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Extract from Section 6, Chapter 44; Revised Laws: "A child who has not been vaccinated shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presenta-
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tion of a certificate signed by a regular practicing physician that he is not a fit subject for vaccination."
GENERAL VACCINATION.
Chapter 75, Section 136, Revised Laws: "A parent or guardian who neglects to cause his child or ward to be vaccinated before the child or ward attains the age of two years, *
* * shall for- feit five dollars for every year during which such neglect continues."
Chap. 75., Section 137, Revised Laws: "The board of health of a city or town if, in its opinion it is necessary for the pub- lic health or safety, shall require and en- force the vaccination and revaccination of all the inhabitants thereof, and shall provide them with the means of free vaccination. Whoever, being over twen- ty-one years of age and not under guar- dianship, refuses or neglects to comply with such requirements shall forfeit five dollars."
CARE OF THE DEAD.
Rule 36. It shall be the duty of the undertaker, or r other person having charge of the funeral or burial of the dead body of a person within said city, who has died of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or mebranous croup, to keep such funeral strictly private and to permit no person other than mem- bers of the family of the deceased who are at the time residents at the place of death, and the officiating clergyman to be present thereat; and to convey such dead body directly from the place of death to the place of burial, and in no other vehicle than a hearee, and the funeral to take place within twenty- four hours after death.
Rule 37 (a) It shall be the duty of the undertaker. or of any other person or persons within said city who shall have charge of the burial or shipment, or of the preparation for the burial or the shipment of the dead body of any person
who has died of any contagious disease, to observe and obey the following rules and regulations embodied in this section:
The dead body of any person who has died of any contagious or infectious dis- ease shall be thoroughly disinfected, and shall not be exposed to the view of any person who is not necessarily engaged in the preparation of the same for burial.
The dead body of any person who has died of any contagious or infectious disease shall not be placed or kept in any receiving vauit in any cemetery or burying ground, unless such dead body shall be first enclosed in a hermetically sealed zinc-lined or other metallic casket.
No dead body of any person who has died of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever or small pox, shall be ship- per or carried into or from said city by any means of conveyance whatsoever.
In preparing for shipment the dead body of any person who has died of scar- let fever, diphtheria, or membranous croup, the said body shall be wrapped in a sheet saturated either with a solu- tion of bichoride of mercury of a strength of one part in two thousands, or with a solution or carbolic acid of the strength of one part in forty. The said body shall then be enclosed in a tightly sealed cas- ket, and said casket shall be placed in a zinc-lined or a tin-lined box hermeti- cally sealed.
Rule 37 (b) The body of any person who has died of any contagious diseases. except asiatic, yellow fever, typhus fever or small pox, when taken directly from the place of death to the grave; must be completely wrapped in absorbent cotton and then wrapped in a sheet saturated with a solution of bi-chloride of mercury 1: 2000; all enclosed in a tightly sealed casket.
Rule 38. It shall be the duty of every superintendent of a cemetery, or other person in carge of any cemetery or bury- ing-ground within the city, to receive the permits issued for burials in said
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cemetery or burying-ground; to pre- serve the same and to furnish to the board of health of said city, upon Mon- day of each week, a written report, upon blank forms to be furnished upon appli- cation by said board, of all burials made or caused to be made by him.
Rule 39. Any. grave in which any dead body shall be buried within this city shall be dug to a depth of less than five feet below the surface of the ground.
Rule 40. No new cemetery, burying- ground, vault or tomb for the reception and burial of human bodies, shall be es- tablished within this city, or under the control of any organization within said city, without a permit so to do first be- ing granted by the board of health of said city. No additions shall be made to those already in use without the same authority.
NOXIOUS TRADES.
Rule 41. No person, company, firm or corporation shall erect or maintain any manufactory or place of business within this city which is dangerous to life or detrimental to health, or where unwhole- some, offensive or deleterious odors, gas, smoke, deposit or exhalations are gener- ated, except in such places as are al- lowed by the board of health. All such establishments shall be kept clean and wholesome, nor shall any offensive or deleterious waste substance be allowed to accumulate upon the premises or be thrown or allowed to run into any pub- lic waters, stream, watercourse, street or public place.
Rule 42. All licenses granted by the board of health may be revoked at the pleasure of said board.
North Adams, Mass., June 24, 1903. DISTRIBUTION OF FREE. SAMPLES.
Rule 43. No person shall distribute, or cause to be distributed, from house to " house on any street in this city, any | USED AGAIN.
package or bottles containing free sanı- pies of any medicinal substances, or suo- stances for household use, excel~ by permission of the Board of Health.
