The order of business may be temporarily suspended by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Standing committees.-The president shall appoint the following each year: Committee on accounts, to consist of three members. Committee on supplies, printing and office, to consist of three members. Committee on milk and food supplies, to consist of two members. Committee on infectious and contagious diseases, to consist of two members. The committees shall consist of members. The president shall be ex officio a member of all committees. One member of each of the following committees shall be as a member of the committee on sanitation: Milk and food supplies, infectious and contagious diseases, plumbing and sewerage, and judiciary. Special committees. The president shall appoint all special committees. Duties of the president. The president shall be the presiding officer of the board, and shall as such perform duties pertaining to such office. He shall call special meetings of the board. He shall attend and take part in all meetings of the standing committees of the board when he shall deem it for the interest of the public health so to do. He shall sign all warrants against the board before the same shall be paid. He shall sign all licenses and permits issued by the board. Duties of the secretary. The secretary shall keep the minutes and enter the proceedings of the board in a book provided for the purpose. He shall attend all regular meetings of the board. He shall keep an account of all moneys collected and submit a report of same on form provided for the purpose, to the board at each regular meeting. He shall issue all permits and licenses as directed by the board. He shall sign all warrants against the board before the same shall be paid. He shall notify the members of all meetings of the board. He shall keep all records and perform other duties that may be required of him by law or by the board. Duties of the health officer.-It shall be the duty of the health officer to visit all parts of the city as often as is found necessary, and he shall make special visits and inspections on the request of the president or chairmen of the several committees, tendering written reports of same. He shall tender to the board at the first regular meeting in each month a written report as to the condition of the health of the city. He shall direct all matters pertaining to quarantine and fumigation, and all orders pertaining to same must be in writing to the assistant health inspectors. He shall make personal visits in cases of infectious and contagious diseases when he deems same necessary, and when ordered by the president or chairman of the committee on infectious and contagious diseases. He shall report on all matters pertaining to public health submitted to him by the president or chairman of the several committees. He shall recommend to the board from time to time measures for the improvement of public health. It shall be his duty to keep an accurate record of all practicing physicians and surgeons and midwives in the city and shall submit a copy of said list to the board at the first regular meeting in each month. It shall be his duty to see that all practicing physicians and surgeons in the city report all cases of diseases that are classed as infectious and contagious by the sanitary code, and to report immediately to the board any failures to comply with same. Duties of committee on sanitation.-Shall be that of a consulting party for the benefit of the health officer and other committees of the board. They shall have power to cause the abatement of all nuisances detrimental to public health, and enforce the requirements of the sanitary code, without a special meeting of the board. They shall report in writing to the board for their action all failures to abate nuisances and to comply with the requirements of the sanitary code. They shall direct the duties of the deputy health officers, assistants to the health officer, and other employees of the board in all matters excepting that pertaining to quarantine and disinfection. Duties of committee on accounts. They shall receive, examine, and audit all bills and accounts referred to them by the board. All bills must be signed by a majority of the committee and returned to the board. They shall keep a record of all receipts and expenditures in a book provided for the purpose. They shall submit to the board at the first regular meeting in each month a statement of the financial standing of the board. Duties of committees on supplies, printing, and office.-They shall purchase all supplies required after same has been authorized by the board. They shall have charge of the office of the board and the keeping and filing of records. No supplies shall be contracted for or purchased excepting on written order of the committee, signed by its chairman. Duties of committee on milk and food supplies.—It shall be their duty to see that the requirements of the sanitary code and existing laws pertaining to same are enforced. They shall recommend to the board from time to time measures for the improvement of public health. They shall inspect all places in the city where milk and food supplies are made, stored, and sold and report to the board any violation of the sanitary code or existing laws. Duties of committee on infectious and contagious diseases.