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Sanitary Regulations

after any case of contagious disease ha
been discovered therein.
8. Sleeping Cars to be Cleaned; Disin
fected.-All sleeping cars Shall be cleaned
at cleaning terminals according TO tint
methods set forth in Regulation 8 above
ut least twice during a period OF every
seven days; shall be dislnfected with for
maldrhyde gas at least twice during a pc
riod OF seven days. In addition TO the
foregoing. all sleeping ears shall be disln'
fected immediately after any case OF con.
tagious OF infectious disease is discovered
therein. All blankets used in sleeping
cars must be thoroughly sterilized and
washed at intervals at not more than nine
ty days.
9. Record Of Distinction to be Kept
and Signed.-On each passenger cur Oper-
lated in the State of South Carolina q dis
infection record must be kept and pre-
served, and on the same the following rec
ords are to be entered and kept, viz:
/. Place and date Of each disinfection.
2. Length Of time devoted to each such
thorough disinfection.
3. Each item in said record shall be in
serted Immediately after each act record
ed, and the signature OF the person or per-
sons doing said cleaning or distinction
must appear beneath the said records.
10. Water Coolers to be Provided; Man
ner OF C~leaning.-All depOts, railway
coaches, sleeping cars, or lnterur0an cars
must he provided with u water cooler Tor
the use OF patrons and the travelling pub
lie; such water cooler must be SO con
structed as to be easily removed Tor the
purpose OF cleaning; must be emptied,
rinsed aid cleaned, and must be scalded
and summed when possible once In each pc
Rod OF twenty-four hours, and must be
filled with good and wholesome drinking
water when in service. Ice for use In wa
ter coolers must not be dumped on floors,
sidewalks or car platforms. 1t must be
washed and must be handled with Ice
tongs. A..
II. E~xpectorating on Floors Prohibited.
|-Ex~pectorating on the floors or walls or
furniture of any waiting room in ans de-
pot, or any depot platform, in any railway
coach car, sleeping car, interurban car, or
street car in this State is prohibited.
Placards calling attention of passengers
and employers shall be hung in a con-
spicuous place in each OF the aforemen-
toned Dom and cars.
II. Expectoration in Basins Prohibited.
brushing of teeth or eXpectorating In
hibited, and placards calling attention O.
passengers and employees shall be hang
in a conspicuous place In the DIRE ssing
room OF passenger coaches. .
Is. Water Closets to Be PrOvided.-All
depots and railway stations shall provide
adequate urinalS and water closets for
patrons and the travelling public; must
keep them in proper sanitary condition,
and, if within five hundred feet OF any pub
lie sewer, must make permanent sanitary
connection with same. Any privy or o
closet furnished by any such railway COM
pany shall be protected from flies by
screening or other effective method, in
Guiding hinged lids or other device for
covering the opening in the seats OF said
closets. Such privies and closets al are
not in connection with a sanitary sewer
shall be provided with a water-tight metal
container (receptacle) underneath, which
shall be emptied when full or at any time
when its condition shall create a nuisance
or become unsanitary, aid in no instance
shall such boX-closet go longer than one
month before it must be emptied and dis
infected with 5 per cent carbolic acid solu.
ton or other approved disinfectanti solu-
ton,
"A. Railway Premises Shall be Drained.
The premises Of all depots and railway
stations shall be thoroughly drained, 80
that no stagnant water will collect on said
premises.
Is. Cisterns, etc., Shall Be Screened
All ciSterns, fire water barrels, or other wa
UoI COllldlIoIS upOu Tile prclulSeS VI d1y
depot or railway station shall be screened
with not less than 16-mesh wire gauze.
l6. The Use Of the Common or Public
Drinking Cup.-The use Of the common or
public drinking cup Is prohibited on all
public conveyances and in waiting rooms.
II. The Common Roller Towel Shall be
Observation-Disclosures roller towel shall
be abolished on all carriers and in waiting
rooms. -
IS. No person Shall Spit OH the Floor,
Furnishings, etc.-No person shall spit on
the floor. furnishings or equipment Of any
public conveyance, eating room, depot,
depot platform, waiting room, deck OF
wharf. Each common carrier is hereby
required to post and display in each day
coach, smoking apartment or boat a pla-
card in form as follows:
For Cars: Splitting or throwing OF re-
fuse on the floor, furnishings or vestibule
OF this car Is prohibited by CLAW.
Waiting Rooms, Eating Rooms, Toilets.
Splitting or throwing Of refuse ON the
floor or furnishings Of this room Is pro-
hibited by law. .
Boats.-Spitting or throwing OF refuse
on the deck, floors or furnishings Of toilet
rooms Of this boat is prohibited by law.
James A. Hayne, N. D.,