The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-28
DaEBefl NEWS OeIDEISn.


& 81 49, i
H. law ;adofted, by tho list legislatune IN
re6d to boasaa. Of health, requires that =
thorough sanitary inspection Of towns, VII
lagos, boroashs and cities shall be made in
x.ea tEs 81 hs:a Sd1 soa q:
next meeting Of tho bosrd Of health
Any person violating any order or regu-
letion Of the board Of health il guilty of
is.isafm NJ As and liabas to ,ne not e1eeedI
months. The board can order tho owner df
occupant TO- remove any nuisance, filth or
cause Of sickness found on any private prop
erty, under penalty Of ~ nne. The board a.
80 has full power TO assign certain places for
are ntisat1ces, or deleterious 70 health OF st.
tended BY nuisone or injurious doors The
board also Is given control Of contagious orin:
f6ctiOlls diseases among cattle, horses and
6thsr domestic animals. For this purpose
T. bsnitart shrvel Of all stables and sur
has aIrssdy BEEN begun By 1 many ;p Hesieh
officers throughout tho state. For
their, instruction, the state board OF health
has Just issded i Circular setting forth the
facts above stated, and ddotihs. important ex-
5fG% fe' 1:s .as n eeeerda sgr:% sa
itary survey 81 J farm; lot. or block. A per
manent record is to be kep: a follows: The
first page to contain the number of :!.e plat
and brief description with the date and san
jtary results of inspection; the second page to
ss1!; 1 2as;p ST. The 3 ses i q as
children, wells, water or earth o1cssts. privies,
cisterns, cesspools and drains, garbage heaps.
harms, with number Of horses, sheds, with
number Of cyttle, manure heaps. pig pens,
plank walks, brick, stcne or eoncrete valks,
water mains, sewers sxsmP &c, or wet giosa1s:
Of surface drainage.
THE UTILITY OF SANITARY PLATA
These plats sre to BIZ filed for futupe use.
I'm case III in outbreak Of disease In any locali-
y. ths hesltb officer can At = glsuce note its
Sanitary condition, tstation to other districts,
population, character hid other essettial data,
End SsR la5 his plans for its control promptly
the whole of a village, town It city pc plated
stence, as advised, but unless it is done there
Will BE- B0 a*ailsble record of sanitary needs
and work ccnsSnient. and there will be in
creased liability to forget II .,eeleet until too
late, to prevent disease-which is the dna CT 8
IoGll health board For knowledge of sanitary
Of disease preventiSH. ~ most important
points to be looked after in the sani:s-y survey
ars ths following: :,
location of al privies ana t5sspncls; the loca-
ton and character of all other collectiGns Il
refuse. animal or. vegetable matter, fluid or
cisterns and other s6tttter ef water supply for
domestic use: the source of The rster, and in
case of disease or suspicion of the quality Ct
the water, its examination. All springs, wells
and streams should be studied with reference
to the first two points mentioned; the construc-
ton and efficiency of all drains, sewers, or
other apparatus or methods of disposing of
slops of Ill sorts the condition Of lots, streets
and alleys as respects drainage and cleanliness;
Chs location of all trades or employments liza
BILE to sbe dangerous to the public health, or
anuisance; or attended by noiseme or Often
sive odors, or otherwise injurious to the es-
tates of the inhabitants;" the care of domestic
animals, and of barns, sheds or pens occupied
liability to infectious or. contagious diseases;
be particular is to inspection Of stock yards the
AHblic disposal of night soil, garbage, nisd1re;
offal Or GossEe* refuse vegetable or animal mat
ter; stagnEnt pools, svsmp. Or marshy land
adjacent to residences md liable &c effect, in
turiously the public health; the condition,
quality and 7-entity, - rubllc water supplies;
the condition and sufi,:isrcy Of the public sew
er system; the sanitary condition & 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,
cry stables and stock yards.
The state board of health expects local boards
to carry out its 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
diseased