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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
5
Legal notice from Washington Iowa rules detailing adoption establishment and nuisance penalties. Enforcement duties assigned to the City Marshal sanitary police under Health Officer supervision.
The Mayor and City Council of Washington Iowa are named the Board of Health with jurisdiction over the city. The board adopts powers from Iowa law and follows city council rules for procedure. It may order occupants to clean or vacate premises deemed unfit and may close such premises at owner expense.
Section 1 provides the City Board of Health to meet on the first Monday of April after each City section, organize the Board, and appoint the City Clerk as Clerk. Section 2 requires the Board to elect a Health Officer for a one year term at the first April meeting, with vacancy rules and a $50 yearly salary. Meetings set for first Mondays in April and November, with special meetings as needed.
The mayor and Health Officer lead the Board of Health enforcing current and future rules with aid from all peace officers. Police observe districts for nuisances and disease, report to the Health Officer, and assist in quarantines with arrest power. Sanitary police receive the same pay as regular police.
Rule text assigns the mayor authority to investigate quarantined persons needs for supplies nurses and medical care and to provide such aid if needed. It further requires a report to the Board of Health on expenses for auditing and certification to the County Auditor under Code provisions.
City ordinances require no privies within 100 feet of drinking water, annual cleaning of privy vaults, weekly deodorizing with copper and formaldehyde, five foot deep brick or tight lumber vaults, and prohibition of discharges to ditches. Sewer drains must be watertight, prevent lake or pond discharge, and garbage must be stored in approved boxes with weekly removal.
The Board of Health may require removal of nuisances within 24 hours at owner’s expense. Occupants receive notice if present. Notices must be signed by the Health Officer and served by the City Marshal or posted on the property. If noncompliant, the Board may have the removal done at the owner or occupant’s expense.
The document defines infectious diseases as those caused by living germs and highly transmissible between people or between humans and animals. It lists Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Smallpox Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis Asiatic Cholera Bubonic Plague Leprosy Measles Whooping Cough Chicken pox Mumps Puerperal Fever Typhoid Fever Tuberculosis and Pneumonia as contagious and dangerous to public health per the Iowa Board of Health.
The Health Board orders physicians and osteopaths to notify the mayor by telephone of every recognized contagious case within hours and to send written reports. If the diagnosis is in doubt, immediate patient isolation is advised. The mayor must report to the State Board of Health within 24 hours and announce disease subsidence.
The document outlines public health rules forbidding entry and exit to certain premises, reporting requirements for typhoid and other diseases, disinfection duties, school exclusions for scabies and vermin, and the Mayor’s designation of sanitary officers. It requires daily monitoring of quarantined premises and reporting to the Mayor.
The rule mandates serving a written notice signed by the mayor and posting a yellow QUARANTINE sign on affected premises. The card must be at least eighteen inches square with the disease name and a warning that entry or exit is barred except as allowed by law, with penalties stated.
The mayor announces a quarantine to curb the spread of disease. Officials set restrictions on movement and commerce while health departments monitor cases and enforce compliance.
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