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care of sick persons who cannot otherwise be provided 

 for." 1 . 



Violation of quarantine and of the various health regu- 

 lations, such as the pollution of water and improper care 



of refuse and sewage, should be reported to the local health 

 officer. In case no satisfactory results are obtained from 

 the local health officer, the question may be referred to the 



Figure 246. — Model Dairy Cow. 



State Board of Health, which gives prompt and efficient 

 attention to all questions concerning the health of the 

 people of the state. 



190. Quarantine. — When a person or a group of persons 

 is suffering from a communicable disease, or when anyone 

 has been exposed to the germs of the infection of any 

 such disease, the Board of Health may place him under 

 quarantine. The nature of the quarantine depends OD the 



J The Sanitary Code of the Public Health Council of the State of NYw 

 York defines the health officer's duties in detail and may be had by 

 writing to the State Department of Health at Albauy. Selections from 

 the Sanitary Code will be found in Appendix B. 



