Proceedings of the quarter-centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health : held at Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 1898.
- Michigan. State Board of Health
- Date:
- 1898
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Proceedings of the quarter-centennial celebration of the establishment of the Michigan State Board of Health : held at Detroit, Michigan, August 9, 1898. 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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![1. A complete classification of the recognized infectious diseases, with a specific definition of the same, for legal guidance and vindication of public rights. 2. Mandatory notification on the part of the physician or householder, through the public telephone system, immediately upon discovery of any contagious malady specified by law, for the action of the municipal health officer. 3. The placarding of infected houses as signals of danger, for public warning. 4. Isolation at home, and prohibition from school attendance, from exposure in public places, or in any way aid in spreading contagion, also the rigid enforcement of quarantine when indicated, in order to secure the full benefit of isolation. 5. The proper removal and reception of infected persons, when neces- sary, to a suitable hospital. G. Compulsory A'acciiiation and revacciiiation for self-protection and for the benefit of others. The failure to provide and enforce this safe- guard against small-})ox, to allow its work of death and disfigurement unimpeded is maliciously wicked, and criminally neglectful. 7. The sanitary disposition of the dead from infectious and pestilential diseases. 8. Thorough cleansing and disinfection of the infected house and its contents under municipal direction, and the destruction of bedding, clothing, and other articles exposed to infection, also the prohibition of throwing any infectious material or rubbish into any receptacle for the deposit of refuse without previous disinfection. !). Supervision over the erection of all tenement and lodging houses, to insure a standard amount of light, ventilation, plumbing, cubic air space and other hygienic features, and by S3'stematic inspection to so maintain ihem. 10. School-house inspection by a medical inspector, with power to regulate and advise concerning school-room sanitation, ])lumbing, sani- tary propositions, personal hygiene, exercise and physical culture, con- tagious diseases and the like. 11. The creation of small parks in connection with public schools, thus affording suitable school environment, ample play-ground, breathing spaces in the crowded districts, and a corresponding beneficial influence upon the developmental period of youth and childhood. 12. Thorough inspection of food products, of dairies and cows, prohibi- tion of the sale of infected milk. 13. The establishment of free public baths, to be located in the manu- facturing centers, and in sections where the poor predominate. Frequent baths are invigorating tonics, which restrict disease, pro- mote health, morality and self-respect. 14. An enactment to furnish labor for the unemployed poor, ‘‘who, through neglect, are allowed to become sick, a public charge and hence a double expense;” as industry gives force and vigor to life, conduces health and contentment, which means municipal economy. 15. The establishing of a municipal bacteriological laboratory in fur- nishing available assistance in the diagnosis of diphtheria, tuberculosis and typhoid fever, and in assisting us to form a rational idea respecting disinfection, isolation and the prevention and cure of diseases generally, 10](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22335213_0077.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
