Coughing and Sneezing-Nose and Mouth to be Covered. (Reg. Dept. of H., Effective July 1, 1920.)

REGULATION 135 [Unguarded coughing and sneezing in public places forbidden]. In order to prevent the conveyance of infected material to others all persons are required in coughing and sneezing to cover properly the nose and mouth with a handkerchief or other protective substitute.

It shall also be the duty of every person to observe all such regulations as may be issued by the State commissioner of health to prevent the transfer of infective material from the nose and mouth.

Barber Shops and Places Where Manicuring or Chiropody is Done-Sanitary Regulations Governing. (Reg. Dept. of H., Effective July 1, 1920.)

REGULATION 138 [Barbers and barber shops].-Every barber or other person in charge of any barber shop shall keep such barber shop at all times in a clean and sanitary condition.

No person shall act as a barber who is affected with syphilis in the infective stage or with any other communicable disease enumerated in this code, or with any communicable affection of the skin.

The hands of the barber shall be thoroughly washed with soap and water before serving each customer.

Brushes and combs shall be cleansed with soap and water after each day's

use.

Shaving mugs and brushes shall be thoroughly rinsed in hot water after each use thereof.

There shall be a separate clean towel for each customer. The headrest shall be covered with a clean towel or paper.

Alum or other material used to stop the flow of blood shall be applied in powdered or liquid form only.

After the handling of a customer affected with any eruption, or whose skin is broken out, or is inflamed or contains pus, the hands of the barber shall be immediately disinfected. This shall be done by thorough washing with soap and water, followed by rinsing in alcohol (70 to 80 per cent) or in a solution of corrosive sublimate (1 to 1,000), or by the use of some equally efficient disinfectant.

The instruments used for a customer affected with any of the above-named disorders shall be made safe immediately after such use by washing with soap and water and dipping for one minute in a 10 per cent solution of commercial (40 per cent) formalin; or dipping for three minutes in alcohol (70 to 80 per cent), or by the use of some equally efficient disinfectant.

No cup or brush which has been used in the shaving of a customer affected with any of the above infectious disorders of the face shall be used for another customer unless the cup shall have been emptied and cleansed by boiling water and furnished with fresh soap and the brush has been sterilized by a three minutes' exposure to alcohol (70 to 80 per cent), or to a corrosive sublimate solution (1 to 1,000), or by the use of some equally efficient disinfectant.

REG. 139 [Manicures and chiropodists].-The utensils and instruments employed by manicures and chiropodists in pursuit of their occupations shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

After serving customers affected with a visible skin disease the hands and instruments of the operators shall be immediately cleansed and sterilized as required for shaving utensils.

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REG. 140 [Copies of regulations 138 and 139 to be posted].-Every barber or other person in charge of any barber shop or place where manicuring or chiropody is done shall post in a conspicuous place a copy of regulations 138 and 139.

Dead Bodies-Transportation. (Reg. Dept. of H., Effective July 1, 1920.)

REGULATION 48 [Transit permit and transit label].-A transit permit and transit label issued by the proper health authorities shall be required for each dead body transported by common carrier.

The transit permit shall state the name, sex, color, and age of the deceased, the cause and date of death, the initial and terminal points, the date and route of shipment, a statement as to the method of preparation of the body, the date of issuance, the signature of the undertaker, and the signature and official title of the officer issuing the permit.

The transit label shall state the place and date of death, the name of the deceased, the name of the escort or consignee, the initial and terminal points, the date of issuance, and the signature and official title of the officer issuing the permit. This label shall be attached to the outside case.

REG. 49 [Transportation of bodies dead of acute contagious disease].—The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox, plague, Asiatic cholera, typhus fever, diphtheria (membranous croup, diphtheritic sore throat), scarlet fever (scarlot rash, scarlatina), shall be permitted only under the following conditions:

The body shall be thoroughly embalmed with an approved disinfectant fluid by an embalmer licensed in the State of Ohio or in the State in which the death occurred, all orifices shall be closed with absorbent cotton, the body shall be washed with the disinfectant fluid, enveloped in a sheet saturated with the same, and placed at once in the coffin or casket, which shall be immediately closed, and the coffin or casket, or the outside case containing the same, shall be metal or metal lined and hermetically and permanently sealed.

REG. 50 [Transportation of other bodies].—The transportation of bodies dead of any diseases other than those mentioned in regulation 49 shall be permitted under the following conditions:

(A) When the destination can be reached within 24 hours after death the body, if embalmed by an embalmer licensed in the State of Ohio, or in the State in which the death occurred, shall be placed in a casket or coffin, and incased in an outside case of substantial construction. If not embalmed, the body shall be placed in a casket or coffin which shall be incased in a strong outer box made of good sound lumber not less than seven-eighths of an inch thick, all Joints must be tongued and grooved, top and bottom put on with cleats or crosspieces, all put securely together, and be tightly closed with white lead, asphalt varnish, or paraffin paint, and a rubber gasket placed on the upper edge between the lid and box.

(B) When the destination can not be reached within 24 hours after death, the body shall be thoroughly embalmed and the conffin or casket placed in an outside case of substantial construction.

