A digest of the laws and regulations of the various states relating to the reporting of cases of sickness / by John W. Trask, Assistant Surgeon General ; prepared by direction of the Surgeon General.

  • Trask, John W., 1877-1951
Date:
1911
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Credit: A digest of the laws and regulations of the various states relating to the reporting of cases of sickness / by John W. Trask, Assistant Surgeon General ; prepared by direction of the Surgeon General. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    physiciaTi so appointed becomes secretary of the board, and county Health officer. (Ibid., sec. 1492.) Cities and towns.—The municipal authorities of each incorporated city and town appoint a board of health of three members, one of whom must be a pln^sician; except that incorporated towns of less than 5,000 inhabitants may ])lace themselves under the care of the county board of health, in which case the jurisdiction of the county health officer includes the town. (Ibid., sec. 1484.) MORBIDITY REPORTS. Notijiahle diseases.—The communicable diseases are designated as smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, cholera, ])lague, yellow fever, spotted” or ‘Hick” fever, typhus fever, typhoid fever, cerebro- spinal meningitis, and measles. (Ibid., sec. 1500.) Householders.—Householders are required to report immediately to the health officer of the town or city or county in which they reside cases of any of the communicable diseases within their families or households. (Ibid., sec. 1501.) Physicians.—Physicians are required to report cases of the com- municable diseases in their practice immediately to the health officer of the city or town, or if not in a city or town, then to the county health officer. (Ibid., sec. 1502.) Local health officers.—^Local and county health officers are required, on or before the 5th day of each months to forward to the secretary of the State boaid of health, on blanks provided for the purpose, a report of all communicable diseases reported to them during the pre- ceding calendar month. (Ibid., sec. 1495.) NEBRASKA. HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOR THE COLLECTION OF MORBIDITY REPORTS. State. The State board of health consists of the governor, the attorney general, and the superintendent of public instruction. The governor appoints four physicians to be secretaries. (Compiled Stat- utes, 1909, secs. 4315, 4317.) Counties.—The law provides that the county board of supervisors or commissioneys in each county shall establish a board of health, one meniber of which shall be a physician, the board of health to have jurisdiction throughout the county except in cities and villages hav- ing power to establish boards of health. (Ibid., sec. 4401.) , Cities. -Cities of over 100,000 population have a health commis- sioner. Cities of less than 100,000 population have power to create a board of health. (Ibid., secs. 894, 1246.) MORBIDITY REPORTS. P/iy§icm7is.~Physicians residing or practicing within the limits of any mty,_town, or township are required to report to the local board of hea th within 24 hours by the most expedient method cases of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, smallpox (or varioloid), diphtheria (mem- branous croup), scarlet fever (scarlet rash or scarlatina), measles, ypnus tever, ophthalmia neonatorum, typhoid fever, cerebro-spinal