The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-13
ADOPTED AT NASHVILLE.
WILL BE ASKED TO
ENACT MEASURES TO AID THEIR
ENFORCEMENT.
THE BOARD SECURES ANT1ToxIN
To BE Furnished Out-of-Town Ply
sicians for Diphtheria-Sym-
pathy for Fever Sufferers.

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board of health at it's quarterly meet
| ing yesterday afternoon. There were
present Drs. Frank Staples, of W1nona;
| f. F. Wesbrook, of Minneapolis, and
Henry Hutchinson, C. L. Greene, M.
Fl. Reynolds, and H NJ. Bracken, of
st. Paul
The subject above referred to was
considered at some length at the re-
cent national conference of boards OF
health a. Nashville, and its great I'M
portance- was conceded. At that tlfne
re communications were adopted, when
were indorsed by the Minnesota board
yesterday, and a committee appoint
ed to look after the matter, ana IN ac-
cordance with these, the next legisia-
ture will probably be requested 10
enact suitable measures These rules
are as follows
Rule 1. The transportation of bodies OF
persons dead of smallpox Asiatic cn0lera,
| yellow fever, typhus le'ef or buoomc plasu5
| is absolutely forbidden.
Rule 2. The bodies of those who have died
of diphtheI (membranous Group, scarlet
| fever (scarlatina, scarlet rash), glanoers, an
thrax or leprosy, shall not De accepteu aot
transportation unless prepared for Shipment
| by being thoroughly dis Infected by (a) arter-
iaI and cavity injection with an approved
disinfectant fluid, Cb) disinfecting and STOP
ming of all orifces with absorbent cotton,
and (e) washing the body with the dasinfect-
ant all of which must be done by an EN-,
balmer holding certificate as such, approVea
by the state board of hea tn or otner state
health authority After being disinfected as
above such body shall be enveloped IN a
layer of cotton not less than one men thlch'
completely wrapped in sheet and oandageu,
! and encased in an air-tight zinc tin. copper
| or lead lned coffin, or iron caSket, all JOINTS
| and seams hermetically soldered, and all en-
closed in a strong tight wooden box Or
| the body being prepared for snip
ment by disinfecting and wrapping as above,
may be placed in strong coffin or casket, ana
said coffin or casket encased In an alrtlgat
zinc copper or tin case, al joints and seams
! hermeticaly soldered, and all enclosed In
! strong outside wooden box.
Rule g. The bodies of those dead of TYPHOID
| fever puerperal fever, measles, tupercuiosls,
| erysipelas or other dangerous communica-
! bic disease other than those specified in rules
/ ard 2 may be received for transportation
/ when prepared for shipment by filling cav1-
ties with an approved d.slnfectant wasnlng
| the exterior of the body -th the same, stop
| ping all orifices with absorbent cotton, and
| enve.oping the entire body with layer, OF
! cotton not less than one inch thick, and all
| wrapped in sheet and bandaged, provided,
| that this shall apply only to bodies which can
reach their destination within forty-e1ght
hours from time of death. In all other cases
such bodies shall be prepared for transporta-
| ton in conformity with rule 2.
Rule t. The bodies of those dead OF diseases
that are not contagious, infectious or com
municable, may be received for transportation
when encased N sound comm or casket ana
enclosed in a strong outside wooden box,
provided they reach their destination within
thirty hours from time of death. If the body
| cannot reach its destination within thirty
hours from time of death it must be prepared
for shipment by fill ng cavities with an ap-
proved disnfectant, washing the exterior OF
the body with the same, stopping al orifices
! lr.rith ohS pnVGln1inQ IL
tire body with a layer of cotton not less than
one inch thick, and all wrapped in a sheet
and bandaged. Encased in an entire coffin
or caSket.
Rule s. In cases of contagious, infectious or
communicable diseases, the body must not be
! accompanied by persons or articles Wnlch
have been exposed to the infection of the
disease, unless certified by the health officer
as having been properly disinfected; and be-
fore selling passage tickets agents shall care
fully examine the transit permit and note
the name of the passenger in charge, and of
any others proposing to accompany the body,
and see that all necessary precautions have
been taken to prevent the spread OF disease e.
The transit permit in such cases shall spec1-
fical!y state who is authorized by the health
authorities to accompany the remains In all
cases where bodies forwarded under rule
No. 2 notice must be sent by telegraph TO
the health officer at destination, adyis ng the
date and train on which the body may be ex-
pected. The notice must be sent by, or in
the name of the health officer at the initial
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destination to take all necessary precautions
| at that point.
Rule 6. Every dead body must be accom-
| panied by a person in charge who must be
| provided with passage ticket and also pre-
sent full frst-class ticket marked corpse"
for the transportation of the body, and a
transit permit-showing physicians or coron-
er's certificate, health officers permit for re-
mova! undertaker's certificate, name of de-
ceased, date and hour of death, age, place OF
death, cause of death, and if of contagious,
infectious communicable nature the point
to which the body is to be sh pped and when
death is caused by any of the diseases speci-
fed in rule No. 2, the name of those author
ized by the health authorities to accompany
the body. The transit permit must be made in
| duplicate, and the signature of the physi-
clan or coroner, health officer and undertaken
must be on both the original and duplicate
copies. The undertaker's certificate and
paster of the original shall be detached from
the transit permit and pasted on the coffin
box. The physicians certificate and tran
sit permit shall be handed to the messenger
The whole duplicate copy shall be sent t1
the official in charge of the baggage depart
ment of the initial line and by him to the
secretary of the state or provincial beard OF
health of the state or province from which
said shipment was made.
Rule Z. When dead bodies are shipped by
express the whole original transit permit
shall be placed upon the outside of the blk
and the duplicate forwarded by the express
agent to the secretary of the state or provin-
cal board of health of the state or province
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Rule 8. Every dis Inferred body from any
disease or cause shall be treated as infectious
or dangerous to the pubic health and must
not be accepted for transportation unless said
removal has been approved by the state so1
provincial authority having jurisdiction where
such body is to be disinterred and the con-
sent of the health authorities of the locality
to which the corpse is consigned has first
been obtained; and all such disinterred re-
mains must be enclosed in a hermetically
sealed (solderedl zinc tin or copper lined
coffin or box: Bodies deposited in receiving
vaults will be treated and considered the
same as buried bodies.
In the matter of isolation of the
tuberculous patients in the state in
stitutions, the board authorized the sec
retary to correspond with the super
intendents of those institutions to that
effect.
The question of the distinct supervi-
sion of the state board of health over
the sanitary conditions of jails, prisons
etc, was talked over and finally re-
ferred to the committee on public in
stitutions, to confer with the state
board of corrections and charities.
The prohibition of piggeyies al
slaughter houses, to prevent the spread
of trichinosiS hog cholera and other
diseases of swine, was referred to the
secretary. A similar topic was the dis
cussion of the quarantine against hog
cholera and the board will take every
precaution against the spread of that
disease.
The board indorsed the action of the
secretary in issuing circular, an
nouncing that in order to aid physicians
distant from the cities in securing re-
liable diphtheria antitoxin, and that
promptly, the board has decided tC
keep a supply on hand, which will be
furnished at wholesale prices. Orders
should be sent by telegraph, as the