SEC. 47. Dusting.-If dusting is done while rooms are occupied or open to occupancy by patrons, it shall be done only with cloths moistened with water, oil, or other dust-absorbing material.

SEC. 48. Spitting.-Spitting on the floors, walls, seats, or platforms of railway stations is prohibited.

SEC. 49. Cuspidors.-In all waiting rooms where smoking is permitted an adequate supply of cuspidors shall be provided; such cuspidors shall be cleaned daily and oftener if their condition requires.

SEC. 50. Common cups.-Individual cups in sufficient number shall be supplied in all stations, and the use of common drinking cups is prohibited.

SEC. 51. Common towels.-The supplying of roller towels or other towels for common use in railway stations is prohibited.

SEC. 52. Combs and brushes.-The supplying of combs and brushes for common use in railway stations is prohibited.

SEC. 53. Toilet facilities.-All railway stations where tickets are sold shall provide adequate toilet facilities, of a design approved by the State board of health, for the use of patrons and employees and there shall be separate toilets for each of the two sexes.

SEC. 54. Station toilets.-If a railway station is located within 300 feet of a public sewer, water flushing toilets shall be installed and permanently connected with such sewer, and a wash basin or basins shall be located near the toilet and similarly connected; and such toilets and lavatories shall be kept in repair and in good working order at all times.

SEC. 55. Care of toilets.-All toilets installed, as set forth in section 54, shall be cleaned daily by scrubbing the floors, bowls, and seats with soap and water. SEC. 56. Odors in toilets.-When offensive odors appear in toilets which are not obliterated and removed by cleaning, as in section 55, said toilets shall be treated with a 1 per cent solution of formaldehyde or other odor-destroying substance.

SEC. 57. Toilet supplies.-Toilets and wash rooms installed, as set forth in section 54, shall be constantly furnished with an adequate supply of toilet paper, soap, and free or pay clean towels.

SEC. 58. Privies.-If no sewer connection is available, as set forth in section 54, a sanitary privy of a design approved by the State board of health shall be maintained within a reasonable distance from the station. Such privy shall be adequately protected against the entrance of flies, shall be kept supplied with toilet paper, the seats shall be kept clean, and the vaults shall be treated with sodium hydrate or other approved disinfectant at least once in each week, and shall be cleaned out and emptied at such intervals as will avoid the development of a nuisance.

SEC. 59. Drinking water and ice.-Drinking water and ice in railway stations shall be supplied in accordance with sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of these regulations.

SEC. 60. Water not usable for drinking.-If water which does not conform to the standards set forth in section 11 of these regulations is available at any tap or hydrant or in a railway station, a notice shall be maintained on each such tap or hydrant which shall state in prominent letters, "Not fit for drinking.”

SEC. 61. Drinking fountains.—If drinking fountains of the bubbling type are provided in any railway station, they shall be so made that the drinking is from a free jet projected at an angle to the vertical and not from a jet that is projected vertically or that flows through a filled cup or bowl.

SEC. 62. Refuse cans.—At all railway stations where there is an agent there shall be provided and maintained an adequate supply of open or automatically

closing receptacles for the deposition of refuse and rubbish, and such receptacles shall be emptied daily and kept reasonably clean and free from odor.

SEC. 63. Cisterns, cesspools, etc.—All cisterns, water storage tanks, and cesspools in or about railway stations shall be adequately screened against the entrance of mosquitoes, and all collections of surface water on station property shall be drained or oiled during the season of mosquito flight to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.

SEC. 64. Restaurants to be screened.-All restaurants and lunch rooms or other places where food is prepared or served in a railway station shall have doors and windows adequately screened against the entrance of flies during the season of flight of these insects, and all food on display or storage racks shall be adequately covered.

SEC. 65. Lavatories for restaurants.—A lavatory of easy and convenient access shall be provided for the use of employees in every restaurant or lunch room in any railway station, and it shall be provided with an adequate supply of water, soap, and clean towels.

SEC. 66. Restaurant employees.—Restaurant employees who are engaged in the preparing or serving of food shall thoroughly cleanse their hands by washing with soap and water after using a toilet or urinal and immediately before beginning to serve.

SEC. 67. Kitchen and table utensils.-All cooking, table, and kitchen utensils, drinking glasses, and crockery used in the preparation or serving of food or drink in railway restaurants or lunch rooms shall be thoroughly washed in boiling water and suitable cleansing material after each time they are used.

SEC. 68. Food containers.-Refrigerators, food boxes, or other receptacles for the storing of fresh food in railway restaurants or lunch rooms shall be emptied and thoroughly washed with soap and hot water and treated with a 1 to 3,000 solution of permanganate of potash or other approved deodorant at least once in each seven days that they are in use.

