1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

FIFTH i'.TKXXIAL REPORT. 53
least once a Aveek, and oftener if so ordered, and on the fiulure of any
owner or occupier of such premise;^ i^o to do, then the same sliall be
done by the
Sec. lo. Xo privy-vault, cess-pool or reservoir, into which a privy,
water-closet, cess-pool
or stable or sink is drained, shall be consti-ucted,
dug or permitted to remain within the corporate lin)its of this
Earth privies and earth closets, witli no vault, pit or depression below
the surface of the ground, are allowed, but sufficient dry earth or ashes
must Vje used daily to absorb all the fluid part of the deposit, and the
contents must be completely removed at least once every month.
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Sec. 14. The following diseases are declared to be communicable and
dangerous to the public health, viz.: small-pox (variola, varioloid),
cholera (Asiatic or epidemic), scarlet fever, (scarlatina, scarlet rash),
measles, diphtheria (diplitheritic croup, diphtheritic sore throat), typhoid
fever, typhus fever, yellow fever, spotted fever (cerebro-spinal meningitis),
epidemic dysentery, hydrophobia (rabies) and glanders (farcy), and shall
])e understood to be included in th.e following regulations, unless certain
of them only are specified.
Sec. 15. Whenever any householder knows that any person within
his family or household has a communicable disease, dangerous to the
public health, he shall, within twenty-four hours, report the same
to the health otficer,t giving the street and numl)er or location of the
house.
Sec. 1(i. Whenever any jihysician finds that any person whom he is
called upon to visit has a communicable disease, dangerous to the public
health, he shall, within twenty-four hours, report the same to the health
officer,t giving the street and number or location of the house, on the
receipt of which report the health officer shall immediately notify the
school committee of the public school, the superintendent of the
graded school and the principals of private schools within the limits
this ,
at the same time calling their attention to Section
13, Chapter 214, Laws of 1893.
Sec. 17. No person shall, within the limits of this
,
unless
by permit of the health oflEicer,j carry or remove from one building to
another any patient atFected with any communicable disease dangerous
to the public health. Nor shall any person, by any exposure of any
individual so afiected, or of the bodv of such individual, or of any
of
*To towns and cities having- already or about to introduce a system of sewerage suggestions
as to the proper ordinances will be gladly furnished by the Secretary of the
State Board of Health.
fWhere there is no medical health officer insert "County Superintendent of Health."
as required by chapter 214, Laws of 1S93.
tWhere there is no Board of Health insert "County Superintendent of Health."