Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-29

ance with the provisions OF TINS ordinance, and
not otherwise. to issue permit TO inier, en-
tomb. or place in a vault the body of the deceas
ed person named in such certificate, and said
clerk shall be entitled to charge and receive for
ED, body dead from diptheria. (membrane0us
croupJ scarlet fever. (scarlatina, scarlet rash, }
small pOx. Asiatic cholera, leprosy. typhus fever.
shall not be deposited In receiving vault. And
for the purposes of this ordinance he placing of
dead body in receiving vault shall be deemed
an interment
Permit. Sec 29-Upon the presentation of
the proper application in accordance with the
regulations made by the State Board of Health
Tor the removal of the dead body OF human be-
ing out of the limits of the city of DEBORAH. Iowa,
1t shall be the duty of the clerk OF the local
board OF health to issue permit countersigned
by the mayor for such removal, PROVIDED,
that where said body is to be tisinterred such
application must be accompanied with diSin-
terment permit from the state Be- ara OF Health;
but no permit for such removal shall be granted
N any case of body dead from Asiatic cholera,
small pox, leprosy. typhus fever or yellow fever,
or from any sequela or comp ications OF said dis
cases. nor shall any permit for such removal be
granted in any case whatsoever where the
cause of death was contagious or infectious
disease or any Sequela of such disease unless
the permit be approved and signed by the health
officer of the local board of health. nor shalia
permit be granted except upon the presentation
of the proper certificate of the cause of death. \
Record of Burial Permits. Sec. 30.-The cler4
of the local board Of health shall enter In suit
able book to be kept for that purpose, record
of all burial permits issued, spec flying the date
OF issue, to whom issued, together with all the
items of information contained in the certifi-
cate upon which the permit was issued, And
on or before the tenth day of each month he
shall report to the State Board of Health the
deaths and causes thereof for the preceding
calendar month.
Hacks. sec. 81 No hack. omnibus. carrag.
or other closed vehicle used for the conveyance
of the living shall be permitted to carry the
body of any person dead from an infectious or
C0ltaplOIlS disease. Ku0WIpdUn Of
the owner, driver. or person in charge thereof.
to carry any person or article liable to communi-
cate the infection or contagion of such disease.
Penalty. Sec. 32.-Each undertaken or SEX
ton, and every person engaged or concerned in
the burial OF the body OF a human being in yio-
lati0n of the provisions OF sections %, q and 81
employees of any transportation company. or
any other persOn engaged or concerned in the
removal of such dead body from the limits of
the city of DEBORAH, Iowa. in violation of any of
the provisions of this ordinance, shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars. nor more than one
hundred dollars. or be imprisoned not less than
ten days, nor more than thirty days, for each
Offense
Certificate Penalty Sec S3.-If any person
shall neglect or refuse to furnish the certificate
of death as required by section 26 of this Ordi-
lars for each offense. PROVIDED. that this sec
ton shall not apply to coroners engaged In Off
cial INVESTIGATION OF cause of death.
Physician Punished. Sec. 34.-If any physi-
the city of DEBORAH, Iowa. shall knowingly at
tempt to secrete. or withhold the true character
of any of the contagious or infectious diseases
specified in this ordinance. or shall in any man
ner whatsoever attempt to deceive or defraud,
or who shall make any false statement in max.
ing certificate of cause of death as required by
this ordinance. by giving any other than the
true cause of such death, or, If the decedent was
affected with any such contagious or infectious
diseases during his last sickness. he shall neg
lect or refuse to state such fact in such certiS-
cate, he shall be fined not less than twenty. five
dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned not less than five days, nor more
than thirty days.
Slaughter Houses Permit Sec. IS. No slaugh-
ter house shall be erected nor used within the
limits OF the city OF DEBORAH, Iowa, unless per-
NIT from the mayor has first been obtained.
with the advice and assent of the health officer.
