UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. HUGH S. CUMMING, Surgeon General. DIVISION OF SANITARY REPORTS AND STATISTICS. ASST. SURG. GEN. B. S. WARREN, Chief of Division. State and municipal health departments and reference libraries can obtain copies of this publication by addressing the Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, Washington. The PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS are issued weekly by the United States Public Health Service through its Division of Sanitary Reports and Statistics, pursuant to acts of Congress approved February 15, 1893, and August 14, 1912. They contain: (1) Current information of the prevalence and geographic distribution of preventable diseases in the United States in so far as data are obtainable, and of cholera, plague, smallpox, typhus fever, yellow fever, and other communicable diseases throughout the world. (2) Articles relating to the cause, prevention, or control of disease. (3) Other pertinent information regarding sanitation and the conservation of the public health. The PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS are intended primarily for distribution to health officers, members of boards or departments of health, and those directly or indirectly engaged in or connected with public health or sanitary work. Articles of general or special interest are issued as reprints from the PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS or as supplements, and in these forms are available for general distribution to those desiring them. Requests for and communications regarding the PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS, reprints, or supplements should be addressed to the Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. 2 CONTENTS. For arrangement of matter by subjects, consult the index. Page. Certain communicable diseases-Notification of cases-Instructions to household-Investigation by health authorities-Isolation-Disinfec- tion-Contacts-Attendance at schools and children's gatherings-In- Smallpox-Notification of cases-Precautions by physician-Instructions to household-Investigation by health officer-Quarantine-Contacts— Communicable diseases-Notification of cases-Measures to prevent spread. Local health officers-Appointment-Duties. Supervision of sanitation in cities and towns...... Poliomyelitis and cerebrospinal meningitis Required to be quarantined... Leprosy-Transportation of infected persons-Escape from isolation to be Venereal diseases-Notification of cases- -Specimens for diagnosis-In- structions to patient-Local health officers appointed inspectors—In- vestigation and control by local health officers-Reports of unusual Venereal diseases Standards for dispensaries and hospitals... Communicable diseases Pesthouses or hospitals-Prohibition against Bureau of vital statistics-Maintenance-Duty of State registrar.... State board of health-Employees-Appointment and compensation..... Health officers-Appointment in unincorporated cities and towns-Law 8940 924 1217 533925 |