A manual of statutes of Connecticut relating to the public health / compiled and published by direction of the State Board of Health.

  • Connecticut
Date:
1893
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Credit: A manual of statutes of Connecticut relating to the public health / compiled and published by direction of the State Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    G.s.i875,26i,}i9. sEC. 2609. Every person who shall violate any provision of 1882. ch. 14. J r , - , , . Penalty. t],e preceding sections of this chapter or legal order ot a board ot health for which no other penalty is provided, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Boarding of Infants. 188-, ch. 73. ? i. Sec. 2610. Any person who shall make a business of taking Persons board- J r nn^ertenlears children under ten years of age, other than members of such per- ?i'rtaTntnouice to son's family, to entertain or board, in any number exceeding two t e selectmen. .^ ^e same house at the same time, shall within three days after the reception, removal, or death of any such child, give written notice thereof to the selectmen of the town within which such house is situated, specifying the name and age of such child, the place of residence of the parties so undertaking its care, and the birthplace and parentage of said child, if known. 1887. ch. 73.5 2. Sec. 2611. Said selectmen, or some proper person appointed Premises to be , , „ . . -, . , . , inspected,re- by them, shall visit and inspect such premises as often as once in port to be made •* r 1 erkWBce°wn eacn month, and within one week after such visit make a written report containing a statement of the number of such children in said house, the number received and removed since the last visit, the number of deaths and the causes thereof, the condition of the premises and of the children, which report, when accepted by said selectmen, shall be kept on file in the office of the town clerk of said town. meb.7Ms. Sec. 2612. Such house or premises shall at all hours during inmby thepec' tne day and before nine o'clock in the evening be open to visits ltate'bSirdsrtaln of inspection by any officer or agent of the State Board of Health, of the State Board of Charities, or of the Connecticut Humane Society; provided, that such visit be made in company with a selectman of the town in which such house is located, or with some other proper person appointed by the selectmen of such town, the Court of Probate for the district where said house is located, or by the judge of any city, borough, or district court having jurisdiction in said town or probate district over children Power of vis- that maybe committed to a county temporary home. Such authorized visitors may direct and enforce such suitable meas- ures respecting such children and premises as they may deem proper.
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