, 1923-11-15

of any factory, workshop, office
building, market or store Of any
kind, which part is open to the gen.
eral public.
(c) In any railroad station OF
railroad car.
REGULATIONS PROHIBITING
COMMON TOWELS IN
PUBLIC PLACES
Section /. The term common
towels" as used in these regulations
shall be construed to mean a roller
towel or any towel which is or may
be used by more than one person
without being thoroughly laundered
after each individual use.
Section 2. 1t shall be unlawful
to provide a common towel
(a) In any building or premises
used as a public institution, school,
hotel, lodging house, restaurant,
theatre, or public hall, or in any part
Of any factory, workshop, office
building, market or store of any
kind, which part is open to the gen.
eral public.
(b) In any railroad station or
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
THE CONTROL OF VEN
ERAL DISEASES
In Accordance With the Provisions
of Section 3G1O, Chapter 100,
Session Laws Of Wyo.
ming, 1921
The following rules and regula-
tions were established by the Wyo-
ming State Board of Health at their
annual meeting held in Cheyenne,
on June 18th, 1923:
g contagious Vcncral Diseases
What Constitutes.
l.. Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chan
croid, hereinafter designated as ven
ereal diseases, are hereby declared
to be contagious, infectious, commu-
nicable and dangerous to public
health. 1t shall be unlawful for any
one infected with these diseases or
any of them to expose another per-
son to Infection.
Reports by Physician.
2. Any physician or other per-
son who makes a diagnosis in or
treats a case of venereal disease,
and any superintendent or manager
of a hospital. ~dispensary or char
liable or penal institution in which
there is a case of venereal disease
shall make u report of such case to
the health authorities according to
such form or n rs the State
Board of Health may direct.
Examination and Treatment of Per-
son Suspected Of Being Diseased.
3. All county health officers or
their authorized deputies within
their respective Jurisdictions are
hereby directed and empowered
when in their judgment it is neces-
sary to protect the public health, to
make examinations of persons reas-
onably suspected of being infected
with venereal disease and to detain
such persons until the results of such
examinations are known, to require
persons infected with ~venereal dis
ease to report for treatment to n
reputable physician and continue
treatment until cured or to submit
to treatment at public expense until
cured and also when in their judg-
ment it is necessary to protect the
public health to isolate or quaran-
tine persons infected with venereal
disease. 1t shall be the duty of all
local and state health officers to in
vestigate sources of infection of VEN
ereal disease, to cooperate with the
proper officials whose duty it is to
enforce laws directed against pros
titution and otherwise to use every
proper means for the suppression of
prostitution.
Duties Of Prison Authorities Any
state, County, or City Prison n,
With Reference to Vcncral Dis.
eases.
&. All persons who shall be con-
fined or imprisoned in any state,
county or city prison in this state
shall be examined bimonthly for and
if infected treated for venercal dis
ease by the health authorities or
county physician. The prison author
tiles of any state, county or city
prison are directed to make avail
able to the health authorities such
portion of any state, county or city
prison us may be necessary for n
clinic or n hospital wherein all per-
sons who may be confined or i'm
prisoned in any such prison and who
r infected with vcncrcal diseases
and all such persons who are suffer
ing with venercal diseases at the
time of the expiration of their terms
of Imprisonment, and in case no
other suitable place for isolation OF
quarantine is available, such other
PN.soha ''". map NC iso'ateu OF guar
antined under the provisions Of the
preceding section shall be isolated n,
public expense until cured. or in lieu
of such isolation any Of such per.
sons may in the discretion Of the
board Of health be required to re.
port for treatment to n licensed ply.
stefan or submit to treatment pro.
vided Mt public expense as provided
in the preceding section. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed
to interfere with the service of tn,
sentence imposed by n court MS q
punishment for the commission of q
crime.
b. Each and every person under
treatment for vcncrcal disease shall