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in good repair and free from rough surfaces of any kind. When not in use they 

 should be kept dry, inverted, and on specially provided racks or hooks, when 

 possible. Bottle caps must be kept in clean, covered, dry, and dust-proof 

 receptacles. 



Rule 33. Maintenance and care. The entire place shall be kept in a good 

 sanitary condition and free from unnecessary articles, garbage, and rubbish. 

 The air shall be kept pure and free from deleterious odor. In the immediate 

 vicinity of the vat and ice box, to a distance of at least 5 feet, no fermenting or 

 putrefying substances or things with deleterious odors shall be kept, such as 

 cheese, pickles, sauerkraut, fresh, salted, and smoked fish, soap, aromatic oils. 

 Kerosene and kerosene cans shall be kept 15 feet distant from the milk boxes. 



Rule 34. Communicable diseases. Same rules as for milk depots. (See 

 rule 14.) 



Rule 14. Communicable diseases. No person with consumption, venereal dis- 

 eases, or communicable skin disease shall work in a milk depot or engage in the 

 handling of milk. When typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria, smallpox, measles, 

 or chicken pox occur in the house or families of anyone engaged in the handling 

 of milk, it shall be the duty of the milk dealer to notify the division of food 

 inspection at once of this fact, so that the necessary regulations can be enforced 

 in cooperation with the bureau of contagious diseases to prevent the spread of 

 disease. No one afflicted with or convalescent from typhoid, scarlet fever, diph- 

 theria, smallpox, measles, chicken pox, or any other communicable disease shall 

 engage in the handling of milk or cream, nor enter a milk depot. When typhoid 

 fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or smallpox exists in the house or families of 

 anyone engaged in the handling of milk, he shall at once discontinue his work in 

 the milk depot and -vehicles. The depot and wagon shall be declared infected if 

 anyone with or convalescent from typhoid, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or smallpox, 

 or residing in a house or apartment where these diseases exist, has worked 

 therein, together with all milk and cream therein, except such cans as are still 

 properly sealed and closed and have not been opened since they were closed and 

 sealed in the country. No person convalescent from contagious disease or living 

 in houses or premises in which contagious disease exists shall reengage in the 

 handling of milk until the bureau of contagious diseases has enforced suitable 

 quarantine regulations and the necessary disinfection has been done by the 

 department. No individuals residing in a quarantined house or place shall be 

 permitted to enter a milk depot. 



Rule 35. Operation. All milk shall be stored at a temperature not above 

 50 F. No can or bottle of milk shall be completely submerged in impure water 

 or water from impure or insanitary ice. Sour milk must not be permitted to 

 stand in the farmers' cans. Empty cans and bottles must be cleaned and washed 

 with hot water before returning to the wholesale dealer or farmer. In selling 

 bulk milk stir up the contents of the can thoroughly and thus prevent uninten- 

 tional skimming. 



Rule 57. Sanitary standard for milk. All milk sold, offered for sale, kept 

 with the intention of selling, or sent to the city for the purpose of selling, must 

 be free from dirt, foreign material, and sediment. Not more than a perceptible 

 sediment shall be left on a piece of white linen cloth 4 inches square when a 

 quart of well-mixed milk is strained through it. Milk on arrival in the city 

 must not contain more than 1,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter from May 1 

 to September 30 and not over 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter between 

 October 1 to April 30. Milk for delivery to the consumer shall not contain an 

 excessive number of bacteria. The sale of milk containing over 3,000,000 bac- 

 teria per cubic centimeter is prohibited, and the dealer selling or offering for 

 sale such milk shall, after three examinations of his milk on successive days by 

 the bacteriologist and showing bacterial counts above 3,000,000, be prohibited 

 from selling milk until the method of production and handling of his milk sup- 

 ply has been properly regulated by the department. The sale of milk containing 

 tubercle, typhoid, diphtheria, or other pathogenic bacteria is prohibited. The 

 sale of milk containing excessive numbers of putrefying and gas-producing 

 microorganisms is prohibited. 



AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE OF BULK MILK IN STORES. 

 [Passed by the city council June 22, 1908.] 



SECTION 1. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, expose for 

 sale, or keep with the intention of selling, any milk or cream in stores or in other 

 places where other merchandise than milk or cream is sold, unless the milk or 



