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Smallpox-Three weeks from the onset of the di- sease and thereafter until all crusts have disappeared and the skin has healed.
Typhoid Fever-One week after the subsidence of the clinical symptoms and thereafter until 2 successive negative stool and urine specimens, secured at an in- terval of at least one week, shall have been obtained; provided that a person who continues to be a carrier
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may be released under supervision of and after special permission by the Board of Health.
Whooping Cough-Three weeks from the begin- ning of the spasmodic cough.
7. Isolation of Sick Persons
Whoever is sick with anterior poliomyelitis (in- fantile paralysis), diphtheria, epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis, scarlet fever, smallpox, typhoid fever, or any other disease declared dangerous to the public health that the Board of Health may designate, shall immediately be moved to a hospital set apart for the treatment of such diseases, or to some isolated place or room, approved by the Board of Health, or its agent, and no person so isolated shall leave such hospital or room until the period of isolation for the disease with which he is sick shall have elapsed and until the Board of Health or its agent shall permit him to do so.
8. Placards
Houses or portions of houses in which there is a person sick with anterior poliomyelitis (infantile par- alysis), epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, small pox or any other disease which the Board of Health may designate shall be placarded with a card bearing the name of the disease with which the person is sick .*
* In the case of tenement houses, apartment houses or like structures as much of the building shall be placarded as in the judgment of the Board of Health is consistent with the best in- terests of the public. The card shall not be removed except on the authority of the Board of Health.
9. Who May Enter Place of Isolation
No person except physicians, nurses and those whose duty it is to minister to the patient, shall be al- lowed to enter the place of isolation during the con-
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tinuance of the disease, unless permitted to do so by the Board of Health or its agent.
10. Nurses, etc.
Nurses and others caring for a person isolated as above, shall wash their hands thoroughly with hot wa- ter, soap and scrubbing brush immediately after hand- ling the patient, his discharges or any article soiled by his discharges before mingling with others. They shall change their outer clothing before going out.
11. Dishes, Linen, etc.
All eating utensils and linen used by the patient shall be boiled for at least 15 minutes immediately after being taken from the room. Upon release of the patient woolen articles shall be exposed to sunlight and air for at least 8 hours.
12. Discharges, etc.
The discharges of a person sick with typhoid fever or dysentery shall be mixed with chloride of lime or other disinfectant approved by the Board of Health and shall be kept in contact therewith for at least 30 minutes before being emptied into the hopper or privy vault.
13. Restraint in Certain Diseases
A person sick with chicken pox, german measles, measles, mumps, or whooping cough shall be restricted to the house or premises until the period of isolation for the disease with which he is sick shall have elapsed. In the case of flagrant violation of this rule, the Board of Health may impose strict isolation upon the patient.
14. Procedure in Other Diseases Dangerous to the Public Health
A person sick with other diseases dangerous to the public health shall be subject to such restraint as the
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Board of Health may deem necessary for the protection of the public and shall be released after such time and in such manner as the Board of Health may deem best.
15. Release From Isolation
No person who has been sick with any of the dis- eases mentioned in Section 6, shall be released from iso- lation until the minimum period of isolation for the disease with which he has been sick shall have elapsed.
16. Management of Contacts
Unless otherwise permitted by the Board of Health, children contacts in families in which there is a case of any of the diseases mentioned below, shall be excluded from school and other public places for the following periods :
Anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) until two weeks have elapsed from the date of last exposure.
Epidemic Cerebro-spinal meningitis until 10 days have elapsed from the date of last exposure.
Diphtheria until one week has elapsed from the date of last exposure unless shown to be immune by a Shick test and until two negative nose and throat cultures taken at an interval of not less than 24 hours shall have been obtained.
Measles until 16 days have elapsed from the date of last exposure unless immunized by a previous attack.
Scarlet Fever until one week has elapsed from the date of last exposure unless immunized by a previous attack.
Smallpox until three weeks have elapsed from the date of last exposure unless immunized by a previous attack, by a recent successful vaccination or showing the immunity reaction.
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Whooping cough until two weeks have elapsed from the date of last exposure unless immunized by a previous attack.
No restrictions shall be imposed upon adult con- tacts except :
(a) School teachers shall be subject to the same restrictions as children.
(b) Food handlers living in a family in which a case of diphtheria or scarlet fever exists shall be sub- ject to the same restrictions as children.
(c) Food handlers living in a family in which a case of typhoid fever exists shall be excluded from their occupation so long as they continue to live in the same house in which the case exists.
17. Immune Children (Certain Diseases)
Diphtheria (a) Children in a family in which there is a case of diphtheria, and who are immune to the disease as shown by a Schick test or on the basis of a previous attack of the disease, may return to school provided they live away from home, provided the case is hospitalized and if two consecutive negative nose and throat cultures taken at an interval of not less than 24 hours have been obtained.
