Report of the State Board of Health of Wisconsin ... 1895/96

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State Board of Health, 1897

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Page 41 - Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Commonwealth. For the year ending December 31, 1880.
Page 11 - ... a strong coffin or casket encased in a hermetically sealed (soldered) zinc, copper, or tin case, and all enclosed in a strong outside wooden box of material not less than one inch thick. In all cases the outside boxes must be provided with four iron chest handles.
Page 91 - Valley," extends from the sources of the Mississippi in the north, to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and from the Alleghany mountains on the east to the Rocky mountains on the west.
Page 14 - Health, and shall be buried or incinerated within twenty-four (24) hours after death. The removal of bodies for burial or incineration from place of death of those who have died of Asiatic Cholera (cholerine), Yellow Fever, Small Pox, or Bubonic Plague, shall take place between the hours of 9 pm and 5 am Rule 10.
Page 14 - ... Isolation until after complete recovery, and disinfection of the premises. For exposed persons: Quarantine for five (5) days from date of 'ast exposure.
Page 11 - Fever, Typhoid Fever, Erysipelas, Measles and other contagious, infectious or communicable diseases must be wrapped in a sheet thoroughly saturated with a strong solution of bi-chloride of mercury, in the proportion of one ounce of bi-chloride of mercury to a gallon of water; and encased in an air-tight zinc, tin, copper or lead [lined] coffin, or.
Page 12 - Corpse," and a transit permit from Board of Health or proper health authority, giving permission for the removal and showing name of deceased, age, place of death, cause of death (and if of a contagious or infectious nature), the point to which it is to be shipped, medical attendant and name of undertaker.
Page 13 - be the duty of every physician called to attend a person sick, or supposed to be sick, with...
Page 13 - No parent, guardian or other person, having charge or control of any child or children, shall allow or permit any such child or children to go from any house or building infected with...
Page 21 - State boards, in regard to the location, drainage, water supply, disposal of excreta, heating and ventilation of any public institution or building.

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