of this board such of the rooms of said house and such of the articles therein as in the opinion of this board have been subjected to infection or contagion. REG. 2. Sections 49 and 50 of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter 25 of the Acts of the year 1905, and section 52 of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws, have been amended by chapter 480 of the Acts of the year 1907, so that the same now read as follows: SEC. 49. A householder who knows that a person in his family or house is sick of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or any other infectious or contagious disease declared by the State board of health to be dangerous to the public health shall forthwith give notice thereof to the board of health of the city or town in which he dwells. Upon the death, recovery, or removal of such person, the householder shall disinfect to the satisfaction of the board such rooms of his house and articles therein as in the opinion of the board have been exposed to infection or contagion. Should one or both eyes of an infant become inflamed, swollen, and red, and show unnatural discharge at any time within two weeks after its birth, it shall be the duty of the nurse, relative, or other attendant having charge of such infant to report in writing within six hours thereafter, to the board of health of a city or town in which the parents of the infant reside, the fact that such inflammation, swelling, and redness of the eyes and unnatural discharge exist. On receipt of such report, or of notice of the same symptoms given by a physician as provided by the following section, the board of health shall take such immediate action as it may deem necessary in order that blindness may be prevented. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. SEC. 50. If a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or any other disease declared by the State board of health to be dangerous to the public health, or if one or both eyes of an infant whom or whose mother he is called to visit become inflamed, swollen, and red, and show an unnatural discharge within two weeks after the birth of such infant, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writing over his own signature to the selectmen or board of health of the town; and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice, he shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for each offense. SEC. 52. If the board of health of a city or town has had notice of a case of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or of any other disease declared by the State board of health to be dangerous to the public health therein, it shall within twenty-four hours thereafter give notice thereof to the State board of health stating the name and the location of the patient so afflicted, and the secretary thereof shall forthwith transmit a copy of such notice to the State board of charity. At a meeting of the State board of health, held August 1, 1907, the following diseases were declared to be "dangerous to the public health," and hence notifiable under the provisions of the above sections: Actinomycosis, Asiatic cholera, diphtheria, cerebro-spinal meningitis, glanders, leprosy, malignant pustule, measles, ophthalmia neonatorum, scarlet fever, smallpox, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, varicella, typhus fever, whooping cough, yellow fever. Attention is further called to the fact that having been directed by chapter 183 of the acts of the year 1907 to define what diseases shall be deemed to be "dangerous to the public health," as the term is used in chapter 213 of the acts of the year 1902, entitled 'An act relative to compensating cities and towns for caring for persons infected with the smallpox or other diseases dangerous to the public health," the State board of health, at a meeting held August 1, 1907, voted to define as "dangerous to the public health," within the meaning of said chapter 213 of the acts of the year 1902, the following diseases: Actinomycosis, Asiatic cholera, cerebro-spinal meningitis, diphtheria, glanders, leprosy, malignant pustule, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever, whooping cough, yellow fever. REG. 3. Upon every house in which there is a person sick of diphtheria, membranous croup, or scarlet fever shall be placed a placard with the name of the disease. This placard shall not be defaced or removed by any person without authority of the board of health. REG. 4. Whoever is infected with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or membranous croup shall immediately proceed to some isolated place or room designated by the board of health, and no person who has been so affected shall leave such place or room and no articles shall be removed from such place or room until the board of health shall certify in writing that all danger of communicating such disease to others is passed. REG. 5. Every parent or guardian of any child or ward infected with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or membranous croup shall immediately cause such child or ward to be conveyed to some isolated place or room approved by the board of health, and no parent or guardian shall permit such child or ward to remove from such place or room until the board of health shall find and certify in writing that all danger of communicating such disease to others has passed. REG. 6. No person other than the attending physician, nurse, and agents of the board of health shall enter, nor shall any dog, cat, or other animal be allowed to enter any apartment or other place set apart for the treatment