SEC. 69. Garbage.-Garbage cans in sufficient number, and with suitable tight-fitting covers, shall be provided in all restaurants and lunch rooms to care for all refuse food and other wastes, and such cans shall be emptied daily in an approved place and kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

SEC. 70. Restaurant inspection.-The manager, chief, or other person in charge of any railway restaurant or lunch room shall be responsible for compliance with all regulations pertaining thereto, and he shall make an inspection of the premises daily for the purpose of maintaining a rigorous cleanliness in all parts thereof.

SEC. 71. Station inspection.-The agent, manager, or other person in charge of any railway station shall be responsible for compliance with all regulations pertaining thereto, and he shall make, or have made by a responsible person reporting to him, frequent inspections of the premises for the purpose of maintaining a rigorous compliance with all such regulations.

SEC. 72. Examination of food handlers.-No person shall be employed as a cook, waiter, or in any other capacity in the preparation or serving of food in a railway restaurant or lunch room who is known or suspected to have any dangerous communicable disease; and all persons so employed shall undergo a physical examination by a competent physician before being assigned to service, and before returning to work after any disabling illness, to determine their freedom from such diseases, and shall be immediately relieved from service if found to be so afflicted There shall be a monthly medical inspection for dangerous communicable diseases. To determine persons afflicted with, or carriers of, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, dysentery, diphtheria, streptococcic sore

throat, scarlet fever, gonorrhea, syphilis, etc., a laboratory examination shall be made, if necessary.

VI. CONSTRUCTION CAMPS.

SEC. 73. Definition. For the purposes of these regulations railway construction camps shall be considered to include all camps and similar places of temporary abode, including those on wheels, established by or for the care of working forces engaged in the construction, repair, or alteration of railway properties or parts thereof: Provided, That camps which are occupied by less than five people, or camps which are established to meet emergency conditions and are not occupied longer than five days, shall not be included, except that section 90 of these regulations shall apply to them.

SEC. 74. General.-All camps shall be so located and so maintained as to be conducive to the health of their occupants and not endanger the health of the public; and all tents, houses, stables, or other structures therein shall be kept in a reasonably clean and sanitary condition at all times.

SEC. 75. Location.-Camps, except those on wheels, shall be located on high, well-drained ground; any natural sink holes, pools, or other surface collections of water in the immediate vicinity should be drained and filled when the camp is first established; and all such water not subject to complete drainage should have the surface oiled at intervals of not more than 7 days during the season of mosquito flight.

SEC. 76. Arrangement.-The general scheme of relations of the structures of a camp should be as follows: The kitchen should be located at one end of the camp, next to this should be the eating quarters, then the sleeping quarters, then the toilets for the men, then the stable; thus bringing the kitchen and the stable at the opposite ends of the camp, which should be as far apart as is consistent with the natural topography and the necessity for convenient access. SEC. 77. Water supplies.-All water supplies for camps shall be properly chlorinated, unless obtained from a source which has been approved by the State board of health.

SEC. 78. Water containers. All drinking-water containers in camps shall be securely closed and so arranged that water can be drawn only from a tap, and said containers shall be kept clean and free from contamination.

SEC. 79. Garbage and refuse.-All garbage, kitchen wastes, and other rubbish in camps shall be deposited in suitable covered receptacles, the contents of which shall be emptied and burned each day; and manure from the stables shall be likewise collected and burned each day, or disposed of in some other manner approved by the State board of health.

SEC. 80. Scavenger.-In all camps where there are 100 men or more there shall be one employee whose duty shall be to act as scavenger and garbage collector.

SEC. 81. Toilets.-Every camp shall have an adequate number of latrines and urinals so constructed and maintained as to prevent fly breeding and the pollution of water, and the use of such latrines and urinals by the inhabitants of the camp shall be made obligatory. Latrines and urinals may consist of deep trenches covered with houses adequately screened against flies, or of any other type approved by the State board of health. They shall not be located within less than 200 feet of any spring, stream, lake, or reservoir forming part of a public or private water supply.

SEC. 82. Bathing facilities.-There shall be provided in all camps adequate bathing facilities for the use of the occupants thereof.

SEC. 83. Screening.—The kitchen, eating houses, and bunk houses of all camps shall be effectively screened against the entrance of flies and mosquitoes during the seasons of flight of these insects.

SEC. 84. Care of tableware.-All cooking, table, and kitchen utensils, drinking glasses, and crockery used in the preparation or serving of food or drink in camps shall be thoroughly washed in boiling water and suitable cleansing material after each time they are used.

SEC. 85. Food containers.-Refrigerators, food boxes, or other receptacles for the storing of fresh food in camps shall be emptied and thoroughly washed with soap and hot water and treated with a 1 to 3,000 solution of permanganate of potash or other approved deodorant at least once in each seven days that they are in use.

SEC. 86. Food and milk.-No spoiled or tainted food, whether cooked or uncooked, shall be served in any camp, and no milk or milk products shall be served unless the milk has been pasteurized or boiled.

