PORT CHESTER, N. Y.

Spitting-Prohibited in Public Buildings and Public Conveyances. (Reg. Jan. 21, 1918.)

CH. 7. MISCELLANEOUS.

REGULATION 1. Spitting in public places forbidden.-Spitting upon the floor of public buildings or buildings used for public assemblage, or upon the floors or platforms or any part of any railroad or trolley car or ferryboat, or any other public conveyance, is forbidden.

SOMERVILLE, MASS.

Spittoons-Required in Factories and Workshops. (Reg. Bd. of H., Oct. 3, 1917.)

SEC. 50. Suitable receptacles for expectoration shall be provided in all factories and workshops by the proprietors thereof. Such receptacles shall be of water-tight material, built low, with broad bases, and receiving surfaces at least 9 inches in diameter. The minimum number of such receptacles shall be 1 for every 6 men and 1 for every 20 women employed in said factories or workshops.

WHEELING, W. VA.

Spitting-Prohibited in Public Places. (Ord. effective July 1, 1919.)

SEC. 70. It shall be unlawful for any person to expectorate or spit upon the walls, floor, or steps or other walkways or approach to any hotel corridor, hotel office, restaurant, or eating place, public hall, bank, public building, schoolhouse, post office, public office, courthouse, assembly room, street car, or other public conveyance, or upon any sidewalk in the city of Wheeling.

STABLES AND MANURE.1

LOUISVILLE, KY.

Manure Keeping, Removal, and Transportation-Construction of Receptacles. (Ord. Oct. 6, 1917.)

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every person owning, controlling, operating, or having in charge any public or private stable, barn, or place where horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, or other live stock are kept to have and maintain at all times upon the premises or adjacent to such stable, barn. or place a receptacle of sufficient dimensions which shall be fly proof from March to November of each year, for the purpose of containing the droppings of manure from such stock, which said receptacle shall have a top or lid so arranged as to be water-tight and fly-proof; and such owner, tenant, or occupant shall each day cause to be deposited therein all droppings from such stock and shall keep the lid thereof closed (except when necessary and briefly open for the purpose of depositing therein or removing therefrom) in such a manner as to prevent the ingress of flies thereto or therefrom.

SEC. 2. Every owner, tenant, or occupant within the city of Louisville shall cause the contents of such receptacle to be removed from the premises at least once a week, and oftener if required by the health department, such require ments applying to the period between March and November of each year.

SEC. 3. No receptacle shall be constructed or used for holding manure the bottom of which is below the surface of the surrounding earth, unless it be constructed of substantial cement or masonry and connected with the publie sewer. Receptacles holding manure shall be constructed so as to prevent the entrance of water.

SEC. 4. Manure shall be removed from the stables, barns, and places within the city at the expense of the owner, occupant, or agent, and shall not be used as fertilizer within the city limits without the permission in writing from the health department.

SEC. 5. No manure shall be transported along any public street, alley, or highway within the city of Louisville except in a tight vehicle, which if not closed must be covered with canvas or other suitable material, so as to prevent the falling of the manure therefrom and the access of flies thereto.

SEC. 6. Any person or persons violating or assisting in the violation of any part or parts of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined not less than $10 or more than $50, and each day's continuance of the condition shall be a separate offense.

MACON, GA.

Stables-To Be Maintained in a Sanitary Condition. Manure-Keeping and Removal-Construction of Receptacles. (Reg. Bd. of H., Sept. 12, 1917.)

That from and after the passage of this ordinance any person, firm, or corporation who shall keep or maintain on premises owned or controlled by them any

See also Animals, p. 16; Garbage, refuse, ashes, and waste matter, p. 188; Nuisances, p. 387.

horse, mule, or cow, shall maintain the stable or lot in which such animals are kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times, and shall provide therein a tightly constructed, fly-proof receptacle into which all manure shall be placed and kept until removed from the premises. This receptacle must have a tightfitting cover, which shall be kept tightly closed except when manure is being actually placed therein or removed therefrom.

The capacity of such receptacles shall be sufficient to allow at least 2 cubic feet for each and every animal whose excreta is to be deposited therein.

The contents of these receptacles must be removed from the premises to a place acceptable to the board of health at least once each week.

NEW LONDON, CONN.

Manure-Keeping, Removal, and Transportation. (Reg. Dept. of H., Apr. 10, 1917.)

RULE 1. Every property owner who maintains a stable or permits his tenant or tenants to maintain one for stabling horses or cows, must provide a tightbottomed stall in which to store manure from said animals. Said stall or bin shall be constructed and located to meet the requirements of the health officer. Build a stall similar to a horse stall, three sides with tight bottom.

RULE 2. Said manure must be removed, bin thoroughly swept out, and suitable disinfectant sprinkled in the bottom once a week. Eight days is the limit for manure to remain on the premises.

