Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1900 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Hoard of Heahh to and either with nni hniaaiiimd virus, the only exception being thnAdnria* nn epidemic of small - pox. should a sufficient quantity of bovine virus not be obtainable humanized virus may be used when sanctioned by the Board of Health under whose jurisdiction said epidemic may ueeur. • Rile XL Whenever a physician is called I upon to attend a erne of voiamutiirnble disease dangerous to the public health, it shall be his duty to immediately report sueh ease to the local Health Officer ander whose jurisdiction such case may occur, and then it sbaU be the duty of such Health Officer to establish quarantine immediately by placarding the. house and officially informing the householder, commanding the members thereof no* to leave the premises except by permimioo under the saaitorv directions of the Health Officer. The card used for placarding shall not be lee* than twelve inches square, with the nameof thedisease plainly printed thereon, and said card to be posted In a conspicuous location. The card or flag for ebolera shall be black, with the name of the disease printed in white letters. The card or flag for smallpox shall be rad. and have the name of the disease printed thereon. The card or flag for diphtheria, membranous croup, scarier fever, men ties, whooping cough, typhus fever and rarabro-spinal meningitis shall be yellow, with the nameof the direuac printed thereon. No person shall remove or cause to he removed t except as already provided) any sueh card or flag, and tbequarantineshaUnot be raised until a certificate is nuMfe t>y Rttr wii nc physician satisfactory to the Health Officer in authority that the disease has subsided and all danger of contagion or infection by reason of sueh disease is pasted, and that proper disinfection satisfactory to the Health Officer has been accomplished. Any person violatii* the quarantine or causing the removal (except a* provided* or mutilation of said card or flag before a proper certificate has been placed in the hands of the Health Officer in authority, upon conviction shall be subjected to the penalties provided in section 13 of an net approved February <- VW- In cities and towns, flagsor cards Anil be provided by City or Town Boards of Health, and out tide the corporate limits of otiea or towns, by County Boards of Health. Every physician attending a cate of smallpox, diphtheria, membranous eroup, scarlet fever, or other communicable disease dangerous to the public health, shall use every rrasri noble precaution to prevent communicating the disease to other*. Rvu 11 Itis hereby made tbeduty of any piiiuie haling ihargi of t*ir remain* off one who has died off onaHpox to cause the body to be interred within twelve hours after death, and it shall be the duty of any person having charge off the remains of those who died off ebolera. typhus fever, yellow - fever, latallpox or bubonic plague to cease said remains to be Immediately wrapped in a sheet saturated with a solation of bichloride of mercury in the proportion of one ounce of the bichloride i of mercury to thegalloa of water and placed in a coffin, which shaH be securely closed, and the cogw not to be again opened. Rule li. In all cases off death from choli era. bubonic plague, leprosy, typhus fever. I yellow fever. lallpoT diptberia. membrai neous croup, seurlet fever andeerabro-spinal , meningitis, the funeral shall be strictly pri- ' rate. No publie or ehurah funerals shall I be held, or any person permitted to enter j the house containing the remain*, excepting I the undertaker and his assistants, unless by ; permistiou off the health officer. Rvu K. The room in which there has been aeaseof contageonsdiseatedangerous to the publie health mall be immediately disinfected following the recovery of the sick or the removal off the remains, as follows, to-wit: AU surfaces should be thoroughly washed with a solution of corrosive sublimate of the strength us one part in one thousand parts of water. The walk and ceiling, if plastered, should be brurned over with this solution, after which they should be whitewashed with alimewash. Especial care must be taken to wash away all dust from window ledges and other places where it may have settled, and to thoroughly cleanse crevices and out-of--1 the-way places. After this application of the disinfecting solution and an interval of twenty-four hours or longer for free ventilation, the floors and woodwork should be well scrubbed with soap and bo* water, and this should be followed by a second more proI longed exposure to fresh air admitted through open doors and windows. School books or books from a circulating library shall not be taken into or removed from any < house during the prevalence of any contagious disease dangerous to the publie health. . and if sueh books have been in sueh houses . during thepravalence of said diseases, they I must be destroyed by sueh owner or library I authorities or be properly disinfected before being returned to schools or put in circulation. Formaldehyde disinfection may be substituted for the above method off disinfection as follows: Clothixo -As here described or as bMow under sick room Into a trunk or a box I having a cover, ptace the garments one at a time, sprinkling each one with one or two ' tablespoonfuls of «» per cent, formaldehyde, mi xed with an equal amount off water. Al-low-the trank or box to remain closed for five hours, then open and bang the garments in the open air. Iff the formaldehyde odor pestista. sprinkle the garments lightly with dilated aqua ammonia.