Adopted March 17, 1905.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR BARBER SHOPS.
Rule 44. The place of business, to- gether with all the Furniture, shall be kept at all times in a cleanly condition.
Mugs, shaving brushes and razors shall be sterilized in boiling water after every separate use thereof.
A separate clean towel shall be used for each person.
Alums or other astringents shall be used in powdered form and applied with a clean towel.
The use of powder puffs and sponges is prohibited.
Every barber shop shall be provided with running hot water (through a pres- sure boiler.)
Every barber shall clean his hands thoroughly immediately after serving each customer.
Hair brushes and combs shall be thor- oughly washed at least once a day.
No person shall be allowed to use any ·barber shop as a dormitory.
Shaving mugs, etc., except those in constant use, shall be kept in closed or covered receptacles.
Hair and other waste accumulations shall be destroyed each day by fire, or by such means as the board of health may approve.
EVERY BARBER AFTER HAND- LING ANY ONE WITH ANY SKIN ERUPTION, MUST CLEANSE HIS HANDS THOROUGHLY BEFORE HANDLING THE NEXT PERSON, AND ALL TOOLS USED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH MUST BE THOROUGH- LY STERILIZED BEFORE THEY ARE
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""Whoever violates any such regula- tion shal forfeit not more than one hun- dred dollars ($100.00)."-Rev. Laws, Chap. 75, Sec. 65.
A copy of these rules shall be dis- played in every barber shop.
The provisions of these rules shall go into effect on and after April 15, 1905. Adopted March 31, 1905.
North Adams, Mass., July 21, 1905.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETTS.
Berkshire, ss:
I. Frank P. Nugent, clerk of Board of health, for the City of North Adams, hereby certify that the foregoing rules and regulations were adopted at a reg- ular meeting of the said board of health on the 21st day of July, 1905.
:Attest: FRANK P. NUGENT. Clerk of the Board of Health.
MEAT AND PROVISIONS.
Revised Laws of Massachusetts, Chap- ter 56.
Section 70. Boards of Health of cities and towns may inspect the carcasses of all slaughtered animals and all meats, fish, vegetables, produce, fruit and pro- visions of any kind found in their cities or towns, and for such purpose may en- ter any building, enclosure or other place in which carcasses or articles are stored, kept or exposed for sale. If. on such inspection, it is found that such carcasses or articles are tainted, dis- eased. corrupted, decayed, unwholesome, or from cause unfit for food, the board of health shall seize the same and cause it or them to be destroyed forthwith, or disposed. of otherwise than for food All money received by the board of health for property disposed of as afore- said shall, after deducting the expense of
said seizure, be paid to the owner of such property. If the board of health seizes or condemns any such carcass or meat for the reason that it is affected with a contagious disease, it shall be immediately give notice to the board of cattle commissioners of the name of the owner or person in whose possession it was found, the nature of the disease and the disposition made of said meat or carcass.
Sec. 71. The board of health may in- spect all veal, offered or exposed for sale or kept with the intention to sell in this city or town, and if, in its opinion, said veal is that of a calf less than four weeks old when killed, the board sha .! seize and destroy or dispose of it as pro- vided in the preceding section, subject, . however to the provision thereof relative to the disposal of money.
Sec. 72. Whoever prevents, obstructs or interferes with the board. of health in the performance of its duties as pro- vided herein, or hinders, obstructs, or interferes with any inspection or exam- ination by it, or whoever secrets or re- moves any carcass, meat, fish, vege- tables, fruit or provisions of any kind, for the purpose of preventing the same from being inspected or examined under' the provisions of sections seventy to seventy-six inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 73. Whoever knowingly sells, of- fers or exposes for sale or has in his ¡ possession with intent to sell for food any diseased animal or any product thereof, or any tainted diseased animal or any product thereof, or any tainted, diseased, corrupted, decayed or unwhole- some carcass, meat, fish, vegetables, pro- duce, fruit or provisions of any kind,
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shall be punished by a fine or not more than one hundred dollars or by im- prisonment for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and imprison- ment; and whoever knowingly sells any kind of diseased, corrupt or unwholesome provisions, whether for meat or drink, without making their condition fully known to the buyer, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Sec. 74. Whoever kills or causes to be killed or knowingly sells, offers or ex- poses for sale or has in his possession with intent to sell for food the veal of a calf killed when less than four weeks old, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for hon more than sixty days, or by both such fine and im . prisonment.
