The Press., 1894-10-11
ESTABLISHED BY THE
 TOWN HEALTH OFFICER.
Complaints of Nuisances, etc.

ana must bear the signature or the com plainant.
 Reporting Cases of Contagious or Malig-
 nant Diseases.
 Rule H. Every physician shall report in writing to the Town Health Officer ev- cry case of cholera, yellow fever diphthe- ria, membraneous croup, typhus fever, ty- phoid fever, scarlet fever, measles, lepro- sy, small pox, oI other contagious or in- fectious disease which the Town Health Officer may designate, occurring in his practice, within forty-eight hours of his first attendance upon such case. Malignant or Contagious Diseases in their
 Relation to Schools or other Public As
 semblages.
 Rule III. No superintendent, principal or teacher of any school, and no parent or guardian of any child attending school, shall permit a child sick with small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membraneous croup, measles, whooping cough, scabies, (itch) or child afflicted with lice, to attend school. Nor shall any child residing in n house in which such disease shall exist be permitted to attend school without a writ ten permit from the Health Officer.
 Vaccination.
 Rule W. The Town Health Officer shall have the power to isolate children or other persons who are not vaccinated, in case of the occurrence of small poX in the town.
 Funerals.
 Rule V. No person shall allow to he retained, unburied, the dead body of any human being for longer time than four days, or, where death has been caused by a contagious disease, for longer time than thirty-six hours after the death of such person, without permit from the Town Health Officer, which permit shall specify the length of time during which such body shall remain unburied and when death has been caused by contagious disease, | the body shall be immediately thereafter disnfected or enclosed in tightly sealed coffin, which shall not thereafter be open ed; and the funerals of such persons shall | be attended at the house, only the under taker and persons living in the house where such person died, and by a clergy man who shall take such precautions as the Health Officer may direct. In the re- moval thereof for burial, or otherwise, the body shall not be carried in vehicle with other passengers And the bedding, cloth ing, and furniture of the room wherein such person has died, shall be thoroughly disnfected, and otherwise treated as the Town Health Officer may direct. | Regulations concerning Special Nuisances,
 Privy Vaults, Cess Pools and Drains Rule VI. No privy vault cess pool or reservoir into which privy, water closet or sink is drained except it be water tight, shall be established or permitted so near a well, spring or other source of water used for drinking or culinary purpose as in the judgment of the Town Health off cer to contaminate the same.
 Rule VII. All privy vaults, cesspools, or reservoirs, named in Rule shall be alaannd nnt at ennb fipnnc and in c1ph manner as the Health Officer shall pre- scribe.
 Rule VIII. No person shall keep and maintain upon his premises at any time | any privy, wateI-closet, cesspool, sink, drain, stable or pig-sty except in u clennly and inoffensive condition.
 Rule TX. Nosewage drain, ,privy-vault, | cess pool or sink shall empty into any 1 stream, pond or other source of water, nor shall any privy, pig-sty or stable be con- | structed so near such stream, pond or oth- CT source of water that it's contents will drain into the same.
 | Regulations concerning Garbage.
 Rnle K. No person shall permit the accumulation in or about the immediate vicinity of any dwelling house or place of business under his control, or refuse mat ter, such as swill, waste of meat, sour l
 a state 0f' dGG6fifpSsiIlopllnl my Kind or nr"l in Rule XI. Noperson shall throw, dump
 or deposit any filth, garbage, decaying an
 imal or vegetable matter which may be prejudicial to public health, upon any va
 cant lot, highway, or public place, nor in
 any brook, pond or spring. This does not preclude the proper use of fertilizers upon the land.
 Imperfect Drainage or Sewerage of Houses ] alreadyerected.
 Rule XII. When the Town Health Of- ficer finds that the plumbing or drainage
 of any dwelling or habitation in this town is defective and dangerous to health or life, the owner or agent having the prop erty in charge shall have placed within a reasonable time proper traps under every sink, basin and other fixture, and shall have each soil pipe carried through the roof to such height as the Town Health Officer shall direct, not less than two feet, and of undiminiShed size whenever prac- ticable, and if this cannot be accomplish
 ed, said Town Health Officer will order such efficient ventilation and such repair
 of soil pipes as shall, in his judgment, pre-
 vent the pollution of the premises by sew
 CT gas.
 Rule XIII. Whenever, in the judgment
 of the Town Health Officer, any premises fronting upon any street or highway in which there is a sewer should be connect
 ed with such sewer, and tho use of the
 privy discontinued, said Health Officer will notify the owner or agent having the } property in charge, who shall within thir- ty days cause such privy to be cleaned
 out and the use thereof discontinued, and | such connection with the sewer to be made, and shall provide proper means fol ventilating the house drains. All connec- | tions with the sewer shall be made under direction of the Town Health Officer. All
 drain pipes passing through the wall ot any building shall be of iron or vitrified = salt glazed tile, of such thickness as the 3 Town Health Officer shall determine When any privy vault or cesspool is dis continued the contents shall be entirely removed, and the vault filled with earth ', or other suitable material.
 , Rule XIV. No person shall throw into - or deposit in any vault, sink, cesspool ol privy, any offal, meat, fish, garbage, ol any other substance except that of whicl the place is the appropriate receptacle. Q Rule XVI. The contents of any tub ol @ any receptacle, cesspool, privy, vault, sink 9 or water-closet. cistern, or anything in any room, excavation, vat, building, premises . or place shall not be allowed to become | I nuisance, or offensive, so to be dangerous O. , prejudicial to health.
 t Swine, Goats, &c. .,. .. - Rule XVII. The keeping of swine, fowls y or goats in any locality in this Town, il
 such manner as to become, in the opin | Ion of the Town Health officer, nuisance, will l. not be permitted. al Markets.
 n Rule XVIII. No butchers offal or gar
 bage, nor any dead animals, nor any pu y trid or stinking animal or vegetable mat l. ter shall be thrown by any person, O n allowed to go into any street, place IF sewer, or receiving basin, or into an. i l river, or standing or running water or exca @ vation, or upon any ground or premises in tn ,s built-up portions of the Town