Rule 10. The floors, walls and fixtures of barber shops should at all times be kept clean, all jardinieres and cuspidors should be thoroughly cleaned at least once a day.

Rule 11. All tools used upon a customer who has symptoms of a skin disease of any kind must be sterilized by immersion in pure grain alcohol for at least ten minutes. The barber should wash his hands with soap and hot water and then apply alcohol (alcohol is the best and safest for barbers use.) Every shop should at all times be supplied with a cake of germicidal soap for the barber's hands.

Rule 12. Under no circumstances should a barber strop a razor he is using on a customer who has any symptoms of a skin disease. If one razor will not complete the shave he should lay it aside and use another. To disregard this rule you are more liable to transmit germs than in any other way. After shaving such a customer you should always put the razor handle and blade in alcohol for at least ten minutes.

REMARKS.

The Board recommends that in shops where the compensation does not permit the liberal use of clean linen that it is much more sanitary to not give the hot towel, but use some good wash that can be secured at any good supply house. This is very important as the board will positively prosecute anyone found using the same towel on more than one customer.

These rules were approved as read.

The Board next considered amendments to the rules for the transportation of dead bodies. Some of the members and officials of the State Funeral Directors' Association requested that these rules be amended so as to prohibit shipping unless the bodies have been embalmed except in case of deaths from violence. After a thorough discussion the Board voted unanimously that no additional sanitary safeguards will be obtained from the operation of this proposed amendment to the rules and the amendment was voted down without opposition.

The Board next considered the action taken by the Secretary in approving of the plans and specifications for water supply systems and sewage disposal plants. The action of the Secretary in approving these plans was confirmed by the Board, as provided by Chapter 433, Section 3, laws of 1905.

The Secretary reported the following list of health laws, which had been passed by the legislature up to the time of the Board meeting.

INDIVIDUAL TOWELS.

Chapter 44 states that all towels for the use of guests in any hotel, and all towels in such places and buildings, whether publicly or pri

vately owned, if the State Board of Health may find the use of the common towel therein to be inimical to the public health, shall be individual towels, and when used by any person they must not again be used until thoroughly washed and dried.

EMBALMING.

Chapter 51 amends section 1409-1 of the statutes so as to make it unlawful for any person not a licensed embalmer to advertise, practice or pretend to practice the art of embalming by either arterial or cavity treatment.

COUNTY VISITING NURSES.

Chapter 93 authorizes the state board of supervisors of any county to employ a graduate trained nurse, who shall assist in the medical inspection of schools, give instructions to tubercular patients, aid in the reporting of tuberculosis and act as a visiting nurse throughout the county.

DRINKING CUPS.

Chapter 158 relates to the use of the common drinking cup in public places and buildings. Under this chapter it is unlawful to furnish or permit the use of the common drinking cup on railroad trains, in railroad stations, in any state or other public building, on the streets or in public parks, in the public, parochial or private schools or other educational institutions, in hotels and lodging houses, theaters, department stores, barber shops, or such other places as the use of the common drinking cup may be dangerous to public health.

STATE CONFERENCE OF HEALTH OFFICERS.

Under the provisions of Chapter 193, the State Board of Health is authorized to provide biennially for a state conference of health officers and health commissioners of cities, incorporated villages and townships, the expense of the health officer when attending this conference to be paid by the township, incorporated village or city upon the certification of the State Health Officer.

VISITING NURSES IN CITIES.

Chapter 194 states that the common council of any city shall have power to employ obstetrical and visiting nurses. This law was enacted so as to leave no doubt regarding the authority of city councils to employ nurses for this important line of work.

REPORT OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

Under the provisions of Chapter 226, acute anterior poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis and opthalmia neonatorum are added to the list of communicable diseases which the physician or responsible head of the family, if there is no physician in attendance, must report to the local health officer.

DRY SWEEPING PROHIBITED.

Under the provisions of Chapter 274, it is unlawful to sweep the floors of railroad stations, passenger cars, public buildings, schools,

hotels, department stores or other places to which the public are invited unless the floor is first sprinkled with water, moist sawdust or other substance so as to prevent the raising of dust. This law does not apply where vacuum cleaners or dustless brushes are used.

COMPULSORY COMMITMENT IN TUBERCULOSIS.

Chapter 308 provides that when a person afflicted with tuberculosis fails to provide a sputum flask or other receptacle in which to deposit the sputum, saliva or other infectious secretions, he may be committed to any county hospital for the care of persons suffering from tuberculosis until such time as the judge of any court of record who makes the commitment is convinced that it is safe for such person to be allowed to mingle with the general public. Under this law it will be possible to properly confine chronic open cases who will not observe the known rules and regulations for preventing the spread of this disease.

PREVENTION OF INFANTILE BLINDNESS.

Chapter 344 authorizes the State Board of Health to distribute free of charge to all physicians and midwives in the state a supply of a one per cent solution of nitrate of silver. A few drops of this solution is to be dropped in the eyes of all new-born children. If this is done there will be no danger of contracting opthalmia neonatorum, or in fantile blindness in new-born children. The attending physician or midwife in each confinement case is required to use this solution as directed in the instructions which will be sent out with the silver nitrate solution.

