﻿766 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  The 
  health 
  officer 
  is 
  authorized 
  to 
  make 
  regulations 
  and 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  is 
  hereby 
  made 
  to 
  them, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Regulations: 
  

  

  I. 
  No 
  building 
  shall 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  stabling 
  cows 
  for 
  dairy 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  well 
  lighted, 
  ventilated, 
  drained 
  and 
  con- 
  

   structed, 
  (2) 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  suitable 
  floors, 
  quick 
  drainage 
  

   and 
  if 
  practicable 
  with 
  sewer 
  conections, 
  (3) 
  and 
  sufficient 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  boxes, 
  and 
  with 
  covered 
  receptacles, 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  buildings, 
  

   for 
  refuse, 
  dung, 
  etc. 
  

  

  4. 
  No 
  water 
  closet, 
  cesspool, 
  urinal, 
  inhabited 
  room 
  or 
  work- 
  

   shop 
  shall 
  be 
  located 
  within 
  any 
  building 
  or 
  shed 
  used 
  for 
  stabling 
  

   cows 
  or 
  for 
  storage 
  of 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  nor 
  shall 
  any 
  fowl, 
  hog, 
  

   horse, 
  sheep 
  or 
  goat 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  any 
  room 
  used 
  for 
  such 
  purpose. 
  

  

  5. 
  The 
  space 
  of 
  room 
  for 
  each 
  cow 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  500 
  

   cubic 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  stalls 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  feet 
  wide. 
  

  

  6. 
  Premises 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  clean, 
  in 
  good 
  repair 
  and 
  well 
  painted 
  

   or 
  whitewashed 
  at 
  all 
  times. 
  

  

  7. 
  Premises 
  must 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  cleansed 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  great 
  

   accumulations 
  of 
  dung. 
  

  

  8. 
  Suspected 
  disease 
  must 
  be 
  reported. 
  

  

  9. 
  Receptacles 
  for 
  milk 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  nonabsorbent 
  material 
  and 
  

   kept 
  clean, 
  and 
  milk 
  shall 
  be 
  removed 
  promptly 
  from 
  rooms 
  

   where 
  cows 
  are 
  kept. 
  

  

  10. 
  Cows 
  must 
  be 
  cleaned 
  every 
  day 
  and 
  be 
  properly 
  fed 
  and 
  

   watered. 
  

  

  II. 
  Proper 
  receptacles 
  for 
  drinking 
  water 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  

   yards 
  accessible 
  to 
  cows, 
  and 
  water 
  must 
  be 
  fresh 
  and 
  clean. 
  

  

  12. 
  Enclosures 
  shall 
  be 
  graded 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  surface 
  reason- 
  

   ably 
  dry. 
  No 
  garbage, 
  urine, 
  foecal 
  matter 
  or 
  similar 
  substance 
  

   shall 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  such 
  enclosure 
  and 
  no 
  open 
  drain 
  

   shall 
  nm 
  through 
  it. 
  

  

  13. 
  These 
  regulations 
  shall 
  apply 
  to 
  all 
  premises 
  upon 
  which 
  

   cows' 
  milk 
  is 
  produced 
  for 
  sale. 
  

  

  (Fifty-fifth 
  Congress, 
  session 
  III, 
  c. 
  164.) 
  

  

  