SEC. 37. The State commissioner of education shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit for approval and adoption by the State board of education, rules and regulations for the protection of the health, physical welfare, and physical inspection of the public-school children of the State.

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SEC. 121. The special school districts herein created and designated and special school districts hereafter created by the State board of education to continue to exercise the privilege of a special school district and of operating its schools according to the provisions of this article shall meet and continue to fulfill the following conditions:

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(5) * * Boards of education of special school districts may also employ medical inspectors and school nurses, subject to the provisions of article 8 of this chapter.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Dogs-Muzzling Required. (Reg. Commissioners, June 22, 1920.)

That under the provisions of section 7 of the act of Congress approved June 19, 1878, entitled "An act to create a revenue in the District of Columbia by levying a tax upon all dogs therein, to make such dogs personal property, and for other purposes," the commissioners hereby give notice that every dog in said District shall, for a period of one year from and after July 9, wear a good, substantial muzzle, securely put on, so as to prevent it from biting or snapping; and any dog going at large during said period without such muzzle shall be taken up by the poundmaster and impounded.

Offensive Trades-Location-Conduct.

(Reg. Commissioners, July 6, 1920.)

That the police regulations of the District of Columbia are hereby amended by adopting a new article to be known as Article XXa, to read as follows:

ARTICLE XXα. No abbatoir or slaughterhouse, no soap or candle factory, no bone-boiling or other establishment whereby offensive or unhealthy odors or gases are generated shall be established or conducted within the fire limits of the District of Columbia, nor outside the fire limits of said District if located within 250 yards of a dwelling, unless there shall have been filed with the health officer of said District the written consents of the owners of threefourths of the real property within 250 yards of said premises and permit therefor shall have been issued by said health officer.

A butcher shop in which animals are killed or butchered solely for disposal at retail on the premises may be established when, in the opinion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the location or conduct of such establishment will not prove detrimental to health, depreciative of surrounding property, or constitute a nuisance to the neighborhood in which located, and permit therefor shall have been issued by the health officer of the District.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this regulation shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than $100 and for a second or any subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $300, or by imprisonment in the workhouse for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

Buildings to Be Used in Conduct of Offensive Trades-Erection or Alteration. (Reg. Commissioners, July 6, 1920.)

That the building regulations of the District of Columbia are hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph of section 168a and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SEC. 168a. No building to be used as an abbatoir, slaughterhouse, butcher shop, soap or candle factory, or bone-boiling or other establishment whereby offensive or unhealthy odors or gases are generated shall be erected or altered until there shall have first been obtained from the health officer of the District of Columbia a permit for the location or conduct of such establishment, as provided in Article XXa of the police regulations.

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FLORIDA.

Railway Sanitary Code. (Reg. Bd. of H., Feb. 10, 1920.)

I. TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS HAVING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

SECTION 1. Persons not allowed to travel.-No person knowing or suspecting himself to be afflicted with plague, cholera, smallpox, typhus fever, or yellow fever shall apply for, procure, or accept transportation in any railway train, car, or other conveyance of a common carrier, nor shall any person apply for, procure, or accept such transportation for any minor, ward, patient, or other person under his charge, if known or suspected to be so afflicted.

SEC. 2. Persons not accepted for travel.-Common carriers shall not accept for transportation in any railway train, car, or other conveyance any person known by them to be afflicted with any of the diseases enumerated in section 1.

SEC. 3. Restricted travel.-Common carriers shall not accept for transportation on any railway train, car, or other conveyance any person know by them to be afflicted with diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, anterior poliomyelitis, mumps, whooping cough, influenza, pneumonia, epidemic encephalitis, septic sore throat, rubella, chicken pox, or erysipelas, or any person known to be a carrier of the disease, unless such a person is placed in a compartment separate from the other passengers, is accompanied by a properly qualified nurse or other attendant, and unless such nurse or attendant shall agree to comply and does comply with the following regulations:

(a) Communication with the compartment within which the patient is traveling shall be restricted to the minimum consistent with the proper care and safety of the patient.

(b) All dishes and utensils used by the patient shall be placed in a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid or other fluid of equivalent disinfecting value for at least one hour after they have been used and before being allowed to leave the compartment.

(c) All sputum and nasal discharges from the patient shall be received in gauze or paper, which shall be deposited in a paper bag or in a closed vessel and shall be destroyed by burning.

(d) Said nurse or attendant shall, after performing any service to the patient, at once cleanse the hands by washing them in a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid or other fluid of equivalent disinfecting value.

SEC. 4. Typhoid and dysentery.-Common carriers shall not accept for transportation on any railway train, car, or other conveyance any person known by them to be afflicted with typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, or dysentery, unless said person is placed in a compartment separate from the other passengers, is accompanied by a properly qualified nurse or other attendant, and unless said nurse or attendant shall agree to comply and does comply with the following regulations:

(a) Communication with the compartment in which the patient is traveling shall be limited to the minimum consistent with the proper care and safety of the patient.

(b) All dishes and utensils used by the patient shall be placed in a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid or other fluid of equivalent disinfecting value

for at least one hour after they have been used and before being allowed to leave the compartment.

(c) All urine and feces of the patient shall be received into a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid or other fluid of equivalent disinfecting value, placed in a covered vessel and allowed to stand for at least two hours after the last addition thereto before being emptied.

