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doors opening into the rooms should be on opposite sides of 

 the building, and provided with locks. The windows should be 

 barred and the sash should be at least five feet from the ground, 

 and constructed for proper ventilation. The walls should be 

 of a material which will allow proper disinfection. The floor 

 should be of painted or washable wood, preferably of concrete, 

 and so constructed that the floor may be flushed and properly 

 disinfected. Proper heating, lighting, and ventilating facili- 

 ties should be provided. 



94. In the event of any illness of a suspicious nature, the 

 attending physician shall immediately quarantine the suspect, 

 notify the health authorities and the secretary of the commis- 

 sion, and examine each member of the dairy force ; and in every 

 inflammatory affection of the nose or throat occurring among 

 the employees of the dairy, in addition to carrying out the 

 above-mentioned program, the attending physician shall take 

 a culture and have it examined at once by a competent bacteri- 

 ologist approved by the commission. Pending such examination, 

 the affected employee or employees shall be quarantined. 



95. It shall be the duty of the secretary, on receiving notice 

 of any suspicious or contagious disease at the dairy, at once to 

 notify the committee having in charge the medical supervision 

 of employees of the dairy farm upon which such disease has 

 developed. On receipt of the notice, this committee shall assume 

 charge of the matter and shall have power to act for the com- 

 mission as its judgment dictates. As soon as possible thereafter, 

 the committee shall notify the commission, through its secretary, 

 that a special meeting may be called for ultimate consideration 

 and action. 



96. When a case of contagious disease is found among the 

 employees of a dairy producing certified milk under the control 

 of a medical milk commission, such employee shall be at once 

 quarantined and as soon as -possible removed from the plant, and 

 the premises fumigated. 



When a case of contagion is found on a certified dairy it 

 is advised that a printed notice of the facts shall be sent to 

 every householder using the milk, giving in detail the precautions 

 taken by the dairyman under the direction of the commission, 