TERM OF OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICER AND POWER OF REMOVAL. Chapter 354 provides that the term of office of health officers except in cities of the first class, shall be for two years and until a successor has been elected and qualifies. This law also authorizes the town board, village board or common council, either upon its own initative or upon the recommendation of the State Board of Health, to discharge a local health officer and immediately appoint a new one. Under the provisions of this law the efficiency of the local boards of health will be greatly increased on account of extending the term of office of the health officer, who is the executive officer of the local board of health. In case the health officer neglects or refuses to perform his duties, he may be discharged and a new health officer appointed.

STATE AID FOR COUNTY SANATORIA.

Under the provisions of Chapter 328, the state will contribute the sum of five dollars per week for each patient treated for tuberculosis in the county sanatoria. For this purpose the sum of $50,000 per year is appropriated.

QUARANTINE, EXPENSE OF, GUARDS, ETC.

Chapter 444 requires the health officer to effectually quarantine all cases of quarantinable disease in such manner as the State Board of Health shall determine is necessary. This law also defines quarantine

and provides that the following notice shall appear on the quarantine sign:

"All persons are forbidden to enter or leave these premises without a special written permit from the health officer having jurisdiction and all persons are forbidden to remove, obscure or mutilate this card or to interfere in any way with this quarantine without written orders from said health officer, under penalty of a fine or imprisonment as provided in section 4608 of the statutes."

Local boards of health are empowered by this chapter to employ guards if quarantine is violated or an attempt to violate quarantine is manifested. The guards so employed shall have police powers and may use all necessary means to enforce the quarantine restrictions.

When a person with a quarantinable disease is quarantined in any township, incorporated village or city of this state and is a legal resident of some other township, village or city, the expense for necessary nurses, medical attention, food, etc., if the person is indigent, must be paid by the town, village or city where such person is a legal resident, or by the county where the county system for the care of the poor has been adopted, provided that a sworn statement of such expense is sent to the proper town or county officers within thirty days after the quarantine is removed.

LOCATION OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES.

Chapter 455 amends the old law relating to the location of slaughterhouses so as to provide that no slaughterhouse shall be located within one-eight of a mile of any public highway, dwelling house or building occupied as a place of business.

LICENSE MONEY FOR HEALTH WORK.

Chapter 460 authorizes the city council, village board or town board to use any moneys derived from liquor licenses for the prevention and spread of disease and for public health administration. The old law provided that this money must be used so far as is necessary to defray the expense of supporting the poor.

REPORTING GONORRHEA AND SYPHILIS.

Chapter 516 states that it shall be the duty of every physician to report by number all cases of syphilis and gonorrhea occurring in his practice to the State Board of Health, at such time in such manner as the State Board of Health may direct.

The blanks necessary for making this report will be prepared by the State Board of Health and distributed to all physicians in the state.

WATER SURVEY.

Chapter 568 authorizes the State Board of Health to coöperate with the United States Geological Survey in determining to what extent the natural waters of the state are being contaminated by sewage from cities, industrial waste, creameries, etc. Provision is also made for the investigation of water-borne diseases and the location of the best possible sources of water supply. The appropriation for carrying on this

work is $3,000, providing an equal sum can be obtained by and through the United States Geological Survey for this work.

INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES.

Chapter 583 authorizes the State Board of Health to inspect or to cause to be inspected at least once each year all slaughterhouses in the state not subject to inspection or supervision by the United States government. Local health officers are required upon complaint or upon the request of the State Board of Health to inspect slaughterhouses and to see that they are kept in a sanitary condition. The State Board of Health is authorized to make and enforce all necessary rules and regulations relating to the construction and operation of slaughterhouses. If, after inspection, it is found that any slaughterhouse is so located, constructed, drained, ventilated or maintained as to be dangerous to the public health, the State Board of Health is authorized to make such order or orders as may be necessary to remedy such condition. Any person, firm or corporation, owning any building which is used or operated as a slaughterhouse, is required to report to the State Board of Health, in writing, on or before August 1, 1913, the location and construction of such building, except slaughterhouses subject to federal inspection.

INSPECTION OF HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

Chapter 648 defined the terms hotel and restaurant and provided for the payment to the State Board of Health of an annual inspection fee. The State Board of Health is authorized to ascertain and fix such reasonable standards and to prescribe, modify and enforce such reasonable orders as may be necessary to protect the public health and safety in hotels and restaurants, All rules and regulations adopted by the board will be effective ten days after their publication.

Copies of this law, with blanks and other instructions for complying with the provisions of the same, will be distributed by the State Board of Health to all hotels and restaurants in the state upon application. This law did not become operative until January 1, 1914.

DEPUTY STATE HEALTH OFFICERS.

Chapter 674 provides for the establishment in connection with the work of the State Board of Health of a Bureau of Vital Statistics, a Bureau of Sanitary Inspection and Sanitary Engineering, a Bureau of Tuberculosis and Contagious Disease and a Bureau of Public Information and Education. The board is also required to divide the state into five sanitary districts and to appoint a deputy state health officer for each district. The duties of the deputy health officer and also the local health officer are fully outlined in the law. The state Board of Health is authorized by means of rules and regulations to prescribe the character and location of plumbing, drainage, water supply, disposal of sewage, garbage and other waste material, sanitary conditions of streets, alleys, outhouses, cesspools and all sanitary features connected therewith.