The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-24
LETS HELP
THE CAUSE
Pure Food and Sanitary
Laws to Be InfOrced
State Of Idaho, Office of Dairy, Food
and Sanitary Inspection, Boise.

and Sanitary Inspection, Boise.
1t has became a well established
fact that it is better to prevent dis
ease than to cure it after it has de
veloped
1t is also known that the fly does
more than any other living thing to
spread disease.
With these facts in mind the Idaho
State Board of Health, in regular ses-
sion October 5, 1915, under authority
given it by statute, passed the follow
ing resolution:
RULE XXXV.-All privies, toilets,
and outhouses used for depositing hui
man excreta must be made fly-proof
and protected, as follows:
l. The roof shall be water tight
2. The house shall be without
cracks through which flies may enter
3. The door shall fit closely and
be self-closing
a. The openings on seats shall
have hinged coverings.
5. The vault, whether pit, box or
tank. pail or other receptacle, shall
be securely protected against flies.
6. All openings for ventilation, ETC.,
shall be screened with wire netting.
Every person, whether as owner,
tenant, employer or agent, being in
charge of any stable, barn or other
place where horses, mules, cows or
other livestock is kept, shall at all
times keep and maintain in or ad-
jacent to said stable, barn or other
place a receptacle or box of sufficient
dimensions to hold and contain all
manure from said livestock; said re-
ceptacle or box shall be so construct
I'd as to prevent any of the contents
iltering through the bottom or sides
and shall be covered with fly-tight
i'd. which lid shall be kept clos,
all times, except when necessary to
open same to deposit or remove the
manure from said receptacle or box
The provisions of this regulation
shall not apply to stables or places
from which manure is removed each
lay.
The State Sanitary Inspector, coun-
" and local health officers will strict
y enforce this regulation.
1t is the opinion of the State Board
If Health and this department that
more can be done to prevent the
spread of disease by flies if the fly
breeding places (manure piles) and
ly feeding places (privies) are prop
,rly cared for
This regulation is public health
Measure and the law provides that it
hall be the duty of all police officers,
heriffs, constables and municipal,
ounty and State health officers to
nforce these regulations.
The Governor has issued procla-
nation designating April 9 to Is,
916, as cleanup week and after this
ate full compliance will be ex-
'ected and will apply, equally, to
ountry,. town and city.
If there is any single lesson which
study of the house fly and it's habits
ring home, it is the value of cleanli-
ess and decency. This means not |
My within the home, but community t
leanliness as well. Because we are /
ccustomed to dumping our garbage
/ the back yard, piling horse manure /
a the most convenient place and /
uilding privies which are. disgrace q
, any civilized community, is no /
eason why we should continue these |
lsanitary practices. Without filth the !
ouse fly cannot exist and 1t is only E
ur own uncleanly habits Of permit t
ng such waste to accumulate that
lakes this insect possible as pcct
nd disease crc,ar. 6
r K WHITE, [
State Dairy. Food and SAM Il
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