The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-08-15
TEXAS SANITARY Law
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Texas authority to provide rules and
lie buildings and railroad coaches
and power To enforce whatever order
on the subject he may issue Or. VIII
liam Brumby. state health officer.
has just issued most sweeping or
der. looking 10 betteriug the santa
| ry condition OF the state. He embra-
ces all office buildings in the Gate
CORY OF public buildings.
| The regulations embrace some i'm
portant innovations Ia the line OF
sanitation They demand that all
| public buildings shall be we'll light
ed and ventilated; that the premises
shall be drained thoroughly, and
that pure drinking water must be
kept in each building. The floors OF
all offices and rooms in public build
ings. including hotels. must be kept
bare or covered with some other ma
terial than buriap, which latter is
strictly prohibited, because it cannot
! be kept clean. The floors of every
room, hallway, etc, must be sprink-
led with disinfectant every day be-
! fore sweeping, and they must be
scrubbed once every week Feather
busters are prohibited. and d moist
cloth must be used in their place.
! Cupsidors must be provided, as well
| as toilet rooms. 1t is made an offense
to expectorate upon the floors OF
public buildings or railroad coaches.
The order prohibits any janitor,
| from tuberculosis from serving any
public building in this state No
teacher suffering from the disease,
or child who is likewise afflicted
shall be permitted in the public
sch ools.
All boarding houses, restaurants
and hotels must be equipped with
screens for all doors and windows
All bedrooms must be disinfected a
specified intervals. Ice boxes and re
frigerators must be cleaned and air
ed often Garbage cans must be pro
vided and kept covered and emptied
daily.
Baths must be provided in all jails
and prisons and the prisoners must
have free access to them. Cupsidors
and toilet rooms must also be pro-
jails and prisons.
The floors of slaughter houses
must be flooded daily with pure,
clean water and all such places must
be kept free from refuse material
Sand and sawdust floors for meat
markets are prohibited and all floors
must be scrubbed daily. All meat
markets must have ice boxes, which
must be kept clean.
Bakeries and candy shops or other
places where food is manufactured
or sold must be screened and we'll
ventilated. and no tobacco must be
used in such buildings. Cupsidors
and toilet rooms must be provided.
Dogs and cats must not be allowed
to enter bake shops. Employees are
forbidden TO sit upon the tables
which are intended for the support
of the dough or bread. etc, Tubercu-
losis employees are forbidden In all
slaughter houses, meat markets.
bakeries and candy factories.
Churches must bee swept after
each day that the, are used. and
they must Dee disiufeeted once ever,
three months The use of carpets iu
churches Is discouraged. and thos"
having cafpetcd floors. Instead ~
being dlsiufected once every quarter
must be dlsiufeetcd once every
month The church building must by
aired thoroughly before each service
and an removable upholstery must
re removed aud summed Frequently
All school premises must b~ kept
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