tion, and file a complete report within 15 days after such inspection with the secretary of the State board of health on blanks to be supplied by the State board of health. RULE 6. Where a licensed physician has reported a temporary quarantine to the local board of health, the county health officer may authorize said physician to make said temporary quarantine permanent until ordered raised by the local board of health. RULE 7. That the county boards of health shall insist that all persons required by law to do so report all suspected contagious diseases within 24 hours after diagnosis is established.

Milk and Cream-Sale from Places where Communicable Diseases Exist Prohibited-Notification of Cases of Communicable Diseases on Dairy Farms. (Ch. 103, Act Feb. 28, 1917.)

SECTION 1. That section 16, chapter 190, session laws 1911, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 16. No milk or cream shall be sold or dispensed as food from any house, store, shop, dairy or other place in which there is a case of contagious or infectious disease, as aforesaid, until all danger of contagion has been removed, and permission in writing is obtained from the local health officer authorizing the sale of milk or cream, from said house, shop, or from said dairy, or other place.

The existence of smallpox, typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles or other communicable diseases on or in the immediate vicinity of the dairy farm shall be promptly reported to the county health officer and by him to the State board of health, and the sale of milk shall be stopped until its resumption is authorized as provided by law.

Dairy Products and Foodstuffs-Sale from Premises where Communicable Diseases Exist Prohibited. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.)

RULE 26. The sale of milk or cream or any other dairy products, and the sale or handling of foodstuffs intended for sale is absolutely prohibited on the premises wherein contagious and infectious disease exists.

Common Drinking Cups and Common Towels-Prohibited in Public Places. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.)

RULE 24. The use of a common drinking cup or receptacle for drinking water in any public hall or private school, or in any railway station or car in the State of Idaho, and the furnishing of such common drinking cup or receptacle for use in any public place is hereby prohibited.

The term "common drinking cup" as used in this rule, shall be construed to mean for use by more than one person.

RULE 25. No person, firm or corporation owning, in charge of or in control of any lavatory or wash room in any hotel, restaurant, factory, store, office building, school, public hall, railway station, railway car, or public place or building shall maintain in or about such lavatory or wash room any towel for common use. nor shall they expose for use or allow to be exposed for use any towel to be used by more than one person, such as that now known as the roller towel. The term "common use" as used in this rule, shall be construed to mean for use by more than one person.

Privies-Construction. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.)

RULE 20. All privies, toilets and outhouses used for depositing human excreta must be made fly-proof and protected as follows:

(a) The room shall be water tight.

(b) The house shall be without cracks through which flies may enter.

(c) The door shall fit closely and be self-closing.

(d) The opening on seats shall have hinge covering.

(e) The vault, whether pit, box or tank, tub, pail or other receptacle, shall be securely protected against flies.

() All openings for ventilation, etc., shall be screened with wire netting.

Schools-Construction—Drinking Water-Water-closets and Privies. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.)

SECTION 1. All schoolhouse sites shall be dry, and such drainage as shall be necessary to secure and maintain dry grounds and dry buildings, shall be supplied. No insanitary or unhealthful conditions whatsoever shall be permitted to exist within 350 feet of said sites. Good walks shall lead from the street or highway to every schoolhouse, and dry playgrounds shall be provided.

SEC. 2. The ground floor of all schoolhouses shall be raised at least 3 feet above the ground level to lower edge of first floor joists. One-room schoolhouses shall have solid foundations of brick, stone or concrete, and the area between the ground and the floor shall be thoroughly ventilated. Each pupil shall be provided with not less than 225 cubic feet of space, and the interior walls shall be either painted or tinted some neutral color as gray, slate, buff or green.

SEC. 3. All schoolrooms shall be lighted from one side only, and the glass area shall be not less than one-sixth the floor area; all windows to be provided with roller or adjustable translucent shades of neutral color, as blue, gray, slate, buff or green. In all schoolhouses desks shall be so placed that the light shall fall over the left shoulders of the pupils.

SEC. 4. Blackboards shall be preferably of slate, but of whatever material the color shall be a dead black.

SEC. 5. All schoolhouses shall be supplied with pure drinking water and the water supply shall be from driven wells or other sources approved by the State board of health. Wherever it is practicable, approved flowing sanitary drinking fountains which do not require drinking cups shall be provided. When water is not supplied from public water faucets, sanitary flowing fountains or wells, then approved covered tanks or covered coolers with free flowing faucets shall be provided. All schoolhouse wells shall be supplied with troughs or drains to carry away waste water, and under no conditions shall pools or sodden places or mudholes be allowed to exist near a well. SEC. 6. Heating apparatus of all kinds shall be capable of maintaining a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit in zero weather and of maintaining a relative humidity of at least 30 per cent; and said heaters shall receive air from outside the building and after heating introduce it into the schoolroom at a point not less than 5 feet from the floor and at a minimum rate of 30 cubic feet per minute for each pupil. When directindirect steam or hot water heating is adopted, then the openings or ducts for admitting outside air shall be opposite and directly under the radiator. Halls and office rooms may be heated with direct steam or hot water radiators, but direct steam and direct hot water heating are forbidden for schoolrooms. Ordinary stoves without jackets and inlets for fresh outside air are condemned and forbidden.

