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AS long as the LESSONS are open
upon the skin. or mucous mem
llbranes at any stage of the disease.
g.. Methods of Control.
(a) The infected Individual and
his environment =
i. No placard, except where pa
tent violates rules and regulations
of board of health.
TRACHOMA
l.. Infectious Agent Undeter-
mined.
2. Source of Injection. Secre-
lions and p%urulent discharges from
the conjunctivae and Annexed mu-
lcous membranes of the infected
persons.
3. Mode Of Transmission. BY
direct contact with infected persons
and indirectly by contact with ar
tiles freshly soiled with the infec-
tive discharges of such persons.
a. Incubation Period. Undeter-
mined.
s. Period of Commumicability.
During the persistence of LESSONS
nexed mucous membranes or of
discharges from such LESSONS.
TUBERCULOSIS
S. Period of Communicating.
Exists as long as the specific or
Commences when a lesion becomes
an open one=i.e., discharging tu-
bercle bacilli, and continues until
it heals.
6. Methods of Control.
(a) The infected individual and
his environment
1. No placard.
Q. Isolation of such open cases
as do not observe the precautions
necessary to prevent the spread of
the disease.
TULARAEMIA
/. Infectious Agent. (Bacter-
Iium tularense; ~pasteurella tularen-
sis). 3entt
S. Period OF Colnmunicability.
There is no authentic record of
transfer of the disease from man
to man. The infection has been
found in the blood during the first
two weeks; in conjunctival scrap
pings and in lymph glands up to
seventeen days; in the spleent AIKEN
at autopsy up to twenty-six days.
Flies r infective for fourteen
days. ticks throughout their life
time. Refrigerated wild rabbits
are injected LOT three weeks
TYPHOID FEVER
1. Infectious Agent. Typhoid
bacillus (Eberthelda typhiJ.
l.. Placard required.
Q. Isolation of the infected per-
SOL in fy-proof room, preferably
under hospital conditions, of such
cases as cannot command adequate
sanitary environment and nursing
care in their homes. Release from
isolation should be determined by
two successive negative cultures of
stool and urine specimens collected
not less than twenty-forr hours
apart.
VINCENTvS ANGINA
L. No placard.
Q. Isolation Of the infected per-
son until lecions are healed.
WHOOPING COUGH
Infectious Agent, Pertussis
bacillus of Bordet and Gengou
(~Hemophilus Pertussis).
/. Placard required.
Q. Isolation. Separation Of the
patient from susceptible children.
and exclusion of the patient from
school and public places for the
period of presumed infectivity.
g.. Quarantine. Exclusion of
non-immune children from school
and public gatherings for ten days
after their last exposure to a rec
.ognized case.
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REGULATIONS PROHIBITING
COMMON TOWELS IN PUB
Lie PLACES

Section L. The term common
towel" as used in these regulations
shall be construed to mean a roller
towel or any, towel which is or
may be used by more than one
person without being thoroughly
laundered after each Individual use.
Section Q. 1t shall be unlawful
to provide a common towel
(a) In any building or prem
ises used as a public institution,
school, hotel, lodging house, restaur-
ant, theatre, or public hall. or in
any part of any factory, workshop,
office building. market or store of
any kind. which part is open to
the general public.
OBJ In any railroad station or
railroad car.
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Occupations Forbidden to Persons
Infected with yenercal Disease
in the Infecfinus Sfare

