Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Wisconsin for the Year Ending ..., Volume 25

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Wisconsin State Board of Health, 1914
1902/04- include also reports on the vital statistics of the state. From 1906/08- these rports are compiled by the State Bureau of Vita Statistics.

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Page 57 - RULE 2. The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox, plague, Asiatic cholera, typhus fever, diphtheria (membranous croup, diphtheritic sore throat), scarlet fever (scarlet rash, scarlatina), shall be permitted only under the following conditions : The body shall be thoroughly embalmed with an approved disinfectant fluid, all orifices shall be closed with absorbent cotton, the body shall be washed with the disinfectant fluid, enveloped in a sheet saturated with the same, and placed at once in the...
Page 51 - ... the provisions of this section or in violation of any rule or regulation of the state board of health shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than...
Page 51 - Laws of 1913, makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sweep, or permit sweeping in hotels, restaurants and other public places where the public is invited, unless the floor is first sprinkled with water, moist sawdust or other substance to prevent the raising of dust.
Page 19 - Board of Health may employ as many persons as it deems necessary to execute its orders and properly guard any house or place containing any person or persons affected with any of the diseases named herein, or who have been exposed thereto, and such persons shall be sworn in as quarantine guards, shall have police powers, and may use all necessary means to enforce the provisions of this chapter for the prevention of contagious or infectious diseases, or the orders of any local Board of Health made...
Page 58 - embalming" as employed in these rules shall require the injection by licensed embalmers of not less than 10 per cent of the body weight injected arterially in addition to cavity injection, and twelve hours shall elapse between the time of embalming and the shipment of the body.
Page 96 - ... thereof, in writing or to cause such report to be made by some proper and competent person, the name, age, sex, occupation and latest address of every person afflicted with tuberculosis. who is in their care, or who has...
Page 56 - ... official title of the officer issuing the permit. The transit label shall state the place and date of death, the name of the deceased, the name of the escort or consignee, the initial and terminal points, the date of issuance, the signature and official title of the officer issuing the permit, and shall be attached to the outside case.
Page 30 - No public or church funeral shall be held in connection with the burial of a person who has died of...
Page 9 - Schoolhouses shall have in each class room at least fifteen square feet of floor space, and not less than two hundred cubic feet of air space per pupil...
Page 9 - ... shall provide for an approved system of indirect heating and ventilation, by means of which each class room shall be supplied with fresh air at the rate of not less than thirty cubic feet per minute for each pupil, and warmed to maintain an average temperature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit during the coldest weather.

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