386 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Sec. 3a. Elsewhere than in the proper parts of premises which have been 

 duly constructed and equipped, and which are duly maintained for the hand- 

 ling, storage, and sale of milk or cream, no person shall fill or partly fill with 

 milk or cream any receptacle intended for delivery to a customer unless such 

 receptacle, at the time of filling be furnished by the customer for whose service 

 such receptacle is intended. 



(Amendment of July 14, 1903.) 



SEC. 4. Every person maintaining a dairy shall provide for the use thereof 

 a supply of pure and suitable water, sufficient for the proper washing of all 

 cans, bottles, and appliances. 



Sec. 5. Every person maintaining a dairy shall keep the same and all appur- 

 tenances thereto clean and wholesome at all times, and shall change the water 

 in the coolers at least once each day. 



Sec. 6. No building shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which 

 is not well lighted, ventilated, drained, and constructed, or which is not pro- 

 vided with stalls or with proper stanchions for anchoring the cows so arranged 

 as to allow not less than 3 feet width of space for each milch cow; or which 

 is not provided with good and sufficient facilities for feeding the animals in a 

 cleanly manner; or which contains less than 600 cubic feet clear air space 

 for each cow, unless the use of such building for stabling cows for dairy pur- 

 poses has been authorized prior to the promulgation of these regulations, in 

 which case it shall contain not less than 500 cubic feet clear air space for each 

 cow. 



Sec. 7. No room shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which 

 contains any water-closet, privy, cesspool, urinal, or manure pit; nor shall any 

 fowl, hog, horse, sheep, or goat be kept in any room used therefor. 



Sec. 8. Every person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes 

 shall, when so directed by the health officer, erect and maintain in the stable, 

 stall, shed, or yard connected therewith one or more proper receptacles for 

 drinking water for such cows, and shall keep the same supplied with clean, 

 fresh water and none other. 



Sec. 9. Every person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes 

 shall keep the entire premises clean and in good repair, and the buildings well 

 painted or whitewashed. 



Sec. 10. Every person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes 

 shall cause the dung to be removed from the stables at least twice daily, and 

 always within one hour preceding every milking of the cows ; and shall not allow 

 any accumulation of dung within the building occupied by the cows, but shall, 

 whenever in the opinion of the health officer it is required by local conditions 

 and surroundings, provide temporary storage for the same and for other refuse 

 in a separate place, which shall be covered, and which, when so ordered by said 

 health officer, shall be a water-tight receptacle. 



Sec. 11. Every person keeping cows for dairy purposes within the city of 

 Washington or its more densely populated suburbs, or elsewhere in the District 

 of Columbia, if, in the opinion of the health officer, local conditions require it, 

 shall cause the inclosure in which such cows are kept to be graded and drained, 

 so as to keep the surface reasonably dry and to prevent the accumulation of 

 water therein, except as may be permitted for the purpose of supplying drink- 

 ing water ; and shall not permit any garbage, urine, fecal matter, or similar 

 substance to be placed or to remain in such inclosure, nor any open drain to 

 run through it. 



,. Sec. 12. Every person keeping cows for the production of milk for sale shall 

 cause them to be kept clean and wholesome at all times, and shall cause the 

 teats, and, if necessary, the udder, to be carefully cleaned by brushing, washing, 

 or wiping before milking, and shall cause each such cow to be properly fed 

 and watered. 



Sec. 13. Any person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy purposes 

 shall provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles of nonabsorbent material 

 for the reception, storage, and delivery of milk, and shall keep them clean and 

 wholesome at all times, and at milking time shall remove each receptacle as 

 soon as filled from the stable or room in which the cows are kept; nor shall 

 any milk or cream be stored or kept within any room used for stabling cows 

 or other domestic animals. 



Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of every person having charge or control of any 

 premises upon which cows are kept to notify the health officer of the District 

 of Columbia of the existence of any contagious or infectious disease among 

 such cows, by letter delivered or mailed, with 24 hours after the discovery 

 thereof, and to thoroughly isolate any cow or cows so diseased or which may 



