The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-10-30
Excerpts From the Rules Of the
County Board Of Health.
CLEAN UP PREMISES
By Following the Rules, Smallpox and
Other Contagious Diseases Can
Gain No Folthold.

Now that the time of the year has
arrived when contagious diseases are
likely to gain footholl in kalispell
the following excerpts from the rules
and regulations of the county board
of health as formulated at their re-
cent meeting should be read and
carefully followed out:
Section mo privy, cesspoOl or
reservoir into which privy, water
closet, stable or sink is drained, ex-
cept it be water tight, shall be es-
tab.ished or permitted within fifty
(5O) feet of any WE'LL spring or other
sources of water used for drinking
or culinary purposes.
Section 2.-All privy vaults, cess
pools or reservoirs named in section
|, must be cleaned out at least once
year, AMI from the first of May to
the first of November of each year
shall be thoroughly disinfected by
adding to the contents of the vault,
once a month. one or two pounds OF
copperas dissolved in a pailful of wa
ter.
Section 3.-No privy or cess pool
IdIl open lHtO ally ollSuhI, uitSu VI
drain. except common sewers.
S elton 4.--No house Offal or dead
animals of any kind shall bethrown in
he streets or roads of any town or
locality or left exposed to any per
'on, ard NJ bu CHI r. fish monger O
vender of me! chandise Of any kind
shall leave any refuse upon the
;treets or roads of any town or To-
cality or uncovered by earth upon am
of the lots of any town or locality
within the jurisdiction of this board
and all putrid and decaying animal
and vegetable matter must be re
moved from all cellars and out build
ms g., or before the first OF May q
| ,"ch year, or at any other time when
SO ordered by the county health Of
ficer.
Section 5.-All keepers of hotels
restaurants and other places accum
u!a'ng sarLlgc are required to keep
rrtr+r'y covered receptacle for
swill ana house of1al. and to cause
he contents 10 be regularly removed
| IS often as twice each week be.weer
The first day of April and the frs
lay of November, and once each
week at all other seasons; and al
keepers, owners or occupants of sta
bes or barns within the limits OF
any town are required during the
same period to keep the premises
clear and free from all accumulation
Of manure.
Section G.--NO diseased ani.nai Oh
decayed or unfit meat, fish. vegetable
or fruit, or diseased, impure or aiul
terra. ed milk. or other impure article
used for food, shall be sold or offered
for sale,
Section NO dead animal within
the jurisdiction of this board shall be
put into or on the bank of any river
spring, cistern. reservoir, stream OF
pond.
Section S.-Every child attending
he schools. public, private or paro
chial. and every teacher must be eX
ahmed relative to having been sue
cessfully vaccinated and must be eX
cluied from the school until so pro
tected.
Section 9.-If. person is ascer
aimed to have attended school whel
effected with either diphtheria. meas
les. scarlet fever. membraneousc Group
whOoping cough or smallpox. tht
county health officer must imme
!ia;elv order the schools CLOSED
wherein such person attended. ant
TO remain closed until the prescribe,
1isinfectiOn is done
Section 16.-There shall not be
public or church funeral OF any per
son who has died of smallpox, diph
IBERIA. scarlet fever. yellow fever
typhus fever, or Asiatic cholera. bu
he funeral of such person shall b,
private. and it shall not be lawful t,
permit or invite at the funeral of an,
person who has died of any of tn,
above diseases. or any contagiou
or pastilential disease, or at any tim,
connected therwith. any persol
whose attendance is not necessary. o
% whom there is danger of conta
giOn thereby.