Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-12-19
SANITARY CODE
~ -ToF THE
CITY OF WOODBURY.

power and duties, approved March 3ist, 1887
7, and the various supplements thereto; doth or
dain,
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Sec l. The terms contagious or infections or
dangerous diseases shall be taken to mean
cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever leprosy
plague, triehinoss, smallpox, yarioloid enteric
or typhoid fever, measles, dipntheria mem
branous GROUP, scarlet fever chiclSen-pox or any
other contagious, infectious or communicable
diseases which hereafter may be publicly de-
clared by the State Board of Health or this
| Board to be preventable and specially dangerous
| to the public health.
| Sec: 2. Every physician within twelve hours
after his first professional attendance upon any
| person in this city known to be suffering from
any OF the foregoing described diseases shall
| give notice thereof to the Secretary of this
| Board, which report shall be in writing signed
| by such physician and shall set forth the name,
age and precise location of the person suffering
| from such disease; and every house owner or
| house holder who knows that any person living,
dwelling or being in any building under his or
her control is affected by any of the contagious
| diseased hereinabove specified referred to,
shall, when no physician has professionally
attended such sick person within twelve
hours after discovering the same report the
fact in writing to the same person and in the
same manner as any physician attending such
sick person would be required to do rs herein
above set forth
| The Board shall, at its regular meeting next
preceding the annual meeting OF the Board di-
rect its Treasurer to pay to every one making
such report, the sum OF ten cents for each and
| every name reported, unless such notification
shall be found to have been erroneous and any
physician, house owner or householder who
shall refuse or neglect to perform the duty here
| inabove required shall be liable to penalty not
exceeding fifty dollars
| Sec g. The Secretary upon the recent of any
report, required by the preceding section, shall
at once notify the Inspector OF this Board as al
SO the supervising principal of any public or
private school, and the superintendent OF any
Sunday-school, OF which any member of the
| anected family attends, as well the manager
| Oh any factory or place of business at which
any other member of the family may be en-
ployed.
Sec 4: Every physician shall report in writ
ing to this Board the name, age and address of
| any person who shall have died of any disease
mentioned or referred to in section one, within
twelve hours after he shall have been informed
OF sald deatn and such report shall be indepeil-
dent OF the regular certificate of death required
| by law. ANY person or persons offending
against any OF the provisions of this section
snail forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
twenty-five dollars for every such offense
Sec s. Whenever it shall be necessary by the
members OF the Board to establish the true
| character OF any disease not already reported
which 1T may believe to be communicable a
| medical examination of the person or persons
| affected by such disease may be ordered, and
such examination shall be permitted by all at
offending against any of the provisions of this
section shall forfeit and pay q penalty not ex-
ceedlng nifty dollars for every such offence.
Sec. q. In case any infectious or contagious
| disease occurs in this city the person affected
| thereby shall at the.discretion OF this Board be
| isolated or removed to such locality as this
Board may order and direct and all buildings,
property and premises which may become In
| fected by the presence of such contagious dis
| ease, shall be fumigated and any bedding,
| ciothing, rags or other things which have been
exposed TO lnIectlon from any of the contagious
diseases hereinbefore mentioned shall be dsin-
iected or destroyed, and said distinction or
fumlgatIon or destruction shall be made and
performed in such manner as this Board may di-
rect. And this Board may establish such sonar.
alton and isolation or quarantine of the sick
| from otner persons not necessary as attendants
ana also provide and effect such special care
| disinfection and cleansing of property and
premises as shall in the judgment of the Board
| be needed in order to prevent the spreading OF
| such diseases to other persons. ANY person OF
persons offending against any of the provisions
of this section shall forfeit and pay penalty
not exceeding fifty dollars for every such
| offense.
Sec. q. And be it enacted that it shall be un.
| lawful for any common carrier to accept fol
| transportation or to transport or carry within
| this city, any person affected with any of the
| contagious, infectious or communicable diseases
named or referred to in the first section of this
act or any infected article or articles of clothing
bedding or other property whatsoever, or the
| body OF any person who shall have died of any
of said contagious, infectious or communicable
| diseases except the same be enclosed in her
medically sealed casket, and except license for
| sucn transport be hrst obtained in writing from
| the board OF Health; and any common carrier
| knowingly violating any of the provisions of
| this section shall be liable to a penalty not ex
| ceeding one hundred dollars
| See. No person suffering from contagious
disease and no person article liable to pro
pagate or spread such a disease shall be brought
| into the city; and whenever it shall come to the
knowledge OF any person that such persons OF
| articles have been brought within such limits
| they shall Immediately give notice thereof tc
| the Board OF Health; and no person shall remove
4 any such diseased person infected articles
| from any house or place without permit from
| this Board. Any person offending against any
| OF this section shall forfeit and pay a penalty
| fence.
