The Press., 1897-08-12
Rules Established by the
 Town Health Officer.


IOWn H0alUn OmC0rs Approved by the State Board of Health. COMPLAINT OF NuIsANoEs, ETC. RULE 1. All complaints made to the Town Health on1cer shall be in writing, if he so re-
 guest que and bear the signature Of the complain
 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
 and every case or cee0ro i0 oadian sPn @ diseases mentioned in Chapter CXLVI, Puonc Acts of 1897.
 MALIGNANT oR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN THEIR RELATION TO SCHOOLS, PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES, RULE III. Every householder in whose house any person shall be i'll with any Of the following braneous croup, typhoid fever, scarlet fever,
 ensr n report the same to the Town Health Omcer within twelve hours of the first appearance of
 such disease, provided no physician shall be in
 RULE ". Until instructions have been re- ceived from the Health Onicer, no clothing or other property that may be exposed to the infec- tton or contagton described in Rules II and III,
 of d%eng change residence without the consent Of said Health II, teacher of any school, and no parent or guardian of any child attending school, shall permit a
 theria, mempraneous croup, measles, W whcopfng R cough, consumption, ch1cken-pox, mumps sore
 or Ts
 in house in which said disease shall exist be
 permitted t to ta aetena sSno1 without written RULE VI. When any maglignant or conta- gious disease shall exist in any house. the own
 shall carry out such quarantine and shall disin- feet the premises at such times, and in such manner, as the Town Health Omcer shall order. RULE VII. Warning Of the existence Of diph- therta, memoraneous croup, typhus fever meas les, smallpox, whooping cough, typhoid fever,
 the public, by placing in a conspicuous place, on the outside. near each entrance to said buildfng
 placard giving the name Of said disease. FUNERALS.
 tatned, unburfed, the dead body of any human
 being for a longer time than four days, or,
 fever, typhus fever, smallpox, typhoid fever, diphtherfa, membraneous croup and scarlet fev-
 the death of such person. Without pemit fron the Town Health Ofdcer, which permit shall
 specify the length. of time during which such
 has been caused by one of the contagious dis eases herein mentioned, the body shall be imme- tightly 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 eler-
 gyman, who shall take such precautions as the Health Officer may direct. In the removal there
 of for burial, or otherwise, the body shall not be
 carried in 8 vehicle with other passengers.
 room wherein such person has died shall be thoroughly disinfected and otherwise treated, as
 the Town Health officer may order.
 REGULATIONS CONCERNING SPECIAL NUIsANcEs PRIvY-vAULTs, CEssPooLs AND DRAINS.
 RULE TX. No privy-vault, cesspool or reser-
 volr, into which pr1vy, water-closet or sink IS
 han p II 9e se Maeer m Tgns nor any oener other source of water used for drinking or culi-
 nary purpose, as in the judgment of the Town
 Health Officer to contamfnate the same. When any privy-vanlt or cesspool is discontinued the
 filled with earth, or other suitable material mat Sa vault
 RULE X. No person shall keep and maintain closet. cesspool sink, drain. stable or big sty. except in cleanly and tnonensive condition.
 ,, RTdE s2I, Xd No sewage drain prvyyaut cess or other source of water, or ice supply nor shali any privy, pig sty or stable be constructed SO
 ter or ice supply that it's Cf contents s Viii ot dran H into the same.
 dps sn
 vegetable matter, which may be preJudictal to
 public health. upon any vacant lot, highway, or pubic place, nor in any brook, pond or spring.
 This does not preclude the proper of fertiliz- CTS upon the land.
 REGULATIONS CONCERNING GARBAGE.
 HULE Kill. NO person shall permit the accu- mutation in or around the immediate vicinity of any dwelling house or place Of business under
 his control. Of refuse matter, such sw1I. waste
 carcasses, or any kind of animal or vegetable
 matter in state of decomposition. | IMPERFECT DRAINAGE OR SEWERAGE OF HOUSES ALREADY ERECTED.
 RULE XIV. When the Town Health Oncel
 ands that the plumbing or drainage of any and dangerous to health or life, the owner ol agent having the property in charge shall have placed, within reasonable time, proper traps | shall have each soil pipe carried through the
 roof to such height as the Town Health onicei
 diminished size whenever practicable, and ii this cannot be accomplished, said Town Health
 such repair of soil pipes as shaii. in his judg-
 ment. prevent the pollution of the premises by
 gas All rln gipes I passing the salt glazed tile, Of such thickness as the Town Health Officer shall determine.
 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- postt in any vault, sink, pr1vy or cesspool, any
 onal, meat, fish, garbage, or any other substance prtate receptacle.
 SWINE, GOATS, ETC. RULE XVII. The keeping of swine, fowls or goats in any locality in this town, in such a
 manner as to become, in the opinion of the Town
 Health On1cer, nuisance, will not be permitted. MARKETS.
 RULE XVIII. No butchers oral or garbage, nor any dead animals, nor any putr1d 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 rv- CT, 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, pr1Vy-vaultS, ceSSpOOlS, and other like filthy places, shall be emc1ently cleaned and dtsin-
 @ fected n at regular ri intervals as prescribed from BONE BOILING AND FAT RENDERING KSTAB- EASEMENTS.
 RULE XX. All persons engaged in the busi- nal matter, shall cause the scrap or res1dum tC be so dried or otherwise prepared as to enect-
 ually deprive such material Of all offensive OdorS and to preserve the same entirely inonenstve immediately after the removal thereof from the [receptables in which the rendering process may be conducted
 The foregoing Rules are hereby adopted and published as the Rules and Regulations Of the Health Off1cer of the town of Stafford and Bor. repealed.
 bated at Stafford Springs, Conn.,, this sth day
 FRANK L. SMITH, M. D., Health omcer. Chapter LXXXI Of the Public Acts Of 1ss; provides as follows:
 An Act Concerntng Notice or Re0ulGttons Or Health O1Scer.
 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 al follows It shall be sufficient notice to all per | sons Of any regulation Of the Health Officer O | any town if it be published in a newspaper pub | liShed In the town, If there be one, and posted