The Penn's Grove record., 1911-04-28
BOARD OF HEALTH
OF THE
BOROUGH OF PENN'S GROVE, N. j.
1.-THE NEW SANITARY CODE"
Adopted March Sd. 1911.

1.-THE NEW SANITARY CODE"
Adopted March Sd, 1911.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Board of Health of
the Borough of PENIS Grove:
SECTION 1. That no person shall manufac.
ture, have, offer for sale, or sell any article of
food or drink which is adulterated within the
meaning of, IAN act to prevent the adultera-
1881, and the several supplements thereto.
Any person or persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section, shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of fifty dollars.
SECTION 2. No meat, fish, bird, fowl, vege-
table or fruit, not being In a sound, healthy
and wholesome condition and safe for human
food, nor the meat of any fish, bird, fowl or
animal. that has died of any disease or accident
shall be brought into this Borough OF offered
for sale or sold No milk or butter. nor any
other food or drink, which has been exposed
to the emanation or infection of any cOmmun-
icable disease. shall be brought into the Bor-
ough Of PENIS Grove, or held or offered for
sale in said borough; No cali, pig or lami., or
offer ed for sale as such food, in the borough,
which (being a calf, when killed and dressed,
a we 1ga, M 1ess t Mhen f0E kiYiad, n pSunI Tess G 9ha doefi iSg
weeks old, or (being a lamb) was, when killed,
not less than eight weeks old. Nor shall any
be Brought, held or slid or offered for sale, as
food, in this borough.
Any person or persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of fifty dollars.
SECTION 8. Every meat dealer, fish dealer.
milk dealer, grocer and huckSter and their
agents shall allow the inspectors and mem
bers of this board to freely and fully inspect
their meat, fish, milk, vegetables, butter and
| cheese and all other foods and drinks, which
may be held. offered or int ended for sale.
Any person or persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of ten dollars.
SECTION 4. When any meat, fish, bird, fowl,
fruit or vegetable is found by any inspector or
member of this board, being offered or exposed
for sale. and which is in a condition nnwhOle-
/ some or unfit for food. he shall order the same
to be removed, and the owner or person in
charge of such article, or matter, or substance,
shall Immediately remove the same from any
market, street or place. and such article shall
not be sold or offered for sale, nor in any way
| disposed of for human food. And in case the
owner or person in charge, shall fail, or neg
lect, or refuse to remove said article, within
three hours after having been notified to do
so, the same may be caused to be removed by
| any inspector or any member of this board,
and the owner or person In charge shall pay
| all the expenses thereof.
Any person or persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of twenty-five dollars.
SECTION 6. Whenever this board shall have
| satisfactory evidence that any well. the water
/ of which is used for domestic purposes. has
become polluted and rendered unsafe for pot
able use. notice to discontinue the use OF said
polluted water shall be sent to the owner or
/ party in charge of said well, and, at the dis
| cretion of this board, the owner or the party
in charge of said well may be ordered in witt
ing to close, fill up or withdraw from the
not complied with within the time therein
specified, this section shall be deemed violated
and the board may proceed to cause the said
well to be closed. filled up or withdrawn from
the ground. Every we'll which is used for
domestic purposes shall be at least thirty feet
distant from every privy vault, catch basin,
cesspo9l. manure vault ana horse nfHad stable AGAINST
any of the provisions of this section shall
forfeit and pay a penalty Of fifty dollars:
or o nave in possession s. ipo1niifco for sale in n'i the e. Borough
of PENIS Grove, any milk which has been
watered or adulterated, or which contains any
unhealthy overwhelmingly or substance,
any unclean manner, or which is produced
from cows which are kept or stabbed under
unhealthy conditions, or which may be dis
eased.
Any person or persons or corporation who
shall violate any of the provisions OF this sec
ton shall forfeit and pay a penalty OF fifty
dollars.
SECTION Z. Every physician shall report to
this board in writing, the name, age and ad-
dress of every person having Scarlet-fever,
diphtheria, membraneous Group; measles.
smallpox. varioloid, cholera, typhoid fever,
typhus fever, yellow fever, plague and any
other contagious or infectious or communities
BILE disease publicly declared by this board Z
physicians shall have professionally attended
or prescribed for; said report shall be made
within twelve hours after such physician has
first professionally attended such sick person,
Said reports shall be written on blank forms
provided by this board.
ANY person or persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of twenty-five dollars.
SECTION s. Every landlord, tenant, house,
holder, owner, manager and attendant VINO
shall know of the existence Of any case OF any
of the diseases mentioned in Section Z of this
ordinance, and which shall be in or upon any
premises, by them or either of them owned
or occupied, shall rithin twenty-four hours
report tie same to the Board OF Health.
ANY person OF persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay apenalty of fifty dollars.
SECTION 9. No principal, teacher or super
intendant of any school, and no parent or
| guardian of any child attending any school,
shall permit any child sick with any disease
mentioned in Section 7, or with any other
communicable disease, OF any child residing
in any house in which such disease shall exist,
to attend any school until this board shall
have given its permit therefor.
Any person or persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of twenty dollars.
SECTION 10. Whenever it shall be deemed
necessary by this board to establish
the true character of any disease, which they
may believe to be communicable, a medical
examination OF the person or persons anected
by such disease may be ordered, and such ex-
animation shall be permitted by all attend
ants and persons.
ANY. person, offending against any Of the
provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay
a penalty of fifty dollars.
SECTION IL. In case of infectious or con.
tagiOus or communicable disease occurring in
the borough, the person affected thereby snail,
at the discretion of the board, be Isolated or
| they may be removed to such locality as this
board may order and direct and all buildings,
clothing, property and premises and vehicles
which may become injected by the presence
of persons affected by contagious, infectious
or communicable disease, shall be disinfected
at the expense of the tenant, occupant or
owner thereof, and said disinfection or fumi-
CATION shall be made and performed in such
/ manner and with such materials and within
such stated time and under such supervision
as the board may direct. And this board may
establish such separation and isolation or
quarantine of the sick, from other persons not
necessary as attendants, and also provide and
effect such special care, diSinfectiOn and
cleaning OF property and premises as shall, in
the judgment of the board, be needed in order
to prevent the spreading OF such disease to
other persons.
/ Any person or persons offending against any
of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of one hundred dollars.
SECTION IL. Whenever quarantine or isola-
ton and separation of persons or property is
ordered by the board, notice Of said order
| shall be given to the persons affected thereby.
| Said notice shall be in writing and it may be
served personally, left with some person at
| the infected house, or may be posted upon
| the building or premises occupied by the
infected persons or property. The require.
/ ments of said quarantine notice shall be
| obeyed by all persons. and no such notice nor
| any other Sign Indicating the presence of COM
| municable disease upon any premises shall be
be removed, excepting by consent of this
board.
Any person or persons offending against any
| of the provisions of this section shall forfeit
and pay a penalty of one hundred dollars.
SECTION Is. No person or article liable to
propagate a communicable disease shall be
brought within or removed from the limits of
the Borough of Penn's Grove without the
! written permit and under. the direction of the
Board OF Health thereof; and whenever it
shall come to the knowledge of any person
| that such person Oh article has been brought
/ within such limits, he shall Immediately give
notice thereof to the said board. No person
| Without a permit from the Board of Health
thereof, carry or remove from one building to
any other, any person sick OF any
| exposure of any individual sick of any com
| municable disease, or of the body of such
DarsOn. or by anV negligent act connected