g. fa) Occupations. No persons
infected with %venereal disease IN
an infectious stage shall engage in
the occupation of nurse. nursemaid.
domestic servant, baker. barber,
hairdresser, chiropodist. m%anicurist.
bath attendant. soda fountain dis
peDser or masseur.
(b) Food. No employer shall
require or permit any person who
is infected with venereal disease in
an infectious stage to work in a
building, room, basement, cellar or
vehicle occupied OF used for the
production. preparation, manufac-
turing, packing, storage. sale, dis
tribution or transportation of foods,
baked goods. drugs or beverages.
No person infected with venereal
disease in an infectious stage shall
be permitted to engage in any oc-
cupation in connection with q dairy:
or with the handling of milk,
cream. ice cream or other food
products. or to serve as cook
waiter. waitress or otherwise in
any hotel, restaurant or boarding
house. or In any hospital. sanitor-
ium Dr. other institution where in
the performance of his duties he
either handles or comes in contact
with food or drinks for others.
(cj Laundry. No person infect
ed with yenereal disease in an in
fectious stage shall be permitted to
work in any capacity in any public
laundry. P~roprietors or persons In
charge of laundries shall not be
permitted to employ in their laun-
dries in any capacity persons known
to be infected with %vencreal dis
90 q a In fha fAfoA..- 49, .L|"I I
(d) Swimming Pool. No per-
son infected with any ~venereai dis
ease in an infectious stage shall
use or be permitted to use any
public swimming pool, and copies
of this regulation shall be posted
In conspicuous places near each
pool.
(e) Universities, Colleges, Stu
dents and Teachers. An person in
|fected with %venereal disease in any
infectious stage Is forbidden to at
tend. or teach in any public or
Iparochial school. university, college
or seminary. and local health Off
GERS are hereby authorized and d.
rected to put into effect such meas
ures OF isolation, segregation and
quarantine as are required for the
public health and safety.
z. Should any person afflicted
with a venereal disease refuse or
discontinue treatment before be-
coming n~on-infectious according to
the standards provided by the wy
oming State Board Of Health It
shall be the duty OF the physician
examining or treating such patient
to report the fact OF refusal or
discontinunnce OF treatment, to-
gether with the name and address
of such patient to the health aii-
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Rules and Regulations
Governing the Reporting and Control
of Communicable Diseases

In Accordance with the provisions
OF Section 1909, Chapter 100, SEES
sion Laws of Wyoming, 1921. the
following rules and regulations were
established by the Wyoming State
Board of Health at its regular
meeting held in Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing. on July 2. 1927:
Rule /. The following named
diseases and disabilities are hereby
declared to be dangerous to public
Stealth and made notifiable, and the
occurrence of case shall be reported
as herein provided:
LIST OF DISEASES
Actinomycosis.
Ancylostomiasis (hookworm).@
Anthrax.
Botulism.
Chancroid.
Chickenpox.
Conjunctivitis acute infections).
Dengue.
Diptheria.
Dysentary (amoebic).
Dysentary (~bacillary).
Encephalitis %(lethargic,. epidemic).
ErysiEaias.
Favus.
German Measles.
Gonorrhea.
Influenza.
Leprosy.
Malaria.
Malta Fever.
Measles.
Meningitis (meningococcus).
Mumps.
Paratyphoid Fever.
Plague.
Pneumonia (acute lobar).
Poliomyelitis (acute infections).
Rabies.
Rocky Mounted spotted or tick
lever.
Scarlet fever.
Septic sore throat.
Smallpox.
Syphilis.
Tetanus.
-Trachoma.
Trichinosis.
Tuberculosis (the organ or part
affected in each case to be speci-
fied).
Tu1araemia.
Typhoid fever.
Typhus fever.
Vincent's Angina.
Whooping cough.
Yellow fever.
Rule 5. If the disease reported
is one requiring a placard it shall
be the duty of the local health Of
ficer to post a notice in some con-
spicuous place upon the premises
occupied by the infected person
which shall bear the following in
scription:
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Dnties of PhYsicinns

6. Certificates shall be made
out on blanks provided by the State
Board of Health, and where labor
atoyy tests of approved Laboratories
have been made to Determine the
presence of or freedom OF venereai
disease the original certificate OF
the laboratory shall be attached 10
and made a part of the physicians
certificate, to be fled with the
county clerk.
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Marriage Certincates-How secur,

Marriage CertiHcates-How Secured
A.. Marriage certificates will be
executed on the proper blanks fur
nished by the State Board Of
Health and secured by request from
the office of the county clerk.
Duties Of Applicants
s.. Applicant shall make affida-
Wit at time of application that he
is free from acute or chronic ven
lereal disease in a transmittable
form to the best OF his knowledge
and belief.
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8. That every male person Sc
curing a marriage license must pro
duce a certificate dated within ten
days before the date Of the appli-
cation for such marriage license
from a licensed physician practic-
ing in the state of Wyoming show
ing applicant to be free from any
~venerenl. disease In n communicable
stage.
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
WITHIN

