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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    health, and is governed by rides and regulations prescribed by the State board of health. ^ It is the duty of the township board to en- force, under the direction of the county superintendent of public health, rules and regulations of the State board pertaining to quaran- tine or contagious and infectious disease. (Ibid., sec. 7.) Cities.—Incorporated towns (villages): The town board of direc- tors constitutes a board of health and performs the same duties as the township board, and is under the same supervision of the county superintendent and the State board. (Ibid., sec. 8.) Cities of the first class: In cities of the first class the mayor and common council constitute a board of health and are authorized to appoint a city superintendent of public healtly who shall be a practic- ing ])hysician and a resident of the city. It is the duty of the mayor and council to enforce all rules and regulations in regard to the public health. (Ibid., sec. 9.) (All cities of over 2,000 })opulation may become cities of the first class.) MORBIDITY REPORTS. * Physicians.—Practicing ])hvsicians are required to report to the county su])erintendent of ])ublic liealth, u])on forms prescribed and furnished by the State board of health, all cases of infectious and contagious diseases, these rejiorts to be made by the physician as soon as tlio disease is discovered. (Ibid., sec. 10; also Compiled Laws, 1909, sec. 349.) _ , . In cities of the first class ])hysicians report to the city superin- tendent of public healtli, u])on forms prescribed and furnished by the State board of health, all cases of infectious and contagious diseases as soon as discovered. (Ibid., sec. 11; also Compiled Laws, 1909, sec. 350.) Practicing ])hysicians are required to rejiort the cases of contagious and infectious diseases wliich have occurred in their practices during the month to the county superintendent or the city superintendent of public health, as the case niay be, on the last day of eaclp month. (Rules and regulations promulgated l>y the State commissioner of health pursuant to sec. 2, ch. 79, Session Laws 1907-8, rule 16.) Tuberculosis is declared to be an infectious and communicable disease, dangerous to the public health, and it is made the duty of every physician to report in writing to the health officer of the city, town, or village, within 24 hours, the name, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and address of every person known by said physician to have tuberculosis. (Ibid, rule 41.) . It is also made the duty of the chief officer havmg charge for the time being of any hospital, dispensary, or asylum, or other similar public or private institution, to report in like manner the name, age, sex, color, occupation, place where last employed if known, and previous address of every patient haying tuberculosis who comes into his care or under his observation, this report to be made within 24 hours. (Ibid., rule 41.) ^ Local health officers.—HhQ city and county supermtendents of health are required to make a report on the 10th day of each month to the State commissioner of health of all cases of contagious and infectious diseases rc];orted to them for the preceding calendar month. (Ibid, rule 16.)