Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1900 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

INDIANA Stilt H 01 Ml. HEALTH. Rules of the Indiana State Board of Health, According to Chapter XVI, Acts of 1899, to Prevent Outbreaks and the Spread of Contageous, Infectious and Other Diseases, and for the Government of Subordinate Boards of Health and all Health Officers. Passed In Regular Session, October 13, 1899. RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF COUNTY. CITY AND TOWN HEALTH OFFICERS. Bulb 1. The communicable diseases dungerous to the public health, and which shall e immediately reported to the nearest health officer, are hereby declared to be yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, membranous croup, scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough, typhus fever, cerebro-spi-ual meningitis, typhoid fever, bubonic plague, leprosy and pulmonary tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis and typhoid fever shall not be quarantined, but shall be immediately reportedBulb 2. It shall be unlawful for any school teacher or other school officer to admit to any public, private or parochial school, Whether as a pupil or otherwise, any person affected with any communicable disease dangerous to the public health'. Bulb 3. It shall be unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having control of any child affected by any contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the public health, to permit said child to attend any public, private or parochial school, or be present in any public place. Bulb 4. It shall be unlawful for any school teacher or other school officer to admit to any public, private or parochial school, whether as a pupil or otherwise, any person who has come from, or who resides in any house or building affected with any communicable disease dangerous to the public health, or who has recently been affected with any communicable disease dangerous to the public health, unless sueh person shall first present a certificate signed by a reputable physician stating that all danger of communicating such disease is past, and said certificate has been approved and indorsed by the health officer in whose jurisdiction such person may reside.

Bulb 5. County, City and Town Boards of Health shall, at all times, exercise supervision over the location, drainage, water supply. heating, ventilation, plumbing, and disposal of excreta of all school houses and all public buildings within their jurisdiction. No sewer or other drain through which it is contemplated to dispose of sewage shall be constructed by any public officer or person or corporation until the plans for such sewer shall have been submitted to and approved by the local Board of Health possessing jurisdiction of the territory in which such sewer or drain is proposed to be constructed. No school house or other public building shall be erected until the plans therfor shall liave been submitted to, and the provisions for drainage, water supply, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and disposal of excreta shall have been approved by the local Board of Health within whose jurisdiction such school house or other public building is proposed to be erected. Upon notification by any i>erson it shall be the duty of the local Board of Health to examine into the location.drainage, water supply, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and disposal of excreta of any school house or other public building within its jurisdiction. If, in tne judgment of such Board of Health, the location, drainage, water supply, heating, ventilation, plumbing, or disposal of excreta of any such school house or public building shall be so defective as to be detrimental to public health, it shall be the duty of the local Board of Health immediately to notify the proper officer having charge and control of such school house or public building of the nature of the existing defect, and of what should be done to correct the same, and it shall thereupon be the duty of the person or persons having charge and control of said school house or public building forthwith to cause such changes in the location, drainage, water supply, heating, ventilation, plumbing, or disposal of excreta as have been recommended by the local Board of Health to be made, and it shall be unlawful for such person or persons having authority over such school house or public building to permit the same to continue without making the change or changes recommended by the local Board of Health for a longer period than ten days from the time of the receipt by such person or persons of the order of the local Board of Health recommending such change or changes. An appeal may be taken in case of disagreement to the State Board of Health, and, pending such appeal, the order of the local board shall stand. Rule 6. In case of sickness, it shall be the duty of every person whu shall know or suspect that the person taken sick is affected with any communicable disease dangerous to the public health, to give immediate notice to the Health Officer within whose jurisdiction such sick person may be found.

Rule 7. Every physician who shall know or suspect that any’ person whom he is called upon to visit, or about whom he is consulted, bus any communicable disease dangerous to the public health, shall immediately give notice, together with the locality and description of the case, to the Health Officer within whose jurisdiction such sick person may be found. Rule 8. It shall be unlawful for any person having control of any child or children to permit any such child or children to go from any house or building infected with any communicable disease dangerous to the public health (omittiag pulmonary tuberculosis and typhoid fever) to attend any public, private or parochial school or Sunday school, or any church, theater, opera house, music hall or place of public entertainment. or any picnic or public gathering, or to travel in any street car or public vehicle, vessel, steamer, train, or to travel or be on any public highway, street, alley, public square or grounds, or in any park, without first procuring a permit from the county or local Health Officer, and they shall obey fully all official sanitary directions found in the health rules or which may be given by the Health Officer. Rule 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or leave any house or building infected with any communicable disease dangerous to the public health, to attend any church, public meeting or place of amusement, or to travel on any street car or public vehicle, vessel or steamer, or travel or appear on any public street or highway, without first procuring a permit from the Health Officer exercising jurisdiction, and obeying absolutely his directions as to all sanitary precautions which shall be observed.

Rule 10. It shall be unlawful for any nerson who is, or who lias been recently, effected with any Communicable disease dangerous to the public health (omitting pulmonary tuberculosis), to travel or appear upon the the public streets or highways, or to appear in any public place or gathering.or to travel in any public vehicle or vessel, until a certificate is mode by the attending physician to to tfie Health Officer within w hose jurisdiction the cuse occurs, stating that all danger from infection or contagion by reason ot such disease is passed, aud such certificate is approved and endorsed by suid Health Officer. RULE H. Whenever a Health Officer shall know or suspect or be informed of the existence of any communicable disease dangerous to the public health, and there be no physician in attendance, or should any physician while in attemluwe fail <w refuse to immediately report such case to the Health Officer, it shall lie the duty of said Health Officer, or deputy, to examine such case or cases of alleged communicable disease dangerous to the public health, and act as required by the rules governing such cases of communicable diseases. Rule 12, In all cases where there has been an exposure or a suspected exposure to smalliiox of any person or persons, it shall be the duty of the Health Officer under whose jurisdiction said person or persons may be temporarily or permanently residing, to quarantine for fourteen days such person or persons as may be exposed or suspected of having been exposed to smallpox, and to advise vaccination or re-vaccination of all who In* imperative duty or tne Health Ontoer to enforce this rule, and in case of refusal or neglect hy said Health Officer to comply with the