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AN ORDINANCE DECLARING SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA AND CHAP'CROIB;
AND HF EI" AFTER DESIGNATED IS VEIL E EAL DISEASES, TO BE
CONTAGI S,, I rZCTIQUS, 0 ; ° C; LE A;S ,
THE PUBLIC ITEALT PROVIDING FOR A B 13Z01.11RING,
REPORTS TO BE MADE BY PHYSICIANS ADD OTHERS IN ALL
CASES OF SUCH DISEASES; REQUIRING PATIENTS AFFECTED
WITH '�",TEREAL DISEASE TO GIVE INFORMATION THFREOFII
REl UIRIRG T HE CITY PHYSICIAN' TO ASC ~"TAI ` THE EXISTENCE
OF 9. UC14 tISEASES AIN'D THE 50TIRon OF INFECTION; PRO-
VIDING FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHERS FROM INFECTION"
FROM SUCH DISEASES; PROVIDING THE COEDITION UNDER V7 ICH:
THE FAME OF 'TRE PATIENT IS RE � 1 �C C H :RE,10 TI'
REQJJIRI G DRUGGISTS TO KKEP ,A REO RD OF SALES OF DRUGS,
FOR VENEREAL DISEASES* PROHIBITI NG ANY PERSON FROM
KNOWINGLY KXP'OSI `G ANOTHER TO INFECTION FROM VENEStFAL
DISEASES; PROVIDING FOR T M� GIVING OF CERTIFICATES OF
FREEDOM FRO41+I SUCH DISEASES" PROVIDING THAT THE RECORDS
AND ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PERSONS INFECTED
WITH SUCH DISEASES SHALL BE KEPT SECRET FROM THE PUBLIC;
PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ORDI 'ANCEs
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CORSISSIOREHS OF THE
CITY OF F'OR'T 'WORTH.
Section 1, Syphilis, gonorrhea and chancroid, herein-
after deaixtd venereal diseases, are hereby dl ;red, to be con-
tagious, i. jeotiaaa,a ca` unioable, aid dangerous to the ni l h l—tu.
Section S Any physician or other parson who makes �H
a diagnosis in or treato a case of s yphili , gonorxhaa or c hen-;
cruid, and aver; superintendent car managrer of a hcsj"'itml dip ;
awry, or charitable or penal institution, in which there is a+
ass of venneraa,l diseases shall report suab. case immediately in
writing, to the City physician, stating the name and address or
the office number, age, sex, color., and Occupation of the diseased
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Person, and the date of the onset of the disease, and the probable
source of infootiono provided that the narrie and address of the
diseased person need not be stated, ex t
as h1dil/0"i"'I"It", #If",
oally required in Section 6, and provided,, further, that all infor-
mation and reports concerning persons having venereal disease shall
be held secret in accordance with provisions in Section 11. The
report shall be enolosed in a sealed envelope and sent to the city
physician., who shall report weekly on the prescribed form to
the State Board of Health, all cases reported to him.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of every physician and
of every other person who examines or treats a person having
syphilis, gonorrhea or chanoroid,, to instruct him in measures 11 for
preventing the spread of such disease,, and of the necessity for
treatment until cured, and to hand him a oopy of the oircular of
information obtainable for thit
640 ftbx the State Board of
Health.
Section 4. All city physicians shall use every avtilable
means to ascertain the existence of, and to investigate all oases
of syphilis., gonorrhea and chancroid within the city of Fort Worth*
and to ascertain the sources of such infections. The city phy-
sician is hereby empowered and directed to make such examinations
of persons reasonably suspected of having syphilis., gonorrhea or
obLanaroid, as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions
of this Ordinance. Owing to the prevalence of such diseasse
among prostitutes and persons associated with them,, all such
persons are to be oonaidered within the above class*
section 5. Upon the redeipt of a report of a, case of
venereal disease, it *hall be the duty of the city physician to
institute measures for protectior, of other persons front infection
by such venereally diseased person.
The city physioia'n is authorized and directed
to qt=antine persons who have, or or$ reasonably suspected of
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having syphilis, gonorrhea or chancroid, whenever, in the opinion
Of Said city Physician, quarantine is necessary for the protection
of the public health. ') In establishing quarantine the ,,,city phy-
SiOian Shall designate and define the limit$ of the area in which
the person known to have,, or reason-ably 04S,00'ted Of vi
syphilis, gonorrhea or 0hanoroid and his immediate attejjdxLjjt,, are
to be quaxantined and no person, other than the attending physician
Shall enter or leave the area of quarantine without the permis-
Sion Of the city Physician.
No one but the city Physician shall terminate said
qiarantine, and this shall not be done until the quarantined
person has become non-infectious, as determined by the city
physician, or his authorized deputy through clinical examination
and all necessary laboratory tests.
(b) The city physician shall inform all persons who are
out to be released from quarantine for venereal disease, it case
they are not cured, 'What Burt hdr'treattftan't............a h 6 ... .....be"""ti"ket 16
complete their cure. Any person not cured, before release from
quarantine, shall be required to sign the following statement
after the blank spaces have been filled to the satisfaction of the
health Officer.
