1100 HEALTH. [ART. 43

1904, art. 43, sec. 59. 1904, ch. 412, sec. 34 J.

87. The apartments occupied by any consumptive shall be deemed
infected, and when vacated by the death or removal of said consumptive
occupant shall be disinfected' by the board of health of the city, town or
county in which such apartments are situated. And it shall be the
duty, of the householder, physician or other person having knowledge
of the facts, to notify the local board of health within forty-eight hours
after the death or removal of a person affected with pulmonary or
laryngeal tuberculosis. And any person failing to comply with the
provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars.

Ibid. sec. 60. 1904, ch. 412, sec. 34 K.

88. Any person who lets for hire or causes or permits any one to
occupy apartments previously occupied by a consumptive, before such
apartments shall have been disinfected by a board of health, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
twenty-five dollars.

Ibid. sec. 61. 1904, ch. 399, sec. 1.

89. Any person affected with any disease whose virus or infecting
agent is contained in the sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or
excretion, who shall dispose of his sputum, saliva or other bodily secre-
tion or excretion as to cause offense or danger to any person or persons
occupying the same room or apartment, house or part of a house, shall,
on complaint of any person or persons subjected to such offense or
danger be deemed guilty of a nuisance. And any person subjected to
such a nuisance may make complaint in person or writing to the com-
missioner of health of Baltimore city or the local health officer of any
city, town or county in the State of Maryland where the nuisance com-
plained of arises or exists. And it shall be the duty of the commis-
sioner of health or of any local health officer receiving such complaint
to investigate, and if it appears that the nuisance complained of is
such as to cause offense or danger to any person occupying the same
room, apartment, house or part of a house, he shall serve a notice upon
the person so complained of, reciting the alleged cause of offense or
danger, and requiring him to dispose of his sputum, saliva or other
bodily secretion or excretion in such a manner as to remove all reason-
able cause of offense or danger. And any person failing or refusing to
comply with orders or regulations of the health commissioner of Balti-
more city or of the health officer of any city, town or county requiring
such nuisance to be abated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be fined ten dollars; provided, that the
requirements of this section shall apply only to pulmonary and laryn-
geal turberculosis, pneumonia, influenza and such other diseases as the
state board of health may from time to time determine to be com-
municable by means of sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or excre-
tion.