SEC. 87. Examination of food handlers.—No person shall be employed as a cook, waiter, or in any other capacity in the preparation or serving of food in any camp who is known or suspected to have any dangerous communicable disease, and all persons so employed shall undergo a physical examination by a competent physician before being assigned to service and before returning to work after any disabling illness to determine their freedom from such diseases, and shall be immediately relieved from service if found to be so afflicted. There shall be a monthly medical inspection for dangerous communicable diseases. To determine persons afflicted with or carriers of typhoid fever, tuberculosis, dysentery, diphtheria, streptococcic sore throat, scarlet fever, gonorrhea, syphilis, etc., a laboratory examination shall be made if necessary.

SEC. 88. Sick persons.-When an occupant of a camp becomes sick with a dangerous communicable disease, he should be isolated and not released until declared by a proper health authority to be free from dangerous infection.

SEC. 89. Vermin.-It shall be the duty of some one appointed as a caretaker of the camp to make regular weekly inspections of the occupants and premises in order to ascertain the presence of lice or other vermin. Persons found to be infested shall be required to bathe and their clothing shall be boiled, and premises found to be infested shall be fumigated with sulphur or treated by some other effective vermin-destroying method.

SEC. 90. Abandoned camps.-When any camp is to be abandoned all garbage, rubbish, and manure shall be collected and burned, and the latrine trenches filled, and the grounds and buildings shall be left in a clean and sanitary condition.

SEC. 91. Duty to enforce regulations.—It shall be the duty of the superintendent, foreman, or other person in charge of a camp to see that all regulations pertaining thereto are faithfully complied with.

VII. OFFICES.

SEC. 92. Definitions.-For the purpose of these regulations offices shall be considered to include all buildings or parts of buildings occupied or used as the offices, headquarters, or working spaces of the clerical, administrative, or executive forces of railways or other common carriers.

SEC. 93. Space.-All offices shall contain not less than 400 cubic feet of space for each occupant.

SEC. 94. Ventilation, heat, and light.-All offices when occupied shall be provided with an adequate supply of fresh air, heat, and light for the maintenance of healthful and comfortable working conditions. Any measures taken to

assure continuous ventilation during working hours should be supplemented by the opening of doors and windows for at least five minutes before the beginning of morning and afternoon work periods and once during each of such periods. When artificial heat is necessary the temperature should not exceed 70° F.

Window space should be sufficient to allow of the use of natural skylight in all parts of the offices during the brighter parts of the day, and when artificial lights are used they should be so arranged and shaded as to prevent direct glare.

SEC. 95. Cleaning.-All offices, together with the corridors, stairs, or passageways leading to them, shall be swept and dusted daily, and at intervals of not more than seven days the floors shall be scrubbed with soap and water and the woodwork and furniture rubbed clean with a cloth moistened with water or oil. Cleaning shall not be carried out while offices are occupied by employees, except in offices which are occupied continuously; and in such case sweeping may be done only after the floor has been sprinkled with wet sawdust or other dust-absorbing material, and dusting only with a cloth moistened with water or oil.

SEC. 96. Window cleaning.-Office windows shall be washed or otherwise cleaned at such intervals as will assure a free and uninterrupted flow of light to office interiors, and in no case shall such cleaning be less frequent than once in each month.

SEC. 97. Telephones.-Telephone earpieces and mouthpieces should be cleaned with soap and water at least once in each week.

SEC. 98. Spitting.-Spitting on the floors, walls, stairways, or other parts of offices or office buildings is prohibited.

SEC. 99. Cuspidors.-If cuspidors are provided in offices or office buildings, they shall be cleaned daily, and oftener if their condition requires.

SEC. 100. Toilets. All offices and office buildings shall be provided with adequate toilet and lavatory facilities of an approved sanitary type, conveniently located for the use of employees, and where members of both sexes are employed separate toilets shall be maintained for each sex. Where a sewer is available toilets shall be of the water-flushing type and permanently connected thereto.

SEC. 101. Care of toilets.-All toilets installed as set forth in section 100 shall be kept in repair and in good working order and shall be cleaned daily by scrubbing the floors, bowls, and seats with soap and water. When offensive odors appear in toilets which are not obliterated and removed by cleaning as above set forth said toilets shall be treated with a 1 per cent solution of formaldehyde or other odor-destroying substance.

SEC. 102. Toilet supplies.-Toilets and lavatories installed as set forth in section 100 shall be furnished with an adequate supply of toilet paper, soap, and clean towels.

SEC. 103. Common towels.-The supplying of roller towels or other towels for common use in offices or office buildings of commn carriers is prohibited.

SEC. 104. Combs and brushes.-The supplying of combs and brushes for common use in offices or office buildings of common carriers is prohibited.

SEC. 105. Common cups.-Individual drinking cups in sufficient number shall be supplied in the offices of common carriers, and the use of common drinking cups is prohibited.

SEC. 106. Drinking water and ice.-If the drinking water provided in offices or office buildings of common carriers is not obtained from an approved municipal supply, or is not distilled or otherwise sterilized before being used, it shall be subject to the conditions set forth in section 11 of these regulations.