Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1911 — New Health Law. [ARTICLE]

New Health Law.

To Health Officers: The annual school for health officers will be held May 9th and 10th at Indianapolis at the Claypool Hotel. Come to stay out the two days. Don’t have a serious or pressing case to call you away. Every minute will be important to you. A second notice will be sent. Please send us your suggestions for conduct of this meeting. The Ophthalmia Neonatorium law will soon be in effect. It requires report of births within thirty-six hours, Ophthalmia N. Failure to report births within thirty-six hours or failure to apply prophylaxis when necessary, makes bill for services null and void. There is also a fine of ten to fifty dollars. Failure to collect births under this law will Bimply prove the health officer is careless or incompetent or spineless. The Sanitary Schoolhouse Law requires that all school houses hereafter constructed or remodeled, shall conform to certain sanitary principles, carefully set. forth in the law. Failure on the part of school authorities to obey, makes the bills for material and construction null and void. There ia also a fine of not less than fifty dollars. Employment of teachers or janitors having syphilis or consumption is forbidden. Teachers shall send home all children in any degree sick or who are dirty or malodorous. Hygiene shall be taught in the fifth grade or other grades at the option of school authorities. The Medical Inspection law is optional. School authorities may institute such inspection at any time, the same to be done as set forth in the law. The proclamation of the Governor announcing the laws to be in effect will be issued about April 25th. The State Board of Health will issue a new book of instructions, containing the new laws, as soon as possible. J. N. HURTY, Secretary.

Within two weeks live three-legged chickens have been hatched in Fayette county. Two are still alive. In aii cases the extra leg projected fro**', the middle of the bird’s back an! terminated in five toes or daws. The Women’s Civic league at Huntington is getting the permission of owners of vacant lots In the city to use the property for gardens. The boys of the city are to be organized in brigades and to be placed in the charge of retired fanners and others, who will instruct them in gardening. Prises are to be offered for the beet results. *