RULE 3. All manure to be carried outside of the city limits, except on permission of the health officer.

RULE 4. All vehicles carrying manure must have a tight body. Manure must not be piled higher than the top of the body and must be covered.

These rules and regulations shall not apply to farms within the city limits where manure is stored at least 500 feet from any dwelling house located on adjacent property.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Manure-Transportation. (Reg. Bd. of H., Feb. 25, 1919.)

Resolved, That regulation 17 of the regulations governing the transportation of offal, butchers' refuse, manure, swill, ashes, garbage, bones, refuse, and other offensive materials, and relating to section 239 of the sanitary code, be, and the same is hereby, amended and made to read as follows:

REG. 17. Final disposal.-Manure may be transported in vehicles to dumps operated under a permit issued by the department of health, or to farms in the unimproved sections of the city of New York.

PORTLAND, ME.

Stables, Pens, Etc.-To Be Maintained in a Sanitary Condition. Manure— Keeping, Removal, and Transportation-Construction of Receptacles. (Reg. Bd. of H., June 13, 1917.)

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, whether as owner, agent, tenant, or occupant, to permit any pen, lot, stable, building, or portion thereof, or place where horses, mules, cattle, live stock, or fowls are kept to become foul, nauseous, or offensive so as to be detrimental to the health of citizens of the city of Portland.

SEC. 2. Every person, firm, or corporation, whether as owner, lessee, employee, or agent, operating or being in charge of any stable, barn, or other place where horses, mules, cows, or other live stock is kept within the limits of the city of Portland shall at all times keep and maintain in or adjacent to said stable, barn, or place, a receptacle or box of sufficient dimensions to hold and contain all manure from said live stock; said receptacle or box shall be so constructed as to be sufficiently tight to prevent any of the contents from filtering throug the bottom or sides of same, and shall be covered with a fly-tight lid, which id 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.

SEC. 3. Except where specially constructed and properly ventilated, watertight pits inaccessible to flies are provided, all receptacles or containers for manure, including soiled beiding, sweepings, and other refuse incidental to the keeping or housing of live stock shall be completely emptied at least once every seven days from May 1 to October 31, inclusive.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to haul, cart, or transport in over, or across any street, avenue, alley, or public place within the limits of the city of Portland any manure, animal excreta, or stable sweepings, in any re ceptacle unless the same be covered and so constructed that its contents in the process of removal or transportation may not be dropped upon any street, avenue, alley, or public place in said city.

SEC. 5. Any violation of any of the provisions of this by-law shall be p ishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100 or imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days, or by both such fine and impris onment.

VENEREAL DISEASES.1

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Venereal Diseases-Notification of Cases-Instructions and Circular of Information to Be Furnished Patient-Examination of Persons Suspected of Being Infected-Sale of Medicine-Duties of Physicians and Health Officer-Reports to Be Confidential-Advertisements-Maintenance of Dispensaries-Unlawful for Infected Person to Expose Others to InfectionRepression of Prostitution-Issuance of Certificates of Freedom from Venereal Disease. (Ord. 591-C, Oct. 4, 1918.)

SECTION 1. Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, hereinafter designated venereal diseases, are hereby recognized and declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable diseases and dangerous to the public health. And it shall be unlawful for any person to treat or prescribe for any person having any such disease, except a physician holding a certificate of qualification from the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners.

SEC. 2. Any physician who makes any diagnosis in, or treats a case of syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, and every superintendent or manager of a hospital or dispensary or penal institution in which there is a case of venereal disease shall report such case immediately in writing to the city health officer, stating the physician's or institution's office number, age, color, and occupation of such diseased person, the date, as near as it can be arrived at, of the onset of the disease, and the probable source of infection, and the report shall be inclosed in a sealed envelope and sent to the city health officer: Provided, That the name and address of such diseased person shall also be furnished to the city health officer as hereinafter specifically required, but not otherwise.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of every physician who examines or treats a person having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid to instruct him or her in measures for preventing the spread of such disease, and of the necessity for treatment until cured, and to furnish to such person a copy of the circular of information obtainable for such purpose from the State board of health.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the city health officer to use every available means to ascertain the existence of, and to investigate all diseases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid within the city of Birmingham, and to ascertain the sources of such infection. The city health officer is hereby empowered and directed to make such examinations of all persons reasonably suspected of having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this ordinance. Owing to the prevalence of such diseases among prostitutes and persons associated with them, all such persons are to be considered within the above class.

SEC. 5. Upon a receipt of a report of a case of venereal disease, it shall be the duty of the health officer to institute measures for the protection of other persons from infection by such venereally diseased person.

SEC. 6. That it shall be unlawful for a druggist or any other person to sell any drug, medicine, or preparation or preparations, advertised, called for, or

See also Communicable diseases, p. 62.