The State Board of Health and a quarter century of public-health work in Michigan / by Theo. R. MacClure.

  • MacClure (Theodore R.). 1869-
Date:
[1898]
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Credit: The State Board of Health and a quarter century of public-health work in Michigan / by Theo. R. MacClure. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ARTICLE V.—Order of Business. Section 1. The order of business at regular meetings shall be as follows LAs amended Jan. 14, 1S79, and July 10, 1883.]:— 1. Calling the roll. 2. Reading of minutes of the last meeting. 3. Auditing of bills and accounts. 4. Brief announcements of business to be brought before the Board. 5. Communications by the President. 6. Communications by the members. 7. Communications by the Secretary. 8. Introduction of new business. 9. Reports of standing committees. 10. Reports of special committees. 11. Miscellaneous business. At the annual meeting, the President’s address shall follow the reading of the minutes; and at each alternate annual meeting, the election of President shall fol- low the President’s ^ddress. Sec. 2. At speciarmeetings the same order shall obtain as at regular meetings, except that the consideration of the special subjects for which the meeting is called may precede the usual order. Sec. 3. When not conflicting with established rules of the Board, the rules of the Senate of Michigan shall apply to the action of this Board, so far as they are applicable. Points of order for the settlement of which no other provision is made shall be decided by the usual rules of parliamentary practice. Sec. 4. The order of business may be suspended at any meeting by a majority vote of the members present. ARTICLE VI.—Amendments. Section 1. These by-laws may be amended or repealed at any regular meeting of the Board by a majority vote of the members of the Board. Duties of Local Health Officials. The duties of local health officials are many and varied; and, the extent of the authority vested in them for the protection of the people, is practically unlimited. In order to point out and define the most material duties of the local health officials, the Board has issued a small pamphlet [120]; and, until recently it has had for distribution, a larger pamphlet compilation of the laws in force relative to public health. The health officer is executive officer of the board, and unless instructed other- wise, he is obliged to: (1) Immediately investigate if he has good reason to believe that there exists a disease dangerous to the public health; (2) order the prompt and thorough isolation of those sick or infected with such disease, so long as there is danger of communicating the disease to others; (3) to order the prompt vaccina- tion or isolation of persons who hare been exposed to small-pox; (4) to see that no person suffers for lack of nurses or other necessaries; (5) to give public notice of infected premises by placard or otherwise; (6) to notify teachers and superin- tendents of schools concerning families in which there are contagious diseases;