—It shall be their duty to see that the requirements of the sanitary code and existing laws pertaining to same are enforced. They shall recommend to the board from time to time measures for the improvement of public health. They shall see that all cases of infectious and contagious diseases are reported by the attending physicians and surgeons in proper form and report to the board any failure to so comply with the code. They shall see that a proper record is kept of all practicing physicians, surgeons, and midwives. They shall tender to the board at the first regular meeting in each month a report of all infectious and contagious diseases. Duties of committee on plumbing and drainage.-It shall be their duty to see that the requirements of the sanitary code and existing laws pertaining to same are enforced. They shall recommend to the board from time to time measures for the improvement of sanitary conditions. They shall see that all plumbing and drainage work is done under permits issued by the board, and report all cases where work is being done without permits. Duties of committee on vital statistics.-It shall be their duty to see that the requirements of the sanitary code and existing laws pertaining to same are enforced. They shall tender to the board at the first regular meeting in each month a report of all marriages, births, and deaths. Salaries. The compensation for services rendered by the health officers, secretary, deputy health officers, assistants to the health officers, and other employees of the board, shall be such as the board may prescribe. Mail.-All mail shall be addressed to the board of health, City Hall, Perth Amboy, N. J., and it is understood that any mail addressed to any of the officers or employees of the board, as members of the board, is intended for the board, and shall be delivered to the secretary. Hearings.-Any person feeling aggrieved at the official action of the board or any of its members, officers, or employees, shall be entitled to a hearing before the board. Alteration of the rules.-All resolutions proposing an alteration or amendment to the rules governing the board should be submitted in writing and shall lie over until the next regular meeting unless otherwise ordered by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the board. The proceedings of the board shall be governed and regulated by general parliamentary practice, as laid down in Cushing's Manual, unless otherwise provided for by these rules. [Regulation board of health adopted Feb. 15, 1910; amended Aug. 2, 1910.] REPORTS TO THE SURGEON-GENERAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE. CHOLERA IN THE UNITED STATES. A case of cholera has been reported at Auburn, N. Y. The patient was an Italian boy 17 years of age, who arrived at New York June 20 on the steamship Duca degli Abruzzi. With the other steerage passengers he was detained at quarantine until June 27. He later went to Auburn, where on June 30 he became ill and died July 1. Passed Asst. Surg. Edward Francis, assistant director of the Hygenic Laboratory, who was sent to Auburn immediately to confirm the diagnosis and to see that the Treasury Regulations were enforced, has as yet made no official report on the verification of the diagnosis, but states that the contacts are all isolated and under the observation of the city bacteriologist, and that thorough precautions are being observed. A second case of cholera from the same steamship, the Duca degli Abruzzi, has occurred in an Italian woman, an immigrant, 30 years of age, who was taken ill in Brooklyn June 30 and died July 4 at the New York quarantine hospital, to which she had been returned. Like the preceding case, she had been detained in quarantine for seven days. The diagnosis of this case has been verified. These two cases, detained in quarantine longer than the accepted. period of incubation of cholera (five days), if verified as true Asiatic cholera, were probably bacillus carriers. To diminish the danger from such cases in the future, orders have been given that immigrants arriving from a cholera-infected port on a vessel upon which cholera has appeared shall be detained for a period of 10 days for observation unless after 5 days' detention they are found by examination not to be bacillus carriers. PLAGUE-PREVENTION WORK. INFECTED GROUND SQUIRREL. During the week ended June 17, 1911, the finding of a plagueinfected ground squirrel was reported. The squirrel was found June 8 in San Benito County, at J. Cornwell ranch, 3 miles southwest of San Benito. (1060) DISTRIBUTION OF POISON. In connection with the making of a squirrel-free zone around the cities of California on San Francisco Bay, 1,933 acres of land in Alameda County and 322 acres in Contra Costa County were covered with poison during the week ended June 17, 1911. 2 Identified, Mus norvegicus 584, Mus musculus 63, Mus rattus 1. * Identified, Mus norvegicus 948, Mus musculus 346, Mus rattus 194, Mus alexandrinus 159. |