of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or membranous croup until the board of health shall certify in writing that such apartment or place has been satisfactorily disinfected. REG. 7. No person having the care of any other person who has been affected with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or membranous croup shall advise or permit such other person to leave any place designated by the board of health as a place of isolation of such infected person before said board of health shall have certified in writing that such person can leave such designated place without danger to others. REG. 8. No physician who has been in attendance upon any person who has been infected with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or membranous croup shall advise or knowingly permit such person to leave any place designated by the board of health as a place of isolation of such infected person before said board of health shall have certified in writing that such infected person can leave such place without danger to others. REG. 9. No person shall remove or permit to be removed from any house upon which a placard has been placed, as provided in regulation 3, any clothing, books, or other property without a permit from the board of health; nor after a house is established as a hospital under the provisions of chapter 75 of the Revised Laws shall any occupant of such house take up a residence elsewhere without such permit. No public or circulating library book nor any schoolbook shall be taken into any house or apartment whereon a placard has been placed as provided in regulation 3 before the authorized removal of said placard. REG. 10. Before the card shall be removed from a house in which there is a case of diphtheria, or the restrictions placed upon intercourse between the inmates of such houses and others relaxed or removed, a culture shall be taken from the throat of each patient surviving and a report received that such culture does not show the presence of the bacillus of diphtheria, and a second such culture and report also may be required if the chairman or clerk of the board shall so determine. REG. 11. No person living in a house or interior apartment upon which a placard has been placed, as provided in regulation 3, shall attend or visit any school in the city without a permit from the board of health. (Extract from the Revised Laws, chap. 44, sec. 6, concerning contagious diseases.) Revised Laws, chapter 44, section 6, as amended by statute, 1907, chapter 215, is as follows: A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate granted for cause stated therein, signed by a regular practicing physician, that he is not a fit subject for vaccination. A child who is a member of a household in which a person is ill with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, or any other infectious or contagious disease, or of a household exposed to such contagion from another household, as aforesaid, shall not attend any public school during such illness until the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town, or from the attending physician of such person, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed. REG. 12. No person who has visited a house in which there was at the time a case of smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or membranous croup shall attend any school until after the teacher of the school has been furnished with a certificate from the board of health of the city or town or from a regular physician, stating that danger of conveying such disease by such child has passed. The board of health desires to call attention to the hospital for contagious diseases. Its use as a means for the sanitary welfare of our citizens is strongly urged. [Regulation board of health, adopted Mar. 22, 1910.] REPORTS TO THE SURGEON GENERAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE. PLAGUE-PREVENTION WORK. INFECTED GROUND SQUIRRELS. During the week ended July 8, 1911, the finding of 4 plagueinfected ground squirrels was reported. The squirrels were found as follows: In Contra Costa County, Cal., at Kavanaugh ranch, 14 miles southwest of Pinole, June 21, 2 squirrels, and June 23, 1 squirrel; in San Joaquin County, Cal., at E. D. Moulton ranch. 1 mile northwest of Ripon, June 22, 1 squirrel. During the week ended July 15, 1911, the finding of 3 plagueinfected squirrels was reported. The squirrels were found as follows: In Contra Costa County, Cal., at Juan Fernandez ranch, 1 mile south. of Pinole, June 29, 2 squirrels; in San Joaquin County, Cal., at E. D. Moulton ranch, June 29, 1 squirrel. DISTRIBUTION OF POISON. In connection with the making of a squirrel-free zone around the cities of California on San Francisco Bay, 3,035 acres of land in Alameda County and 1,443 acres in Contra Costa County were covered with poison during the week ended July 8, 1911. During the same period 170 acres of land in Merced County and 170 in San Benito County were covered with poison for the purpose of eradicating plague foci. During the week ended July 15, 1911, 3,425 acres of land in Alameda County and 1,788 acres in Contra Costa County were covered with poison in connection with the making of a squirrel-free zone around the cities on San Francisco Bay, and 210 acres in Merced County for the purpose of eradicating plague foci. 1 Identified, Mus norvegicus 66, Mus musculus 26. 2 Identified, Mus norvegicus 471, Mus musculus 32, Mus rattus 1, Mus alexandrinus 1. Identified, Mus norvegicus 105, Mus musculus 50. Identified, Mus norvegicus 503, Mus musculus 62. 7 Identified, Mus norvegicus 981, Mus musculus 411, Mus rattus 138, Mus alexandrinus 178. |