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regulations, in which case it shall contain not less than five hundred cubic feet 
clear air space for each cow. 
Sec. T. Xo room shall be used for stabling cows for dairy purposes which con- 
tains 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 receptables 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 drinking 
water ; and shall not permit any garbage, urine, fecal matter, or similar sub- 
stance 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 recep- 
tacle, as soon as filled, from the stable or roon>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, within twenty-four hours after the discovery 
thereof, and to thoroughly isolate any cow or cows so diseased, or which may 
reasonably be believed to be infected, and to exercise such other precautions as 
may be directed in writing, by said health officer. 
Sec, 15. Milkers and those engaged in the handling of milk or cream shall 
maintain strict cleanliness of their hands and persons while milking or while 
so engaged. It shall be the duty of every person holding a permit to maintain 
a dairy or dairy farm to enforce this regulation in reference to such persons 
as may assist them in the maintenance thereof. 
