The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4): A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better BabiesHague, W. Grant (William Grant)
Science
The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 4 (of 4): A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
Hague, W. Grant (William Grant)
Eugenics; Hygiene; Marriage
4. Suspected cases must be treated as contagious cases until a
sufficiently long observation has shown that the patient has a
non-contagious disease. All cases will be considered as measles, if
so reported. Any change in the original diagnosis must be made in
writing to the Department of Health and must be confirmed by a
diagnostician.
5. Physicians must not order the removal of patients to the
contagious disease hospital, or elsewhere, in cabs or other
vehicles, but must notify the Department of Health and the removal
will be effected by a coupe or ambulance of the Department.
6. Whenever there is a case of measles in rooms in the rear of, or
communicating with, a store, the inspector is required to have the
store closed at once, or to report the case for immediate removal
to the hospital.
7. A case of measles must not be removed from one house to another,
or even to a different apartment in the same house, without the
permission of the Department. Such removal is in direct violation
of the provisions of the Sanitary Code.
8. No case of measles shall be discharged from observation until
the Department has been notified, the case examined by an inspector
to see if desquamation is entirely completed, and the premises
ordered fumigated. This examination by the inspector is necessary
because the Department of Health must have official information as
to the completion of desquamation before a child is dismissed from
observation. Other people with children demand this protection. At
no other time is the inspector allowed to examine the patient. In
any case, however, where isolation has not been maintained and it
becomes necessary to remove the patient to the hospital, a
diagnostician will make an examination.
It is recommended that physicians provide a special washable gown
for each case of measles. This gown should be put on before
entering the sick-room and taken off outside the sick-room as soon
as the visit is completed. The gown should be kept in a closet or
suitable place, separate from all other clothing, and the gown, and
the closet should be fumigated after the termination of the case.
10. In private houses only fumigation may be performed under the
supervision of the attending physician; provided he follow
accurately the directions given in the following rules and
regulations. Upon request a blank will be provided upon which he
must state the manner and extent of the work performed under his
orders and supervision. If satisfactory to the Department, this
will be accepted in place of fumigation by the Department. It is
essential, however, that he should know that the disinfection has
been efficiently carried out.
In every case of fumigation the following regulations must be complied
with:
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