The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-20
Sec. 10. The house drain and other

be laid with uniform grade and with
fall of not less than one inch In four
feet, except In those cases where the
Board Of Health Tor Borough Council)
may permit otherwise.
Sec. II. All pipes connecting water
closet with soil-pipc shall be trapped,
each separately. All waste pipes shall
be trapped, each separately, and close
to the connections with each bath, sink,
bowl or other fixture, unless adequate
provision Is made for downward venti-
lation through said waste-pipes, In
which case one trap may serve for sew
cral fixtures.
Sec. Is. All soil-pipes shall be car
ried at their full size through the roof
and left open. A provision shall also
be made for admitting air to the house,
drain side Of the main trap, II such trap
exists.
Sec. 10. Tho joints in the vitriiied
pipe shall be carefully cemented under
and around the pipe, and the joints In
the cast iron pipe shall be run and
calked with lead.
See. II. All changes in direction
shall be made with curved pipes. All
joints and pipes shall be made air tight.
The whole work shall be done by skill
ful mechanics, In n thorough and work.
manlike manner, and satisfactory to the
Board of Health Tor Borough Council.)
Sec. Is. Before proceeding to con
struct any portion Of the drainage sys-
TEN OF II hotel, tenement, dwelling
house or other building, the owner,
builder or person constructing the same
shall file with the Board OF Health for
Borough Council) plan thereof,
a, ,l.l. Il Inn
from its connection with the common
sewer to its terminus In the house, to-
gether with the location and size Of all
branches, traps, ventilating pipes and
fixtures.
See. 10. All drains now built shall be
reconstructed whenever, in the opinion
OF the Board Of Health land Borough
Council), IL may be necessary.
Sec. 20 The following named dis
eases are declared to be communicable
and dangerous to the public health, viz:
Smallpox, (Variola, Varioloid, Cholera
(Asiatic or Epidemic,l Scarlet Fever,
Scarlatina, Scarlet Rash,) Measles,
Diphtheria, (Diphtheritic Group, Diph-
theretic Sore Throat, Typhoid Fever,
Typhus Fever, Yellow Fever, Spotted
Fever, (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis Re-
lapsing Fever, Epidemic Dysentery,
Hydrophobia (Rabies), Chambers (Farcy)
and Leprosy. and shall be understood to
be included in the following regulations,
unless certain Of them only are speci-
fed.
Sec. 81. Whenever any householder
knows that any person within his fam
| lily or household has Il communicable
| disease, dangerous to the public health,
he shall Immediately report the same To
the Board Of Health Tor Borough Coun-
cil), giving the street and number. or
location, of the house.
Sec. %. Whenever any physician
finds that any person whom he is called
| upon to visit has Il communicable dis
ease, dangerous TO the public health, he
or she shall Immediately report the
same to the Board Of Health, giving
| the street and number or location Of the
house, on the receipt of which report
the Board of Health shall Immediately
notify the teacher or principal OF every
school, academy, seminary or kinder
| garten In the borough requesting said
| teachers or principals to dispense with
| the attendance OF all pupils residing in
the family in which such disease exists.
| No physician who may, in good faith, In
obedience to this ordinance, report a
case as one OF communicable disease
| which subsequently proves not to be
such, shall be liable TO suit for dam
ages for such error In reporting. 1t
shall be the duty Of such physician and
| all other attendants upon persons affect
| ed with such diseases to avoid exposure
to the public of any garments or cloth
| ing about their own persons that may
have been subjected to the risk OF infec-
tion.
Sec. %. No person shall, within the
limits of this borough, unless by permit
of the Board of Health Tor Borough
| Council), carry or remove from one
building to another any patient affected
with any communicable disease, danger
Gus to the public health. Nor shall any
person, by any exposure OF any individ-
ual so affected, or of the body of such
individual, or of any article capable of
conveying contagion or infection, or by
any negligent act connected with the
care or custody thereof, or by needless
| exposure of himself or herself, cause or
contribute to the spread of disease from
any such individual or dead body.
Sec. "a. There shall not be a public
or church funeral of any person who
has died OF Asiatic cholera, smallpox,
typhus fever, diphtheria, yellow fever,
scarlet fever or measles, and the family
of the deceased shall in all such cases
limit the attendance to as few as posi-
BILE, and take all precautions possible tC
prevent the exposure of other persons
to contagion or infection; and the per.
son authorizing the public notice OF
death of such person, shall have the
name OF the disease which caused the
death appear in such public notice.
Sec. %. No person suffering from, oi
having very recently recovered from
smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria
yellow fever, or measles, shall expose
himself, nor shall any one expose any
one under his charge in a similar con
dition, in any conveyance, without hav
ing previously notified the owner ol
person in charge OF such conveyance o
the fact of such condition as abov,
stated. 1t shall be the duty of thu
Board of Health to have this section
printed on card, and to furnish thu
| e I, .