Junta Central de Higiene de Bogotá

Abstract

The image contains news about the agreement on preventive measures against smallpox, in use of its powers by the central hygiene board. Consider: That smallpox cases in the city have increased considerably; and that in addition to the vaccine, for the propagation of which the necessary measures have been dictated, the isolation of the sick is essential to prevent the spread of smallpox, Agrees: Article 1. Individuals attacked with smallpox who obtain permission from the Mayor of the city To stay in their homes they will submit to the following rules: 1. Stay during the illness in rooms away from those where people who spend the night in the house sleep and from rooms that are used to store clothes, etc. 2. All the supplies and belongings that he needs, such as crockery, bedding, etc., will be allocated for the exclusive use of the patient. 3. They will have a person in charge of assisting the patient who must have been recently vaccinated or revaccinated, and will not leave the patient's room. If for any reason you have to leave the room, you will not do so until after scrupulously bathing the parts of the body that are ordinarily uncovered. 4. Both the clothes of the patient and the nurse will be boiled in water with added Van-Swieten liquor before to be handed over to the laundress 5. Only the family doctor, the medical inspector, the priest and the nurse may enter the patient's room. News published in the newspaper Revista Médica Bogotá, Pages 285-298, September 19, 1896.