The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-08-15
SOME NEW'HEALT TIL REGULATIONS
Health officer Powers Has a
New Ordinance.
Milk Dealers to Be Under Control
Hereafter.
Now Rules with Ressrd to Preventing
the Spread of Contagious Diseases
and for the Prompt Suppress
sion OF Nuisances.

The board Of health has at last adopt
ed comprehensive ordinance covering
sill health matters of the city, instead o.
having the health. regulations scattered
through hall dczsn ordinances which
have been passed since 1886.
Health Officer Powers has been al
work on this ordinance for several
months past, and it combines all OF the
good points of the old ordinances, to-
gether with important extracts from the
state laws. One OF the new features ia
with regard to regulating the sale oil
milk, and specifics that no person shall
sell any unwholssome, impure. watered
or sdulterated milk, or milk known ne
swill milk, or milk from cows that for
the moet part are kept tied up in sta.
bles, or from those that are fed on awill
or like substances, or from diseased
cows. All milk dealers are required to
have written permit from the health
officer, and must give the mum Der OF
cows owned, and the parties from whom
be purchases milk. ana his premises
ehall at all times be liable to inspection
by the heslth officer. Milk wagons must
have the names OF the owner painted
thereon and be covered. The milk OF no
cows fed ON garbage, swill, refuse or inn
proper food shall be cold. All milk shall
conform to the standard fixed by the
heslth officer. The specific gravity of
milk shall not be less than 1928; the
amount of solids 10 milk shall be not
less than IL per centtbereof; the amount
OF cream by weight shall not be less
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than 8 per cent thereof, and the amount
OF water shall not be more than 81 per
cent. All skinned milk shall be 30 la.
beled on the cans.
Physicians are required to file all
death certificates within 48 hours from
the death of the patient. All persons
coming in contact with persons suffer-
ing from infectious or contagious dis
eases shall not 10 into any public place
or assent lage wearing any clothing
which may be injected. No person
shall bring to any railroad station or
depot or have on storage any skins,
hides or rags. or any other material
that has been brought from any injected
place. No one operating tallow chan
dlery, soap factory, tannery, dietillery,
pickle factory, livery stable, horse cor
raj, cattle yard, packing house, rendering
or manufacturing establishment shall
suffer the same to become nauseoue,
foul, or prejudicial to life or health. No
ono shall conduct any factory for boiling
or manufacturing varnish, lamp-black,
glue or any business generating any
deleterious gas or smoke, which may be
dangerous to health, without providing
smoke or gee consumers.
| No one shall permit vicious dog be-
longing to him to roam ut will, nor
shall the grade of any lot or ground be
filed with any animal or vegetable sub
stance. manure or rubbish which may
become decayed or putrid.
! 1t ia likewise provided that no ono
shall manufacture ice Of water from
any well, zanja or irrigating ditch with
out the water being thoroughly filtered
and distilled.
Veterinary surgeons are required to
Immediately report all csees OF
CHAMBERS, farcy or anthrax in
writing to the health officer. No
such diseased horses shall be al.
lowed to ceme into contact in any man
ner with other animals. The health
officer ia also empowered to compel all
persons to vacate any premises injected
with contagious or infectious diseases,
/ or that is unfit for habitation by reason
of defects in drainage. plumbing, ventil-
alton, or on account OF a nuisance on the
premises. The new ordinance 10 quite
| voluminous and will likely bs presented
to the council for adoption ut the meet.
ing on Monday.