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Show Control Sought For Baby Diarrhea (1) All cases of diarrhea in infants under the age of one month occurring in any hospital or institution which renders maternity ma-ternity or nursery service and all cases occuring within 72 hours of discharge from such an institution institu-tion shall be reported within 24 hours to the State Board of Health. Diarrhea shall be considered con-sidered to exist when an infant has four or more loose stools in 24 hours, except in the case of entirely breast-fed infants who show no other signs of illness and who are gaining weight. (2) All physicians, nurses, superintendents of hospitals, or other persons having knowledge of the existence of such disease or having reason to suspect that such disease exists are hereby required to report the same forthwith to the State Board of Health. (3) The circumstances surrounding sur-rounding the development of such disease shall be investigated investigat-ed by the State Board of Health. (4) The State Board of Health shall take such measures as are deemed necessary to control the infection. ADOPTED BY THE UTAH STATE BOARD OF HEALTH IN OFFICIAL MEETING, HELD AT THE STATE CAPITOL, FEBRUARY FEBRU-ARY 23, 1945. |