Sec. 9. No principal, teacher or superintend
| ant of any public, private, Sunday or Other
school shall permit any child sick with any com
municable disease or any child residing in any
tISnse in which such disease shaft exist to at
tend any such school until a certificate from the
| medical attendant shows that there is no Longer
any danger of infection or this Board shall have
given its permit therefor. Any person or per
| sons offending against any of the provisions oil
| this section shall forfeit and pay penalty not
exceeding twenty dollars for every such offense
Sec. 10. When death has been caused by any
| infectious disease named in section one of this
code, the body shall be Immediately thereafter
| disinfected in such manner may be directed
| by the Board of Health and enclosed at once in
an air-tight coffin, which shall not thereafter be
wise, hearses or other vehicles used for the pur-
| pose OF conveying corpses only shall be en-
ployed and said body shall not be allowed to
be unburled for a longer time than thirty-six
| hours. The funerals of such persons shall be
| strictly private. Any person or persons offend.
ing against any of the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
| fifty dollars for every such offense
FOOD AND DRINK.
| See. II. No person shall manufacture, have
offer for sale, sell any article of food or drink
which is adulterated within the meaning of San
act to prevent the adulteration of food or
drugs" approved March 2lst, 1901, and the sup
| pements thereto. ANY person or persons Of
| Tending against the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding
twenty-five dollars for every such offense.
| Sec. II. No meat, fish, bird, fowl. vegetable
| fruit or milk not being in a sound, healthy and
wholesome condition and safe for human food
4 nor the meat of any fish, bird, fowl or animal
I that has died from disease shall be brought into
| this city, or offered for sale sold. Any per-
son or persons offending against any of the pro-
| visions of this section shall forfeit and pay a
penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for
every such oifense
| Sec. 10. When any meat, fish, bird, fowl,
fruit or vegetables are found by the Inspector
| of this Board, or any member thereof being
| offered or exposed for sale, and which is in a
condition unwhOieSome or unfit for food, he or
| they shall order the same to be removed and the
owner or person in charge of such article or
matter or substance shall immediately. remove
| or cause the same to be removed from any mar
ket, street place, and such article shall not be
sold or offered for sale, nor in any way disposed
of for human food. And in case the owner or
person in charge shall fail or neglect or refuse
| to remove said articles within three hours
| after having been notified to do So the same
| may be removed by the Inspector of the Board
of Health, or any member thereof, and the
| owner or person in charge shall pay all the ex-
penses thereof. Any person persons offend
ing against any of the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay penalty not exceeding
| twenty-five dollars for every such offense.
| Sec. IA. Whenever this Board shall have
satisfactory evidence that any well, stream or
reservoir, the water of which is used for domes-
| tic purposes, has become polluted and rendered
| unsafe for use, notice to discontinue the use of
| said polluted water shall be sent to the owner
| or person in charge of said well, and, at the
discretion OF this Board, the owner or person in
charge of said well may be ordered by the In
spector of this Board to close fill up said well,
or withdraw from the well the well tube. If
| the said order is not complied with, within the
time therein specified, this section shall be
deemed violated, and this Board may proceed
to the said well to be closed, filled up or
withdrawn from the ground. Every well which
/ is used for domestic purposes shall be at least
| fifteen feet distant from every privy, vault or
cesspool. Any person persons offending
against any of the provisions of this section
| shall pay penalty not exceeding twenty-five
dollars for every such offense.
Sec. Is. No person shall have or offer for
sale or sell any calf pig or lamb, the meat
| thereof. which being calf when killed
| less than six weeks old, being pig, was,
when killed less than five weeks old or being a
| lamb, was, when killed less than eight weeks
| old. Any person or persons offending against
the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and
| pay penalty not exceeding twenty dollars for
every such offense.
| Sec 16. No ice containing deeterious matter
purposes within the limits of the City of Wood
bury. Any person O persons Offending against