Sec. 75. The board of health for the city or town in which any animal or property has been condemned under the provisions of sections seventy and sev- enty-one may cause a description of the place in which said condemned property was found, the name of every person in whose name it was found and the name of every person convicted of an offense under the provisions of the two preced- ing sections to be published in two newspapers published in the county in which such property was found.
Sec. 76. Whoever knowingly sells or exposes for sale poultry, unless it is alive, before it has been properly dressed by the removal of the crop and entrails if they contain food, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offense. The Boards of Health shall cause the provis- ion of this section to be enforced in their respective cities and towns.
AN ORDINANCE.
Relative to the Sale of Milk.
Be it ordained by the City Council of North Adams, as follows:
Section 1. No milk shall be sold in the city of North Adams after the passage of this ordinance, except from cows that have been subjected within one year to examination that shall be satisfactory to the board of health and to the inspector appointed by the mayor and the council of the city of North Adams under section 12, chapter 90 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts, and pronounced free from the disease known as tuberculosis or any other disease that may render the milk injurious to man.
In case an examination made by any _ person other than the inspector of the city of North Adams, shall be unsatis- factory either to him or to the board of health, a proper examination shall be made by said inspector for the city of North Adams, and his decision shall be final.
Section 2. Any person selling or dis- tributing milk, or keeping cows from which milk is sold or distributed in the city of North Adams, shall, upon the ad- dition of any cow or cows to his dairy, immediately give notice to the board of health of such addition, and the board of health shall thereupon order an examina- tion of such animal or animals to be made, as provided in section 1 of this or- dinance.
Any persons selling or distributing milk in the city of North Adams, shall at the time of taking out his license, inform the board of health, in writing, of all sources from which he receives his sup- ply, and upon making any change what- ever in the sources of his supply, shall immediately give notice to the board of health of such change.
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Section 3. Whenever the board of health shall deem it necessary, but not less frequently than once during each year, it shall make or cause to be made an inspection of all dairies and other places from which milk is sold in the city of North Adams, and shall keep a written report of the result of such in- spections on file in its office for public ex- amination and reference.
Section 4. All such premises, and all vessels and vehicles used in the business of selling or distributing milk, shall be kept in a perfectly cleanly and sanitary condition and at all times acceptable to the board of health, and no person who refuses to allow such inspection to be made in accordance with section 3 of this ordinance, or who fails to keep his prem- ises, vessels and vehicles as above men- tioned in such cleanly and sanitary con- dition as shall be satisfactory to the board of health, or fails to comply with the written orders and recommendations of the board of health, or to provide such proper light and ventilation of his stables and such sources of water supply as the board shall deem necessary, shall be al- lowed to sell or distribute milk in the city of North Adams.
Section 5. Every person keeping cows from which the milk is sold in the city of North Adams, shall have a room en- tirely apart from the stable, (although it may be in the same building if de- sired,) in which the milk shall be strained and cooled, said room to have a tight floor and the side walls and ceilings to be made of matched lumber or battened, unless lathed and plastered. No water- closet, earth-closet or privy shall be with- in or communicate directly with this room. The walls and ceilings of all cow stables shall be cleaned and white-washed at least twice a year, and oftener if re- quired by the board of health; nothing
in this section, however, shall beinter- preted to prevent the cooling of milk in spring houses when same are properly constructed.
Section 6. No person who is suffering from, or who is suspected of having ty- phoid fever, diphtheria or any other con- tagious disease, shall, while so suffering, be engaged in the care of cows or the handling of milk in places from which milk is to be sold or distributed in the city of North Adams.
Section 7. Every person selling milk or offering it for sale in a store, booth or stand in the city of North Adams, shall keep such milk in a refrigerator or other perfectly tight receptacle entirely separate from any food or other con- taminating product, said refrigerator or other receptacle to be provided with ice during the warm months, or at any other time when required so to do by the board of health.
Section 8 .- Any person, party or cor- poration violating the provisions of this ordinancee, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each offence.
Section 9. Any person, party or cor- poration after being notified by the ·board of health to discontinue the sale of milk in the city of North Adams who shall sell or distribute any milk in the city of North Adams until he receives permission in writing so to do from the board of health, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars ($20) for each offence, and his license to sell milk in this city shall be revoked.
Section 10. Chapter sixteen of the Re- vised Ordinance of nineteen hundred is hereby repealed.
Approved May 6, 1903.
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Addenda : "Every person being in any way engaged in or connected with the production, handling, selling or dis- tribution of milk or cream sold or offer- ed for sale in the city of North Adams is required to immediately report to the board of health of North Adams all cases, or suspected cases of contagious disease occurring in the family or house- hold of said person."
THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMP- TION.
