The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-05

have been passed by the Board of
Health of the City of Lexington, Mo-,
and the health officers are ordered to
see that these laws and regulations
are complied with.
LIST:
That no place where a hog or hogs
are kept and fed, commonly known as
hog pens, shall exist inside of the city
limits of Lexington without first OBJ
tanning the consent of the Board of
Health to keep place.
End:
That every person keeping n or
more cows or or more horses on
their premises inside the city limits
shall clean the stalls each day and the
refuse from such stall shall be kept
in a tightly closed or screened box and
such refuse shall not be allowed to ac-
cumulate longer than one week at a
time before it is removed from the city
limits or to such dumps as the Board
Of Health may designate. All livery
stables and sale barns shall remove
the refuse as above designated each
day.
3rd:
All garbage from kitchens shall be
kept in tightly closed or screened cans
or boxes and such garbage shall not
be allowed to accumulate longer than
three days before it is removed from
the city limits or buried.
4th:
All dead animals such as horses
cows, dogs, cats, chickens, ETC., shall,
be removed from the city limits OF
buried at once and if such animals are
not removed from the city limits
within twelve hours after death, the
owners of such animals shall be deem.
ed guilty of a misdemeaner and b.
subject to arrest and fine under the
health ordinance of Lexington.
5th:
No refuse, such as garbage, refus,
from stables, decaying vegetables, no,
any ~decaying matter whatsoever shall
be dumped inside the city limits unles.
such place shall have been designatec
as a public dump and permitted by tn,
Board of Health.
9Th:
All grocery stores, restaurants, bak
cries, saloons, chicken yards and al
places where garbage and refuse i
likely to accumulate shall not be al
lowed to throw any garbage or decay
ing matter into the streets and alley
and all streets and alleys adjoining
such places shall be kept clean and il
a good sanitary condition.
7th:
No food offered for sale by grocer
stores, restaurants or other place
shall be exposed on the street or sid
walk but must be kept inside tn
building and all food subject to deca
other than canned goods shall be keI
under screens from the first day G
May to the first day of December.
9Th:
Every house where a contagious dis
ease has existed or where it has bee
vacated by a person having tubercu
losis, either by death or removal, sue
house shall be fumigated by the healt
/; officer or some person designated b
Z the Board of Health. Such fumiga
|, ton and cleansing shall be done az
cording to the directions of the Boart
, and the health officer or some perso
t that the Board may appoint shall re
ceive two dollars for their service. Sal
two dollars shall be paid by the owne
p of the house and all material used j
, the cleansing and fumigation shall a
1 so be paid for by the owner of tn
\ house. Where a contagious diseas
I has existed the house shall renal
%quarrentined until such fumigatio
and cleansing has been done Where
, case Of tuberculosis has existed tn
g house will be condemned as unsafe fC
use until such cleansing and fumigi
e ton shall have been done.
q 9th:
4 All dogs and cats belonging to
{ staying with a family or person
where a contagious disease exists sha
/ be %quarrentined along with the pa.
T. ties having such disease, and if sue
e animals r not quarrentined, the
e the health officer is ordered by Il
g Board to kill such animal and the owl
s err of such animal, or the one harbo
v ing the same, shall be deemed guilty
a misdemeaner and subject to ARE
il and fine uder the health ordinance
Lexington, Mo.
10th:
~ At any time when a contagious
d sease becomes general the Board
Health, at its discretion, may order 6
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