Every physician shall report in writing to the director every patient he may have in the city suffering from tuberculosis, smallpox, diphtheria, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, infantile paralysis or any other communicable disease that may be declared by the director to be dangerous to the public health, together with the precise locality where such patient may be found, within twenty-four (24) hours after diagnosis is made; and the director shall keep a record of every case so reported to him.

(Code 1964, § 10.180)