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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IAPALOAL] !! Emmetsburg Democrat; Palo Alto Co, IA; Sep 1, 1926
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 21:19:09 -0500


Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
September 1, 1926

Local Physicians Tell What Should be Done When Conditions are Serious

In view of the fact that there seems to be a great deal of
misunderstanding concerning the protection from and the control of certain
communicable diseases we feel that every individual should have accurate
knowledge of the health laws concerning communicable diseases that are in
force in the state of Iowa.
We ask the co-operation of every person having or having been exposed
to scarlet fever, measles or whooping cough or responsible for such cases in
observing the following:
Scarlet Fever. No person or thing shall enter or leave a quarantined
area except those allowed by law.
Person having the disease shall not attend school for one week
following release from quarantine.
All cases must be reported to board of health and quarantined. Evasion
and breaking of quarantine are misdemeanors punishable by law.
Measles. All cases must be reported to board of health. All cases must
be placarded. The person having the disease and all susceptible ones must be
excluded from school for a period of fourteen days. All children having had
disease may go to school.
Whooping Cough. Must be reported to board of health. All cases must be
placarded. The one having disease and all susceptible shall be excluded from
the schools for at least 14 days or until allowed to return to school by
order of doctor. All children having had the disease may go to school.
Placard Cases. This card is used on the homes of cases of Measles,
Whooping Cough, Chickenpox, German Meales, and Mumps.
It is a misdemeanor punishable by law- To expose minor children to
these diseases; for any child susceptible to these diseases to return to
school from such homes while the card is posted; to remove the card without
the authority of the board of health; the child having the disease must be
excluded from school and all public places for at least 14 days.
Exclusion from School. Persons designated to be excluded from school by
these rules and regulations shall not enter any public conveyance, attend
any school, any Theatre, church or public gathering of any kind or
description for the period specifically designated for each disease.
Reporting Cases: Nurses, parents, guardians, heads of households and
superintendents and teachers of public and private schools, and citizens
must report in addition to the doctors all cases not reported to the board
of health.
All suspected cases must be reported also.
Dr. H.A. Powers
Dr. H.R. Powers
Dr. F.X. Cretzmeyer
Dr. H.L. Brereton
Dr. J. Hennessy


Cathy Joynt Labath
The Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm
Palo Alto Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm


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