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i t s • , , • i ORDINANCE NO. i&24 An ordinance for the suppression of venereal diseases; pre- scribing a penalty for the violation thereof; and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1:VENEREAL DISEASES DANGEROUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH: Syphilis, gonorrhoea and ohancroid, hereinafter designated venereal diseases, are hereby recognized and declared to be contagious, infectious, com- municable and dangerous to the public health. Section 2: VENEREAL DISEASES TO BE REPORTED: It shall be the duty of every licensed physician, of every superintendent or manager of a hospital or dispensary, and of every person who gives treatment for a venereal disease, to mail to the Health Officer of the city of Everett a card supplied by said Health Officer, stating the age, sex, color, marital condition and occupation of such diseased person, the nature and previous duration of such disease and its probable origin; such card to be mailed within three days after the first examination of such diseased person; provided, that except as herein- after required the name and address of such diseased person shall not be reported to the health officer. Section 3: PERSONS AFFLICTED PITH VENEREAL DISEASES TO BE GIVEN A CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION: It shall be the duty of every licensed physician and of every Other person who treats a person afflicted with venereal disease to give to such person at the first examination a circular of information and advice concerning venereal diseases, furnished by the Health Officer, and in addition to give to such diseased person a copy of this ordinance, and to report to the Health Officer that such diseased person has received the two docu- ments herein specified. Section 4: CHANGE OF PHYSICIAN TO BE REPORTED BY PATIENT TO PHYSICIAN FIRST CONSULTED: When a person applies to a physician or other person for treatment of a venereal disease it shall be