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accompanied by a properly quail
fled nurse or other attendant, and
unless such nurse or attendant
shall agree to comply and does
comply with the following regula-
tons:
(a) Communication with the
compartment within which the pa
tient is travelling shall be restrict.
cd to the minimum consistent with
the proper care and safety Of the
patient.
(b) All dishes and utensils
used by the patient shall be placed
in a 5 per cent solution of ear
bolic acid or other fluid of equiva-
lent d~isinfecting value for at least
one hour after they have been
used and before being allowed to
leave the compartment.
(c) All sputum and nasal dis
charges from the patient shall be
received in gauze or paper, which
shall be deposited in a paper bag
or in a closed vessel, and shall
be destroyed by burning.
(d) Said nurse or attendant
shall, after performing any serv-
ice to the patient, at once cleanse
the hands by washing them in a 2
per cent solution of carbolic acid
or other fluid Of equivalent disin-
fecting value.
II. Water and Ice Supplies
Water 10 Be Certified.
Rule 4. Water provided by
common carriers for drinking or
culinary purposes in railway
trains, cars or other conveyances
or in railway stations shall be
taken from supplies certified by
the United States Public Health
Service as meeting the required
standards of purity and safety
prescribed by the interstate quar-
antine regulations Of the United
States.
Ice.
Rule 5. Ice used for cooling
water provided as in section IL
shall be clear natural ice, ice made
from distilled water, or ice made
from water certified as aforesaid;
and before the ice is put into the
water it shall be washed with wa
ter Of known safety and handled
in such manner as to prevent its
becoming contaminated by the or
ranisms of infectious diseases.
Provided. That the foregoing shall
not apply to ice that does not
come in contact with the water to
he cooled.
Water Containers.
Rule g.. Water containers in
newly constructed cars and those
newly installed in stations shall be
so constructed that ice for cooling
does not come in contact with the
water to be cooled: Provided.
That after July /, 1929. all water
containers in cars and stations
shall b, so constructed that ice
does not come in contact with the
water.
Care of Water Containers.
Rule 7. All water containers
where water and ice are put into
the same compartment shall be
thoroughly cleansed at least once
in each week that they are in use.
All water containers and water
storage tanks shall be thoroughly
drained and flushed at intervals
of not more than n month.
Filling Water Containers.
Rule 8. Portable hose or tub
ing that is used for filling drink
ing-water containers, or car stor-
age tanks from which such con-
t~ainers are filled, shall have
smooth metal MOBILES. which shall
be protected from dirt and con-
tamination, and before the free
end or nozzle of the said hose or
tubing is put into the water con-
tainer or car storage tank It shall
he flushed and washed by a plen-
tiful stream of water.
Ill. Cleaning and Disinfeetion of
General.
Rule 0. All railway passenger
Ears or other public c~onveyanccs
shall be kept in a reasonably
clean and sanitary condition at all
times when they r in service,
TO be insured by mechanical clean
ing at terminals and lay-over
points.
Cleaning.
Rule 10. All day coaches, par
lor cars, buffet cars, dining cars,
and sleeping cars shall be brushed,
swept and busted at the end of
each round trip or Mt least once in
each day they are in service, and
shall be thoroughly cleaned at in
tervals Of not mor than seven
days.
Nv. Cars in Service
Cleaning.
Rule ii. The cleaning Of cars
while occupied shall be limited
to the minimum consistent with
the maintenance of cleanly condi-
tons and shall be carried out so
as to cause the least possible rails
ing of dust or other annoyance to
passengers.
Sweeping.
Rule 10. Dry sweeping Of the
interior Of a car In transit with
an ordinary broom is prohibited.
Dussing.
Rule 10. Dry busting of the
interior Of a car in transit is pro
hibited.
Brushing.
Rule ID. The brushing Of pas
sengers' clothing in the body of
the car in transit is prohibited.
Drinking Cups.
Rule Is. Individual drinking
cups in sufficient number shall be
supplied in all cars, and the use
of drinking CUBS is pro-