(13) per cent. of milk solids, including three and seven-tenths (3.7) per cent. of butter fat, is prima facie watered, and such watering is declared an adulteration by the State statutes, the punishment for which is a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) for each and every offense. TRANSPORTATION OF DEAD BODIES. Rule 56. The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox or bubonic plague from one State, territory, district or province to another, is absolutely prohibited. Rule 57. The transportation of bodies dead of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever. diphtheria (membraneous croup), scarlet fever (scarlatina, scarlet rash), erysipelas, glanders, anthrax or leprosy, shall not be accepted for transportation unless prepared for shipment by being thoroughly disinfected by (a) arterial and cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid; (b) disinfection and stopping of all orifices with absorbent cotton, and (c) washing the body with the disinfectant, all of which must be done by an embalmer holding a certificate as such, issued by the State of provincial board of health, or other State or provincial authority provided for by law. After being disinfected as above, such body shall be enveloped in a layer of dry cotton, not less than one inch thick, completely wrapped in a sheet securely fastened, and encased in an air-tight zinc, tin, copper, or lead lined coffin or iron casket, all joints and seams hermetically sealed, and all enclosed in a strong tight wooden box. Or the body being prepared for shipment by disinfecting and wrapping as above, may be placed in a strong coffin or casket, and said coffin or casket encased in an air-tight zinc, copper, or tin lined box, all joints and seams hermetically soldered. For interstate transportation under this rule, only embalmers holding a license issued or approved by the State or provincial board of health, or other State or provincial authority provided for by law, after examination, shall be recognized as competent to prepare such bodies for shipment. Rule 58. The bodies of those dead of typhoid fever, puerperal fever, tuberculosis, or measles, may be received for transportation when prepared for shipment by arterial and cavity injection with an approved disinfecting fluid, washing the exterior of the body with the same, and enveloping the entire body with a layer of cotton not less than one inch thick, and all wrapped in a sheet securely fastened, and encased in an air-tight metallic coffin or casket, or air-tight metal-lined box, provided that this shall apply only to bodies which can reach their destination within thirty hours from the time of death. In all other cases, such bodies shall be prepared by a licensed embalmer holding a certificate as provided for in Rule 57. When prepared by a licensed embalmer, as defined and directed in Rule 57, the air-tight sealing and bandaging with cotton may be dispensed with. Rule 59. The bodies of those dead from any cause not stated in Rules 57 and 58 may be received for transportation when encased in a sound coffin or casket and enclosed in a strong outside wooden box, provided they can reach their destination within thirty hours from the time of death. If the body can not reach its destination within thirty hours from the time of death, it must be prepared for shipment by arterial and cavity injection with an improved disinfecting fluid, wash. ing the exterior of the body with the same, and enveloping the entire body with a layer of dry cotton not less than one inch thick, and all wrapped in a sheet securely fastened, and encased in an air-tight me tallic coffin or casket or an air-tight metal lined box. But when the body has been prepared for shipment by being thoroughly disinfected by a licensed embalmer, as defined and directed in Rule 57, the air-tight sealing and bandaging with cotton may be dispensed with. Rule 60. In the shipment of bodies dead from any disease named in Rule 57, such body must not be accompanied by persons or articles which have been exposed to the infection of the disease, unless certified by the health officer as having been properly disinfected. Before selling tickets, agents should carefully examine the transit permit and note the name of the passenger in charge, and of any cthers proposing to accompany the body, and see that all necessary precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The transit permit in such cases shall specifically statc who is authorized by the health authorities to accompany the remains. In all cases where bodies are forwarded under Rule 57, notice must be sent by telegraph by the shipping embalmer to the health officer, or, when there is no health officer, to other competent authority at destination, advis. ing date and train on which the body may be expected. Rule 61. Every dead body must be accompanied by a person in charge, who must be provided with a passage ticket and also present a full first-class ticket marked "Corpse" for the transportation of the body, and a transit permit showing physician's or coroner's certificate, name of deceased, date and hour of death, age. place of death, cause of death and all other items of the standard certificate of death recommended by the American Public Health Association and adopted by the United State Census Bureau, as far as obtainable, including health officer's or Registrar's permit for removal, whether a communicable or non-communicable discase, the point to which the body is to be shipped, and, when death is caused by any of the diseases specified in Rule 57, the names of those authorized by the health authorities to accompany the body. Also the undertaker's certificate as to how the body has been prepared for shipment. The transit permit must be made in duplicate, and the signature of physician or