No person, other than the health
OFFICER, his agent, or the profession
al attendant, shall enter or leave
these premises, nor shall ANYONE re-
move, mutilate or deface this pla-
card, without permission from the
health officer.
Signed
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What Constitutes Proper Examin
ation for Marriage Certihcate

z. Physicians are not required
to have made any specific labora,
tory test, but the presumption OF
the statcd Board OF Health Is tina
they are required to use commonly
accepted methods of medical sci
ence to arrive at their conclusions,
Explanatory Motel. Common!
accepted methods Of medical science
would indicate that no physician
could definitely exclude chrome
venereal disease In an applicant TOT
marriage license in the absence OIL
a thorough and comprehensive
physical examination with the APP,
plicant stripped and supplements
by any indicative laboratory hnu-
ings.
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Dudes d oonnty Oerks

Duties of Comfy Clerks
8. County clerks will file Ger
tifcates of marriage as permanent
records, together with copies Of LAB,
oratory findings where made, n
shall forward to State Board OF
Health n monthly report of all mar,
riages contracted in their speciai
counties. Such reports shall IN
clude the names OF contracting par,
ties. together with n record o,
exact ages, birth place, race ana
residence; also the names and al
dresses of physicians issuing cerll-
ficate. together with Laboratory
findings II in his possession.
o. County clerks shall not rs
sue certificates Of marriage unless
physicians' certificate have peer
made by physicians duly licensed
and residing within the a u
Wyoming. iii
10. The Board OF Health shall
furnish to clerks and keen up "
date the names Of the qualified pn'
|Hu-
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Health officer.
w. H. Hassed. M. D.,
State Health Officer"

W. p. IdSStu, w. 0.y
State Health Officer"
Said notice shall be printed on
white cardboard or substantial
white paper of a size not less than
12x1S inches.
Rule 6. Cases of Carriers in
Diaries. When a person living on a
farm, dairy or in any other estab-
lishment where milk or it's products
or other foods are handled for sale
shall be known or suspected to be
infected with or a carrier of a COM
municable disease, no food shall be
sold, delivered or distributed from
such farm, dairy or other establish
ment unless authorized in writing
by the health officer having juris-
diction; and said health officer shall
refuse such authorization unless
said Ease or carrier be under effi-
cient supervision and isolated in
such a manner as to be completely
separated from any other person or
persons who may be handling such
food or dairy products.
Diaries Delivering Milk or Milk
Products to the Isolated or Quaran-
tined No diaries or dairymen shall
deliver any milk or milk products
to a house, apartment, room. or
other building in which anyone is
isolated or quarantined for an In
fectious disease, excepting that 1t is
done Ii the following manner: The
milk deliveryman shall empty the
milk or other milk products into a
receptacle provided by the tenant,
on the outside of the house, room
or apartment. and in no case shall
he leave a milk bottle, nor take
away any receptacle from the quar-
antined residence.
Rule Z. 1t shall be the duty oil
all teachers, principals. superintend.
ents or other persons in charge OF
any public, private or parochial
school to exclude from such school
any pupil suffering from a commun-
icable disease until such person fur
nishes a certificate from a licensed
physician stating that such infected
person or carrier Is no longer q
menace to the public health.
CHICKENPOX
l.. Infectious Agent. Unknown,
4. Sources of Infection. The in
fictitious agent Is presumably present
in the LESSONS of the skin and oil
the mucous membranes; the latter
appearing early and rupturing as
soop as they appear, rendering the
disease communicable early, that is
before the exanthem is In evidence
S. Period of Communicabtbty'
Until the primary scabs have disap-
peared from the mucous membranes
and the skin.
6. Methods of Control.
(a) The infected individual and
his environment
L. Placard required.
2. Isolation. Exclusion OF the
infected person from school and pre-
Tention of contact with non-immunt
persons until desqiaamation is com
plete.
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tltut1On.
Duties Of Prison Authorities, Any
state, County or City Prison
with Reference to Venereal
Diseases.
4. All persons who shall be con-
fined or imprisoned in any state,
county or city prison In this state
shall be examined bi-monthly for
and If infected treated for venereal
disease by the health authorities
or county physician. The prison
authorities of n state. county or
city prison are directed to make
available to- the health authorities
such portion of n state, county
or city prison as may be necessary
for a clinic OF a hospital wherein
all persons who may be confined
or imprisoned In any such prison
or who are infected with venereal
diseases and all such persons who
are suffering with venereal diseases
at the time of the expiration o {
their terms of imprisonment, and
in case no other suitable place for
Isolation or quarantine is available,
such other persons that may be
isolated or quarantined under the
provisions of the preceding section
shall be isolated at public expense
until cured. or In lieu of such iso-
lation n of such persons may In
the discretion of the board OF
health be- required to report for
treatment TO a licensed physician
or submit TO treatment provided at
public expense as provided in the
preceding section Nothing herein
contained shall be construed. to in
Iterfere with the service OF any SEN
tence imposed by a court as n pun
ishment for the commission OF a
crime.
D. Each and every person under
treatment for ~venereal disease shall
continue treatment until non-infec-
tious according to standards for
the discharge of carriers fixed by
these rules and regulations. tThese
standards are given under General
Rules).
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treats a Ease of venereal disease.
and any superintendent or manager
of a hospital. dispensary or chari-
there is a case OF venereal disease
shall make a report of such case
ito the health authorities according
to such form or manner as the
state board of health may direct.
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Examination and Treatment of Per,
som Suspected Of being Dis.