REG. 51 [Disinterred bodies].-No disinterred body dead from any disease or cause shall be transported by common carrier unless approval of the disinterment and removal has first been given in writing by the health commissioner having jurisdiction at the place of disinterment, and transit permit and transit label shall be required as provided in regulation 48.

The disinterment and transportation of bodies dead of diseases mentioned in regulation 49 shall not be allowed except by special permission of the health authorities at both place of disinterment and point of destination.

All disinterred remains shall be inclosed in metal or metal-lined boxes and hermetically sealed, providing that body in a receiving vault, when prepared by a licensed embalmer, shall not be regarded as a disinterred body until after the expiration of 30 days.

REG. 52 [Transportation by hearse].-The outside case may be omitted in all instances when the coffin or casket is transported in a hearse or an undertaker's wagon.

REG. 53. [Handles on outside case.]-Every outside case shall bear at least 4 handles, and when over 5 feet 6 inches in length shall bear 6 handles.

REG. 54 [Disinfectant fluid].—An approved disinfectant fluid shail contain not less than 5 per cent of formaldehyde gas. The term “embalming " as employed in these regulations shall require the injection by a licensed embalmer of not less than 10 per cent of the body weight, injected arterially in addition to cavity injection, and six hours shall elapse between the time of embalming and the shipment of the body.

Sanitary Code-Declaration of Adoption, Date When Effective, and Repeak of All Prior Regulations. (Reg. Dept. of H., Effective July 1, 1920.) REGULATION 1 [Declaration of adoption of sanitary code and repeal of existing rules and regulations].-The public health council of the State Department of Health of Ohio hereby adopts this and the following regulations and declares the same, with such additions and amendments as may hereafter be made, to be the Ohio sanitary code.

The regulations herein set forth shall take effect and be in force on and after July 1, 1920, and on that date all rules and regulations heretofore adopted by the State board of health or by the public health council shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

OKLAHOMA.

Wood Alcohol and Denatured Alcohol-Labeling of Containers-Record of Sales to be Kept. (Order State H. Comr., Effective Feb. 6, 1920.)

To safeguard and protect the lives and health of the people of Oklahoma, by virtue of authority vested in me as State commissioner of health by chapter 67, Article VIII, section 6947, Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, I hereby declare wood and denatured alcohols to be dangerous and deadly poisons, and hereby notify all dealers in such alcohols that each and every package, container, bottle, or can containing said alcohols shall be labeled "Poison," and a record kept in the poison register of the names and addresses of all purchasers of wood and denatured alcohols in accordance with the provisions of section 5070, Compiled Laws of Oklahoma, regulating the sale of other poisons.

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OREGON.

Influenza and Allied Diseases-Employees Afflicted with, Not to Be Permitted to Work-Reports of Cases-Quarantine and Placarding by Physicians, etc. (Reg. Bd. of H., Jan. 24, 1920.)

SECTION 77. (a) All employers of labor in the State of Oregon and all persons occupying positions where other persons are subordinate and under their jurisdictions shall report to the health officer having jurisdiction over the place of such employment all cases of (so-called) Spanish influenza occurring among such employees or subordinates, and shall refuse to permit such employees or subordinates to labor within his jurisdiction during the time that such employee or subordinate is afflicted with (so-called) Spanish influenza, or any severe cold, pneumonia, or any other suspicious condition, sign, or symptom, unless such person so employed shall furnish a certificate from such jurisdictional health officer to the effect that such person is not afflicted with (so-called) Spanish influenza and shows no symptoms that would indicate that such employee or subordinate is liable to contract such disease in any of its forms: Provided, That such certificate shall be null and void should the holder thereof subsequently contract (so-called) Spanish influenza or any symptom which would reasonably lead his or her employer, physician, or other person to believe that such person has or is liable to have (so-called) Spanish influenza, or that such employee or subordinate is affected with any condition which might indicate that such employee or subordinate has contracted such disease.

(b) That any such person, being a physician or a member of any school, cult, creed, sect, or belief which has as one of its objects the curing of disease or the relief thereof, [who] shall diagnose any case of (so-called) Spanish influenza, or shall find any condition that shall lead such diagnostician to believe that such person is afflicted with (so-called) Spanish influenza in any of its forms, or shall find any symptom that would reasonably lead such diagnostician to believe that (so-called) Spanish influenza is liable to be contracted by such person, or if there is any chance or any doubt in any such person's mind that such afflicted person may be infected with (so-called) Spanish influenza in any of its forms, or with any disease or condition allied or kindred thereto, shall immediately quarantine such afflicted person and shall immediately place a quarantine placard upon the front and rear entrance of the habitation of such afflicted person, and shall give to such afflicted person such instructions as the jurisdictional health officer may from time to time require, and shall report all facts connected with such diagnosis and quarantine to the jurisdictional health officer within 12 hours after making such diagnosis and establishing such quarantine; such quarantine, when so established, shall be an absolute quarantine within the meaning of section 16 of the rules and regulations of the Oregon State Board of Health, and such quarantine, when so established, shall continue in full force and effect until such time as, in the opinion of the jurisdictional health officer, such quarantine should be raised.

(c) All county and city health officers, within their respective jurisdictions, are hereby authorized and directed to furnish placards to all persons requesting the same, and such health officers are hereby charged with the strict enforcement of these rules and regulations.