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PARKS 



other physical data of value in making examination. 

 In addition to the plan, a sworn statement shall be 

 submitted, giving details of camp operation, rules of 

 the camp, and other explanatory data. Plans should 

 be prepared on sheets not to exceed twelve by eighteen 

 inches. Following approval a certificate will be issued 

 by the State Board of Health and later a full list of 

 approved camps will be published throughout the 

 state. Camps which do not comply with the provisions 

 of the above sections and which are not duly approved 

 shall be classed as public nuisances*. 



Iowa. Resolutions of State Board of Health, 1922. 

 Whereas, every municipal and private automobile camp 

 in the State of Iowa will be used during the season by 

 thousands of tourists, and whereas, for the protection 

 of the public health such camps should have sanitary 

 provisions, therefore be it resolved, that local boards of 

 health under the provisions of Section 2568 of the Code 

 of Iowa, require that: 



1. Water of approved quality shall be piped to con- 

 venient places throughout the camp grounds and fau- 

 cets located at convenient places, where water supply 

 systems are available. In grounds having an unpiped 

 water supply, a sign of warning shall be placed directing 

 attention to safe water. Under no circumstances shall 

 water be dipped from a spring, barrel or any other 

 receptacle. 



2. A sample of all drinking water in the camping 

 grounds shall be sent in a receptacle which can be ob- 

 tained from the Director, State Board of Health Lab- 

 oratories, Iowa City, Iowa, for certification as to its 

 potability. 



3. A fly-proof building shall be provided to house the 

 water-flush toilets, and care shall be taken to keep it 

 clean at all times. 



4. In camp grounds not provided with water-flush 

 toilets a good cement pit with a fly-proof house shall 

 be erected over it. Each day it shall be the caretaker's 

 duty to sprinkle unslacked lime into the pit, and great 

 care shall be taken to keep the premises clean at all 

 times. Septic tanks may be used in lieu of the pits, and 

 must be erected according to the specifications of the 

 State Board of Health. 



5. Garbage must be kept in covered metal containers 

 distributed through the grounds at convenient loca- 

 tions, and the contents shall be collected daily and 

 removed from the premises and taken care of in the 

 same manner as city garbage. 



6. Garbage cans shall be kept clean on the inside, 

 and it is recommended that they shall be burned out 

 weekly or that unslacked lime be sprinkled over the 

 sides and bottoms. 



7. The grounds shall be in charge of a competent 

 caretaker whose duty it shall be to see that the grounds 

 are kept in the most sanitary condition, free from rub- 



bish, etc., and he shall be held strictly responsible for 

 any infraction of these rules. 



Kansas. State Board of Health. Powers and duties 

 to regulate tourists' camps. (Section 10122, General 

 Statutes of Kansas, 1915.) 



They shall advise officers of government, or other 

 state boards, in regard to location, drainage, water sup- 

 ply, disposal of excreta, heating and ventilation of pub- 

 lic buildings. They shall make sanitary inspections and 

 survey of such places and localities as they deem ad- 

 visable; and when they believe there is a probability 

 that any infectious or contagious disease will invade 

 this state from any other state or country, it shall be 

 their duty to take such action and adopt and enforce 

 such rules and regulations as they may, in the exercise 

 of their discretion, deem sufficient in preventing the 

 introduction or spread of such infectious or contagious 

 disease or diseases within this state. The better to 

 accomplish such objects, they are empowered and di- 

 rected to establish and strictly maintain quarantine at 

 such places as they may deem proper, and are further 

 empowered to make and enforce any regulations to 

 obstruct and prevent the introduction or spread of in- 

 fectious or contagious diseases to or within the state. 

 They may establish quarantine ground in some suitable 

 place and establish the quarantine to be observed in 

 such locality, and may there cause to be erected tem- 

 porary buildings or hospitals, necessary for the medical 

 treatment of any persons who may be kept in quaran- 

 tine and affected with contagious or infectious disease, 

 for the inspection or disinfection of travelers' baggage, 

 merchandise, and articles at such stations or grounds, 

 as well as the purification of persons, baggage and arti- 

 cles, and require the transportation of passengers from 

 said quarantine station. 



New Tourist Camp Order. 



At a regular meeting of the Kansas State Board of 

 Health, held in the office of the Secretary, Topeka, on 

 February 15, 1923, and under the authority of Section 

 10122 of the General Statutes of 1915, the following 

 regulations relating to tourist camps were unanimously 

 adopted and ordered printed in the official state paper. 



1. All camps shall be in charge of an attendant whose 

 duty it will be to keep the camp in a sanitary condition 

 at all times. 



2. All camp sites shall be well drained. 



3. An adequate supply of potable drinking water 

 shall be provided on all camp grounds. Water from 

 wells other than a public supply shall not be used until 

 it has been approved by the State Board of Health. 



4. Modern flush toilets shall be provided where sewer 

 connections are possible. 



5. Where sewer connections are not possible, sani- 

 tary, fly-proof privies, approved by the State Board of 

 Health, shall be provided. 