Examination and Treatment of Per-
sons Suspected 81 being Dis
eased.
8. All county health officers or
their authorized deputies within
their respective jurisdictions are
hereby directed and empowered
when in their Judgment it is nee
essary to protect the public health,
to make examinations of persons
reasonably suspected of being in
lfected with venereal disease and to
ldetain such persons until the re-
suits of such examinations are
known, to require persons infected
with venereal disease to report for
treatment to a reputable physician
and continue treatment until cured
or to submit to treatment at public
expense until cured, and also when.
In their judgment 1t is necessary
to protect the public health to iso-
late or quarantine persons infected
with venereal disease. 1t shall be
the duty of all local and state
health officers to investigate sourc-
es of infection of venereal disease,
to cooperate with the proper Off
cials whose duty 1t is to enforce
laws directed against prostitution
and otherwise to use every proper
means for the suppression of pros
titution.
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1. Infectious Agent Unknown.
2. Source of Infection. Secre
lions of the mouth and possibly of
the ose.
g.. Period of Communicability.
Unknown, but assumed to persist
until the parotid gland has returned
to it's normal size.
g.. Methods Of Control.
(a) The infected individual and
his environment
q. Isolation. Separation of the
patient from non-immune children
and exclusion of the patient from
school and other public places for
the period OF presumed infectivity.
(See 50.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-21
TWO PATROLNEN
 ARE CONVICTED
Cambridge Policemen Guilty o1
 EXtOrtiOn

Cambrldge, Mass Dec. 21 tUP)- Two Cambridge police officers today were found guilty on charges of at tempted extortion and conspiracy. 10 extort.
 The defendants. Lieutenant Thom- q. F. Coady and Motorcycle Officer Henry E. Pelleter. will be sentenced tomorrow at 4 ?. m.
 The sealed verdict, reached short ly before midnight after about 12 hours deliberation, was opened in superior court today hy Judge David r. Dillon.
 Attempted extortion and Conspir acy to extort carry a maximum pen alty of Is years imprisonment
 The police officers were charged with attempting to eXtort and con- spring to extort money from Patsy O'Allession of Cambridge while the latter was with a young woman in q parked automobile in the Fresh Pond reservation.
 Defense counsel immediately filed exceptions to the lury's decision but it was said this action would not de . lay imposition of the sentences, As a result of the exceptions, the case will be carried to the state supreme court.
 The bonds under which Coady and Pelletier are being held were in creased by Judge Dillon from $2,5Qo to slo,00O after the court had denied District Attorney Robert T. Bush nells motion for immediate sen tences.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-21
p0lESH CHURCHES
 W'ILLEL) Sj() EACH
Requests Made to Holy Cross
 and Sacred Heart

The newly organized Holy Cross church receives is first legacy by the will of thc late Gabriel Nalaya- jck. which was filed in probate court today He leaves the sum Of $50 to that church and he also leaves $50 to the Sacred Heart church Joseph BaceWicz and Ade- line JvchniouirE. who are mentioned in the will, cannot receive their legacies under the law, because of the fact that they were among the witnesses or the will
 The document was drawn Decem- bor 9 last and was a homemade affair The sum of $500 is left to Mrs. Sophia Juchniewicz. Joseph Bacewicz IS left $50. The sum of $50 goes to the Knights Of Boles- laus The Great. He requests that all furniture and clothing belonging to him be turned over to Adelinc JuchnioW!cz. 4 gold watch is left to Mrs Mary Macewicz. The sum of $50 is set aside for Gregorian masses.
 Mrs. Juchniewic1 was chosen ex- ecutrix, but she declined to act and Judge Bernard r. Gaffney appoint cd Philip M. Pagan administrator. Judge Gaffney stated that the docu- ment was well drawn, . considering that the work was done by a lay man.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-21
NEW HAVEN WATER
 COMPANY OPTION
Is Extended to Give City
 Chance to Buy

