The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-02-01

permitted to carry the body Of any
person dead from an infectious or. con.
taglous disease; nor with the knowl-
edge OF The owner, driver, or person In
CHARGE thereof, to carry any person or
article liable to communicate The in
lection or contagicn of such disease.
SEC. 30. Each undertaken or sexton,
and every person engaged or concerned
in the burial OF the body of human
being In violation of the provisions OF
sections 26. u and 81 of this ordinance,
and the owners. officers, and employees
OF any transportation company, or any
other person engaged or concerned in
the removal OF such dead body from
the limits of this city in violation of
any of the provisions of this ordinance,
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars,
nor more than one hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned not less than ten days,
nor more than thirty days, in the dis
erection of the court. for each otfense.
SEC. 81. If any person shall neglect
or refuse to furnish the certificate of
death as required by Section 26 Of this
ordinance. he shall be fined not less
than five dollars for each offense. Pro-
vided, thattthis section shall not apply
to corolers engaged in official inyesti-t
CATION of cause ofdeatk. e
SEC "a If any physician, or any
other person within the limits of this
city shall knowingly attempt to secrete,
or withhold the true character of any
OF the contagious or infectious diseases
specified in this ordinance, sor shall in
any manner whatsoever attempt to de-
ceive or defFsnd, or who shall make
any false STATEMENT iR making certiti.
cate of cause OF death as required by
this ordinance, by giving any other
than the TRUE cause Of such death; or,
if the decedent was affected with any
of such contagious or infectious dis
eases during his8last sickness. he shall
neglect or refuse to state such fact i'm
such certificate, he shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars. nor more
than one hundred dollars. Or be inn
prisoned not less than five days, nor
more than thirty days. at the. discre-
ton OF the court. 4
SLAUGHTER HOUSES
SEC. 35. No slaughter house shall
be erected nor used within the limits of
this city, unless permit from the
mayor has been first Obtained, with the
advice and assent of the health officer,
and no slaughter house shall be. erect
ed, nor used within 800 feet Of any pub
lie highway, nor within 600 feet of any
dwelling house, school house Or church,
or any building used for church pur-
r Sh no, Enl
land that can be we'll drained. Itshall
be amply supplied with clean, whole
some water from springs, wells. or un-
polluted streams. 1t Shall be floored
with tight, solid floor of hard wood,
or cement, or WELCOMED stone. The
yards. sheds, and close pens shall be
dry, and free from mud and filth. and
their sides or walls shall bethoroughly
whitewashed at least twice each year.
All its apparatus shall be kept in
neat and orderly manner, and free
from offensive smells When the
slanghtering for the day is completed,
the sides ana floor of the slaughter
room shall be thoroughly washed with
an abundance of clean water, No
Ianimal matter of any kind shall be per-
mitted to remain in. und err, or h ear the
slaughter house to decom pose or putre1
lfy. When blood and offal, or immatureE
animals are fed to swine on the premS
Iises, such arrangement shall be mad, r
that such material shall be speadilyg
consumed. The bloov of all Slaughter
ed animals shall be conducted by a
water-tight gutter to a wa1er-tght
trough in the nog yard. The otfal and
bodies OF immature animals shall be
thrown into pen with tight, dry
floor, to be consumed at once by the
swine: and all portions not consumed
within twelve hours shall be, removed
from the pen, and be burned, buried or
composted with fresh earth. When
the blood or otfal are not fed to swine
on the premises, they shall be carried
away each day in close tanks, or be
converted into fertilizers, or otherwise
utilized by some apparatus the gases
from which shall be carried under the
furnace and consumed. The fat, and
all material from which fat or oil is to
be extracted, shall be rendered within
such time after the slaughtering of
the animals that no offensive odors
shall arise from them, or from the pro-
cess of rendering. Any person who
shall violate any of the provisions of
this section, shall be fined not less than
twenty five dollars, nor more than one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not
less than five days, nor more than
thirty days. And upon conviction
thereof, all grants, licenses. or privi-
leges contemplated herein shall be im-
mediately revoked and annulled.
The provision of this section, so far
as practicable, shall apply to so-called
'knacker's' plants, or plants for the
disposal of the bodies OF dead animals,
and to premises used for the killing
and shipment of poultry.
DISEASED ANIMALS
SEC. 36. Every person owning, or
having the care or custody OF any
animal which he shall know, or have
reason to suspect, is affected with
CHAMBERS, farcy, anthrax. or any other
contagious or infectious disease danger
Gus to the public health, shall imme-
diately isolate such animal from all
other animals, and shall give notice
thereof and of the location Of such