Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-05


Duties OF Local Boards Of Health.
which was handed us By DR.. I. AIney,
Of Marvin.
Every physician or midwife practic-
ing In the State of Kansas shall file with
the county clerk of the county In which
he or she lives his or her name, age, I
residence, number of years of practice,
school from which graduating, If anv)
giving name and location, date of grad
uatIons and school of practice. And
any physician or midwife failing to
comply with this order on or before the
first day of October, 1885, shall pay
penalty of ten dollars; and ten dollars
Tor each month thereafter during which
ne or she fails to comply with this rule.
FOR VACCINATION.
That, by the authority vested in this
Board, it is hereby ordered, that on and
after October ], 1885, no pupil shall be
admitted to any public school in this
/ State without presenting satisfactory
evidence OF proper and successful vac
cinatiOn.
/ Ali prlVy vaults, cesspOOlS or reser-
+ vOirs must be cleaned out at least once
/ a year; and from the first of May to the
/ first Of November of each year, shall
( be thoroughly disinfected by adding to
/ the contents Of the vault, once every
month, one or two pounds of cOpperas
/ Dissolved in a pailful of water.
I No house offal. or dead animal of any
/ kind shall be thrown upon the streets or
! left exposed by any person; and no
/ butcher, or mOnger of any kind, shall
! leave any refuse upon the streets or
public highway, OIL uncovered by earth,
upon any of the lots or tracts Of land,
! and all putrid and decaying animal
matter must be removed from all eel
/ lars and Outbuildings on or before May
1st in each year.
! All keepers of hotels, restaurants and
/ others accommodating garbage, are re-
! quired to have proper covered receipt
acle for swill and house Offal; and to
cause contents to be regularly remOv-
ed as often as twice each week, be-
tween the first day of May and the first
day of November, and once q week at
all iOther seasons.
Between the firs5 day Of May and the
! first day of November, no hogs shall
be kept within the limits of any moor
pOrated town or village within twenty
/ five rods of any dwelling. unless the
pens have a tight and good floor AID
I are free from water, Eand regularity and
/ freely disinfectGd. The. Board will
order the removal of such animals at
any time when they appear to be pre-
/ judicial to public health, safety, and
comfort.
No person recovering from an infec-
/ tious disease shall be permitted to ap-
/ pear on the public streets or the pub
/ lie highway, or in any public place, IN
/ til all danger from cOntagiOn, by rea-
! son of such disease, is passed.
The room into which a person sick
with smallpox variOlcid, scarlet fever
or diptheriH is placed, must previously
/ be cleared Of all carpets, needless cloth
ing, drapery and all other articles like
ly to harbOr the disease. After the
death or recovery of the sick, the room,
/ furniture and other contents not to be
destroyed must be Immediately thor
Oughlv disinfected. The paper on the
walls and ceilings, ANY, must be re-
moved and completely burned. The
floor, woodwork and wooden furniture
must be painted over with a solution of
corrosive sublimate-made BY dissOlv-
ing one ounce OF corrosive in six gallons
OF water. The walls, if not papered,
must be thoroughly scrubbed and
whitewasbed, For the sick-rOOm,
small pieces of rags should be substitu-
ted for handkerchiefs, and when once
used must be Immediately burned.
Soiled bed and body linen must be
placed in vessels and saturated with the
sulphate of zluc solution, then boiled
for one hour before being removed from
the premises.
The discharges of the patient must
be received into vessels containing
.'chioride of lime, - cOpperas, or some
other known disinfectant and if not
buried at once, must be thrown into a
IcesspOOl or a water closet, after having
been thoroughly disinfected, but never
into running stream or on the ground.
Perfect cleanliness of nurses and atten-
dants must be eujOIned and secured
Fumigation with birthstone is a good
methed for disinfecting the house. For
this purpose the rooms to be disinfected
must be vacated. Heavy clothing,
blankets, bedding and all articles which
cannot be treated with zinc solution,
must ne opened and exposed during fU-
migatiOn. To dIsinfect an Ordin ~
room with birthstone: Having tightly
closed all the openings of the room,
place in an open dish three pounds of
birthstone, and burn for twelve hours,
being careful not to breathe the fumes.
After fumigation, the rooms must be
thoroughly. aired By opening the doors
and windows for several hours.