Scarlet Fever (b) Children in a family in which there is a case of scarlet fever and who have had the disease as shown by the records of the Board of Health or by a signed statement from the parent or guardian that they have had the disease elsewhere, may continue at school during the course of the disease provided they live away from home or the case is hospitalized.
Measles and Whooping Cough (c) Children in a family in which there is a case of measles or whooping cough, and who have had the disease as shown by the
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records of the Board of Health or by a signed statement from the parent or guardian that they have had the disease elsewhere may continue in school during the course of the disease.
18. School Certificates
Children who have recovered from any disease de- clared dangerous to the public health (see Section 2) must, unless otherwise ruled by the Board of Health, obtain a certificate from the Board of Health before they can be readmitted to school. These certificates will be issued, when in the opinion of the Board of Health it is safe for them to return. (See Sections 16 and 17).
19. Smallpox
In the event of the occurrence of smallpox, the Board of Health may assume control of the house and inmates, if in its opinion the safety of the public re- quires such procedure.
CHAPTER II Milk Regulations
1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, ex- change, deliver or have in his custody with intent so to do, milk from any cow unless said cow has within a period of 6 months passed without reaction a tubercu- lin test as established under the laws of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, or unless said cow is in a tu- berculosis-free accredited herd tested under the plan as adopted by the United States Bureau of Animal In- dustry.
This regulation shall not apply to pasteurized milk or milk intended for pasteurization.
2. All persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the sale, delivery or distribution of milk, skim milk or
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cream shall provide adequate facilities for the proper storage of said milk, skim milk or cream at a tempera- ture not above 50° F.
3. No person shall sell, exchange, deliver or have in his custody or possession with intent so to do, milk with a bacterial content which exceeds the following figures as determined by the standard plate methods of the American Public Health Association in use at the time the examination is made. The accepted figure shall be the median of the analyses of not less than 3 nor more than 7 samples taken from different contain- ers at substantially the same time.
a. Raw milk not more than. colonies per cubic centimeter.
b. Pasteurized milk not more than 50,000 col- onies per cubic centimeter.
State regulations provide the following additional limits :
c. Raw milk intended for pasteurization not
more than 750,000 per cubic centimeter.
d. Pasteurized milk until time of delivery from pasteurizing establishment, not more than 50,000 per cubic centimeter.
e. Raw milk intended for pasteurization as Grade A milk, not more than 250,000 colonies per cubic centimeter.
f. Grade A milk not more than 25,000 colonies.
4. Every person engaged in the production, stor- age, transportation, sale, delivery or distribution of milk for sale shall notify the Board of Health on the occurrence of any case or cases of communicable dis- ease, either in himself or his family, or among his em- ployees or associates, or within the building or premises where milk is stored or handled, and shall at the same
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time suspend the sale or distribution of milk until au- thorized to resume the same by the Board of Health. No utensil which is used or has been used on the prem- ises where a communicable disease exists shall be used to hold or convey milk until it has been sterilized in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health or its repre- sentative.
5. All persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the sale, delivery or distribution of milk shall furnish annually to the Board of Health a list of names and locations of the dairy farms from which the milk so dis- tributed or sold is obtained and shall notify the Board of Health before making any changes in their supply.
6. All dealers, except licensed storekeepers, en- gaged in the sale, processing, and distribution of milk and cream shall provide a separate room or rooms, well lighted, ventilated, and properly screened, in a location approved by the Board of Health, in which the hand- ling, bottling and storing of milk shall be carried on. All such milk rooms or plants shall have a smooth, tight floor with sewer connections if possible, and smooth, clean walls and ceiling. The entire room or rooms and all appliances shall be kept clean at all times and be used for the handling of milk only. All bottles, cans or other receptacles used for holding milk shall be sterilized insofar as practicable and shall be protected from contamination between the time of such steriliza- tion and the time when they are filled. All bottles shall be filled at the place of production of processing of the milk and shall be capped with a machine capper.
7. No person shall serve or allow to be served any milk to be consumed on the premises where served unless such milk is contained in individual sealed re- ceptacles, each receptacle to be filled at the place of production or processing of the milk, and to contain
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only the quantity of milk intended for the use of the person served.
8. Milk or cream shall not be shipped from any dairy farm if there is a case of contagious or infectious disease thereon, or among the employees or families thereof, and the owner of such farm shall immediately report any such case to this Board of Health and to the dealer and shipment shall not be resumed until author- ized by the Board.
CHAPTER IV Nuisances
Section 1. Any person or persons owning, or having control of any building or premises shall keep the same in a cleanly condition and any such person having control of any building or premises in or upon which there is any substance or material, or any condi- tion, which is or may become a source of danger to the public health or a nuisance shall, when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, remove or abate the same within the time specified in said order.
