The Press., 1897-08-12
Rules Established by the
 Town Health Officer.
Approved by the State Board of Health,
COMPLAINT OF NUIsANoEs, ETC.

 Approved by the State Board of Health.
 COMPLAINT OF NUIsANoEs, ETC.
 RULE l. All complaints made to the Town Health Ofiicer shall be in writing, if he so re- uuest, and bear the signature of the complain ant.
 REPORTING CASES OF CONTAGIOUS OR MALIGNANT
 DISEASES.
 RULE II. Every physician shall report In writing to the Town Health Omcer, within twelve hours after his recognition of the dis ease and every case oI cerepro m s to rhc diseases mentioned in Chapter CXLVI, Pubnc Acts of 1897.
 MALIGNANT OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN THEIR RELATION TO SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AssEMBLIRs, CARE OF, ETC.
 RULE III. Every householder in whose house any person shall be i'll with any Of the following diseases, to wit: Cholera, yellow lever, typhus braneous croup, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, cerebro spinal fever, whooping cough, measles, or other contagious or infectious disease, shall report the same to the Town Health Omcer within twelve hours of the first appearance Of such disease, provided no physician shall be in attendance.
 RULE W. Until instructions have been re- ceived from the Health Omicer, no clothing or other property that may be exposed to the infec- tion or contagfon described in Rules II and III shall be removed from the house, nor shall any occupant of such infected dwelling change his residence without the consent of said Health Officer.
 RULE V. No superintendent, principal, or teacher or any ScnO0l, ana no parent or guardian of any child attending school, shall permit . child sick with smallpox, scarlet fever, dipll- therta, membraneous croup, measles, whooping throat, scabies Qtch). or child af1cted with lice to attend school. Nor shall any child residing in house in which said disease shall exist be permitted to attend school without a written permit from the Health Oncer.
 RULE VI. When any maglignant or conta- gtOus disease shall exist in any house, the own CT, occupant, or person in charge of said house shall carry out such quarantine and shall disin- feet the premises at such times and in such manner as the Town Health Onicer shall order. RULE VII Warning of the existence of diph- therta, membraneous croup, typhus fever, meas scarlet fever in any hnilSin9 abs h Ce 1engI t the public, by placing in a conspicuous place, on the outside. near each entrance to said building, placard giving the name Of said disease.
 FUNERALS.
 RULE VIII. No person shall allow to be re- tained, unbuTied, the dead body of any human being for a longer time than four days or where death has been caused by cholera yellow fever, typhus fever, smallpox, typhoid fever, diphtherta, membraneous croup and scarlet few CT, for longer time than thlrty-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 may remain unburted; and, when death has been caused by one of the conta9ious dis eases herein mentioned, the body shall be imme- diately thereafter disinfected or enclosed in a ttghtly-sealed coffin, which shall not thereafter be opened; and the funeral of such persons shall be attended at the house. only by the un-
  the house where such person died, and by a cler- gyman, who shall take such precautions as the Health Ofhcer may direct. In the removal there of for burial, or otherwise, the body shall not be carried in a vehicle with other passengers And the bedding, clothing and furniture of the room wherein such person has died shall be the Town Health On1cer may order. REGULATIONS CONCERNING SPECIAL NUIsANCEs,
 PRTvY-vAULTs, CEssPoOLs AND DRAINS. RULE TX. No privy-vault cesspool or reser- Olnu NseJfv1X drained, except 1t be water tight, nor any other than water tight sewer or drain, shall be es- other source of water used for rninSp or en Hl nary purpose, as in the judgment Of the Town Health officer 10 contaminate the same. When any pr1Vy-vault or ceSSpool is discontinued, the contents shall be entirely removed and the vault filled with earth, or other suitable material. RULE x. No person shall keep and maintain upon his premises at any time any privy, water closet, cesspool, sink, drain, stable or pig sty except in a cleanly and inofHensive condition. RULE XI. No sewage drain, prfvy-vault, cess- pool or sink shall empty into any stream pond. or other source of water or ice supply, nor shall aay pc Rg sy nrd or stable +6e be 80 ter, or Ice supply, that it's contents will drain RULE XII. No person shall throw, dump or deposit any filth, garbage, decaying animal or vegetable matter, which may be preJudictal to public health, upon any vacant lot, highway, or public place, nor in any brook, pond or spring This does not preclude the proper use Of fertili2- CTS upon the land.
 REGULATIONS CONCERNING GARBAGE.
 RULE XIII No person shall permit the accu- mutation in or around the immediate vicinity of any dwelling house or place of business under his control or refuse matter, such as swil, waste o anV Kind S of or anal r pCne oeSe matter in state Of decomposition. IMPERFECT DRAINAGE OR SEWERAGE OF HOUSES
 ALREADY ERECTED.
 RULE XIV. When the Town Health Oficer 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 placed, within reasonable time, proper traps under every sink, basin and other fixture and s6o a to nave eb eqca S S9n d ppe GSed % through the shall direct, not less then two feet, and Of un- diminished size whenever practicable, and if this cannot be accomplished, said Town Health On1cer shall order such ef1lcient ventilation and such repair of soil pipes as shall, in his tudg- ment, prevent the pollution of the premises by sewer gas. All drain pipes passing through the wall of any building shall be of iron or vitrined salt glazed tile, of such thickness as the Town Health Officer shall determine.
 RULE XV.-No person shall bury in draw ofr or allow to run into any street or highway in this town the contents Cor any part thereon of RULE XVI. No person shall throw into or de- poslt In any vault, sink, privy or cesspool, any except that of which such place is the appro- prtate receptacle.
 SWINE, COATS, ETC.
 RULE XVII. The keeping of swine, fowls or bOduo III dLy IOCtl1Jy III Jul5 OOWUt III 6uCU h manner as to become, in the opinion of the Town Health Officer, nuisance, will not be permitted.
 MARKETS.
 RULE XVIII. No butchers offal or garbage, nor any dead animals, nor any putrtd or stink ing animal or vegetable matter, shall be thrown by any person, or allowed to go into any street, place, sewer or receiving basin, or into any riv- er or standing or running water or excavation, or upon any ground or premises in the built up portions of the town.
 RULE XIX. All alleys, back yards, stables,
  places, shall be eficiently cleaned and disin- fected at regular intervals, as prescribed from time to time by the Town Health Onicer. BONE BOILING AND FAT RENDERING RsTAB-
 t.- LTsHMENTs.
 RULE XX. All persons engaged in the busi- ness of boiling or rendering Of fat, lard or anil nal matter, shall cause the scrap or residum to be so dried or otherwise prepared as to enect- ually deprive such material of all offensive OdorS, and to preserve the same entirely inOffensive, immediately after the removal thereof from the be conducted.
 The foregoing Rules are hereby adopted and published as the Rules and Regulations Of the Health officer of the town of Stafford and Bor- ough of Stafford Springs, and all other rules are repealed.
 bated at Stafford Springs, Conn, this 9th day
 FRANK L. SMITH, M. D., Health omcer. Chapter LXXXI Of the Public Acts of 1897 provides as follows
 An Act Concerning Notice oJ Regulations or
 Health 0DScer.
 SECTION I. Section 2593 of the General Stat uteS, as amended by Chapter CLXIV of the Pub lie Acts Of 1895, is hereby amended to read as