The Portland daily press., 1885-07-21
BOARD OF HEALTH.
A Very important Meeting of That
Body Yesterday.
Proceedings to be Instituted Against
Prominent Citizens.

A very important meeting of the Board of
Health was held yesterday afternoon as the
following proceedings will show:
The consideration of the reception of a
cargo of rags from Turkey was refused until
the rags were either in transit, or had actu-
ally arrived in this country.
John Stinchcomb, No. 81 India street, was
ordered to fill up his privy vault and thor
oughly clean up his premises.
Marshal Andrews was ordered to proceed
at once against S. L.. Carleton for nuisances
existing at Congress court and No. 202 Con-
gress street; against P. Fox Varnum for nui-
sance on Pleasant street; Lewis Pierce, nui-
sance on Green street; III. n. Jose, nuisance
at Cross and Fore streets; Jesse Barker,
nuisance on Fore street; Patrick Nc
Glinchy'S brewery ON Fore street.
The estate of A. p. Morgan was ordered to
connect the privy vault corner of Elm and
Oxford streets with the sewer.
John i. Best was notified that if he does
not at once attend to his business of collect
ing the city otfal he VIII be sued on his bond.
The city physician presented some rules in
regard to the storage and conveyance of
manure, which were laid on the table for the
present.
On motion of the city physician rules one
to eight relating to contagious diseases, were
adopted and their passage as ordinances of
this city recommended with appropriate
penalties. The rules have been printed in
the PRESS but we reprint them so no one
can fail of proper information:
Rule Any householder in whose dwelling
there shall occur case of scarlet fever diphthe-
ria, typhoid fever, small pox, cholera or typhus
fever shall Immediately notify the Board of Health
Tor Health Committee) of the same.
Rule 2. When physician knows or suspects
that any person to whom he has been called is
sick Of or has died of, one of the diseases named
in Rule l. he shall Immediately notify the Board of
Health Cor Health Committee) of the same.
Rule B. A rigid quarantine shall be put upon
any person sick OF scarlet fever, diphtheria, or
until the Board of Health shall permit the quaran-
tine to be removed. During this period all per-
sons not necessarily in attendance there shall be
excluded from the patients room.
Rule 4. The attending physician and others in
charge of any person suffering from any of the
diseases named in Rule 1, shall cause all dis
charges from the bowels to be thoroughly disin-
fected with Disnfectant No. 2.
Rule 5. The clothing and bed clothing of per-
sons sick of the diseases mentioned in Rule
shall be disnfected by soaking in Disnfectant So
luton No 4, and shall afterwards be boiled. Note
Better boil first in the Solution.
Rule 6. Any person having scarlet fever, diph-
liberia, or smallpox, and members of any house.
hold where any of said diseases, whether mild or
malignant, exist shall refrain from mngling with
children in schools, churches, Sunday schools, or
other indoor places, and associations with adults
shall be as restricted as possible.
Rule Z. Rooms, with their furniture, in which
there has existed case of scarlet fever, diph-
liberia, small poX cholera or typhus fever, shall
be thoroughly fumigated with sulphur, according
to the directions given for using Disinfectant No.
Rule s. A public funeral shall not be held for
any person who has died of scarlet fever small
pox, diphtheria, cholera, or typhus fever.