1218 HEALTH. [ABT. 43

1904, ch. 412, sec. 34 J.

59. 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 mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine
of ten dollars.

Ibid. sec. 34 K.

60. Any person who lets for hire or causes or permits any
one to occupy apartments previously occupied by a consump-
tive, 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.

1904, ch. 399, sec 1.

61. 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 secretion 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 commissioner of health of Baltimore city or the local
health officer of any city, town or county in the State of
Maryland where the nuisance complained of arises or exists.
And it shall be the duty of the commissioner 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 reasonable cause of offense or danger.
And any person failing or refusing to comply with orders or