Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
TOWN HEALTH RULES.
That will Be Put in Force Through
 ont the State.

out the State.
 Below will be found the health regu- lations adopted by the various county and town health officers and submit- ted to the state board of health for ap- proval Regulation 25 did not meet the approval of the officials in most of the counties and it is effective only as regards Hartford, New Haven and possibly Litchfield counties. These regulations have been considered by the state board of health and it is understood that they have met with the individual approval of the members of the board. A formal meeting to pass on them has not yet been held, but they will be accepted as printed below. The rule regarding the trans portation of garbage from one town to another and within a town, the regu- lation which will not be operative ill some of the counties, provides for an appeal by anyone who feels aggrieved on account of the revocation or re- fusal of license by the town health officer. Following are the regulations in full:
 Complaint of Nuisances, etc.
 Regulation I. Any complaint made to the town health officer may be re- quired by him to be in writing, and bear the signature of the complainant Infectious and Contagious Diseases. Reg II. Every physician shall report to the town health officer, within 12 hours after his recognition of the dis ease, every case of cholera, yellow fev- CT, typhus fever, leprosy, smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, cerebro-spinal fev- CT, whooping cough, measles, pulmo- nary tuberculosis, or other contagious or infectious diseases, except those of a venereal nature.
 Reg III. Every householder in whose house any person shall be i'll with any of the following diseases, to wit: cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, leprosy, smallpox, diphtherla, membranous croup,, typhoid fever. scarlet fever, cerebro-spinal fever, whooping cough, measles, pulmonary | tuberculosis Consumption, or other contagious or infectious diseases, ex- cept those of a venereal nature, shall report the same to the town health of I ticer within 12 hours of the appear ance of such disease, provided no l physician shall be in attendance. Reg ". Until permission has been received from the health officer no clothing or other property that may have been exposed to the infection of cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, | leprosy, smallpox, diphtheria, mem branous croup, or scarlet fever, shall 1 be removed from the house, nor shall any occupaht of such infected dwell ling change his residence without the 1 consent of said health officer.
 Reg V. No superintendent, prin- l cipal or teacher of any school, and no l parent or guardian of any child at | 6ir1rr cho sick with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup,
 measles. whooping cough, consump- | ton, chicken. .,pox, humps, sore throat, 1 scabies Qtch), or child afflicted with | lice, to attend school. Nor shall any child residing in any household in | which such disease shall exist or any child afflicted with rash or eruption, l.be permitted to attend school without a written permit from the health otfi- cer.
 Reg VI. No person affected with 1 smallpox, dfphtheria, membranoHs croup, scarlet fever, whooping cough, or measles. shall attend any public meeting or assembly, or travel in any 1 public conveyance.
 Reg VII. Warning of the existence of diphtheria membranous croup ty-
  ing cough, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, in any building shall be given to the | public, by placing in a place conspicu- ous to the public, on the outside near each common entrance to said build ing, a placard giving the name of said disease.
 Reg VIII. All cases of diphtheria, 1 membranous croup, typhus fever, smallpox, scarlet fever, and primary l cases of measles reported in this town, or of which the health officer has irl- formation, shall be quarantined in such manner as he may direct.
 Funerals.
 Reg K. No person shall allow to be retained, unburied, the dead body of a. human being for a longer period than four days, or where death has been caused by cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, smallpox, typhoid fever, membranous croup or scarlet fever for a longer period than 36 hours, after the death of such person, without, per- init from the town health officer, which permit shall specify the length of time such body shall remain 1n- buried; and when death has been caused by one of the diseases herein mentioned, the body shall be immedi- ately therafter disinfected, or inclosed in a dramatically sealed coffin, which shall not thereafter be opened; and the funeral of such person, except when death is caused by typhoid fever, shall be attended at the house, only I by the undertaken, his assistants, and persons living at the house where such person died. andlby a clergyman who shall take such precautions as l the health officer may direct In the removal thereof; for burial or other l wise, the body shall not be. carried i'll l a vehicle with other passengers. And l the bedding, clothing, furniture of the room wherein such person died, shall be thoroughly disinfected and other wise treated as the health officer may | order.
 Special Nuisances, Privy Vaults. Cess
 pools, Drains, etc.
 Reg X. No priyy-vault, cesspool or reservoir into which privy, water closet or sink is drained, except 1t be water tight, nor any other than a water tight sewer or drain, shall be es. l tablished or permitted so near we'll | spring or other source of water used | for drinking or culinary purposes, as | in the Judgment of the town health l officer to contaminate the same. When any privy-vault or cesspool is discon-
 tinued, the contents shall be entirely removed and the vault filled with 1 earth or suitable material