Section 17-104. Measures to prevent the spread of disease

a. It shall be the
  duty of the department:
    1. To cause any avenue, street, alley or other passage whatever, to be
  fenced  up  or  otherwise  inclosed  if  it shall deem the public safety
  requires it, and to adopt suitable measures for preventing  all  persons
  from going to any part of the city so inclosed;
    2.  To forbid all communication with the house or family infected with
  any communicable disease  except  by  means  of  physicians,  nurses  or
  messengers  to  carry  the necessary advice, medicines and provisions to
  the afflicted;
    3. To adopt such means for preventing all  communication  between  any
  part  of  the city infected with a disease of communicable character and
  all other parts of the city, as shall be prompt and effectual.
    b. Failure to comply with the provisions  adopted  by  the  department
  pursuant to this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable by a
  fine  of  not  exceeding  two hundred fifty dollars, or imprisonment not
  exceeding six months, or both.