Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.

Date:
[1913]
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Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f Sec. 8. Each package or parcel of wiping rags must before being sold be plainly marked “Sterilized wiping rags,” with the number and date of the certificate given by the health officer of the said city and county for the conducting of a laundry in which the rags contained in such package or parcel were cleansed and sterilized or with the name and location of the laundry in which said rags were cleansed and sterilized. Sec. 9. Wiping rags imported into this city and county from other cities, counties, or States shall not be used, sold, or offered for sale, unless they have been cleansed and sterilized as required by this ordinance, or unless such imported rags are inspected byjthe health officer and a certificate given by him that such rags have been inspected and cleansed and sterilized as required by this ordinance. jU Sec. 10. The health officer shall inspect all wiping rags and give a certificate to that effect when the rags inspected have been cleansed and sterilized as required by this ordinance. Such certificate shall also state the date of inspection, the quantity and number of parcels inspected, the name of the owner, and the place where the wiping rags were cleansed and sterilized. Sec. 11. All persons having wiping rags in their possession for sale or for use shall, upon demand of any officer of the department of public health or any police officer, exhibit such wiping rags for inspection and give all information as to where and from whom said wiping rags were obtained. Sec. 12. No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of laundering, cleaning, or sterilizing cloths or material for wiping rags, or selling wiping rags with- out a permit therefor from the board of health. Such permit shall be granted as of course on the first application and may be revoked by the board of health for violation by the holder of any of the provisions of this ordinance. Subsequent permits to a person, firm, or corporation in place of a permit revoked may be granted or refused at the discretion of the board. The board of health shall keep a register of all persons engaged in laundering, cleaning, sterilizing, or selling wiping rags, and shall enter therein the place of business, the date of issue, and the revocation of permit. PENALTY. Sec. 13. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Sec. 14. The police authorities are hereby directed to have the provisions of this ordinance enforced. Sec. 15. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 10 days after its passage.