The Portland daily press., 1885-07-01
HEALTH REGULATIONS.
A ACircular to Municipal Officers From
the State Board of Health.

series of rules and regulations based on this circu-
lar, and secure their adoption as bylaws by the
| town. In some places outside of cities and large
towns and villages, the board say, the rules reat
| ing to house drainage will not be needed but no
other section can be omitted without great disad-
vantage.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
! !, Rule j.. Amy householder in whose dwelling
there snail occur case OF scarlet fever diphthe-
ria, typhoid fever, smallpox, cholera or typhus
fever shall Immediately notify the Board of Health
| Tor Health C0mmittee) OF the same.
Rule 2. When a physician knows or suspects
| that any person to whom he has been called is
SICK q, or has died of, one of the diseases named
IN rule l, he shall Immediately notify the Board of
Health (or Health Committee) of the same.
| Rule .. rigid quarantine shall be put upon
i any person sick of scarlet fever, dphtheria, or
smallpox for period Of at least three weeks, 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
sseses o. amy rs Rne Sg c any AZ II
! charges from the bowels to be thoroughly disin-
feeted with Disinfectant No. 2.
| Rule 8. The clothing and bed clothing of per-
sons sick Of the diseases mentioned in Rule
shall be disinfected by soaking In Disnfectant So
| luton No 4, and shall afterward be boiled.
Aote.LBetter boil first in the Solution.
Rule g. Any person having scarlet fever, diph-
| iberia, or smallpox, and members of any house
| hold where any of said diseases, whether mild or
malignant exist, shall refrain from mingling 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, diphthe-
thoroughly fumigated with sulphur, according to
the directions given for using Dsinfectant No. l.
Rule public diaG funeral shall not be held for
| ria, small pox, cholera or typhus fever.
VAULTS AND DRAINS
Rule o.. No privy vault, cess-pool or reservoir,
iuto which priyy water-closet, stable or sink is
drained. except It's water-tight, shall be estab-
lished or permitted within one hundred feet of any
| well, spring or other source of water used for
| drinking or culinary purposes.
NOte.-NO person can long do the work of the
| physician or sanitarian without being personally
cognizant Of the fact that water polluted from the
sources indicated above is cause of disease much
| ottener than the public generally suspects. Not
| only fatal domestic pestilenceS, Which break up
tiOns which NAV eyentllate in fatal disease are so
! produced. In some localities wells are fouled
| from privies and drains more than one hundred
| feet distant
| Rule 10. All privy vaults, cess-pools or reser-
| yors named in Rule 9 shall be cleaned out twice
year once in the spring, not later than the 18th
| OF May and once in the autumn, not earlier than
| the 18th of October. From the 18th of May to
| the 10th of October of each the above named
vaults, ceSSp0olS or reservoirs shall be thorough
ly disnfected by adding to the contents of the
tents OF the vault, once every week, from one to
four gallons of Dsinfectant No 3, according to
Note.-The householder who tolerates the above
mentioned places on his premises keeps posi-
| Bile, and very often great danger hanging over
himself and family. The fermentation of the con-
tents of these vaults fills the air with poisonous
gases and the specific germs which produce dis
ease. Hence frequent cleansing and diSinfectiOn
are required to make them t0lerdbty safe.
Rule IL. Earth privieS aud earth closets, with
no vault below the surface Of the ground, shall be
| exempted in Rule 8; but sufficient dry earth or
| coal ashes must be used daily to absorb all the
fluid part of the deposit, and the entire contents
| of it must be removed at least Imonthly.
| AOf9.--lt is earnestly recommended for cOuntrV
| and village places that the dry earth system take
the place OF the very Objectionable .privy vault
To all who desire it the State Board of Health will
| send circular giving directions for the construc-
| tion and management of the dry-earth closet.
tot ae a ~ All sewer drains tnat pass Mitn iy
! culinary purposes shall be water tight, and in
sandy soil the limit shall be eighty feet.
| Rule ID. No sewer drain shall empty into any
| lake, pond or other source of water used for
| drinking purposes, or into any standing water,
| within the jurisdiction of this Board.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
Rule IA. The sewage from eacn "'i'i''iiis sb9Il al
every street provided with common sewer 5, '''-
be conducted into said sewer
Rule 10. That portion of the house dra i'll which
IS outside of the building and more than four feet
from the foundation walls, shall be constructed of
iron pipe or yitrified drain pipe.
Rule 10. That portion Of the drain pipe ontside
or under the building and within four feet of the
foundation walls, together with the soil pipe, shall
be constructed of cast iron with loaded joints.
