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 640 FIFTY FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 383. 1897. removed as expeditiously as possible, under direction of said health officer, to the public hospital or to such other place, satisfactory to said health officer, provided by and at the expense of said person, his parents or guardians; if such person can not, in the opinion of said health officer, be removed as aforesaid without endangering his life, said health officer may cause such persons in the vicinity to be removed as are in danger of contracting the disease. Any person suffering from any contagious disease, and requiring to be treated at public expense, may, at the discretion of said health officer, be removed to the public hos ital for treatment. rsqnmd mms in Sino. 22. That in every hospital and dispensary in said District there “°“"""1°‘ shall be provided and maintained a suitable room or rooms for the isolation of persons infected with any contagious disease aforesaid, or » any other disease ordinarily recognized as contagious; such persons shall, immediately upon the discovery of the nature of their sickness, be separated from the other persons and other patients at such dispen- Report to health sary or hospital. It shall be the duty of the physician or physicians, of °m“" the officers, managers, and of everyone in charge of a hospital or dispensary, and of everyone who has any duty or office in respect to patients in course of treatment, or persons who apply for treatment or care at a dispensary or hospital, to see that a report is immediately made to said health officer of every person so applying, infected with any contagious disease mentioned in section one of this Act, who comes to their knowledge, and that such person or persons infected with any contagious disease aforesaid, or any other disease ordinarily recognized as contagious, are properly isolated and kept separated from other persons and other patients. . Y¤<=¤i;¤¤*i<>¤ rg Sec. 23. That every person in said District having been exposed to 2E1T,,.},, °“’°°°° the infection of smallpox (including varioloid) shall be at once successfully vaccinated, or yjuaccinated a sumeient number of times to make it evident that success l vaccination is impossi e. General v¤¤¤i¤¤- Sno; 24. That it shall be the duty ofevery person in said District to be "°"‘ successfully vaccinated, or to be vaccinated a sufficient number of times to make it evident that successful vaccination is impossible, whenever the Commissioners of said District shall, by proclamation, declare such action on the part of every person, within a reasonable time, to be stated Prm·o._ in said proclamation, necessary for public health: Provided, That this E‘°““’“°"“‘ section shall not apply to persons who prove to the satisfaction of said health officer that they have been successfully vaccinated, or repeatedly vaccinated as afcgesaid, witgién five years from tlieélate of said proclamation, or that they have smallpox or vario oi . 0,L¤·g;·;g£gg¤ *¤ M Sec. 25. That the Commissioners of said District be, and they are Dhereby, authorized and empowered, whenever said District is, in their judgment, threatened or afflicted with any contagious disease to cause house—to-house inspections to be made, to require, especiaI1y,the cleansing and disinfection of premises or parts of premises, to provide accom- · modations for such persons as may be threatened by or afilicted with any of the diseases aforesaid, to provide gratuitous vaccination and distribution of disinfectants, and to do or cause to be done such other acts not contrary to law as may be necessary, in their judgment, to preveutdthe introduction or spread in said District of any disease aforesai. Reports, em. Sec. 26. That no person shall, in said District, knowingly make, sign, or deliver any report or certificate, herein provided for, not in accordance with fact. Authority of mixer Sec. 27. That said health officer, and any employee or employees of °m°"°“‘ the health department of said District duly detailed for such purpose, shall have the right to enter and inspect premises or places in said District where there is, or is believed to be, one or more cases of contagious disease; such inspection to be made between the hours of seven o’clock antemeridian and seven o’clock postmeridian, or at such other