And no slaughter house shall be- erected. nor
used within $50 feet of any public highway nor
within COO feet of any dwelling house, school
house or church, or any building used for such
purposes. 1t shall be erected on dry. hard land
that can be well drained. 1t shall be amply
supplied with clean, wholesome water from
springs. wells or unpolluted streams. 1t shall
be fioored with tight solid floor of hard wood.
or cement or well Joined stone. The yards,
sheds and close pens shall be dry and free from
mud and filth, and their sides or walls shall be
thoroughly whitewashed at least twice each
year. All its apparatus shall be Kept IN neat
and orderly manner. and free from offensive
smells. When the Strengthening for the day Is
completed the sides and floor of the slaughter
room shall be thoroughly washed with an abund-
ance OF clean water. No animal matter of any
kind shall be permitted to remain in. under. or
near the slaughter house. to decOmpOse or putrsS
fly. when blood and offal, or immature animals
are fed to swine on the prem SEES. such ARRANGE
ment shall be made that such material shall be
speedily consumed. The blood of all slaughter
ed animals shall be conducted by water-tght
gutter to "a water-tight trough in the hog yard
The Offal and bodies Ofimmdture finals shall
be thrown into pen with tight, dry floor, to
be consumed at once by the swine and all pOr-
tons not consumed within twelve hours shall be
removed from the pen, and be burned. buried or
cOmposted with fresh earth When the blood
or 0ffal are not fed to swine on the premises.
they shall be carried away each day in close
tanks. or be converted into fertilizers, or other
wise utilized by some apparatus. the gasses
from which shall be carried under the furnace
and consumed. The fat and all material from
which fat or oil Is to be extracted, shall be rem
der. within such Tune after the slanghterlng
of the animals that no offensive odors shall
arise from Them or from the process OF render
ing. Any person who shall violate any OF the
provisions Ofths section shall be fined not less
than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one
hundred dollars. or be imprisoned not less than
five days nor more than thirty days. And upon
conviction thereof, all grants, licenses or privi
leges contemplated herein shall be immediately
revoked and annuled. The provisions of this
section, SO far as practicable, shall apply to so
called "knackers" plants. or plants for the dis
posal of the bodies OF dead animals and to prem
ises used for the killing and shipment OF poultry.
Chambers Restrictions. See. 36.-Every per-
son owning or having the care or custody of any
animal which he shall know. or have reason TO
suspect is affected with glanders, farcey, auth
raX or any other contagious or infectious dis
ease, dangerous to the public health, shall i'm
mediately isolate such animal from all other
animals, and shall give notice thereof to the
mayor, and OF the location OF such animal. And
no person having the care or custody of, or own
ing any animal affected with, or which there is
good reason TO believe is affected with such dis
ease, shall lead, drive or permit such animal to
20 over any public grounds, unenclosed land, or
any street public highway. lane or alley. nor
permit it to drink at any public water trough.
pail or spring; nor keep such diseased animal
In any enclosure in or from which such diseased
animal may come In contact with, or close prox-
unity to any animal not affected with such dis
ease And an animal will be deemed as "sus-
pected" when it has stood In stable with or
been in contact with an animal known to have
any OF said communicable diseases; or II placed
in "a stable. yard or other enclosure where such
diseased animal has recently been kept. When
ever an animalatfected with any OF the diseases
herein named shall die, or shall be killed. the
body OF such animal shall be Immediately burn
ed. or buried not less than four feet deep. with
out removing the hide from the carcass. All
bedding, litter, eXcrement. etc. that have ac-
cumulated about such animal, together with all
blood, or other fluid elements that have ESCAPED
from IL shall be burned. Dirt floors of stables
wherein such animal has been kept shall be re-
moved To the depth of four inches and burned
Everything about the stable combs, brushes or
any post or fence where IL has stood, and every
part OF harscSs or wagon used with such animal,
and the stable where Z has been kept, shall be
thoroughly disinfected under the direction of "A
duly qualified veterinary surgeon. Whenever
the owner, or person. having In charge any ami
mai declared bN the state Veterinary Surgeon