Show LAWS AR ARE TO ro BE IJ E ENFORCED state board of health thinks rules ules in majority of towns of the state but laxly observed thoro there is reason to believe that in at iobst a majority a of towns and counties in tha state is performed in it manner which is ineffective and incomplete and that the official rules of the state board of health which the law provides shall in all case bo be carried out are practically ignored As a consequence many cases of contagious disease are permitted to occur cilich might bo b pro presented anted by proper boards board 3 of and health officers whose whoso duty it is to per form or supervise tho the performance of infection are that the law will hereafter bo be strictly enforced and all persons violating tho the same will if discovered bo be prosecuted tho tile rule of the state board bo ird of health are printed and will bo be supplied to any one who may request them thoy aro are simple and easily complied with antl uj there is no 40 reasonable excuse for imperiling life and nd health by falling failing to efficiently disinfect infected premises promises particular attention is called to the provision that sulphur shall bo be used in of formaldehyde fo malde byde when the temperature ib below sixty degrees r rees formaldehyde fumigation ia is ineffective at temperatures lower than that stated in many localities at this time cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever are numerous among school children it is well known that contagious diseases most largely during ca tho the periods when tho tile public schools are in session for obvious reasons it is the especial duty of lic alth olli officers cors as provided in sec see 24 chap 40 laws of 1699 to investigate tho the sanitary conditions in schools and to enforce such measures as maybe required to ro strict the spread of disease among other othor customs which should bo be prohibited is that of promiscuously distributor distributing pencils and other articles among the children if taken up at night each pent pen A cil ell book or other article should bo returned in tho tile morning to the same teachers Irea cherr should be instructed to keep strict watch for symptoms of soro sore throat or other evidences of contagious diseases and upon discovery of the samo same should send nd the pupil home in all cases whenever a contagious disease is discovered in a child at tending school the room in which tho the child hai been should bo be thoroughly disinfected infected dis section 1108 requires require i that all cases of contagious disease curing oc among school children shall bo be ro re ported by the health to tho the teacher or principal of tho the school |