Every house owner or householder who shall know of or have reason to suspect the existence of any person affected with any disease or condition mentioned in §
292-3A, who is in or upon any premises owned or occupied by him (or her) and who is not being attended by a physician, shall report immediately to the Health Department the existence of such person and all necessary facts within the knowledge of the person making such report as to the name, address, age and sex of the person having or suspected of having such disease or condition.
The principal or person in charge of every school shall immediately exclude from school or isolate any child or person in such school who appears to be affected with any communicable disease mentioned in §
292-3A and shall immediately report such fact to the Health Department, together with the name and address of such child or person and the supposed nature of the disease.
Whenever a communicable disease as listed in §
292-3A exists in any house or upon any premises, the Health Department may cause a placard stating the name of the disease to be posted in a conspicuous place upon such house or premises, and no person shall conceal, mutilate, destroy or remove such placard except by authority of the Health Department.
Every person affected with, suspected to be affected with or exposed to any communicable disease mentioned in §
292-3A shall, until officially released by the Health Department, be quarantined, isolated or restricted according to the rules and regulations of the Board of Health, and shall follow such precautions to prevent the spread or transfer of such disease as this Board or the Health Department may direct.
No person shall enter or leave the house or premises where any person is quarantined or isolated by reason of being affected with or having been exposed to any communicable disease mentioned in §
292-3A, except in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board of Health and by permission granted by the Health Department.
Every physician, midwife, nurse or any other
person in attendance at the birth of any child shall, for the prevention
of ophthalmia neonatorum, use a one-percent solution of silver nitrate
in wax ampules or any other solution approved by the Health Department
in each eye of said child.
No person shall commit any act which may be
liable to cause, contribute or promote the spread of any disease from
any person affected with such disease, either by the exposure of any
person not affected with such disease or by any negligent act connected
with or in respect to the care or custody of the person affected.
The Health Department shall have the power to
remove to a hospital or institution any person affected with scarlet
fever (scarletina), diphtheria, meningococcic (cerebrospinal) meningitis,
smallpox, acute anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), typhoid
fever, tuberculosis or any other communicable disease which this Board
may so designate, whenever, in the opinion of the Health Department,
such removal is necessary to prevent further spread of such disease
or whenever the isolation of such person is not effective or is contrary
to the rules and regulations of the Board of Health.
Whenever the quarantine of a public or private
building or premises is terminated by the Health Department, such
disinfection and cleansing as this Board may require shall be performed
immediately by the occupant of said public or private building or
premises.
No person shall bring into the City of East Orange any person affected with any communicable disease mentioned in §
292-3 of this article without previously obtaining a permit from the Health Department for that purpose.
For the purpose of this chapter, all persons
who harbor or carry the causative germs of diphtheria, typhoid fever
or salmonella infections and who are commonly known as "carriers"
shall be considered as being affected with such disease and shall
be subject to and comply with all provisions of this chapter and the
rules and regulations of the Board of Health which relate to the quarantine,
isolation and control of persons affected with such diseases.
The Health Department, whenever deemed necessary
by the Board of Health, may require and order the person in charge
of any school under the jurisdiction of such Board to exclude any
or all unvaccinated children and teachers in such school and may specify
the length of time for such exclusion; and any person who shall fail
to comply with such order shall be subject to the penalty provided
by this chapter.
Every person, corporation, organization or society
maintaining a home, orphanage, nursery or other establishment for
the care and/or maintenance, in whole or in part, of infants or children
who are not members of the family shall require that each such child
be vaccinated against smallpox, immunized against diphtheria and any
other communicable disease that the Board may designate and be examined
for syphilis or gonorrhea at a time specified by the Board of Health.
No infant or child not protected and examined as provided by this
chapter shall be received by such home, orphanage, nursery or other
establishment.
The Health Department, under the direction and approval of the Board of Health, in case of an epidemic or unusual prevalence of any communicable disease, may take such measures and order done and cause to be done such acts as may be deemed necessary for the preservation of the public health and, to that end, may cause any and all schools within the territorial jurisdiction of this Board, all churches, libraries, theaters, houses, buildings and other places where people are accustomed to congregate to be closed for a specified period of time or until the epidemic or unusual prevalence of such communicable disease shall have ceased to exist. Any person who violates or neglects or refuses to comply with any such measures or orders shall be subject to the penalty as provided in Article
XIII of this chapter.
[Added 5-2-1972 by Ord. No. 1-1972]
When it appears to the Health Officer that any
person shall be in danger of suffering death or severe physical or
mental illness, the Health Officer shall have the right to enter upon
any premises in the City of East Orange and cause a medical and mental
examination to be made of such person, and if the examination reveals
that the person's life or health is in danger, then such person may
be removed from the premises to suitable quarters and thereafter to
be dealt with in accordance with law.