The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-06
STATE HEALTH REGULATIONS

Board of Health hereby declares in
fuenza TO be a contagious, infectious
and communicable disease and dan
gerous to public health.
Regulation No. 240. Influenza to be
reported-by whom. Every physician,
nurse or other attendant, druggist,
principal directing officer of any hos
pital. school, jail or other similar in
StitutOn. parent householder or other
person having knOwledge Of a known
or suspected case of influenza shall,
within twelve hours Of such knowledge
of such known or suspected case com
ing to his notice, report the same in
writing or by telephone to the Super
intendent of the County Board of
Health Of the county where such case
nav exist. All such reports as are
m.de by telephone shall be followed
by a written report within twelve
hoIrs.
Upon receipt of such report the
Superintendent of the County Board
OF Health shall Immediately forward
COPY of same to the superintendent
of the State Board of Health
Regulation No. 241. Contents of re-
pert Such report shall state the name,
address, age, occupation, name and ad-
dress of employer of such diseased
person, the date of onset OF the dis
ease, scnool attended, if any, precau-
tions taken to prevent the spread Of
nd D6-
dress of the person making the report.
Regulation No 242. Placarding.
Whenever a case of influenza is re-
ported TO the Superintendent Of the
County Board of Health, he shall attix
in a conspicuous place at each outside
entrance of the building, house or fiat,
as the case may be, red warning
card not less than ten by fourteen
inches in size, on which will be printed
in black, with bold-face type, the fol
lowing: Influenza" in type not less
than 312 inches in height, and Keep
Out" in similar type not less than 2R
inches in height DETACHMENT of such
placards or removal by any person
other than the Superintendent of the
County Board of Health or q duly au-
thorized representative Of the State
or County Beard of Health is strictly
prohibited.
Regulation No. 243 Islotion Of pa
tient and other necessary precautions
any person having influenza together
with the necessary nursing attendant
oil
tilated room of proper temperature,
as remote from other occupants Of
the premises as is practicable and
necessary to avoid contact.
The period of isolation shall con-
tinue during the course Of the dis
ease and until all clinical manifesto
tions of the disease have disappeared
and the temperature has been normal
for five successive days.
None other than the necessary medi-
cal and nursing attendants shall enter
the sick room or come in contact with
the patient
Visiting on premises on which a
known or suspected case of influenza
exists is strictly prohibited.
All discharges from the respiratory
tract, mouth, throat and nose of the
patient shall be received on cloths
which shall be burned Immediately
after using or in vessels containing
an approved disinfecting solution.
Soled body and bed clothing shall
be disinfectcd by boiling or by INNER
sion in an approved disinfecting solu
tiOn such as a five per cent compound
cresol solution. Any article used by
the patient or attendants such as
knives. forks, spoons, glasses, cups,
plates, etc, must be disinfected before
leaving the sick room. Floors, furni-
ture and woodwork should be wiped
up daily with an approved dsinfecting
solution
When the foregoing precautions are
property observed, other occupants
of the premises who show no evidence
of illness need not be confined to the
premises. 1t is required, however,
that persons residing on premises on
which a case of influenza exists should
refrain from attending public gather
ings and avoid unnecessary contact
with other persons
1t shall be the duty of the Superin-
tendent of the County Board of Health
to determine if the foregoing precau-
tions are being observed and when
ever it is discovered that proper OBJ
servance is not exercised, he shall at
once place the premises and all in
mates thereof under. strict quarantine,
prohibiting inmates from leaving the
premises and others from entering the
premises, except the necessary medi-
cal attendant.
Regulation No. 244. Regulating ad-
mittance to Hospitals. Whenever in
fuenza is epidemic or threatens to be-
come epidemic in the community, Wis
itors shall be excluded from hospitals,
except in case of actual emergency
such as impending death, and shall
be admitted then only when every pre-