All rooms shall be provided with efficient exit ventilating ducts of ample size placed near the floor on the side of the room nearest the inlet.

SEC. 7. Water-closets, or dry closets, when provided, shall be efficient and sanitary in every particular; and when said closets are not provided, then good fly-tight, well ventilated outhouses for the sexes, separated by closely built fences, shall be provided. Good dry walks shall lead to all outhouses and solid screens or shields shall be built in front of them. Outhouses for males shall have urinals arranged with stalls and with conduits of galvanized iron or other impervious material draining into a sewer, vault or other suitable place.

SEC. 8. These rules directing specific features in the construction of schoolhouses necessary to secure sanitary conditions shall apply to all new buildings erected and to

all old buildings rebuilt or remodeled after the passage of said regulations, and all health officers shall see to the enforcement of these regulations and promptly enter prosecution for any violation thereof.

Schools-Overcrowding Prohibited-Cleaning-Ventilation-Drinking Water-Common Drinking Cups and Common Towels Prohibited-Water-closets and Privies. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.)

SECTION 1. School authorities shall not crowd children into schoolrooms in excess of one child to each 225 cubic feet of space, and it shall be the duty of all health officers having jurisdiction to dismiss forthwith any schoolroom in which 225 cubic feet of air space is not supplied to each pupil; and the school authorities shall without delay make provision for pupils in accordance with the requirements herein set forth.

SEC. 2. All schoolhouses, before school opens in the autumn, shall be thoroughly cleansed. The cleaning shall consist in sweeping with suitable sweeping compound and scrubbing the floors and thoroughly washing all woodwork, including the wooden parts of desks and seats. Dry sweeping is absolutely prohibited.

SEC. 3. Ventilation must be carefully attended to in all schoolrooms, and when ventilating ducts do not exist it shall be the duty of the teachers to flood the schoolrooms with fresh air by opening windows and doors at recess and at noontime, and also whenever the air becomes close or foul. All schoolhouses shall be supplied with an abundance of pure drinking water.

All schoolhouse wells shall be supplied with troughs and drains to carry away waste water, and under no conditions shall pools, sodden places or small or large mudholes be allowed to exist near wells. Buckets and all open water receptacles are condemned and forbidden, for such furnish most excellent opportunities for transmitting disease germs which occur in saliva. When water is not supplied from approved sanitary flowing drinking fountains, then covered tanks or covered coolers with approved free flowing faucets shall be supplied. Common drinking cups in the public schools are prohibited.

SEC. 4. Water-closets, dry closets and outhouses shall be kept clean and sanitary at all times, and pupils should be taught decency and promptly punished for indecency. Water-closets or dry closets, when provided, shall be efficient in every particular; and when said closets are not provided, then good fly-tight, well ventilated outhouses for the sexes, separated by closely-built fences, shall be provided. Good, dry walks shall lead to all outhouses and closely-built screens or shields shall be built in front of them. Outhouses for males shall have urinals arranged with stalls with conduits of galvanized iron or other impervious material draining into a sewer, vault or other suitable place. Facilities for washing the hands must be provided in all schools and teachers should instruct pupils to use them after visiting the water-closet or outhouse. The use of roller towels used in common by two or more pupils is condemned and it is recommended that schools furnish paper towels for the use of pupils and teachers.

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Sec. 5. Health officers shall enforce these rules and promptly enter prosecution any violation thereof.

Dust-Prevention of, when Drilling in Mines. (Ch. 86, Act Mar. 14, 1917.) SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator or person in charge of any underground mine to cause to be drilled or bored by machinery a hole or holes in any stope or raise in ground that causes dust from drilling, unless said machinery is equipped with a water jet or spray or other means equally efficient to prevent the escape of dust.

SEC. 2. Where machinery used for drilling or boring holes in stopes or raises is equipped, as required by section 1 of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person or

persons to drill or bore a hole in said stope or raise without using said appliance for the prevention of dust.

SEC. 3. Any person who violates either of the two preceding sections, or any owner, operator, or person in charge of any underground mine who hires, contracts with or causes any person to violate the two preceding sections shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 4. The words "person," "operator," "owner" and "person in charge," wherever used in this act, shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of the Territories, the laws of any State or the laws of any foreign country.