The waste pipe connected with the conductors
lllC EOOlS, anu llSu6 the DllIQng,
or outside and within four feet of the foundation
walls, shall be constructed OF iron with loaded
joints.
Rule IL. The house drain and other pipes for
tie conveyance OF sewage shall be laid with uni
form grade aud with fall of not less than one
inch in four feet, except in those cases where the
Board of Health may permit otherwise
Rule IL. The main house drain shall be pro-
ylded with trap which shall be located outside
the mouse walls and beyond all house connections.
All pipes connecting water-closet with soil
pipe shaA De trapped, each separately, and close
TO the connection with each water closet All
waste-pipes shall be trapped, each separately and
close to the connections with each bath, sink,
or other fixture.
Rule 10: All soil pipes shall be carried at their
ful size through the roof and left open. A pro-
vision shall also be made for admitting air to the
house-drain side of the main trap.
Rule 20. The joints in the vitrifed pipe shall be
carefully cemented under and around the pipe,
and the joints in the east iron pipe shall be run
Rule 21. All changes in direction shall be made
with curved pipes, and all connections shall be
shall be made air-tight. The whole work shall be
done by Skillful mechanics in thorough and
workmanlike manner, and satisfactorily to the
Rule %. Before proceeding to construct any
portion OF the drainage system of a hotel, tene-
ment, dwelling house, or other building, the own
er, builder or person constructing the same shall
file with the Board of Health plan thereof, show
ing the whole drainage system, from its eonnec-
house; together with the location and sizes of all
branches, traps, ventilating pipes and fixtures.
hulS 20. All ufdlnS now Dullt shall recon-
structed, whenever in the opinion of the Board of
Health, it mat be necessary.
GARBAGE
Rule %, The collection of refuse matter in or
around the immediate vicinity of any dwelling
horse or place of buSineS, such as Swill waste of
meah, fish or shells, boneS decaying Vegetables
deed earcases, excrement, any kind of ofal that
may decompose and generate disease germs or
unhealthy cases. and thus affect the purity of the
air, shallbe considered the worst kind of nuisance
am and must be removed or disposed of either by bur
m in CI1al hat
1t may not be offensive to the neighborhood wher-
Rule 25. No dead animal shall, within the u-
risdction of this Board, be putinto any river well
spring, cistern, reservoir, stream or pond.
Kale ~ owners Of + fish or other markets must
offensive or dangerous to health.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rule 81. No diseased animal or its flesh, and
no decayed, diseased or unfit meat, fish, vegeta-
beS or fruit, or diseased, impure or aduterated
milk, or other impure, diseased or adulterated ar
tice used for food, shall be sold offered for sale
as food
Rule 2s No pupil shall be allowed to attend
the public schools who has not been vaccinated
successfully within seven years.
Rule % The croWding of tenement houses
will receive the special attention of the Board of
Health, as one of the most prolific sources of con-
taglous disease Owners of snch property, where
cases OF oyercrowdlng are found, will be duly no
tined and disregarding such notice, the case will
be dealt with according to law.
Rule 30 Swine shall be kept in such place and
manner as not to be offensive to the persons re-
siding in the vicinity; and their pens and Yards
must be kept deodorized by the application of
OF dried muck, dry earth or some other effective
absorbent. The same rule, with regard to deo-
dorlzaton, applies to Ohorses cows and other stock
Rule 81. No person shall occupy any building
as a slaughter house, where it is offensive to any
portion OF the community. Such slaughter houses
VIII be treated as public nuisanceS.
Rule 81. When phySiciani is in attendance on a
case OF infectious disease, the dsinfection which
is required in Rules 4, 5, and 10, shall be car
RED out according to his directions otherwise il
shall be done as specified in said rules
Rule 33. The violation of any of the foregoing
Rules and any interference with the Board Of
Health to prevent the execution and enforcement
OF them shall be punishable by fine not exceeding
twenty dollars for each offense in addition TO the
liability to such punishment as is provided by the
Revised Statutes of the State Of Maine for specific
| offences.
DIsINFECTANTs.
No 1. Sulphur Ftonigdtion
| To use this effectively, two pounds of sulphur
| should be burned in room ten feet square Every
| opening into the room, fiues doors, windows.
| cracks and ereYlces, must be closed. except the
| door by which the disinfector is to escape The
sulphur is to be burned in an iron kettle or other
| vessel set in tub containing little water to
| guard against fire. A little alcohol or kerosene
| must be poured upon the sulphur by means OF
| which it may be ignited. Leave the room Quickly.
for the fumes are highly poisonous when breathed
! aud close the door tightly. Let the room remain
| closed twenty-four hours or more
No. 2. For the DISCHARGES
Sulphate OF Iron (copperas) 9 pounds; warm
| NRRfy