Section 2. Any person or persons owning or hav- ing control of any premises abutting on a private way, and having the right to use such private way shall, when ordered by the Board of Health in writing, re- move or abate from that part of said private way ad- joining such premises, any substance, material or con- dition, which is, or may become a menace to the public health or a nuisance, and such removal or abatement shall take place within the time specified in said order.
Section 3. House offal, commonly called garbage or swill, shall be placed in suitable water tight recep- tacles properly covered and so located that the house offal may be easily removed by persons authorized by the Board of Health. Receptacles used for the storing
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of house offal, shall at all times be kept in a reasonably clean condition. No metal, glass, crockery, poisonous substance or substances other than house offal shall be placed in such receptacles.
Section 4. No person or persons shall remove or transport or cause to be removed or transported in or from this town, in any public street, court, lane or way, any house offal, meat trimmings, grease or bones or other offensive material, without first registering with the Board of Health, and provided further that he shall remove and transport the material herein mentioned in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be established by the said Board. All such registrations expire annually on April 30, and may be revoked by the Board at any time for cause. No per- son, firm or corporation shall be registered without first paying to the clerk of said Board for the use of the town, the sum of two (2) dollars. Carts or vehicles used for transporting offensive material shall be water tight and shall be securely covered with a wood, iron or canvas cover while the vehicle is in motion.
Section 5. No person or persons shall place or cause to be placed or left in or upon any public or pri- vate street or way, enclosure or grounds, or in any body of stream of water within the limits of this town, the body of any dead animal, fowl, or any substance or material that is, or may become offensive or cause a nuisance.
Section 6. The owner, agent or lessee of any land or enclosure, used as a dump, either public or pri- vate, shall cause all offensive matter dumped thereon to be immediately covered, and all other refuse matter dumped thereon to be kept leveled, and the premises kept in such a manner as to cause no nuisance during the process of filling. No person shall dump any offen- sive material upon any dump unless permitted to do so
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by the Board of Health, and all such offensive materials shall be properly buried or otherwise disposed of to the approval of the Board of Health. All possible care shall be used in preventing the escape of dust and pa- pers from the dump and from the vehicles used in con- veying waste materials to the dump.
Section 7. No owner, occupant or agent of any building or premises shall permit any sewage, garbage, contents or drainage of a privy vault, cesspool or water closet or sink drain or any other filth to empty on the surface of the ground or enter into any ditch, brook, stream or body of water unless especially permitted to do so by the Board of Health.
CHAPTER V
Cesspools, Privy-Vaults and Public Sewers
Section 1. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings hereafter erected or converted into a dwelling to be occupied by one or more families, and from which a public sewer is accessible, shall, in a manner and with- in a period of time satisfactory to the Board of Health, cause such building to be connected with such public sewer or cesspool.
Section 2. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings hereafter erected or converted into one or more stores or other places of business, and in which one or more persons are employed, shall provide sufficient toilet facilities, and wherever a public sewer is accessible, shall, in a manner and within a period of time satis- factory to the Board of Health, cause such stores or other places of business to be connected with such pub- lic sewer or cesspool.
Section 3. No cesspool, permanent privy-vault, or other means of sewage disposal shall hereafter be
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constructed or installed in this town until a permit has first been obtained from the Board of Health.
Section 4. All cesspools hereafter constructed shall be of approved material, and unless otherwise specified by the Board of Health, shall be located not less than twenty (20) feet from any dwelling, not less than five (5) feet from line of any street, court or passageway, not less than five (5) feet from line of adjoining lot, all measurements being taken from the nearest outer circumference and shall be not less than six (6) feet in depth, measuring from the lower rim of the inlet pipe, not less than six (6) feet in diam- eter, (inside measurements to point of drawing in) and shall be provided with an iron cover and rim laid in cement. Overflow cesspools may be entirely covered with earth.
Section 5. No permanent privy-vault shall be constructed, or maintained on premises which are pro- vided with a public water supply. All permanent privy-vaults, hereafter constructed, shall be of ap- proved material, and shall be fly proof, and unless otherwise specified shall be located not less than twenty (20) feet from any dwelling, not less than twenty (20) feet from line of adjoining lot, and not less than twenty (20) feet from line of any street, court or passageway, all measurements being taken from nearest outer point of vault.
Section 6. Temporary privy-vaults for the con- venience of constractors or their employees may be erected or installed without a permit, but only under the following conditions: The vault must be at least two feet in depth and must be so located as to cause no annoyance to persons residing in the vicinity. The owner, contractor or agent shall cause the contents thereof to be treated in a sanitary manner, and im-
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mediately upon completion of the contract the con- tractor shall remove the privy, shall fill in the vault and leave the premises in a condition satisfactory to the Board of Health.
