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he shall be responsible to the commission and subject to its direc- 

 tion. In case more than one dairy is under the control of the 

 commission and they are in different localities, a separate 

 physician should be designated for employment for the super- 

 vision of each dairy. 



90. Before any person shall come on the premises to live 

 and remain as an employee, such person, before being engaged 

 in milking or the handling of milk, shall be subjected to a com- 

 plete physical examination by the attending physician. No per- 

 son shall be employed who has not been vaccinated recently or 

 who upon examination is found to have a sore throat, or to 

 be suffering from any form of tuberculosis, venereal disease, 

 conjunctivitis, diarrhoea, dysentery, or who has recently 

 had typhoid fever or is proved to be a typhoid carrier, or who 

 has any inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract, or any 

 suppurative process or infectious skin eruption, or any disease 

 of an infectious or contagious nature, or who has recently been 

 associated with children sick with contagious disease. 



91. In addition to ordinary habits of personal cleanliness, all 

 milkers shall have well-trimmed hair, wear close-fitting caps, and 

 have clean-shaven faces. 



92. When the milkers live upon the premises their dormi- 

 tories shall be constructed and operated according to plans 

 approved by the commission. A separate bed shall be provided 

 for each milker, and each bed shall be kept supplied with clean 

 bedclothes. Proper bathing facilities shall be provided for all 

 employees on the dairy premises, preferably a shower bath, 

 and frequent bathing shall be enjoined. 



93. In case the employees live on the dairy premises, a 

 suitable building shall be provided to be used for the isolation 

 and quarantine of persons under suspicion of having a con- 

 tagious disease. 



The following plan of construction is recommended : 



The quarantine building and hospital should be one story 



high and contain at least two rooms, each with a capacity 



of about 6000 cubic feet and containing not more than three 



beds each, the rooms to be separated by a closed partition. The 



