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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1913_02_11,/ sat EM MI ))1 i Owners or occupants of all residences, tenements or rooms within the corporation of Leesburg, Va. or within one mile thereof, where small- pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, scarlatina, measles or other highly contagious or infectious diseases exist, shall either directly, or through their physician, notify the board of health or mayor, of the existence and character of such disease. The board of Health officer shall place, or have placed on the house door, porch or fence, a card with the name of the disease printed thereon. Tho necessary card shall be prepared by the board of health, at the expense of the corporation, and shall be furnished to the citizens without cost to them, and shall be at least six inches square, and the letters in which the name of the disease is printed shall be in large type so as to be easily read at a distance of twenty feet. All physicians having in charge any disease of the character above mentioned shall at once report it to the board of health or Mayor, in writing. On receipt of information of the existence of such disease, the health officer shall notify the principal or one membor of the school board of public school of the town, who shall prevent a..y teacher, scholar or scholars, or employee residing in such residence, tenement or room frog^ attending or visiting the public school of the corporation without a written certificate from the health officer that it is safe for such person to do so, and no person shall sell, cause to be sold, or knowingly disposo of in such manner as to cause such disease to spread, any clothing, bed cloth- ing or any article or articles cr;iich hs_,ve been exposed to such disease. Any person violating the provisions of this section, or entire ordinance, chnll be fined not less than X5.00, nor more than ,,x50.00, for each offense. placard Any Terson defacing, covering up or removing the placed on any house by the board of health without proper authori- zation, shall be fined not less than •,6.00. 4-2 1 � - // - �/: r'- �. ,. �. .''; ��r� r•�., '.. _tea.