New Ulm review., 1913-11-05
States Health
Expert Coming
Dr.. H. M. Brackep, President
State Board WillLecture
Thursday.

New Ulm Must Improve
Conditions, 2 Says In
spector Pierson.
f DR.. H. M. Bracken Of the Mime
sofa State Board of Health VIII De
in New Ulm Thursday and after an
inspection Of various conditions said
to exist within the city limits will
meet with the citizens in general at
the Masonic Hall in the evening and
will give talk on Sanitation in the
conduct Of businesses which have
much to do with making or unmak-
ing Of healthy conditions in COM
munity. O. G. Pierson, Assistant
Secretary Of the State Board Of
Health spent . day in New Ulm last
week and went over many matters
Of public welfare with the city board
of health and before leaving said
that the State Board would find II
necessary to insist that ! betterment
Of conditions in the daughter houses
Of this city must. b immediately
brought about.
Mr.. Pierson told he Review that
conditions existing q some of the
local slaughter h0uses are the aheo-3
lutte limit and that ia only one Of
| the places had any great effort beam
put forth to keep the premises mp.
to the required standard q sa1efy
and sanitation. He said that the
ideal solution Of the problem veu6
b the establishment Of . municipal
slaughter house but that he under
stood friction between the meat deal
ers here would stand in the way Of
such solution Of the vexing prob
lem. However, he Indicated that some
solution Of the question must be
found, aid that promptly. He also
stated that he had inspected the
stock yards at the Omaha station and
found them not what they should be-
He reported the use Of the common
drinking cup in some Of the schools
and said that the toilets at the rail
road stations were bad. At the COM
mission house he found at this time
not great deal to complain Of altho
he said that the odors arising from
raw hides come under the head OF
public nuisance and any one object
ing to them might at any time make
complaints He said that the local
health officers are obligated to en-s
force the observance of sanitary
conditions in places Of food supply
and that all citizens, even those di-
rectly affected by the ruling of the
department should take the matter
in the right spirit and all work to-
gether to find the best way out Of
the trouble instead of feeling ag-
grieved by the regulations which are
meant for their good as we'll as that
of other people.
In order that all may be familiar
with the state regulations concerning
the conduct Of occupations which are
menacing to the public health or to
personal comfort it may be well to
make public such regulations and
herewith follows brief extract from
each article dealing with the ques-
tions at issue. Disregard Of these
rules may be punished by heavy fine
or Imprisonment in some instances.
For the purpose of performing
their official duties, all members, Of
ficers and employees of the state and
local boards of health and all health
officers shall have the right to enter
any building, conveyance or place
where contagion, infection, filth or
other source or cause of preventable
disease exists or is reasonably sus-
pected.
No person without written permis-
sion of the local Board Of Health
shall engage in any employment
which is hurtful to the inhabitants
or dangerous to the public health or
injurious to property or from which
Odors arise.
Local boards may from time to
time designate places where such
trades or employments may be car
ried on and may revoke such permis-
sion.
Upon written complaint to the
State Board of Health that any per-
son is occupying or using any prem
ises within limits set for such occu-
pations, the State Board shall ap-
point time of hearing and give no.
tlce to both parties to be present and
# at such hearing it shall appear
that the charges are substantiated it
may order the discontinuance of such
trade or employment in said place or
premises.
Nuisance. defined. Anything which
is injurious to health or indecent or
offensive to the senses, etc. Action
may be brought by anyone whose
personal enjoyment is lessened by
the nuisance.
Protection of meat. Every dealer
IN slaughtered fresh meats OF fowl
fish, or game for human food, shall
protect the same from dust, flies and
other vermin or substance which may
affect it by securely COW
ering it.
No tannery, slaughter house, but
cher shop, creamery, stock yards,
livery or boarding stable, rendering
establishment, or other offensive trade
Or business shall be located in. any
.ity, village or township in Mime
sofa without having first secured 4
permit for such location from the
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