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state board of health may from time to time at its dis- 

 cretion publish the reports of such inspections in its 

 monthly bulletin. 



Section 4. Any permit granted by the state board of 

 health as provided in this act shall be revocable or sub- 

 ject to suspension at any time by formal action of the 

 state board of health if it shall determine as a fact that 

 the swimming or bathing place or places are being con- 

 ducted in a manner insanitary, unclean or dangerous 

 to public health. 



Section 5. Any swimming pool, public swimming or 

 bathing place or places, constructed, operated or main- 

 tained contrary to the provisions of this act, are hereby 

 declared to be public nuisances, dangerous to health. 

 Such nuisances may be abated or enjoined in an action 

 brought by the local or state board of health or they 

 may be summarily abated in the manner provided by 

 law for the summary abatement of public nuisances 

 dangerous to health. 



Section 6. Any person, firm or corporation, whether 

 as principal or agent, employer or employee, who vio- 

 lates any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and each day that conditions or actions, 

 in violation of this act, shall continue, shall be deemed 

 to be a separate and distinct offense, and for each 

 offense, upon conviction, he shall be punishable by a 

 fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than 

 five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the 

 county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by 

 both such fine and imprisonment. 



Rules governing sanitation, safety and cleanliness of 

 swimming pools. (California State Board of Health, 

 Special Bulletin No. 38, 1923.) 



Rule i. Bacterial Quality of Pool Water. The bac- 

 terial contamination of the water in the pool shall be 

 maintained at a practical minimum. The evidence is 

 convincing that it is feasible and practicable to main- 

 tain the water in the pool in such condition that the 

 total colonies on standard agar media, incubated for 

 twenty-four hours at 37.5 degrees Centigrade, will not 

 exceed one thousand per cubic centimeter and B. Coli 

 will not be confirmed in more than one-half of one cubic 

 centimeter portion of the water. 



Rule 2. Clearness of Pool Water. Water in the pool 

 shall at all times of use be sufficiently transparent, 

 under existing lighting conditions, when the water sur- 

 face is not excessively agitated by bathers, to enable a 

 person standing at the side of the pool to see distinctly 

 the bottom of the pool where the depth of water is six 

 feet or less. 



Rule 3. Sanitation of Premises. Dressing rooms, 

 hallways, toilet rooms, shower rooms or other places 

 to which patrons of a bath have access, shall be kept 

 clean and well ventilated at all times. 



Rule 4. Sputum Contamination. Facilities for ade- 

 quately protecting the pool water against unnecessary 



sputum contamination by bathers shall be provided. 

 The device used in practically all up-to-date pools to 

 meet this requirement is the combined overflow and 

 expectoration gutter, extending completely around the 

 pool, coupled with maintaining a high water level. 



Rule 5. Diseased Persons. All persons known to be 

 or suspected of being afflicted with infectious diseases 

 shall be excluded from the pool. 



Rule 6. Personal Cleanliness. Contamination of the 

 pool resulting from a lack of personal cleanliness of 

 bathers shall be maintained at a minimum. This rule 

 necessitates providing ample and convenient bathing 

 and toilet facilities. The swimming pool, it must be 

 remembered, is not a bathtub, but a place for recrea- 

 tion, which it is the intention of these regulations shall 

 be a healthy one. The pool is not to be considered as 

 a proper place to cleanse the body and every practi- 

 cable means should be provided to prevent its use as 

 such. The number of new arrivals at a bathhouse per 

 hour of each sex that one fixture for each sex will 

 accommodate is about as follows: 



Men Women 



Shower 20 40 



Toilet 40 80 



Urinal 60 



Rule 7. Safety of Bathers. Construction and appli- 

 ances shall be such as to reduce to a practical minimum 

 danger of drowning and of injury to bathers and from 

 falls or collisions. 



Rule 8. Laundering. Bathing suits and towels when 

 distributed by the pool management to bathers shall 

 be clean and free from excessive bacterial contamina- 

 tion. Clean, safe suits require more than disinfection. 

 They require thorough washing in warm water, using 

 soap, followed by at least three rinses and by some 

 form of disinfection, and finally completely dried. 



Rule 9. Notices. The management of the pool shall 

 have printed and posted in conspicuous places about 

 the establishment, notices containing these regulations 

 with or without the attached discussion, and also 

 notices informing the public briefly of the requirements 

 to which they are subject in the maintenance of a safe 

 and sanitary pool. 



Rule 10. Operating Records. A written record of all 

 operations influencing sanitation of the pool shall be 

 maintained by the management and kept at all times 

 available to the State Board of Health. 



Rule II. Report with Application for Permit. Appli- 

 cation for permit in accordance with the swimming pool 

 act shall be accompanied by a detailed report showing 

 in just what manner it is proposed to comply with each 

 and all of the rules herein and more particularly with 

 Rules I, 2 and 3. In the case of new pools, or as re- 

 quired, application for permit shall be accompanied by 

 detailed plans of the swimming pool and appurtenances. 