New Haven, Dec. q tFl After coupled with q public hearing. rep resentatlNes of the city and the New Haven Water company entered into an agreement last night whereby the city's option of purchasing the water company's property. assets and franchises. will be extended long enough to allow for q com plcte appraisal Of the property in- yolved.
 The special aldermanic commit ice which is handling the deal went into conference at city hall at 2:30 this afternoon with Mayor John E. Tower. Corporation Counsel Samuel A. Pcrsliy. President G. Y. Gaillard of the water company and attor- neys and auditors fer both sides. The conference lasted until 5.@0 when lt was adjourned until ?. m. at the Hillhouse High school where q public hc2ring was held. C0incidant with the developments of last night came the announce mcnt that Benjamin T. Levine, sec retary of the republican town com mittee, had resigned his post to lead q movement for referendum on the question of purchase now before the aldermen.
 It now appears probable that the Tlfv will hl c.iUEr 1rntil Ap,jl May 10 either exercise its option of purchase or argee 10 a new con- tract with the company.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-21
New Haven Man Hit
 By Auto in MiddletOWn

Miudletown, Dec. 2l R - Emil Johnson, Of 52 Commerce street. New Haven, was struck by an au- tomobile while leading q horse through Cromwell last. night and was taken to MiddleSeX hospital where he is being treated for la cerations about the head and a fractured skull.
 Johnson and two other men were taking five horses to Wethersfield. They left New. Haven yesterday afternoon and had alternately ridden and walked as far as Cromwell! when the accident took place.
 Benjamin Hawitz Of Hartford. driver of the car which struck Johnson, was not held as he proved to the satisfaction of the police that the spot where the accident occurred was dark and that John- son and his companions had no lights.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-21
Calmette, Vaccine,
 Pronounced Success

New York, Dec. 2l lP}-Four out good results from the anti-tuhercu- losis vaccination Of children are an- nounCed in connection with the re- cent election of Doctor Albert Cal mette to the Academy of Sciences, Dr. Calmette is second in command at the Pasteur Institute and deVel- oped the vaccine.
 Mortality in. s0.o00 cases. t Is stated, was reduced 10 l per cent from 4 per cent. These were all cases of children exposed 10 tuher- culosis. The vaccine. called E. C.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-21
SAILORS MOTHER
 NEAR DEATH TODAY:
Mrs. KennerSOn Loses Two HuS-
 bands and Son at Sea

New London. Dec. q (UP)-Mrs. Elmer kennerson. who has lost {" Q husbands and one son at sea. and who is the mother Of \. Hodges, who went down with the n officers and men of the submarine S-4, was ro- ported near death from shock today
 She collapsed after hearing that for the fourth time the sea had reached into her house hold to cIaum a victim. Toady her friends feared she would not recover.
 Mrs. kennerson first and second husbands were drowned from ships cn which they were sailing.
 One son. I sailor on tug in New London harbor, was lnst .ovarhoard and drowned here when. during ,le war, his tug coIlided with the Ger man submarine Deu's0hl3nd. Ths Deutschland. which had made it's famous trip across the Atlantic was leaving New London harbor when the collision occurred.
 Saturday night Mrs kennerson learned that her other son was aboard the S-4 For q time she hoped he would be safe hut as hope faded she vas unatlo to stand the shock longer and hnally collapsed.
 She is 6,
New Britain herald., 1927-12-21
SEEKS SLIGO COMMISSION

Seeking commission for the sale Of property on Cherry street. Jacob Sargis has brought suit for sl,100 damages agalnst Louis, Frank and Theresa Neubauer and Joseph and Mary Lamprechet, through H. H. Milkowitz. Deputy Sheriff Martin II. Horwi'z served the papers and attached property of the defendants One parcel of land is located on Hawkins street and the other on Putnam street.
 Nicola Bellini has brought suit for $500 damages against Johnson < Carperson. local contractors. At torney Edward A. Mag represents the plaintiff and Deputy Sheriff Horwitz served the papers, attach ing property on Shuttle Meadow avenue, Church street and Ellis street