Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.
- Date:
- [1913]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. BOISE CITY, IDAHO. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES—NOTIFICATION OF CASES, DISINFECTION OF PREMISES. Section 1. That section 12 of ordinance No. 746 of the revised ordinances of Boise City, County of Ada, State of Idaho, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any physician, Christian Science healer, Divine healer, faith cure, osteopath, chirpracter (sic), or any person or persons whatever, who profess to cure diseases by whatsoever means or method, or who has charge of or pro- fessionally prescribes for any person sick, injured, or diseased, regardless of whatsoever name or title he or she may assume, and any and all persons who have knowledge of any person sick, suffering, or afflicted with any contagious disease, to fail or refuse to report the same, in writing, within 10 hours of the existence of such disease, and the name of the person afflicted therewith, as soon as he or she shall become cognizant of the fact, to the health officer of the said Boise City, County of Ada, State of Idaho. Sec. 3. The diseases hereinafter designated shall be for all intents and purposes of this ordinance considered contagious and infectious, to wit: Cholera, scarlet fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, chicken pox, membranous croup, whooping cough, typhus fever, typhoid fever, diphtheria, yellow fever, smallpox, measles, bubonic plague, tuberculosis, and infantile paralysis. Sec. 4. Every person who finds a patient or patients showing symptoms as to in- dicate that such patient or patients may have any of the aforesaid diseases, as men- tioned in section 3 of this ordinance, or in case there is no attending physician or nurse caring for such patient or patients, the head of the household or proprietor of any hotel, lodging house, hospital, or sanitarium shall report the same to the health officer of the said city, as hereinbefore designated, and any person or persons failing so to do shall be punished as hereinafter provided. Sec. 5. Any person violating or failing to comply with the provisions of this ordi- nance shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not to exceed $100, or by imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 6. That section 28 of ordinance No. 746 of the revised ordinances of Boise City, County of Ada, State of Idaho, shall be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Sec. 7. Upon the death or convalescence of any person or persons suffering from or afflicted with any of the contagious or infectious diseases named in section 12 of this ordinance, the health officer shall at once cause the premises, room or rooms, house or houses where said persons or person may be found, together with the contents thereof, to be thoroughly disinfected, cleaned, fumigated, or dealt with in a manner within the discretion of said health officer whenever he may deem necessary, in order to prevent the further spread or infection of said disease or diseases, and in extreme cases he shall have authority to destroy the contents of aforesaid premises. Sec. 8. Fumigating or otherwise cleaning of any premises aforesaid shall be done at the expense of the owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant of said premises, room or rooms, house or houses, and no quarantine shall be raised until after the expense incurred for such fumigating shall have been paid; and in the event that any person shall be unable to pay for such fumigating, then the same shall be paid by the said Boise City out of the general fund of said city. Sec. 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately after its passage and approval. Sec. 10. Hereby repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here- with. [Ordinance No. 959, adopted Sept. 1, 1911, amending secs. 12 and 28 of ordi- nance No. 746, adopted June 11, 1907.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