Consumption is the most destructive disease of New England, the number of persons dying annually from this cause in Massachusetts amounting to nearly six thousand.
The disease is infectious and can be communicated from one person to an- other. The chief danger exists in the expectoration of the sick, and if this expectoration is carefully destroyed lit- tle danger need be feared.
Consumptives should be instructed not to spit upon the floors of rooms, pub- lic halls, street and railway cars, and other vehicles, but into pieces of cloth or receptacles made for the pur- pose, cantaining water or a saturated solution of carbolic acid (one part car- bolic acid crystals to about fifteen parts of water). Such bits of cloth should be destroyed by fire before the Sputa be comes dry, and other receptacles should be cleansed with scalding water, their contents having been destroyed or otherwise carefully disposed of. Hand- kerchiefs which may have been used from necessity should be boiled half an hour before washing.
A healthy person should not sleep in the same room with a consumptive.
Remember that sputa must never be allowed to become dry.
BOARD OF HEALTH OF NORTH ADAMS.
DR. GEO. A. FAGAN,Chairman, DR. A. A. HARPER,
ALBERT A. REYNOLDS,
Board of Health of North Adams.
Board of Health, North Adams.
DR. GEO. A. FAGAN, Chairman
DR. A. A. HARPER,
A. A. REYNOLDS
FRANK P. NUGENT, Agent
HENRY A. TOWER Inspector of Meats and Provisions Meeting Every Friday Evening at 8 FRANK P. NUGENT, Inspector of Plumbing
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BLACKINTON
The thiving and prosperous little vil- lage bearing the above name was so called in honor of Sanford Blackinton, first president of the S. Blackinton Woo.en Company, which constitutes the main industry of the place. It is sit- uated on the B. & M. railroad, three miles east of Williamstown Electric cars run to and from this place every 15 minutes. The following is a com- plete and accurate list of residents of Blackinton, together with their occupa- tion and location of residences, also a business, church and society directory.
BLACKINTON UNION CHURCH Pastors, Rev. J. H. Spencer; J. A. Hamilton and Theodore E. Busfield.
LADIES AID SOCIETY Blacinton Union Church
President, Miss Ruth Blackinton; Vice-President, Mrs. Mary S. Hunt; Treasurer, Miss Jennie Blackinton; Secretary, Miss Helen Spear.
ST. ANDREWS MISSION
Services in Scholl Hall, conducted by Rev. Mr. Carter, pastor St. John's church, Williamstown.
BLACKINTON FREE LIBRARY
Blackinton hall. Open Saturday af- ternoon, O. A. Archer, librarian and treasurer, assistant librarian, Helen Spear.
FATHER MATHEW TOTAL ABSTI- NENCE SOCIETY
President, M. L. Monahan; vice-presi- dent, Wm. J. Mackey; treasurer, M. H. O'Brien; secretary, Charles Lamay; trus- tees, M. L. Monahan, M H. O'Brien. James Fallon. Wm. J. Markey, Joseph M. Minore, Frank Shaw, J. H. Mahoney, Al-, ber Bressette.
F. M. T. A. LADIES AID
President, Miss Elizabeth Fallon; Vice-President, Mrs. John Thomas; Treasurer, Miss Katherine Fallon; Rec- cording Secretary, Miss Annie Wilcox; Financial Secretary, Miss Annie Flem- ing.
I. O. O. F. M. U.
Officers, E. J. Hughes, James Bramley. Richard Owens, Herbert Fowles, John E. Phillips, Thomas Webster.
VOLUNTEER HOSE COMPANY -
Meet 'n Hose room, Main street. Captain, John Phillips; secretary. Da ?- vid Stack; linesman, Archie Matterson.
Abbott Aggie, bds 1314 Main Ellen Mrs., h 1314 Main Jeannette, 1314 Main Northway, bris Main ARCHER, O. A., cashier Waterhouse & Buffum, h Oak ter
Wm., paymaster W & B, bds Oak ter Ashton Edwin, boss weaver, h 93 State road Frank, newsdealer, h 149 River George, loomfixer, h 9 River
John, finisher, bds 935 State road George W. weaver, bds 143 River Babcock Wayne, farmer, State road Baker, Napoleon, wks shoe shop Barton Daniel, boss brick yard, 1130 Main
Bastien Henry, weaver, 1521 Main Alfred, weaver, bds Main
Joseph. peddler, 46 Main .....
Bissaillon, Frank, h 114 Main Blair Henry, farmer James, farmer
John. laborer, h Bumps hill
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Berard
BERARD, ULRIC J., barber shop and newsroom, Main st
Barton, Daniel, boss brick yard, 1130 Main Blackinton Mfg Co., Main st.
