Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-18
TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr.. Ralph Wants to Publish and Enforce
New Set Of Rules.
ASKS APPROVAL OF ADVISORY BOARD
Regulations Apply Particularly "a
BARRIERS, Butchers, All Dealers,
saloon Keepers and Makers
of Food Products.

Health Commissioner Ralph has codined
the charter provisions relating to the con-
duct OF his department and has ampliied
them with a large number OF new rules,
which he asks the Advisory board to APP
prove. The entire codihcation makes
thirty-one large pages Of typewriter mat
ter. The purpose Is to have the rules and
provisions printed in pamphlet form and to
send a copy to every school teacher,
butcher, physician, barber, manufacturer Of
food products, hairdresser, garbage hauler,
dsiryman and saloon keeper in the city.
The compilation is now in the hands of
City Engineer Rosewater, who will report
II to the Advisory board at It's next meeting.
Here are SOM OF the new rules:
Coops in which live poultry is kept for
enough to admit of the birds standing
upright, with. room to turn themselves
Barber shops and hairdressers' shops
must be kept clean and the floors must
be mopped once a week with an %antisep-
dormitories. All tools must be sterilized
after using; needles. tweezers, ~forceps and
scissors must be disinfected in a 8 per
cent solution Of formalin. Razors mist
be wiped In a 50 per cent solution of alco-
hoL strops must not be wiped on with
the hand or blown upon with the breath.
The barber or hairdresser must keep his
fngernails short and clean. Alum, used
" ENdHGAlIA IA ~ VI DAOOu0 HubN Dt
applied only in powdered form and with a
towel. Loose. hairs may not be blown
from a customer with the breath. but must
be removed with a brush or bulb, and II
shall be considered a misdemeanor for a
barber or halrdresser to undertake to treat
skin diseases or BARRIERS Itch; instead they
shall. advise their customers to consult a
physician.
Conductors Must Telegraph.
II a conductor on a train destined to
Omaha shall discover among his pas
sengers a person whom he believes is
tagtous disease, he shall, before arriving
within dave miles of Omaha, wire the
him of the fact. If 1t Is impossible to wire,
then the conductor shall carry the patient
No teacher or principal of an Omaha
school shall permit a pupil to attend who
has not been vaccinated within the pre-
ceding seven years and who cannot produce
satisfactory evidence of such vaccination
1t shall be the duty of the health COM
missioner to inspect the schools, as often
as he may deem necessary to satisfy him.
self that this rule is being complied with.
SKINNED milk. when offered for sale
must be In cans plainly marked with the
two inches high. Any dairyman, having
In his family a case of sickness Of more
than three days standing, must report the
fact to the health commissioner
Ice dealers must submit once a month
to the health commissioner samples Of theiI
ice for analysis, and the result of such
analysis shall be posted in the wagon oil
the Ice man.
The city impounder shall publish in the
official paper of the city a description OF
each dog captured by him during the pre-
ceding seven days.
Weed-cutting on lots and street margins
Is made compulsory upon the property
owner. In case of failure to comply the
weeds shall be cut by the city and the
expense of such cutting shall be assessed
against the property.
1t shall be unlawful to maintain a pig per
inside the city limits or to throw tin cans
old shoes, dead rats or cats in the street
or alleys.
Boys or others may not swim in any
lake, park, creek or river inside the city
limits.