Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Ohio. 1892

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State Board of Health, 1893
 

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Page 375 - States, and that notwithstanding the quarantine defense this danger is so increased by the introduction of persons or property from such country that a suspension of the right to introduce the same is demanded in the interest of the public health, the President shall have power to prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and property from such countries or places as he shall designate and for such period of time as he may deem necessary.
Page 19 - Conklin was adopted, and the secretary was instructed to send a copy of the same to all members of Congress from Ohio.
Page 62 - ... it shall be the duty of all local boards of health, health authorities and officials, officers of state institutions...
Page 375 - That it shall be unlawful for any merchant ship or other vessel from any foreign port or place to enter any port of the United States except in accordance with the provisions of this act and with such rules and regulations of State and municipal health authorities as may be made in pursuance of, or consistent with, this act...
Page 98 - ... existence of any infectious disease on said ship, the period of detention therefor at quarantine, local destination of the immigrant in any state or territory of the United States, and further certifying that he or she is free from any danger of conveying the contagion of Asiatic cholera or...
Page 321 - ... safety would seem to depend largely upon a dilution and partial removal of the floating and possibly dangerous dust by means of adequate ventilation. Rooms in private houses and hospital wards that are occupied by phthisical patients should from time to time be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, and this should always be done after they are vacated, before they are again occupied by other individuals. Steamship companies should be obliged to furnish separate apartments for consumptive persons,...
Page 98 - ... of disinfection before being allowed to enter into the United States. RULE 2. That a certificate of disinfection, as required in Rule 1, signed by the official under whose charge the work of inspection and disinfection has been performed, and giving name of owner and date of issue, shall be conspicuously attached to each piece of baggage of such immigrant. RULE 3.
Page 64 - In the present state of our knowledge a definite answer cannot be made to these important queries, and we must await further work before the health officer can direct his measures to combat infantile paralysis with any assurance of success. Meanwhile the public must be given the benefit of the doubt, and the infection fought along all probable lines.
Page 5 - The seventh annual report of the State Board of Health for the year ending October 31, 1892, is herewith presented.
Page 62 - ... and employes of the state, or any county, city or town thereof, to enforce such quarantine and sanitary rules and regulations as may be adopted by the...

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