Section 7. No indoor toilet or water closet, ex- cept that which is provided with proper means of flush- ing with water at time of using, where water is avail- able, shall be hereafter installed on any premises in this town. Where water is not available for flushing, indoor chemical toilets of approved material and con- struction may be installed under special permit of the Board of Health, if proper provision is made for the final disposal of the contents thereof.
Section 8. Whenever a water closet, privy-vault, cesspool or drain becomes offensive or obstructed, the owner, agent or occupant of the premises shall cause same to be cleaned and made free or otherwise cor- rected.
Section 9. Every owner, occupant, or agent of premises in which there is any private sewer, drain, privy-vault, or cesspool shall keep the same in a sani- tary condition and shall have every privy-vault and cesspool emptied and cleaned when necessary or at such times as ordered by the Board of Health. No privy-vault or cesspool shall be emptied except by such parties and in such manner as shall be especially au- thorized by the Board of Health. If the owner or oc- cupant fails to comply with such order, the Board may cause the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed, and all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the person who caused or permitted same, if he has had actual notice from the Board of Health of the existence thereof.
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CHAPTER VI Horses, Cows, Goats, Swine and Poultry
Section 1. No person shall keep within the limits of this town, in any building, or on any premises of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant, any cows, goats or swine, without a permit from the Board of Health. All such permits expire annually on April 30, and may be revoked by the Board at any time for cause.
Section 2. The owners or persons in control of any building or premises, in which cows, goats, live fowl or swine are kept, shall keep the buildings and premises clean and free from decaying food, filth, dirt and stagnant water. The buildings and pens shall be white-washed or disinfected and put in such condition as may be ordered by the Board of Health.
Section 3. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings hereafter erected or converted into a barn for the stab- ling of horses or other domestic animals shall keep their barns, stables and yards clean, and shall provide a pit constructed of cement or other suitable material for the reception of manure and other refuse matter. Wherever a public sewer is accessible, the Board of Health will decide as to the advisability of connecting such building with such public sewer.
CHAPTER VII
Offensive Trades, Occupations and Practices
Section 1. The Board of Health may prohibit the exercise of the following trades or employments, viz : Those of slaughtering animals, of rendering animal matter, of manufacturing fertilizers and soaps, of mix- ing or storing of refuse or vegetable substances, of smoking fish or meat, of refining oils, of making egg
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dressing, varnish, glue, gas, gasoline or any burning fluid, except at the place or places where such trades or unemployments are now lawfully established or which may hereafter be assigned by the Board, such trades, or employments being either nuisances or hurt- ful to the town, attended by noisome odors or other- wise injurious or dangerous to the public health.
Section 2. No old rags, old papers or other ref- use material shall be brought into or allowed to remain within any building used as a dwelling if gathered from any source outside of such building.
Section 3. No person shall sell or offer for sale any second-hand wearing apparel, bedding, household furniture or household utensils that have been exposed to any communicable disease, or that is infected with vermin until the same has been cleansed and disin- fected in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health.
CHAPTER VIII
Ice
Section 1. No person, by himself or by his agent, or as the servant or agent of any other person, firm or corporation shall sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his or their possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any ice from polluted sources, or ice which upon chemical or bacteriological examination shows evidence of sewage or other objectionable contamina- tion, or which is visibly polluted or soiled by dirt, or ice in or upon which there is any visible foreign matter.
CHAPTER IX
General
Section 1. Whoever violates any of these rules and regulations shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one
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hundred dollars ($100) except when otherwise pro- vided by law or by these regulations.
Changes in Regulations
The Board of Health may from time to time amend or abrogate any of the above regulations, if in its opinion the safety of the public requires such action.
ARTHUR L. MANN, Chairman, WILLIAM M. COLBY, M. D., Sec'y, WILLIAM E. BUCK, M. D.,
Board of Health,
Town of Randolph, Mass.
Dec. 28, 1931.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
January 12, 1932.
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Randolph : Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as Plumbing Inspector from May 20 to December 31, 1931.
There have been 54 permits issued to install plumbing, of this number 47 have passed inspection, and 7 are held over for final inspection. There have been installed in new and old houses the following fix- tures : 56 closets, 40 lavatories, 37 bath-tubs, 40 sinks, 27 wash trays, 8 urinals, 2 drinking fountains, 5 re- frigerator wastes, 4 showers, 29 pressure boilers, 1 grease trap, the estimated value of which was $14,220. The number of old and new buildings in which plumb- ing was installed are as follows :
28 old 1 family houses, 17 new 1 family houses, 2 new 2 family houses, 2 old stores, 1 garage, 2 old school houses, 1 new school house and 1 restaurant. The fol- lowing Plumbing Regulations were adopted.
Respectfully submitted,
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