The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-05-28
MIIaEoFk NEWS CONDENSED.


The law adopted by the last legislature in
regard to boards of health requires that d
thorough sanitary inspection of towns, vii
lagos, boroughs and cities shall be made in
written report thereof submitted at the
NEXT meeting of the board Of health
Any PERSON violating any order or regu-
lation of the, board 81 health is guilty Of q
misdemeanor, and liable to fine not exceed
ing SEQ, OF imprisonment not exceeding three
months The board can order the owner on
occupant to remove an. nuisance, filth or
cause of sickness found on anJ private prop
erty, under penalty Of $50 fine. The board al
so has full power to assign certain places for
the exercise of trades or employments which
are ntlisances, or deleterious to health or at
tended by, noisome or injurious odors The
board also is given control Of contagious or in.
fectious diseases among cattle, horses and
6thsf domestic animals. For this purpose
sanitary siirvev of all stables and sur
roundings is necessary. This inspection
has already been begun by many health
officers throughout the state. Fer
their instruction, the state board OF health
has just issued circular setting forth the
facts above stated. and quoting important ex-
cerpts from the laws. A model diagram lis
given for use in making and recording san
itary survey Of q farm, lot or block. per-
manent record is to be kept as follows: The
first page to contain the number of the plat
and brief description with the date and san
itary results of inspection; the second page to
contain q diagram of the lot block or grounds,
showing Ecuses, with number of adults and
children, wells. water or earth closets, privies,
cisterns, cesspools and drains; garbage heaps,
barns with number of horses, sheds, with
number of cattle, manure heaps, pig pens,
plank walks, brick, stone or concrete walks,
water mains, sewers. swamps or wet grounds,
flowing and stagnant water, tiles snd direction
of surface drainage.
THE UTILITY OF SANITARY PLATs.
These plats are to be filed for future use.
In case of an outbreak Of disease in any local1-
~; the health officer can at glance note its
sanitary condition; relation to other districts
population, character and other essential data,
and can Law his plans for its control promptly
and with confidence 1t is not essential that
the whole of a village, town or city be plated
at once, as advised but unless it is done there
will be no available record of sanitary needs
and work convenient, end there will be in
creased liability to forget or neglect until too
late to prevent disease-which is tie snd of q
local health board For knowledge of sanitary
condition is the most important of the factors
of disease prevention. The most important
points to be looked after in the sanitary survey
are the following:
The ntfnbor, construction, condition and
ton and character of all other collections Of
refuse, animal or vegetable matter, auid or
solid; the location and construction of wells;
cisterns and other sources OF water supply for
domestic use; the Source of the water, and in
case of disease or suspicion Il the quality of
the water its examination. All springs; wells
ard streams should be studied with reference
to the first twc points mentioned; the construc-
ton and efficiency OF an drains, sewers, or
other apparatus or methods o. disposing of
elops OF all sorts; the condition of lots streets
and alleys as respects drainage and cleanliness;
the location of all trades or employments La
BILE to @be dangerous to the public health, or
a nuisance; or attended by noiso1re or Often
sive odors, or otherwise injurious to the ss-
tates of the inhabitants" the care of domestic
animals, and of barns sheds or pens occupied
by them, as affecting public health, or their own
liability to infectious or contagious diseases;
be particular as to inspection of stock ysrds the
public disposal of night SOIL garbage, manure,
offal or other refuse vegetable or animal mat
ter; stagnant pools, s'yampy Or marshy land
adjacent to residences .nd Liable to effect, in
juriously the public health; the condition,
quality and quantity, % public water supplies;
the condition and sufficiercy of the public sew
er system; the sanitary condition of buildings
used for public assemblies, particularly school
houses and places of amusement; sanitary
condition of hotels, common boarding houses
and tenement houses, hospitals and poorhouses,
jails and lockups, railway station houses, liv-
cry stables and stock yards
The state board of health expects local boards
to carry out it's instructions, and is under the
new law, after this May inspection is compl ct
ed, the various cities and towns of Minnesota
will be prepared to meet and resist not only
cholera but all other infectious and epidemic
diseases