1558                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 270

any damage by reason of the exercise of any of the powers of
this section, in relation to any matter as to which he is
not himself in default, reasonable compensation shall be
made by the [municipal or] county authorities to such
person.

78.

Whenever any physician knows or has reason to believe
or suspect that any person under his professional care is
infected with smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid
fever, typhus fever, yellow fever, malarial fever, or any
other contagious or infectious disease dangerous to public
health, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writing
over his own signature to the health officer of the [city,
town,] county [or district] in which such disease exists,
giving the name of the disease or suspected disease and the
name, age, race, sex, place of abode of each person believed
or suspected to be sick of the disease; and if he neglects,
fails or refuses to give such notice he shall be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

79.

The health officers [of cities, towns, counties and
districts] shall keep record of all reports and
notifications received in pursuance of §§ 77 and 78, and
such record shall contain the names of all persons who are
sick with infectious or contagious diseases, the localities
in which they live, the disease with which which they are
affected, together with the date of such reports, the names
of persons reporting any such cases, and the record of
quarantine, isolation, disinfection and other preventive
measures. The board of health shall give the school boards
of health of their respective counties[, cities, or towns]
immediate information of cases of infectious or contagious
diseases reported to them according to this subtitle. The
[State Board of Health] SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE shall prepare and furnish to all [local] health
officers printed forms for the recording and preservation of
information required by §§ 78 to 80.

80.

Whenever any health officer [of city, town, county or
district] shall be notified of the occurrence of a case of
smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, yellow
fever, malarial fever, or any other contagious or infectious
disease, within [his sanitary jurisdiction] THE COUNTY, he
shall take immediate steps to prevent the spread of the
disease. He shall give notice in writing to the school
authorities of any contagious or infectious disease
affecting school children, or likely to endanger the health
of school children. He shall within twenty-four hours
transmit to the [State Board of Health] SECRETARY OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE such information as he has obtained
concerning every case of infectious or contagious disease