Domestic Animals-Disposal of Dead Bodies. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.) RULE 23. The carcasses of any dead animals or fowls shall be buried within 24 hours after death, and shall not be thrown into any stream, lake, pond, well or other body of water within the State of Idaho.

Manure-Receptacles for. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.)

RULE 21. Every person, whether as owner, tenant, employer, or agent, being in charge of any stable, barn or other place where horses, mules, cows or other livestock are kept, shall at all times keep and maintain in or adjacent to said stable, barn or other place a receptacle or box of sufficient dimensions to hold and contain all manure from said livestock; said receptacle or box shall be so constructed as to prevent any of the contents filtering through the bottom or sides and shall be covered with flytight lid, which lid shall be kept closed at all times, except when it is necessary to open same to deposit or remove the manure from said receptacle or box.

The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to stables or places from which manure is removed each day.

Public Institutions and Schools in Counties-Examination Into Sanitary Condition of. (Ch. 111, Act Mar. 7, 1917.)

SECTION 1. That section 1097a of the Revised Codes of Idaho, as amended by chapter 140 of the acts of the twelfth session of the legislature, laws of 1913, page 494, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1097a. It shall be the duty of all county boards of health to provide for the examination by the secretary into the sanitary condition of all county buildings and jails and other public institutions, at least once every year, before the first of May, and as near said day as may be practicable and such examining officer shall file a complete report within 15 days after said first day of May, with the secretary of State board of health. It shall also be the duty of all county boards of health to provide pron ptly for the examination by the secretary into the sanitary condition of any school building in the county, upon a request for such an examination by the county superintendent of public instruction. The examining officer shall file a complete report within 15 days after such examination of a school building with the secretary of the State board of health.

Offensive Trades-Permit Required. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 21, 1917.) RULE 22. No tannery, slaughterhouse, creamery, feeding yards for stock, livery or boarding stable, rendering establishment, or other offensive trade or business, shall be located in any city, village or township in Idaho without having first secured a permit for such location from the local board of health. Such permit shall designate the place where said trade or business may be carried on.

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Tuberculosis-Notification of Cases-Instructions to Household-Inspection of Home by Health Officer-Sputum Examinations-Precautions by Patient-Sale of Foodstuffs from Premises where Disease Exists-School Attendance-Infected Persons Prohibited from Nursing-Notification of Death or Removal-Disinfection. (Reg. Dept. of Pub. H., Aug. 1, 1917.)

RULE 1. Reports.-Every physician, attendant, parent, householder or other person having knowledge of a known or suspected case of pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption, must immediately report same to the local health authorities.

RULE 2. Instruction.—It shall be the duty of every physician attending a case of pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption to advise the patient and the members of the family and household as to the nature of the disease and as to the means whereby infection may be avoided especially as to the isolation of open cases of tuberculosis, the proper disposal of sputum, the control of cough and the avoidance by healthy persons of the use of articles that have been used by the sick.

RULE 3. Inspection.-It shall be the duty of the health officer, upon receiving a report of a case of pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption, to visit and inspect or to cause to be visited and inspected by a duly authorized and competent agent, the home of the patient to satisfy himself that reasonable precautions are being taken for the protection of the public and of the members of the household.

RULE 4. Sputum examinations.—It shall be the duty of the health officer, from time to time during the illness of the patient, to cause specimens of the patient's sputum to be submitted to him and to examine specimens of sputum or to cause same to be examined in a public laboratory, for the purpose of determining whether or not the patient is to be regarded as an "open case" of pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption.

(The laboratory of the State department of public health, Capitol Building, Springfield, will make examinations of sputum without charge if forwarded in proper containers. These containers for the callection and shipment of sputum may be obtained at any of the several hundred free antitoxin stations situated in all county seats and principal cities in the State.)

RULE 5. Open cases.-The term "open case" of pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption, as employed in these rules and regulations, applies to cases showing active evidence of the disease, to those who have persistent cough and who produce sputum containing tubercle bacilli. All cases known to be those of pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption shall be regarded as "open cases" until three successive specimens of sputum, collected within a period of three weeks, shall have been found to be negative or to contain no tubercle bacilli upon examination by the health officer or in a public laboratory.

RULE 6. Precautions.-No person suffering from an open case of pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption, as defined in paragraph 5, shall occupy the same room as a bedchamber or sleeping room with any apparently well person.

The sputum raised and ejected by a tuberculous person or consumptive shall be destroyed or rendered sterile (a) by removing the sputum from the mouth by means of tissue paper, paper napkin or clean cloth and subsequently burning such paper or cloth, or, (b) by depositing the sputum in a paper or cardboard sputum cup or cotr tainer and subsequently burning the container without using same after it has once been emptied of sputum, or (c) by depositing the sputum in glass, china, porcelain or metal sputum cups or sputum flasks which are to be emptied only after being