Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1896 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

which shall be securely closed and the coffin ' not to be again opened | i Kale It. Iu all eases of death from cholera,' typtmsfever, yellow fev,-r, small-pox, diphtheria, membraneous croup and Scarlet fever the iuner.l sn li be strictly private. No public or church fun. ral shall ne held, or any pear, son permitted to enter the house containing the remains except the undertaker and his assistants unless by permission of the Board i ~a,." 7_ - i I K uie 14 The r'«»ui iu which, there has beenl s case or contagious disease •uuigerous to the public health must be Immediately dlsinlecnd following ihe recovery of ine sh-k ■•r th- removal of the remains, as follows u>- .. li : An surfaces should be thoroughly washed: with a solution ol c* rr.sve sublimate of the strength of 1 fart iu I.OUO parts of water. The walls and ceiling, if plastered, should lie br shed over wun this solution, after which they should be whitewashed wliha lime wadi. Especial care must bexakuu to wash away ah dust from window ledges amt oilier places where li mav tmvo settieu. a- d to thoroughly c anine crevices and out -of-iho- way p aces. After this appllca'iou of the disinfecting solution am an interval of twentv-lour hours, r lougerturfreeverrtiiatton, theflaoraanrt wood work should he well scrubbed with so. pand hot water, and tfiis should be followed by » second and more prolonged exposure to fresh air, admitted through open doors sud windows- School books or books from a circulat lug library shall not be taken into or removed from auy house daring the prevalence of an* contagious di-ease dangerous- to the public health, audit such books have been iu such housesdariugth i prevalence efsai i diseases, they must -e destroyed by the 0., neror libaory authorities, br be properl, disinfected before being returned to jjchools of pnt in circulation. ' ' ' » ■ Marriage,. Birth and Death Reports. Rule 15v City and Town Health Oilicera shall recoul m a m>rr,i book nil births, deaths and or infectious diseases, -and they shall monthly tuen over to tfce Couut>. Health Officer the origin*l returns. It shall lie the duty of the County Health Officef to in the a lifee record of said returns in a record book and as soon as practicable return the original reports to the Healih Officer from whom received.

Rule 16. All physicians, accoucheurs and widwives in this state are hereby required* to report to the sec- | retary of the board of health of the | town, city or county in which they i may occur (within five days there- | after) all births and deaths Which may occur in thehr practice. When- | ever a physician’s supply of the necessary blanks on which to make a return is exhausted he shall at once make ar< quisition for the same on a health officer within whose jurisdiction he may reside, and said health officer is hereby required to immediately supply the demand. > Rale 17. It is hereby ordered that each county health officer in this state shall, on or before the 30th day of the month following the close of each quarter, make his quarterly returns of all marriages, births and diseases dangerous to the public health to the secretary of the state board of health on blanks prescribed and furnished by tbe state board of health. Rule 18. Whenever any birth or death occurs with no physician, aceoucheur or midwife in attendance, then such birth or death shall lie repeated to the town, city t»r couuty health officer by tfc® householder or other person under whose observation aueh death or birth may occur. All suoh reports to be made within five days. Iu all cases of death where a : coroner has held an inquest and the physician, the taid coroner is hereby instructed to make such report to the i proper health officer as soon as practicable after holding such inquest. Rule 19. All persons authorized in this state to solemnize marriages ate hereby are required to make a report of all marriages solemnized by them to the clerk of the circuit court by whom the marriage license was issued in blanks furnished by such clerk within five days after the marriage is solemnized. Rule 20. Secretaries of county boards of health are hereby directed to cause all physicians in their respective counties to report to them all deaths, births and diseases dangerous to the public healtb on such blanks as are furnished by the state board of health and distributed on application by said county health officer. Rule 21. In case any person feels aggrieved at any act of a health officer, appeal may be made to the state board in session or its executive oTßber, hut pendffig such'Tqipftal’lie act of such health officer shall remain in force. Rule 22. AU town and county boards of health shall cause to be made at least once in each year a sanitary survey of their respective jurisdictions, for the purpose of (ascertaining the existence of conditions detrimental to the public health, including in such survey stagnant ponds, imperfect drainage, sewerage, cess-pools and water closets. The heating, ventilation, plumbing and disposal of excreta of all public buildings, prisons, hospitals, eleemosynary institutions and such nuisances as might prove dangerous to tbe public health. Rule 28. It shall be the duty of all health authorities, officers of state institutions, police officers, sheriffs, constables and all officers and employes of the state, or any county, city or town thereof, to assist in enforcing the foregoing orders, rules and regulations. . ... Qsaraatiae. Rule 24. No common carrier or other penom Ihsll bring into the state of Indiana any person siok or suspected of being sick with Asiatic cholera, small-pox, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria, membraneous croup and scarlet fevsr, or angi other communicable disease d&niratous to the public health. Rule 25. When any railway car, steamboat, vessel or other oonvey-