in which the persons reasonably
suspected or known to have syphilis
or gonococcus infection, and no per
son other than the attendant and at
tending physician shall enter or leave
the area of isolation without the per-
mission of said Board of Health.
(c) Inasmuch as prostitution is
the most prolific source OF syphilis
and gonococcus infection, the city
Board of Health and all officers shall
use every proper means of suppress
ing the same, and all such officers are
hereby prohibited from issuing GER
tificates or other evidence of freedom
from venereal diseases.
Section 80. Any person violating
any of the provisions of sections 81,
SO, "a, IS, 36, 81, and 3S of this or
dinance shall be punished by fine OF
not more than $4,000, or by impris-
onment in the city Jail for period OF
not more than fifty days.
Inasmuch as this ordinance Is nec-
essary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health, peace and
safety of the city of Heppner in this:
That said diseases are so prevalent
that steps must be taken Immediately
to control their spread, therefore, an
emergency is hereby declared to exist
and this ordinance shall be In force
and effect from and after its approval
by the Mayor.
Passed the common council and ap-
proved by the Mayor this 26th day of
March, 1918.
w. w. SMEAD, Mayor.
Attest:
J. P. WILLIAMS, Recorder.