The woman citizen's library : a systematic course of reading in preparation for the larger citizenship . cups), it follows that complete iso-lation of those afflicted with communicable disease isone of the most important steps towards preventing thespread of disease. Modern health departments are insisting either onhospitalization, or on complete isolation in the home,of cases of the acute infectious diseases. Even inchronic diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, it isbeing more and more insisted that the advanced casesbe segregated in proper hospitals where they can nolonger infect others.
The woman citizen's library : a systematic course of reading in preparation for the larger citizenship . cups), it follows that complete iso-lation of those afflicted with communicable disease isone of the most important steps towards preventing thespread of disease. Modern health departments are insisting either onhospitalization, or on complete isolation in the home,of cases of the acute infectious diseases. Even inchronic diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, it isbeing more and more insisted that the advanced casesbe segregated in proper hospitals where they can nolonger infect others. Mere quarantining of the premises in which infec-tious disease is present, while it protects the generalpublic if carried on in a thorough manner, is not suf-ficient to prevent secondary cases arising within thehousehold. Strict isolation of the patient should beinsisted upon, and if this be impossible the patientshould be removed to a hospital. The maintenance of quarantine and isolation is, atbest, difficult. It can be obtained in many instancesonly by the most constant inspection. Every individ-. PUBLIC HEALTH 2269 ual suffering from a quarantinable disease, or the re-sponsible person in cases where minors are the pa-tients who, through negligence or wilfulness, breaksquarantine, should be treated as a criminal offenderand punished by a heavy fine and a jail sentence. Peo-ple must be made to realize that violation of quarantineis among the most serious offenses against society. Bytheir disregard of quarantine, offenders jeopardize thehealth and perhaps even the life of others. Pleadingignorance should be no excuse. It should be the dutyof the authorities to forestall such excuses by notify-ing each household at the time of serving the quaran-tine notice of all the details to be followed in orderto conform with the law. Period of Quarantine and Isolation.—It is evidentthat in order to control communicable disease properly,those afflicted must, if possible, be proven free f
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