The Press., 1895-10-24
RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE BOROUGH HEALTH OFFICER.
Complaints of Nuisances. Etc.

Complaints of Nuisances, Etc. RULE l. All complaints made to the BOrougl Health Officer shall be in writing, and must bea the signature Of the complaint.
 Reporting Cases of Contagious or Malig nant Diseases. RULE II. Every physician shall report in writ ing to the Health OfI1cer every case Of cholera yellow fever, d1phtheT1a, memOraneOuS crOup typhus fever, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, meas | les, leprosy, smallpox, or other contagious O | infectious disease which the Health officer ma, designate, occurring in his practice, within forty eight hours of his first attendance upon sucl case, stating name of patient and location o residence, and, if child, name Of parents O guardian.
 Malignant or Contagious Diseases ii Their Relation to Schools or Othel Assemblages.
 | teacher Of any school, and no parent or guardian Of any child attending school, shall permit child sick with smallpox, scarlet fever, diph | therta, membraneOus crOup, measles, whOoptne cough, scabies dtch), or child afflicted with lice l to attend school. Nor shall any child residing in house in which such disease shall exist bI permitted to attend school without a writer permit from the Health officer, and a red cart shall be posted upon said house, with the WOrd contagious diseases printed upon 1t. Vaccination. RULE W. The Borough Health Officer shal have the power to isolate children other per sons who are not vaccinated, in case of the oc curTenc0 OI SInaAI-pOx 1n the town.
 Funerals.
 RULE V. No person shall allow to be retained unbur1ed, the dead body of any human being fol longer time than four days, or where deat1 has been caused by contagious disease, for { longer time than thirtySlX hours, after the deatf of such person, without permit from the HealtI Officer, which permit shall specify the length O time during which such body may remain un contagious disease, the body shall be immediate ly thereafter disinfected or enclosed in tightly sealed coffin, which shall not thereafter be open ed; and the funeral Of such persons shall be at tended at the house, only by the undertaken anC persons living in the house where such persOI nE as thg Heafb Hcea a1 axe In the removal thereof for burial, or otherwise the body shall not be carried in a vehicle witt and furniture of the room wherein such persoI has died shall be thoroughly d1sinfected, anC otherwise treated as the Borough Health Off1ce may direct.
 Regulations Concerning Special Nui
 sances, Privy- Vaults, Cesspools ana
 Drains. lRULE VI. No privy-vault, cesspool or reservoir into which pr1vy, Water-clOset or sink is drain ed, except 1t be water tight, shall be established or permitted so near well, spring or other source as in the judgment of the Health Omcer to con tam1nate the same.
 RULE VII. All privy-vaults, cesspools and res erVOirs named in Rule 6, shall be cleaned tsuct times and in such manner as the Health Onicel shall prescribe.
 RULE VIII. No person shall keep and main tain upon his premises at any time any prtvy water-clOset, CesspoOl, sink, dratn stable or pig sty, except in c1eanly and 1nOnens1ve cOndi tiOn.
 RULE TX. No sewage drain, pr1vy-vault. cess pool or sink shall empty into any stream, pond or other source Of water used for drinking or cul mary purpose, nor shall any pr1vy, pig sty Ol stable be constructed so near such stream pond or other source Of water that it's contents will drain into the same.
 Regulations Concerning Garbage.
 RULE X. No person shall permit the accumu. lat1On in or around the immediate vicinity O1 any place of business under his control, of refuse matter such as swiIl, waste of meat, sour flour nsh or shells, bones, decay1ng vegetables, dead composition.
 RULE X1. No person shall throw, dump or de. postt any filth, garbage, decaytng animal or veg etable matter, which may be prejudicial to pub lie health, upon any vacant lot, highway or pub lie 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 Already Completed.
 RULE XII. When the Borough Health Officer finds that the plumbing or drainage of any dwell ing or habitatiOn In this town is defective and dangerous to health or life, the owner or agent having the property in charge shall have placed within reasonable time proper traps under ev- cry sink, basin and other fixture, and shall have each soil pipe carried through the roof to such height as the Borough Health Officer shall di- rect not less than two feet, and Of undim1ntshed accomplished, said Borough Health oTicer viii HG order such efficient ventilation and such reuair of soil pipes as shall in his Judgment prevent the pollution Of the premises by sewer gas.
 RULE KILL Whenever, in the ODinfon of the Borough Health Of1cer, any premises fronting upon any street or highway In which there is a sewer should be connected with such sewer and the use Of the prtVy discontinued, said Health Omcer will notify the owner or agent having the property in charge, who shall within thirty days 1VYT NA ann out %IkON- thereof discontinued and such connection with the sewer to be made, and shall provide proper means for ventilating the house drains. All con nect1On with the sewer shall be made under the direction Of the Health Ofncer. All drain pipes passing through the wall Of any building shall be of Iron or vitrifed salt glazed tile, Of such thickness as the Borough Health Onicer shall determine. When any pT1vy-vault or cesspOOl is discontinued the contents shall be entirely re- suitable material.
 RULE XIV. No person shall bury in, draw ofT or allow to run into any street or highway in this town, the contents (or any part thereoD of any cesspoOl or sink; nor shall any owner, occupant or tenant of any building, to which any sink or cesspool shall apperta1n, or be attached, permit the contents (Or any part there0D to flow there from, or to rise within one foot of the top or said contents to become offensive.
 RULE XV. No person shall throw into or de- postC in any vault, sink, pr1vy or cesspoOl. any oral, meat, fish, garbage, or any other substance. except that of which such place is the appro- prtate receptacle.
 RULE xvi, The contents Of any tub or any receptacle, cesspo0l, pr1vy, vault sink or water closet, c1Stern, or anything in any room excava- t1On, vat, building, premises or place shall not be allowed to become nuisance, or offensive, so as to be dangerous or pre1udicia1 to health
 Swine, Goats, Etc.
 RULE XVII. The keeping Of swine, fowls or goats in any location in this town, in such a manner as to become; in the opinion Of the BOr- Ough Health Omcer, nuisance, will not be per- mitted.
 Markets.
 RULE XVIII. No butchers ofTal or Qar0aoe nor any dead animals, nor any putr1d or stinking an imal or vegetable matter, shall be thrown by any persons or allowed to go into any street, place, sewer, or receiving basin, or into any river. or standing or running water or excavation or ilD- on any ground or premises, in the built up por- t1OnS of the town.
 RULE XIX. All alleys, back yards. stables. priVy vaults, cesspOols. and other like flthy places. shall be ef6ciontly cleaned and disIr- fected at such times and in such manner aS the Borough Health Omcer shall order. Over-Crowding in Tenement or Lodging
 Houses.
 RULE XX. When any malignant or coElta- gfOuS disease exists in any house, the owner ocs cupant or person in charge Of such house, shall carry out such quarantine as the Health OffIcer shall order, and shall diSinfect the premises at such times and in such manner as he may deem necessary.
 RULE XXI. All persons engaged in the bssi. ness Of boiling or rendering Of fat, lard, or ani- be so dried or otherwise prepared as to Oefectua1- iy deprive such material or all offensive OdOFs, and to preserve the same entiroly fnOnensiVe after the removal thereof from the receptacles in which the rendering process may
 DR. F. l. SMITH, M. D.,
 BOromgn Healtn O0acer.