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SEC. 83. Overcrowding.—If any room in a dwelling is overcrowded, the health officer may order the number of persons sleeping or living in said room to be so reduced that there shall not be less than 500 cubic feet of air to each adult and 250 cubic feet of air to each child under 12 years of age occupying such room.

SEC. 84. Infected and uninhabitable dwellings to be vacated.-Whenever it shall be certified by the health officer that a dwelling is infected with contagious disease, or that it is unfit for human habitation, or dangerous to life or health by reason of want of repair, or of defects in the drainage, plumbing, lighting, ventilation, or the construction of the same, or by reason of the existence on the premises of a nuisance likely to cause sickness among the occupants of said dwelling, or for any other cause, the health officer may issue an order requiring all persons therein to vacate such house within not less than 24 hours nor more than 10 days for the reasons to be mentioned in said order. In case such order is not complied with within the time specified, the health officer may cause said dwelling to be vacated. The health officer whenever he is satisfied that the danger from said dwelling has ceased to exist, or that it is fit for human habitation, shall revoke said order or may extend the time within which to comply with the same.

SEC. 85. Repairs to buildings, etc.-Whenever any dwelling or any building, structure, excavation, business pursuit, matter, or thing in or about a dwelling, or the lot on which it is situated, or the plumbing, sewerage, drainage, light, or ventilation thereof, is, in the opinion of the health officer, in a condition or in effect dangerous or detrimental to life or health, the health officer may declare that the same to the extent he may specify is a public nuisance, and may order the same to be removed, abated, suspended, altered, or otherwise improved or purified as the order shall specify. In addition to the above powers, the health officer may also order or cause any dwelling or excavation, building, structure, sewer, plumbing pipe, passage, premises, ground matter, or thing, in or about a dwelling, or the lot on which it is situated, to be purified, cleansed, disinfected, removed, altered, repaired, or improved. If any order of the health officer is not complied with, or so far complied with as he may regard as reasonable, within five days after the service thereof, or within such shorter time as he may designate, then such order may be executed by such official through his officers, agents, employees, or contractors.

SEC. 88. Rooms, lighting and ventilation of.-No room in a dwelling erected prior to the passage of this act shall hereafter be occupied for living purposes unless it shall have a window or [of?] an area of not less than 8 square feet opening directly upon the street, or upon a rear yard not less than 10 feet deep, or above the roof of an adjoining building, or upon a court or side yard of not less than 25 square feet in area, open to the sky without roof or skylight, unless such room is located on the top floor and is adequately lighted and ventilated by a skylight opening directly to the outer air, except that a room which does not comply with the above provisions may be occupied if provided with a sash window of not less than 15 square feet in area opening into an adjoining room in the same apartment, group or suite of rooms, which latter room either opens directly on the street or on a rear yard of the above dimensions. Said sash window shall be a vertically sliding pulley hung sash not less than 3 by 5 feet between the stop heads [beads]; both halves shall be made so as to readily open, and the lower half shall be glazed with translucent glass, and, so far as

possible, it shall be in line with windows in the said outer room opening on the street or rear yard, so as to afford a maximum of light and ventilation.

SEC. 89. Public halls and stairs, lighting and ventilation of.—In all dwellings erected prior to the passage of this act the public halls and stairs shall be provided with as much light and ventilation to the outer air as may be deemed necessary by the health officer, who may order the cutting in of windows and skylights and such other improvements and alterations in said dwellings as in his judgment may be necessary and appropriate to accomplish this result.

SEC. 90. Privy vaults and water-closets. In all dwellings erected prior to the passage of this act where a connection with a sewer is possible all privy vaults and other similar receptacles used to receive fecal matter, urine, or sewage shall, on or before July 1, 1921, with their contents, be completely removed and the place where they were located properly disinfected under the direction of the health officer. Such appliances shall be replaced by individual waterclosets of durable, nonabsorbent material, properly sewer connected and with individual traps and properly connected flush tanks providing an ample flush of water to thoroughly cleanse the bowl. Each such water-closet, when located inside the dwelling, shall be located in a compartment completely separated from every other water-closet, and such compartment shall contain a window of not less than 3 square feet in area opening directly to the street or a rear yard or on a side yard or court of the minimum sizes herein before prescribed. In two-family and multiple dwellings the floors of the water-closet compartments shall be waterproofed as provided in section 35 of this act. Where water-closets are placed in the yard to replace privy vaults long hopper closets may be used; but all traps, flush tanks, and pipes shall be protected against the action of frost. In such cases the structure containing the water-closets shall not exceed 10 feet in height; such structure shall be provided with a ventilating skylight in the roof of an adequate size, and each water-closet shall be located in a compartment completely separated from every other water-closet. In the case of two-family and multiple dwellings proper and adequate means of lighting the structure at night shall be provided. The provisions of section 35 as to number of water-closets in proportion to the number of families or persons in two-family and multiple dwellings shall apply.

SEC. 91. Basements and cellars.-The floor of the cellar or lowest floor of every dwelling shall be free from dampness and, when necessary, shall be concreted with not less than 4 inches of concrete of good quality and with a finished surface. The cellar ceiling of every multiple dwelling shall be plastered when so required by the health officer.

LOUISIANA.

Municipal Boards of Health-Organization. Municipal Health Officers and Municipal Sanitary Officers-Appointment. (Act 203, July 8, 1920.)

