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.
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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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![sons sick or infected with smallpox or varioloid, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or any other disease hereafter named by the board of health, shall put up and maintain in a conspic- uous place on the front of said dwelling house, store, or shop,, or other building, so that the same can readily be seen and distinguished, a card or sign on which the name of the disease shall be printed in plain letters, not less than 2 inches in height, and shall keep the same so put up during the time any person or persons so sick shall remain m said dwelling, store, shop, or other building, the same not to be removed except by order of the board of health, and no person or persons shall deface, injure, or partially or entirely obscure or hide or cover or remove the same. Any person or persons or cor- porations failing to comply with, violating or offending against any of the provisions of this section shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of $50. Sec. 17. That no person shall bring or cause to be brought into the. township of Union any person infected with any contagious disease, except on a permit granted by the board of health; and no person shall bring or cause to be brought into the said town- ship any article liable to propagate a communicable disease. Any person or persons or corporation offending against any of the provisions of this section shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of $50. Sec. 18. That the keeping of any dwelling house in which there is, or has been, any polluting or communicable disease without thoroughly airing, cleaning, and. disinfec- tion, is hereby prohibited; and any person or persons offending against this section shall be liable to a penalty of $25. Sec. 19. That all funerals and interments within the township of Union of persons dying of any contagious, infectious, or pestilential disease shall be under the direction of the board of health of the township, and shall be strictly private; and it shall be the duty of the householders and all persons concerned, when a death occurs from any such disease to prevent any needless assembling in the apartments or house where such diseases are of all persons liable to become infected thereby. Any person or persons or corporations failing to comply with or violating or offending against any of the pro- visions of this section shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of $25. Sec. 20. All cases of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, yellow fever, typhus fever, measles, Asiatic cholera, or other contagious and infectious diseases, and all cases of death therefrom in the township of Union shall be forthwith reported in writing to the board of health of the said township by the owner or occupant of any dwelling in which any of such diseases or deaths shall have occurred, and also by the physician in attendance on the case. All directions which the board of health shall prescribe for the purpose of preventing the spread of any such disease, either by the use of disin- fectants, fumigation, or otherwise, shall be strictly carried out, and any order that may be made by the board for the destruction of clothing or other articles for the purposes aforesaid shall be promptly obeyed. Any person or persons or corporations failing to comply with or violating or offending against any of the provisions of this section shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a penalty of $25. [Part of ordinance adopted Dec. 11, 1911.] WILMINGTON, N. C. SMALLPOX—QUARANTINE OF HOUSES. Section 1. That the city superintendent of health is empowered to quarantine any house or household wherein smallpox exists or has so recentlv existed as to be a menace to health. Sec. 2. That any member of such household or any other person violating the quarantine imposed by the said superintendent of health shall be fined $10 for each offense. [Ordinance adopted Oct. 31, 1911.] YONKERS, N. Y. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of every person knowing of any individual in the city of Yonkers sick or infected with a contagious or infectious disease in which there is danger of an epidemic, to at once report to the health officer the facts in regard to the disease, conditions, and dwelling place of such sick persons; and no person shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance, inspection, and examination of any such building or house or the examination of such sick person by the health officer or other persons authorized by the commissioner](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
