The Department of Public Health shall, at its discretion, send to the superintendents, principals and teachers of all public, parochial and private schools, circulars at least once in each school year, prepared under the direction of the Director of Public Health, giving a description of the symptoms of the communicable diseases of children and of the parasitic disease of the skin, including pediculosis, scabies and favus.
The Department of Public Health shall, upon obtaining information as to the existence of a case of tuberculosis or pneumonia, send to the physician, surgeon, nurse or other person attending the case, printed circulars, giving, in clear and simple language, information concerning the communicability, dangers and methods of prevention of tuberculosis or pneumonia as the case may be, together with a request that the circulars be given to the patient or to a responsible member of his family.
The Department of Public Health, upon request of a physician, surgeon, nurse or other person attending a case of tuberculosis, shall send a representative to the house of the patient to give information concerning the communicability, dangers and methods of prevention of tuberculosis.
The Department of Public Health shall, upon obtaining information as to the occurrence of a case of tuberculosis, in any tenement house, hotel, lodging house, boarding house, hospital, prison or asylum, send a representative to leave circulars and to give information as provided in this Section.
The Department of Public Health, upon obtaining information as to the occurrence of a case of tuberculosis of any person unable to pay for medical assistance, shall send a Sanitary Inspector or City Physician to take charge of the case, and to report the same to the Department.
The Department of Public Health shall preserve all reports upon cases of tuberculosis, and the records of the same.
The Department of Public Health shall, once each year or oftener, if necessary, send to every physician, surgeon and nurse, printed circulars giving a description of the most approved methods of destruction or disinfection of the discharges of persons having actinomycosis, bronchitis, cholera, cholera infantum, diphtheria, dysentery, influenza, measles, pneumonia, rubella, scarlet fever, laryngeal and pulmonary tuberculosis and typhoid fever and all contagious diseases.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to obstruct or interfere with the said Department of Public Health, or any officer, agent or employee of said Department, in the performance of any of the duties required by this Section and any person, persons, firm or corporation so obstructing or interfering with the said Department of Public Health or any officer, agent or employee of said Department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.