Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-12-20
PREVENTION REGULATIONS
AND CONTROL OF INFLUENCE

AND CONTROL OF INFLUENZA
/ We, the undersigned members OF
the Boardrof Health of the Town of
Grant in meeting properly as
sembIed, do hereby issue the fol-,
lowing rules and regulations for thu
Lurpose of preventing the further
spread of influenza (la grippe or
pneumonia associated with influen-
"a. such rules and regulations to be
il force from and after Dec. 10, 1918.
Rule 1. All homes in which there
is a case Of influenza ia grippe) or
pneumonia associated with influenza
Shall be placarded in a conspicuous
| place with a red card on which shall
be printed the word Influenza, at
le.st two inches in feight; all per-
sons having such disease shall be
| Isolated in the home or hospital and
no person shall be allowed to enter
said home or the sick room at the
hospital except the attending ply
slcian, nurse, members of the health
board, and health officer, without
the permission of the health officer
or one Of his assistants.
Rule 2. Every physician engaged
to treat case of influenza, or who
snail have personal knowledge OF
any case of said disease, shall with
iii tWenty-four hours thereafter re-
port the same to the health officer.
When a physician is not employed,
the responsible head of the fam
lily shall report the case to the
health officer
Rule 3. All individuals in the
home, except those who are engaged
i'll gainful occupations, shall be
prohibited from leaving the pre-
misses as long as the home remains
placarded
Rule 4. individuals in the home
not afflicted with the disease who
are engaged in gainful occupations
may be permitted to follow such
occupations on the condition that
t.iey do not frequent public meet
ings, churches, schools, theaters,
pool rooms, billiard halls, saloons or
any place where people from time
to time congrega'e in considerable
numbers. Teachers and such other
persons with a gainful occupation
or business who. in the opinion of
the local board of health, may be
dangerous factors in the spread Of
influenza on account of their asso-
Citations with large numbers of peo-
pie shall, when influenza is present
in the home, take up their residence
in another home free from the dis
ease or be quarantined.
Rule 5. All homes shall be pla-
carded by or under the direction Of
the local health officer AMI said
placard shall not be removed until
at least four days after the temper
allure has registered normal in the
..6st case occurring in such home.
CIT is not safe for anyone who has
lhad influenza to return to usual vO-
cation for at least ten days from
| the time his temperature is normally
Rule 6. After patients have re-
covered from influenza ia grippe)
o. pneumonia associated with in
s3fluenza, the house shall be thor
oughly aired, the woodwork washed
with soap and water or an approved
disinfectant; all bed clothing used
| by the patient shall be boiled or
| thoroughly cleansed and aired
Rule 7. All police officers shall
prevent lettering in public places
and shall assist the health officer
in the enforcement of all ordinan-
ces, rules and regulations for the
protection of the public health.
! Rule s. PENALTY. Section 56O8.
Any person who shall wilTully vio-
late any law relating to the public
health, for which violation no other
| penalty is prescribed, or any order
c. regulation of any board Of
health, lawfully made and duly
| published, shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the county jail not
more than three months or by fine
| hot exceeding one hundred dollars.
| These rules will be strictly en-
| forced
BOARD CT HEALTH.