I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . residing at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
hereby acknowledge the fact that I = at this time infected with
and agree to place myself under the medical
care of • . . . . . . . . . . * (Kams of physician or clinic.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Address, within ,kxxx,x . . . . . . 0, hours, and that I will remain under
treatment of saidphysloian or clinic until released by the health
officer of oo . ooe . . . . . . or until my case is transferred,, with the
approval of said health officer, to another regularly licensed
physician or an approved clinic.
I hereby agree to report to the within
four days after beginning treatment as above agreed, and will bring
with me a Statement from the above physician or clinio of the
medical treatment applied In my case, and thereafter will report
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as often as may be demanded of rye by the city physician.
I agree further, that I will take all precautions re-
Commended by the eta, k city physician to ,prevent the spread of
the above disease to ether Persons and that I will not perform
any act which will expose other persons to the above d ease.
I agree, until finally released b the
to notify him of any change of address and to obtain his consent
before rrioving ray abode outside of his jurisdiction,
(Signature) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Date) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
All persons signing the »fabove agreement shall observe
its provisions, and any failure to do so shall be a violation
of this Ordinance. All such agreements shall be filed with
the city physician, and kept inaccessible to the public as
provided in Section 11.
Section 6 (a) When a person applies to a physician
or other person for the diagnosis or treatment of syphilis,
gonorrhea, or o"horoid, it sh 1 be J `e' t` ` cS" tl'e p ith,,;,
cr, person so consulted to inquire of, and ascertain, from the
person seeking such diagnosis or trea,tzent, whether such ;person
has heretofore consulted with, or, has been treated by any other
hyslaian or person, and if so, to ascertain the name and address
of the physician or Person last consulted. It shall ,be the duty
of the applicant for diagnosis or treatment to Turnish this
information, and a refusal to do so, or a falsification of the
name and address of such physician or person consulted by such
applicant shall be deemed a violation of this Ordinance. It
shall be the duty of the physician or other person whom the
applioa»nt consults to notify the physician far other p°arson ,, �s
consulted; of the change of advisets. Should the physician or
person previously consulted fail to receive such notice Within
ten days after the °last date upon: which the patient was instruc-
ted by him to appear, it shall be the duty of such physician or
person to report to the city physician the n is and address of
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venear0ally diseased person.
(b) If/0 an attending PhYsioian or Other Person knows
or has gobd reason to suspect that a person having syphilis,
gonorrhea or Ohancroid is so conducting himself or herself as
to expose other persons to infection,, or I,
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himself Or herself, he shall notify the city, physician A"IF
of the
name and address of the diseased person and the essential
facts in the case.
Section 7. Any druggist or other person who sells any
drug, oompound, specific or preparation of any kind used for
or believed by the druggist or person to be intended to be used
for the treatment of any of said venereal diseases, shall keep
a record of the name and address of the person raking such
purchase. A copy of said record shall be mailed each week to
the city Physician and by him to the to to Board of Health.
Section S. It shall be a. violation of this statute
tbi sty, Person knowingly to exp000/--any-peracir, t-o-Inf "Will/t
any of the said venereal diseases, or for any person to perform
an act which exposes another person to infection with venereal
disease,
Section Prostitution is hereby declared to be a
prolific source of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chanoroid, and the
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reproosion of prostitution lt declared to be a public health
MeSSIre, The cit,,y is ore directed to co-operate
with proper officials whose duty It is to enforce laws directed
against prostitution, and otherwise use every proper means for
the repression ofprostitution.
Section, 110. Physicians,, health off icers,` U'ja all Other
persons are prohibited froiz issuing oertif ioate of freedom from
venereal disease, provided this Section shall not prevent the
issuance of statements of freedom from 111fectious disoasea
written In such form, or given under such sa fegn�. ds) that t"Ir
use , possible.
for solicitation for sexual intercourse would be im
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Section 11 . All Information and reports concerning persons
infected with venereal diseases shall be inaccessible to the public3
exce`�Pt " 60 far as ,publicity ray attend the perfor a,n,ce of the
duties Imposed by this ordinance and by the laws of l the State.
Section 12. Any employ inspector, physicir ,a, nurse,
s perinte dent of alin, c Or, hospital, d"Tu gist br o �
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who fails to perform the duties required of him in this ordMi a uc+e,
or violates any of the provisions of this ordinaries, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall
be fined in any sure not less than five nor more than fifty
dollars, and each violation shall be a separate offense.
+ectien. 1 . In addition to the remedies provided herein
for the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance, the
city physician is hereby authorized and empowered to employ all
measures provided by existing laws for ascertaining, handling,
segregating azad controlling contagious or infectious dieeases.
Section 14. All ordinances or parts of ordi a
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,heretofore ord.ainbd by the hoard of Commissioners of the City 'of
Fort Worth in conflict with the t+er xis of this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
Section 15. This Ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and pliblioa.��ion as required
by laws
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