News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-02
Regulations of the State Board of
Aaaifh

The State Board or Heath eSIaU-
fishes and promulgates the following
rules and regulations for the better
preservation of the public health, and
for the protection against infectious
and contagious diseases, by the au-
thority given in section 9th of can
act to prevent the spreading of con-
tagious diseases" etc., approved Nov.
23d. 1886. Selectmen have also the
power, by virtue of sections 1919 to
1925 inclusive. of the revised laws of
the State of Vermont, and it is their
duty to strictly enforce these rules in
their respective towns. They are in
reality, town boards of health, and
the State hoard looks to them 10 eff
GENTLY carry out the rules and regu-
lations now promulgated, and will con-
slider them responsible for the proper
enforcement of them.
REGULATIONS.
ANY householder in whose dwelling
there shall occur a case of scarlet fe-
yer, diphtheria, typhoid or typhns
fever, small pox or cholera, shall i'm
mediately notify the Selectmen or
health officer, who shall at once re-
port the same to the State Board of
Health.
When a physician knows or sus-
poets that any person to whom he has
been called is sick of, or has died of,
a communicable disease dangerous to
the public health, he shall Immediate
ly report the same TO the Selectmen
or health officer, who at once shall no.
tify the teacher or principal of every
school, academy or seminary, request
ing said teachers or principals to dis
pense with the attendance of all pu-
pills residing in the family in which
such disease exists.
1t shall be the duty of the physi-
clan, and of all other attendants up
on persons affected with such diseases,
to avoid exposure to the public of any
garments, or clothing about their per-
sons, that may have been subjected to
the risk of infection.
No person who has small pox,
scarlet fever, measles or
whooping cough, shall attend school
Or any place of public worship or
Books ON a public or circulating
library must not he allowed in any
Iouse where there is case Of small
,ox, diphthcria or scarlet fever.
Members of any household in which
small pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or
measles exist shall abstain from at
ending places of public amusement,
Worship or education, and, as far as
from visiting other private
Houses.
No parent, guardian or master in
whose house or family there shall
ave beenn a communicable disease
dangerous to the public health shall
permit any child in said house or fam
~ to attend any public, private or
Sunday school during or after the ces-
sation of said disease, until the house
snail have been thoroughly disinfected
and cleansed, and the child shall have
a proper certificate from the attending
physician, countersigned by a Select
man or health officer.
Plain and distinct notices must be
placed upon the premises or house in
which any person has small pox,
scarlet fever, typhus fever,
measles or whooping cough.
The clothing, bed-clothing and bed
ling of persons who have been sick
with any communicable disease dam
gerous 10 the public health, and the
rooms they have occupied during such
sickness, together with their furniture
shall he thoroughly disinfected.
There shall not be public or
church funeral of any person who has
lied of Asiatic cholera, small pox,
,yphus fever, diphtheria, yellow fever,
scarlet fever or measles, and the fam
~ of the deceased shall in all such
cases limit the attendance to as few
as possible, and take all precautions
possible to prevent the exposure of
other persons to contagion or infection.
No meat, fish, birds, fowls, fruit,
milk, or anything for hu-
man food, not being then healthy.
fresh, sound, wholesome, fit and safe
for use, nor any animal or fish that
died by disease, nor carcass of any
calf. pig or lamb which at the time of
its death was less than three weeks
old, and no meat therefrom shall be
offered or held for sale as food.
1t shall be the duty of the occu-
pant of every bouse, in the month of
May in each and every year, to clean
the cellars thereof of all dirt, veget-
able and other impure matter, calcu-
lated to engender disease, and cause
them to be thoroughly whitewashed
with fresh lime.
Swine shall be kept in such place
and manner as not to be offensive to
the persons residing in the vicinity;
and their pens and yards must be
kept deodorized by the application of
dried muck, dry earth, or some other
effective absorbent or disinfectant.
Whatever is dangerous TO human
life or health, and whatever renders
soil, air, food, water, or other drink
are declared to be nui-
sances, and liable to originate or to
spread contagious diseases.
Whatever building, erection or part
or cellar thereof is overcrowded, or
not provided with adequate means of
ingress and egress, or is not sufficient
~ supported, ventilated, severed,
cleaned or lighted, is declared
to be nuisance.
The collection of refuse matter in
or around the immediate vicinity of
any dwelling house, or place Of bust
ness, such as swiIl, waste of meat,
fish or shells, bones, decaying veget-
alb les, excrement, or any kind of offal
that may decompose and generate
disease germs or unhealthy gases,
shall be considered the worst kind of
a nuisance, and must he removed or
Of either by burning, burial
Or otherwise in such a manner that it
may not be offensive 10 the neighbour
hood.
No pntrid or decaying animal or
matter shall be kept in any
house, cellar or adjoining out-building
or grounds for more than twenty -four
hours.
No slaughter-house shall be allowed
within the limits of any village or
city, or within fifty yards of any