, 1922-04-20

'hes' NNShS -louiitalH
ConJunctivitis spotted or tick
;acute infectious) fever
Chancro'd Scarlet fever
Diphtheria Septic sore throat
FavuS Smallpox
German Measles Syphilis :
Chambers Tctarus
Gonorrhca Traciloma
Influenza Tuberculosis 1.-THE
Lcprosy organ or mart af.
Malaria fectcd in each case
Measles to be specified)
Meningitis tepi- Typhoid fever
demIc cPrrbro- TVEhus fever
spinai) W~hooping cough
humps L~othar!:ic Ence-
Typhus fever Dhalitis
Pneumonia TALL
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Group 2-Occupational Diseases and
Injuries
carbon monoXide Natural gas pois-
poisoning oniny
Mercury poisoning Wood alcohol
Group 3-MisceiIaneOus Diseases
Cancer lasting 7 DAYS
fooG poisoning Puerperal Sept
Continued fever cemia
Provided, the State Health Officer
may from time to time, in his discre-
ton, declare additional diseases no
tIfiable and subject to the provisions
of these regulations.
Section 2. Every person who is in
the State of Wyoming treats or ex-
amlnes for the purpose of diagnosis
or treatment any person suffering
from or afflicted with, or who sus-
poets that any person treated or ex-
amined by him is suffering from or
afflicted with, any one of the diseases
made notifiable by the preceding sec
ton, shall report such case-to the To-
cal health officer or his agent, within
whose jurisdiction the case occurs,
within "a hours after making a dag.
nosis or suspecting the disease to be
n required to be reported. Said re-
port shall be transmitted either by
telephone OF in writing. II made in
writing, the report shall be on the
blank form required by section 6 of
these regulations and may be for
warded by mail or special messenger,
or delivered in person at the office
of the local health officer. If trans
mitted by telephone, the report shall
be recorded by said local health Off
Ger, or his agent, at the time of re-
ceipt, on n of the blank forms pro-
vided by section 6 of these regula-
tions; said report, whether in writing
or by telephone, shall give the fol-
lowing information which is necessary
for the protection of the public health
and welfare.
Section 4. Whenever a person is
known, or is suspected, to be afflicted
with a notifiahle disease, and no ply
Stefan is in attendance, an immediate
report of the existence Of the case
shall be made to the local health Of
ficer within whose jurisdiction the case
occurs, by the midwife, nurse, father,
mother or other person in charge of
the patient, each in the order named.
Section 5. Every teacher and every
person in charge of any public or pri-
vate school, including Sunday schools,
shall report Immediately to the local
health officer within whose jurisdic-
ton the case occurs each and every
case which he or she knows or sus-
poets to be a ease of a notifiable dis
case in any person attending or I'M
ployed in his or her school.
Section g.. The written report of
cases of notifiable diseases required
by these rules, of persons treating or
examining persons afflicted with such
disease, shall be made upon blanks
supplied for the purpose by the State
Health Officer through the local
health officers.
Certain Words and Terms Defined
Section 2. Certain words and terms
as used in these regulations, shall be
held to have the following meanings:
l.. Professional Attendant shall
mean and include my person regu-
larly licensed to practice medicine or
surgery, any person engaged in the
practice Of midwifery, or any other
person who makes a business of Civ
ing aid or advice to others for the
purpose of alternating physical or
mental distress.
2. Householder shall be held to
NEAR and include the parents, guar
dians, c~aretakers or other persons
who have charge of children or min
ors, or of the household or of a group
or number of persons who dwell to-
gether, or have their lodging or board
together.
ID. Terminal Distinction shall
mean the disinfection or destruction
of infective, or presumably infective,
materials after the removal Of a per-
son sick of communicable disease, or
when such person is no longer a
source of infection.
(a) Bedding, clothing and other
articles USED by the patient shall be
treated as in concurrent disinfection.
(b) The floors of the room, and
the bed, occupied by the patient shall
be thoroughly cleansed and the room
aired.
Is. Fumigation shall mean the use
Of a gaseous agent for the destruction
Of vermin.
16. Cleansing shall be held to
mean the removal of infective mate
rial by scrubbing and washing.
/ (f) If the disease is hereinafter re-
nuired to be nlacarded. most a notice