SECTION 1. That section 5 of act No. 192 of 1898, as amended by act No. 150 of 1902 and act No. 184 of 1904 of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 5. That the council or legislative bodies of each and every incorporated municipal government in the State shall establish and organize a town or city board of health in the manner following: The said council or legislative body shall, on the expiration of the term of office for which existing town or city boards of health have been elected, or where no such boards have been elected immediately after the promulgation of this act, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, elect or appoint persons in said municipality to be members of the municipal board of health. Such persons shall not be members of the said council or occupy any other office in said municipality, and three of the persons so appointed or elected shall, if practicable, be duly registered and licensed physicians. Said persons when so appointed or elected shall constitute the city or town board of health and shall serve for four years from the date of their qualification.

The council or legislative bodies shall provide ample means for the maintenance and operations of said boards. Said town or city boards of health shall meet on the first Tuesday after the commissioning of their members, and shall elect a chairman, who shall be a duly registered and licensed physician, who shall be the health officer of the town or municipality, who shall serve in said capacity, exercise the powers, and perform the duties usual and incident to such officers in similar organizations.

The said boards of health shall each have power to appoint a sanitary officer, whose duty shall be to enforce the requirements of said boards in all matters of sanitation, and also to act as secretary. The salary of the chairman, as well as that of the sanitary officer, shall be fixed by the council or legisltive body. Said persons when so appointed or elected shall constitute the town or city boards of health for their respective municipalities, and shall serve for four years as herein before provided: Provided, The members of the city board of health of the city of New Orleans shall serve for the terms established by act No. 192 of 1898: And provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the city of Shreveport.

Milk Regulation Board-How Constituted-Regulations Concerning Milk, etc. May be Made by. (Act 66, July 6, 1920.)

SECTION 1. That the president of the State board of health, the commissioner of agriculture, the director of the State experiment station, a dealer engaged in the buying and selling of milk, and the secretary of the Louisiana Dairymen's Cooperative Association shall constitute a milk-regulation board. Said board shall keep a record of its proceedings and may appoint officers and prescribe their duties.

SEC. 2. That said board, after public hearing, notice of which shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in each parish at least two weeks before such hearings, may make, amend, repeal, or suspend rules and regulations concerning the inspection of milk or dairies, the production, care, handling, marketing or sale of milk, cream, or skim milk within the State, to protect the

public from the use of milk, cream or skim milk which is insanitary or detrimental to the public health. Such rules and regulations shall take effect 20 days after such publication.

SEC. 3. That nothing in this act shall apply to the setting, making, or fixing of prices on milk, cream, or skim milk to be sold within the State.

SEC. 4. That any person or persons who shall fail to comply with or violate any of the provisions of this act or the rules and regulations made by this board shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than $25 nor more than $100 or imprisoned for a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days.

Habit-Forming Drugs-Possession, Sale, and Dispensing. (Act 165, July 8, 1920.)

SECTION 1. That section 7 of act 2521 of the general assembly of the State of Louisiana for the year 1918 be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: SEC. 7. (a) A person may manufacture, sell, dispense, or possess preparations and remedies not otherwise prohibited by law, which do not contain more than lawful quantity of opium or its derivatives; all liniments, ointments, and other preparations containing any of such drugs which are prepared and suitable for external use only: Provided, That such remedies and preparations are manufactured, sold, dispensed, or possessed as medicines and not for the purpose of evading the intention and purposes of this article.

(b) A veterinarian may possess cocaine or opium or its derivatives in such quantities as he may require for the purpose of administering or dispensing and may administer or dispense the same in the course of his professional practice. He may prescribe any of such drugs but not for use by human being. Each prescription issued by him shall be signed by him and contain in legible English the name and address of the owner of the animal for which and the date when the prescription is issued.

(c) A dentist may possess cocaine or opium or its derivatives in such quantities as he may require for the purpose of administering the same in the course of his professional practice. He may administer the same to persons under his immediate treatment and in the course of legitimate practice of his profession prescribe or dispense cocaine or opium to relieve pain or suffering on the part of a patient or to effect a cure.

(d) An apothecary may, upon a prescription written upon an unofficial prescription blank, signed by and containing the office address of a physician or a dentist and the name, age, and address of the person for whom and the date when issued, dispense cocaine or opium or its derivatives provided such prescription does not contain more than 5 grains of cocaine or more than 30 grains of opium or more than 6 grains of codeine or more than 4 grains of morphine or more than 2 grains of heroin; also upon a like prescription if it contain any such drugs in excess of said respective quantities if it be stated upon the prescription that it is to be used in the treatment of a surgical case or a disease other than drug addiction. Each such original prescription, serially numbered, shall be kept by him in a separate file for a period of two years and such prescription shall not be refilled: Provided, however, That if any such prescription does not contain more than lawful quantity of any such drug it need not be separately filed: And provided further, That if any such prescription call for an exempt preparation or remedy prepared in accordance with "U. S. P.," "N. F.," or other recognized or established formula usually carried in stock by a dealer and sold without a prescription it need not be separately filed and may, upon request,

1 Supplement 38 to Public Health Reports, p. 115.

Quarantine.—There need be no absolute quara unnecessary visiting in such infected houses should and the room in which he is cared for should be c not intrusted with the care of the patient should be The danger of finger-borne infection should alwa “ Typhoid” rooms should be securely screened ag have gained entrance to the room should be killed

During convalescence and after the isolation i officer has been removed the patient should be i convalescents are very frequently temporary carri there is urgent need of the proper care and disposal excretions.

Members of the household who remain free from onset of typhoid fever may attend to their usual they have anything to do with the handling of food health officers shall be guided by the provisions of

Schools. Before pupils who have had typhoid schools there should be care to insure their comple that for a while after convalescence they may be

Children from infected houses should not attend disorders or any symptoms indicating the possibi fever or of its existence in an atypical form.

Disinfection. There should be a very careful d from the patient through the whole period of illne is desirable to have this work begun at as early reason that the intestinal discharges are very oft days when it is impossible for the physician to m while the prodromal symptoms may indicate the pro

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