(d) A sheet of rubber or other impervious material shall be carried and shall be spread between the sheet and the mattress of any bed that may be used by the patient while in transit.

(e) Said nurse or attendant shall use all necessary precautions to prevent the access of flies to the patient or his discharges, and after performing any service to the patient shall at once cleanse the hands by washing them in a 2 per cent solution of carbolic acid or other fluid of equivalent [disinfecting] value.

(f) Provided, That if a person with typhoid or dysentery is presented at a railway station in ignorance of these regulations, and his transportation is necessary as a life saving or safeguarding measure, an emergency may be declared and the patient may be carried a reasonable distance in a baggage car if accompanied by an attendant responsible for his care and removal: Provided, also, That regulations (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this section shall be complied with in so far as the circumstances will allow, and that all bedding, clothing, rags, or cloths used by the patient shall be removed with him: And provided further, That any parts of the car which have become contaminated by any discharges of the patient shall be disinfected at the end of the run by washing with a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid or other fluid of equivalent disinfecting value.

SEC. 5. Restricted application for transportation.-No person knowing or suspecting himself to be afflicted with any of the diseases mentioned in section 3 and 4 shall apply for, procure, or accept transportation in any railway train, car, or other conveyance of a common carrier, nor shall any person apply for, procure, or accept such transportation for any minor, ward, patient, or other person under his charge, if known to be suspected or so afflicted, unless he shall have agreed to and made all necessary arrangements for complying and does so comply with the regulations set forth in said sections 3 and 4.

SEC. 6. Suspected cases.—If a conductor or other person in charge of a railway train, car, or other conveyance of a common carrier, or an agent or other person in charge of a railway station, shall have any reason to suspect that a passenger or a person contemplating passage is afflicted with any of the diseases enumerated in sections 1, 3, and 4, he shall notify the nearest health officer or company physician, if the health officer is not available, by the quickest and most practicable means possible, of his suspicion; and said health officer or physician shall immediately proceed to the train, car, or other conveyance at the nearest possible point, or to the railway station, to determine whether such disease exists.

SEC. 7. Disposition.-If the health officer or physician, as provided for in section 6, shall find any such person to be afflicted with any of the diseases enumerated in sections 1, 3, and 4 he shall remove such person from the station or conveyance, or shall isolate him and arrange for his removal at the nearest convenient point; shall treat the car or other conveyance as infected premises, allowing it to proceed to a convenient place for proper treatment if in his judgment consistent with the public welfare, in such case notifying the health officer in whose jurisdiction the place is located; and shall take such other measures as will protect the public health: Provided, That if not prohibited in sections 1 and 2 of these regulations the afflicted person so found may be allowed to

continue his travel if arrangements are made to comply and he does so comply with the requirements of the section of these regulations pertaining to the disease with which he is afflicted.

SEC. 8. Leprosy.-Common carriers shall not accept for transportation or transport in any railway train, car, or other conveyance any person known by them to be afflicted with leprosy, unless such person presents permits from the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service or his accredited representative and from the State department or board of health of the States from which and to which he is traveling, stating that such person may be received under [such] restrictions as will prevent the spread of the disease, and said restrictions shall be specified in each instance, and no person knowing or suspecting himself to be afflicted with leprosy, or any person acting for him, shall apply for, procure, or accept transportation from any common carrier unless such permits have been received and are presented, and unless the person so afflicted agrees to comply and does so comply with the restrictions ordered. If any agent of a common carrier shall suspect that any person in a train, car, or other conveyance, or at a railway station, is afflicted with leprosy, he shall proceed as directed in the case of other suspected diseases in sections 6 and 7 of these regulations.

SEC. 9. Pulmonary tuberculosis.-Common carriers shall not accept for transportation any person known by them to be afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis in a communicable stage unless said person is provided with (a) a sputum cup made of impervious material and so constructed as to admit of being tightly closed when not in use, (b) a sufficient supply of gauze, papers, or similar articles of the proper size to cover the mouth and nose while coughing or sneezing, (c) a heavy paper bag or other tight container for receiving the soiled gauze, paper, or similar articles; and unless such person shall obligate himself to use the articles provided for in the manner intended and to destroy said articles by burning or to disinfect them by immersing for at least one heur in a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid or other solution of equivalent disinfecting value; nor shall any person knowing himself to be so afflicted apply for, procure, or accept transportation unless he shall have agreed to and made all necessary arrangements for complying and does so comply with the regulations as set forth in this section.

SEC. 10. Conveyances vacated by infected persons.-Immediately after vacation by a person having any of the diseases mentioned in sections 1, 3, 4, and 8, or at the end of the trip on which such person was carried, the car or other conveyance shall be thoroughly cleaned and the blankets and linen used by such person shall be laundered.

II. WATER AND ICE SUPPLIES.

SEC. 11. Water to be certified.-Water provided by common carriers for drinking or culinary purposes in railway trains, cars, or other conveyances, or in railway stations, shall not be taken from a supply which is not certified as meeting the required standards of purity and safety from contamination prescribed by the interstate quarantine regulations of the United States. Common carriers are required to forward semiannually a list of water supplies so used to the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., and to the respective State department or board of health having direct jurisdiction, requesting the issuance of certificates of examination permitting the use of the supplies enumerated. Such certificates when issued shall be kept in the files of the common carrier during the current period in force. The issuance of a certificate unfavorable to the use of a supply forbids