Bkd Cioraas *x» Bn Fvkobhixgs—fffiect*. pillow cases aad blankets should be boiled in water for at least thirty minute*. Comforts may be treated a* described for rlothinr or submitted to the action of formaldehyde gas in the sack room. Straw ticks, husk and cotton mattresses, should beburaed.as they are too inexpensive to trouble with- Hair mattresses and feather beds should first be subjected in the sick room to the action of formaldehyde gas and afterward sent to be steamed and renovated. Pillow* should be treated as described for mattmses and feather beds. AU bedclothes, except bed tinea, may also be treated in the sack room as described below. Skk Room—Make as airtight as possible, opea cfoeet doors, drawers, and all closed receptacles: scatter their content* about the room: suspend etothing and bed clothes upon tines stretched acrom the room, or spread opt oa chairs or other objects: books must be opened and the leaves spread—in short, the room and its contents so disposed as to secure free aceem of gas to all part* as freely aspoesibla. Now for each LMn cubic feet of mace take right ounce* of per eent. fonnaldehjMe. mix with owe pint of water, and with a small sprinkling pot baring a very line sprinkler—a child's toy sprinkling pot is satisfactory—sprinkle the disinfectant over earpet. clothes. mattresses. stuffed furniture and sides of the room. Before sprinkling place a damp towel over mouth and nose. Ooae the room and allow it to remain so for not less than five hours, bat ten if possible, then open, remove all articles to the open air and clean the room thoroughly. MARRIAGE. BIRTH AND DEATH REPORTS. Rtle K. City and Town Health Officers shall record in n record book all birthsand deaths and contagions or infections disease* n a and in Rule 1. sad they shall, before the 15th of each month for the month preceding, send to the County Health Officer'the original returns of births and contagiota* disease, but the original certificates and records of death received shall after record in the local books, be sent direct to the State Board of Health by the Finn each month for the inoutb preceding. It shall be the duty of the County Health Officer to make a record of returns of births, contagious diseases and marriages, in a record book. AU record books shall be of the form and character prescribed by the State Board of Health EILI 17. AU physicians. accouebeurs and midwives in thisStateare hereby required to report to the Secretary ot the Board of Health of the town, city or county in which they may ocetir « within fifteen days thereafter ■. aU birth* which may ocetir in their practice. Whenever a physician's supply of j the necessary Maaksou which to make re- ' turns is nearly exhausted. he shall at once I make a reqnisitioa for the same on the ; Healthilfficer within whose jurisdiction be may reside. and said Health tifficer is hereby required to immediately supply the demand. Rile I*. It is ordered that cock County Health < Haver in this State shall, on or before the 3uth day of the month following the dose of each quarter, make his quarterly returns of aU marriage*. births aud diseases dangerous to the public health, to the Secretary of the State Board of Health, on blank* prescribed and furnished by the State Board of Health. Rcxk Hl Whenever any birth occurs with no pkysarian, aceouekeur or midwife in attendance. then such birth shall be reported to the Town. City or County Health Officer by the householder or other person under whose observation such birth saay occur. Ail seek report* to be made within fifteen days. Rcu ML AU persons authorized in this State to aolemnfae marriages are rwdersd to malm a report of all marriages solemnised to them to the deck of the Orrutt Court by ttmjnarringn was in days after the marriage is solemnised. "