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be permitted to come in contact with or to visit any child 

 who has not had such disease or any child in attendance at 

 school. 



Isolation or Removal in Smallpox. — It shall be the duty of 

 every health officer, whenever a case of smallpox occurs in his 

 jurisdiction, if a suitable hospital is available, to remove or 

 cause to be removed such case promptly thereto. Every in- 

 mate of the household where such case occurs, and every per- 

 son Avho has had contact with such case, shall be either 

 vaccinated within three days of his first exposure to the dis- 

 ease or placed under quarantine, and, when vaccinated, the 

 name and address of such inmate or other person shall be 

 taken and such inmate or other person shall be kept under 

 daily observation. Such observation shall continue until suc- 

 cessful vaccination results, or for at least twenty clays. If 

 such inmate or other person refuses to be vaccinated, he shall 

 be quarantined until discharged by the local health officer. 



If there is no hospital available, the patient shall be isolated 

 and every inmate of the household shall be vaccinated or 

 strictly quarantined until discharged by the local health 

 officer. 



Whenever a case of smallpox occurs in his jurisdiction, it 

 shall be the duty of the local health officer to use all diligence 

 in securing the names and addresses of all persons who have 

 had contact with such case, and in causing such persons to be 

 either vaccinated or placed under quarantine. 



Maximum Period of Incubation. — Tor the purpose of this 

 code, the maximum period of incubation (that is, between the 

 date of the exposure to disease and the date of its develop- 

 ment), of the following communicable diseases is hereby de- 

 clared to be as follows : 



Chickenpox 21 days 



Measles 14 days 



Mumps 21 days 



Scarlet fever 7 days 



Smallpox 20 days 



Whooping cough 14 days 



