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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    SOUTH DAKOTA. HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOR THE COLLECTION OF MORBIDITY REPORTS. State.—Tlie State board of health consists of five physicians appointed by the governor. The board annually elects a superin- tendent, who is ex officio secretary of the board. (Political Code, 1903, secs. 238, 240, as amended by ch. 217, Laws of 1903.) Counties.—Provision is made for a county board of health in each county, consisting of the State’s attorney of the county, and two physicians appointed by the State board of health, one of whom shall be superintendent of the county board and ex officio its secre- tary; the other shall be vice president of the board. (Ibid., sec. 246.) Cities.—City councils have the power to appoint a board of health for their respective cities and to prescribe its powers and duties. (Ibid., sec. 1229.) MORBIDITY REPORTS. Physieians.—'VMieneyer any physician shall know or suspect that any person whom he is called to visit has smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, cholera, or any other disease dangerous to the public health, such physician shall give notice immediately, including the location and a full description of the case, to the superintendent of the county board of health within whose jurisdiction the case occurs. (Regulations State board of health, rule 5.) All cases of poliomyelitis, or suspected cases are to be reported immediately by the attending physician, or head of the family, to the county board of health. (Regulations State board of health Sept. 28, 1910.) ’ IPuseholders.—Wheneyev Siiiy householder shall loiow or suspect that any person in his family or temporarily residing with him is sick with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, cholera, or any other disease dangerous to the public health he shall immediately give notice to the health officer haying jurisdiction. (Ibid., rule 4.) Munieipat health oncers. City and town health officers are reouired to record the returns of all contagious and infectious diseases and to lorward the returns monthly to the county superintendent of health (Ibid., rule 15.) County swpennfeWmte.—Superintendents of county boards of health are required to report immediately to the superintendent of the btate ooard of health whenever any contagious or infectious disease occurs in their respective counties. (Political Code 100^ sec. 248.) ^ TENNESSEE. HEALTH ORGANIZATION FOR THE COLLECTION OP MORBIDITY REPORTS. yate.—The law provides for a State board of health of three physicians, one live-stock breeder, and ex ofhcio the State commis- sioner of agncu ture. (Acts of 1897, ch. 46, sec. 1.) Counties. The county judge, court clerk, and health officer or jail pysician constitute the county board of health, the last named Tt^ of the board. (Law passeil Apr. 4, ] 885, sec. 1.) iflil r,L,. county courts in counties having jails to aiiiioint a