The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1912-09-19

A hotel within the meaning Of
these regulations is any inn or
lodging house Of three of four
rooms, where transient guests are
fed or lodged for pay in this State.
The term restaurant as used in
these regulations also includes
lunch counters.
/ The Inspectors ofthe State
Board of Health are hereby au-
thorized to enter any hotel or res
taurant at all reasonable hours to
make such inspection as may be
necessary and it is hereby made
| the duty of every person in the
management or control of such
hotel or restaurant to afford free
access to any and all parts of the
same and render all aid and as
sistance necessary to enable the
inspector to make a full, thorough
and complete examination thereof,
but no inspector shall violate the
Iprivacy of any guest in any room
of a hotel without his consent.
2 1t shall be the duty of every
person keeping, managing or OPP
Grating hotel to see that every
room and bed which has been &C.
cupied by any person known to
such keeper, proprietor or oper-
ator to have an infectious, con-
tagious or communicable disease
at the time of such occupancy tc
| see that such room and bed are
thoroughly disinfected in the meth
Tod prescribed by to State Board OF
health before permitting such room
or bed to be occupied by any 9TH
er person.
5 The proprietor of every hotel
or restaurant shall keep the same
clean and in sanitary condition.
4 Every hotel or restaurant
must be provided with pure and
unpolluted water and all cisterns
or tanks from which water is token
to be drunk by the guests shall be
screened with wire gauze SO as to
prevent the entrance of flies, mos
quitoes and other disease breed
ing insects. The use of the com
mon drink cup is prohibited.
S The proprietor or keeper of
every hotel or restaurant must
screen the doors, windows and all
of the kitchen and din
ing room with wire cloth, or wire
gauze with is mesh to the square
inch. Every hotel must have all
bed room windows fcreened or else
provide each bed with mosquito
bar for the use of its patrons for
against flies, mosquitoes
and other insects.
s All hotels, shall hereafter
each bed, bunk, cot or
other sleeping place for the use of
guests with pillow slips, under and
top sheets, the under sheet to be
of sufficient size to completely COW
er the mattress thereof, the top
sheet to be Of at least equal width
and to be at least 90 inches long
and folded back At the head SO as
to cover all such top covering. All
such pillow slips and sheets after
being used by one guest must be
washed and ironed before being
used by another guest clean set
being furnished each succeeding
guest.
7 All bedding used in a hotel
shall be thoroughly aired in such
reasonable manner as shall be APP
proved by the State Board Of
Health.
8 All hotels shall furnish each
guest with clean towel and the
use of the roller towel is prohibited
9 The refrigerator, ice boxes
and cold storage rooms Of all ho-
tells or restaurants must be free
from foul and unpleasant odors,
mold and slime. The kitchen
must be we'll lighted and ventilated
the floor clean and the side walls
and ceiling cree from cobwebs and
| accumulated dirt.
10 All dishes, tableware and
kitchen utensils must be thor
ough1y washed and rinsed in clean
water after using; food served to
lcustomers and then returned to
the kitchen or serving room must
not be served again.
IL All garbage must be kept
lowered in barrels or galvanized
iron cans and removed daily.
IL Spittoons must not be used
lin the dining room or other places
where food IS served.
l3 Toilets for employees o.
/ public use shall not be located If
rooms used for preparing or stor'
/ ing food
IA In all cities, towns OF vii
Iages where a system of water
j works OF sewerage is 1naintaineS
j f5r pf1b Bic use, every hotel therein
shall 81 equipped with suitabl,