Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-04-26
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
ADOPTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE
STATE BOABD OF HEALTH,
For Prevention of Disease.

closet. stable or sink is drained, eX-
cnpt it be water tight. shall be cstab-
shed or permitted within fifty feet OF
any well. spring. or other source OF
water used for drinking or culinary
purposes.
n.-Soil, ESPECIALLY if it be
sandy loan gravel, or clay with inclin-
ed strata or layers, is often an unsus-
pected conductor of the liquid contents
of such receptaclcs to wells or springs
ofwatcr. Many wei authenticated
cases oftyphoid fever and other dan
gero,ls and often fatal dieases have
been traced to the use of water so con-
taminated.
RULE. Earth privies. or earth
closets with no vault below the surface
of the ground, shall be excepted in
Rule /, but sufficient dry earth or coal
ashes must be used daily to absorb all
tie fluid part IF the deposit, and the
entire contents must be removed
monthly.
Reaso n.-Dry earth and coal ash
cs are nearly complete disintectants If
used in sufficient quantities to absorb
all the fluids.
RULE 3.-All privy-vaults. ces>pools
or reservoirs named in Rilc ! should be
cleaned out at least once year: and
from the first OF May to the first of
NoAcmRcr of each year shall be thor
oughly disintccted by adding to the
contents of the vaults, once cvecy
month. one or two pounds of copper
IL dissolved in Il n lful of water.
n.-During the hot season
putrcsccnt gases are given off from
The dccomposing eXcreta in such
vaults. These gases arc not only
very offensive, but are frequently the
cause of dangerous di e'sas. srhey
contain compounds ofammonia. which
are Il composed by solution of copper
us and the foul o lor DESTROYED. In a
family vanlt two pounds of coppcras a
IN II h is usually sufficient. In vaults
used by n larger numl efof persons
five or more pounds Of coppcras should
be used monthly.
RULE No pr'vy-yanlt or ccsspool
shall open into IL stream. ditch or
drain. except such sewers us are cov-
cred and well protected.
Reason Same as Rule !.
rifle 5.-Within the limits thu,
bounded which area
shall constitute health limits. no night
soil or contents of ccSspools shall be
removed unless previously deodorizcd
by mixing with solution of copperas;
and during the re noval the material
shall be covered with II l. yer of fresh
earth. except the removal be by the
"Odorless E%Xcavating Process"
n.-Samc as Rue 3.
RULE 5.-All sewer drains that pass
within fifty feet of any 30 nee of wa
ter used for drinking or culinary pur-
poses shall be water tight.
Reasonable danrcr of contMmi-
mating the water.
RUFF NO sewer drain shall emp
ty into any lake, pond or other sou c
Of water used for culinary purpose,
nor into any standing water within
the iurisdict on of this Board.
Rcason .-Samp us Rule l..
Rule S.-No house otfal. dead ami
mails, OF rcflse of any Kind shall be
tIlIohD hlfOn wv Nllffi VI punt llAGI-
WAYS, or left exposed by any person.
and no b|utcher'or fish mongcr or ven
dor of merchandise of Aly kind. shall
leave any refuse upon the streets, or
uncovered by earth upon the lots of
this city Village or county,; and put
trid and decay;ng animal or vegetable
matters must be removed from all eel
lars and out-buildinss. on or before
May first in each year
Rule 9.-All families, hotc's, res
tuarants androthcrs arclmulating gar
bage are required 10 have a proper
covered receptacle for s1i,l and house
oflal, and to cause the contents TO be
regularly removed rs Atcn as tWicea
week between the first day of May
and the first day of November, and
oncc Il week at all other seasons.
Reasons for 8 and 9.---De-
composing animal and vegetable mat
tiers are tn sources o%fpoisonous gases,
dangerous TO health,
Rule 10.-No hogs shall be kept
in enclosures, within the juris LECTION
of this Board. within eighty rods of
any dwell NJ, except i'll pens with
floor, kept entirely free from stand
ing water, and regularly and freely dis
infected.
The Board will order the removal of
such auimals at any time. when they
appear to be preiudicial to the public
health, safety or comfort.
Same as for 8 and Q.
Rulc ll.-\o animals affected with
an infectious or contagious disease,
shall be brought or kept within the
limits of the jurisdiction of this Board.
except by pcrmissions If the Roard.
40 diseased animal. or its flesh. aud no
dccaycd, diseased or unfit meat, fish
vegetables or fruit. or diseased, i'm
pure. or aduNeratcd milk or other arti-
Gle. shall be sold or offered for sale Us
food.
Rule 12.-No slaughter house or
abattoir shall be established or used
a. such within the jurisdiction of this
Bears, unless kept free from all OBJ
noXious smells, and all offal be remov-
ed every day; and - melting or rem
dcring house. and no place for manu-
featuring or other business giving rise
to obnoxious or injurious vapors or
odors. shall be established or used ms
such within the jurisdiction of this
Doaad, except by its special permits
sion and location.
FOR PREVENTING TIE SPREAD oFIN-
FICTITIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES.