The Press., 1901-10-10
SANITARY REGULATIONS
OF the Town of Stafford and of
the Borough of Stafford Springs.

Regulation i. ANY complaint MADE 10
the Borough Health Officer may be re-
quired by him to be In writing, and bear
the signature Of the complainant.
INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
RIG 2. Every physician shall report
In writing to the Borough Health Officer,
within twelve hours after his recognition
of the disease, every case Of cholera,
yellow fever, typhus fever, leprosy, small
pox, diphtheria, membranous Group, ty-
photd fever, scarlet fever, cerebro spinal
fever, whooping cough, measles, pulmo-
nary tuberculosis, or other contagious or
infectious disease except those of a vene-
real nature.
REG. 8. Every householder In whose
house any person shall be Ill with any Of the
following Diseases to wit: Cholera, yellow
fever, typhus fever, leprosy, smallpox,
dlphtheria, membranous Group, typhoid
fever, scarlet fever, cerebro spinal fever,
whooping cough, measles, pulmonary tu-
berculosis Consumption, or other conta-
gious disease, except those of venereal
Borough Health Officer within twelve
hours of the first appearance of such
disease, provided no physician shall be In
attendance.
REG. 4. Until permission has been re-
ceived from the Health Officer, no cloth
ing or other property that may have been
exposed to thelnfectlon Of cholera, yellow
fever, typhus fever, leprosy, small pox,
diphtheria, membranous Group or scarlet
fever shall be removed from the house,
nor shall any occupant of such infected
dwelling change his residence without the
consent of said Health Officer.
REG. g. No superintendent, principal,
or teacher of any school, and no parent or
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shall permit child sick with smallpox,
Group, measles, whooping cough, con-
sumption, chicken pox, mumps. sore
throat, 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 a rash or an eruption, be al
lowed to attend school without written
permit from the Health Officer.
REG. 6. No pei son affected with small
pox, dlphtheria, membranous Group, scar
let fever. whooping cough or measles shall
attend any public meeting or assembly, or
travel In any public conveyance.
REG z. Warning of the existence of
diphtheria, membranous Group, typhus
fever, measles, smallpox, whooping
cough, typhoid fever, or scarlet fever In
6uy UuAAOAuS DA6A NO SAFOu W LAC puUlkC
| by placing in place conspicuous to the
public, on the outside near each common
entrance to said building, placard giving
the name of said disease.
REG. 8. All cases of diphtheria, men,
branous Group, typhus fever, smallpox,
scarlet fever and primary cases Of measles
reported In this town, or of which the
Health Officer has Information, shall be
Quarantined In such manner as he may
direct.
FUNERALS.
REG. 8. No person shall allow to be
retained, unburied, the dead body Of any
human being for longer time than four
days, or where death has been caused by
cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, small
pox, typhoid fever, diphtheria, membran-
GUS Group, or scarlet fever, for a longer
| time than thirty-six hours after the death
of such person, without a permit from the
Borough Health Officer, which permit
shall specify the length of time during
which such body may, remain unburied;
and when death has been caused by one
of the diseases herein mentioned, the body
shall be Immediately thereafter disinfect-
ed, or enclosed In Theoretically sealed
coffin, which shall not thereafter be open
ed; and the funeral of such person, ex-
cept when death Is caused by typhoid
fever, shall be attended at the house only
by the undertaken, his assistants, and
persons living In the house where such per-
son died and by a clergyman, who shall take
such precautions as the Health Officer
may direct. In the removal thereof, for
burial or otherwise, the body shall not be
carried In vehicle with other passengers.
The bedding, clothing and furniture of the
room wherein such person died shall be
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treated as the Borough Health Officer
may order.
| SPECIAL NUIsANoEs, PR1vY-VAULrs,
| CEssPooLs, DRAINS, ETo.
REG. 10. No privy-vault, cesspool, or
reservoir into which privy, water clos ct
or sink is drained, except 1t be water
tight, nor any other than water tight
sewer or drain, shall be established or per-
mitted SO near we'll, spring or other
source of water used for drinking or Gull
nary purposes as In the Judgment of the
Borough Health Officer to contaminate
the same. When any privy-vault or cess
pool Is discontinued, the contents shall be
| entirely removed and the vault filed with
earth or other suitable material.
REG. II. No person shall keep and
maintain upon his premises at any time
any privy, water-closet, sink drain, cess
pool, stable or pigsty except In clearly
| and inoffensive condition.
REG. 10. No sewage drain, privy vault,
cesspool or sink shall empty into any
stream, pond, or other source of water or
ice supply, nor shall any privy, pigsty, or
stable be constructed so near such stream,
pond, or other source of water or ice
supply, that its contents will drain into
the same.
REG. Is. No person shall throw, dump,
or deposit any filth, garbage, or deoaying
animal or vegetable matter which may be
prejudicial to public health, upon any va
cant lot, highway or public place, nor In
any brook, pond or spring. This does not
preclude theproper use of fertilizers upon
the land.
REG. IA. No person shall spit upon the
floor of any public building or upon the
| floor or platform of any trolley Car running
through or within the limits Of this town.
DRAINAGE.
REG. Is. When the Borough Health
Officer finds that the plumbing or drain
| age of any dwelling or habitation In this
town is defective and dangerous to health
| or life, the owner or agent having the
property in charge shall have placed,
within a reasonable time, proper traps
under every sink, basin and other fixture;
and shall have each soil pipe carried
through the roof to such height as the
Borough Health Officer shall direct, not
less than two feet, and of undiminished
size whenever practicable, and, II this car
not he accomplished, said Borough Health
Officer shall order such efficient ventila-
ton and such repair of pipes as shall in
his judgment prevent the pollution Of the
premises by sewer gas. All drain pipes
passing through the wall of any building
shall be Of iron or vitrified, saltglazed
tile, of such thickness as the Borough
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