coroner, health officer, and undertaker, must be on both the original and duplicate copies. The undertaker's or registrar's certificate and paster of the original bill shall be detached from the transit permit and securely fastened on the end of the coffin box. All coffin boxes must be provided with at least four handles. The physician's certificate and transit permit shall be handed to the passenger in charge of the corpse. The whole duplicate copy shall be sent to the official in charge of the baggage department of the initial line, and by him to the secretary of the State or provincial board of health of the State or province from which said shipment is made. Rule 62. When bodies are shipped by express, a transit permit, as described in Rule 61, must be made out in duplicate. The undertaker's certificate and paster of the original shall be detached from the transit permit and securely fastened on the coffin box. The physician's certificate and transit permit shall be attached to and accompany the express way-bill covering the remains, and be delivered with the body at the point of destination to the person to whom it is consigned. The whole duplicate copy shall be sent by the forwarding express agent to the secretary of the State or provincial board of health of the State or province from which said shipment was made. Rule 63. Every disinterred body, dead from any disease or cause, shall be treated as infectious or dangerous to the public health, and shall not be accepted for transportation unless said removal has been approved by the State or provincial health authorities having jurisdiction where such body is disinterred, and the consent of the health authorities of the locality to which the corpse is consigned has first been obtained; and all such disinterred remains, or the coffin or casket containing the same. must be wrapped in a woolen blanket thoroughly saturated with a 1-1000 solution of corrosive sublimate, and enclosed in a hermetically soldered zinc, tin, or copper-lined box. But bodies deposited in receiving vaults shall not be treated and considered the same as buried bodies, when originally prepared by a licensed embalmer as defined in Rule 57 and as directed in Rule 57 or 58 (according to the nature of the disease causing death), provided shipment takes place within thirty days from the time of death. The shipment of bodies prepared in the manner above directed by licensed embalmers from receiving vaults may be made within thirty days from the time of death without having to obtain permission from the health authorities of the locality to which the body is consigned. After thirty days, the casket or coffin box containing said body must be enclosed in a hermetically soldered box. FORMS FOR CERTIFICATES AND NOTICES. Transit Permit. No..... This certificate must be presented to the local board of health for approval. I hereby certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Residence.... County of... .M. D., or Coroner. .State of....... Permit of Local Board of Health. This permit must be properly signed, and, with physician's certificate, presented to the railroad or express agent before a body can be Permission is hereby given to remove for burial at. in the county of... State of..... .the body of who died at county of.. on the.... day of...... 19.., aged....years, ..months, ....days. The cause of death being. contagious) disease. which is a. (contagious or non Rule 47. The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox or bu bonic plague is absolutely forbidden. Signed.. If city or town, affix corporate seal.) M. D. Health Officer, Local Board of Health. This permit and preceding certificate must be detached and delivered to the person in charge of the corpse. PASTER. Certificate of Undertaker. I (or we hereby certify that the accompanying dead body of . (if a minor, give parent's name also), .address..... consigned to...... .State of......... has been prepared by me (or us) strictly in accordance with the rules of the State Board of Health for transportation by railway, and in conformity with said rules, as printed on the back of this permit. Residence. Shipping Undertaker. Rule 65. The following shall be the form for the abatement of nuisances after they have been declared such by the local board of health having jurisdiction: Office of the..... County (or City) Board of Health. .Ky., 19... owner (or occupant) of.... To.... Under the authority conferred upon this board by section 2057 of the Kentucky Statutes, you are hereby notified that, after examination. the board has decided that a nuisance dangerous to the public health (or source of filth or cause of sickness) exists on the above-described premises, as follows: and, under the express power and authority conferred by the said statute, you are hereby ordered to remove the same withinhours (days) after the service of this notice, which time this board has decided is a reasonable time for the removal of said nuisance (source of filth, or cause of sickness), and you are warned that if you shall fail or neglect so to do, that the law provides that you shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and that each day's continuance of such nuisance (or source of filth, or cause of sickness) shall be a separate offense. Done by the... a meeting held at. a. m. (p. m.), County (or City) Board of Health, at present and voting. Secretary and Health Officer... . County. And said notice shall be prepared in duplicate, and one copy shall be served on the owner or occupant of the property containing the nuisance, or source of filth, or cause of sickness, and one retained by the health officer, sheriff or constable serving said notice, who shall note thereon the exact hour and day, and the manner in which and upon whom it has been served, and when so served and noted, said |