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]
Licence: In copyright
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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![SPITTING AND SPITTOONS. CINCINNATI, OHIO. SPITTOONS—TO BE PROVIDED IN FACTORIES, MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OFFICES. Section 1. That every factory, business house, mercantile house, and office provide a cuspidor for each 10 employees of such factory, business house, mercantile house, and office, and in no case shall there be less than 1 cuspidor; said cuspidor to be placed according to convenience of employees in respect to the distribution of the employees over the floor space. All such cuspidors must be kept clean by the owner or owners of any such factory, business house, mercantile house, and office. Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this order and regulation, or obstructs or interferes with the execution hereof, shall be fined not to exceed $100 or imprisoned for not to exceed 90 days, or both, but there shall be no imprisonment for a first offense, and each prosecution shall be as for a first offense unless the affidavit upon which the prosecution is instituted contained the allegation that the offense is a second or repeated offense. Sec. 3. If such violation, obstruction, or interference be by a corporation, it shall forfeit and pay to the city of Cincinnati a sum not to exceed $300, to be collected in a civil action brought in the name of the municipality. Sec. 4. Any officer of the city of Cincinnati having authority in the matter of this order and regulation who permits a violation hereof shall be subject to fine or im- prisonment as provided in section 2 hereof. Sec. 5. This order and regulation shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. [Regulation, board of health, adopted Sept. 6, 1911.] HOLLAND, MICH. SPITTING. Rule 6. Spitting or expectorating upon the floors of any public building, street car, or public conveyance, or upon any sidewalk, crossing, entrance, or other public place, is a menace to the public health, and the ordinance relating thereto shall be strictly enforced by the police department of the city of Holland. [Regulations, board of health, adopted Oct. 2, 1911.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