Blackinton E. W. (E. W. B. & Co.), h 1391 Main
Blackinton E. W. & Co., general store E. W., (E. W. B. & Co) Jennie, techer, bds Main
John P. (E W. B. & Co.), h 1413 Main
Ruth, student, bds Main
Blade Fred, wks mill, h 1236 Main
Albert, loomfixer, h 1259 W Main
Laura, spooler, bds 1259 Main Louise, wks Eclipse, bds 1259 Main Boyer Arsene, brick yard, 1200 Main Paul, brick yard, 1200 Main
Bradshaw Ben, wks Williamstown, h 1561 Main
Bombardier A., clerk, 1204 West Main Bump Douglas, laborer
Bullett, Wm. salesman, 1246 Main
Bringan Annie, bds Church hill George Jr., station agent, h 1370 W Main
Bressette Stephen, rem N Adams Bressette, Eugene, rem Mapleville Brown, William, dresser, B. Mfg Co. Bramble, F., rem North Adams Buffum, A. J. (W. & B.), h 1431 Main Cain Chas., farmer, bus State road Carpenter Annie C., teachr, h S R Ozro, farmer, State road
Clark William, loomfixer, 110 W Main Leonard, ice dealer, h back road Coller James, wks B & M
Collins Herbert, weaver, 1322 Main Lizzie Mrs., sewer, 1322 Main
Henry, spinner, 1322 W Main
Connaughton Thos., h 1151 W Main W. M., loomfixer
Cunningham John, boss picker, h 1463 Main
Daly Timothy, boarding house
Davis George, boss wool sorter, Leon- ard's lane
Davis
Arthur, spinner, h 1422 Main Carl, weaver, bds 1414 Main Fanny Mrs, board'ng, h 1414 Main Griffith. machinist, h 1501 Main John, boarding, h 1414 Main Jessie, darner, bds 1509 Main J. E., N Y Life Ins Agt, h 1547 Main J. B., weaver, bds 1414 Main Lily, darner, bds 1509 Main Thomas, spooler, bds Main Thomas, machinist, Main Wm., spinner, h Leonard
Davies Edward, storekeeper Dora, student, bds Main
Grace, music teacher, bds Main
John R., market gardener, 1422 Main
Mabel, milliner, bds E Main
Martha Mrs., h Main
Oliver, boss carder, h Church hill Delisle Jean. second hand Braytonville 1204 Main
Deveney Peter, weaver, bds 129 River Donley John, painter, 1649 Main Donovan, Matthew, rem North Adams
Jennie, weaver, Flat Daniel, weaver, Flat Timothy, dyer, h 1495 Main
Dracup Simeon, weaver, h Leonard Duval Edward, brick yard
Eadie, Elizabeth, student, bds Church hill
Daniel, master machinist, Church
Jeanie, stenographer, Church hill Eastman Chas., weaver, h 1679 Main Edwards Ann Mrs., Prospect
Estes, Elmer, blacksmith North Adams
Loando B., carpenter. h 1268 W Main Evans Annie, burler, bds 37 Main Dot, darner, bds 1268 Main
Francis M. finishing room, 1231 Main
Robert, carder, bds 1414 Main Richard, painter, rem N Adams Edwards Osboone, spooling room, Pros- pect
Ermish Chas., finisher, h Prospect Milton. spinner. bds Prospect Exford Wm. H., clerk Greylolk hotel, h Davidson
Fallon Catherine, bds 160 River James, boss gigger Lizzie, wks mill, bds River Mary, wks finishing, bds River
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Fleming
Fleming, Thomas ( B C & F), h 1304 Main
Fleming Annie, at mill, 5 River Ellen, operative, 105 River . Margaret, dressmaker, River Michael Jr., dresser, h 132 River Richard, night watchman, 105 River Richard Jr., dyer, h Flats Richard, 3rd spooler, bds Flats Fairchild H. C., 1242 W Main Fyfe Ann Mrs., h River
Hugh, commercial traveler
Hugh Jr .. weaver, bds Doanes lane Jennie, student, bds Doanes lane Frazier, Louis, wks Braytonville, h 579 Main Forget, George, loomfixer
Gainey Fannie, weaver, bds S R
, John T., weaver, bds S R William, weaver, bds S R Galvin Wm., M. D .. 1627 Main Mary, housekeeper. 1627 Main John, cloth inspector
Simon P .. Greylock store Gay James, h 71 Mill George H .. weaver, h Flats
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