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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![rags, secondhand clothing, and household goods. OIL CITY, PA. . SECONDHAND CLOTHING AND FURNITURE. Rule 23. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale secondhand articles of clothing or cloth-covered furniture or any other article of textile nature without first having said article or articles disinfected under the direction of the health officer. Rule 24. It shall be unlawful to hold or conduct what is known as “ rummage sales” without written permission of the board of health. [Regulations board of health adopted Oct. 18, 1911.] SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. RAGS AND CAST-OFF CLOTHING—USE OF, AS WIPING RAGS. Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell or offer for sale soiled cloths or rags, or soiled or disused or cast-off underclothing, garments, bedding, bedclothes or parts thereof, for use as wiping rags, unless the same have been cleansed and sterilized by a process of boiling continuously for a period of 40 minutes in a solution containing at least 5 per cent of caustic soda. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation employing me- chanics, workmen, or laborers, to furnish or supply such employees for use as wiping rags, soiled cloths or rags, or soiled or disused or cast-off underclothing, garments, bed- clothes, bedding or parts thereof, unless the same have been cleansed and sterilized in the manner herein prescribed. Sec. 3. Wiping rags within the meaning of this ordinance are cloths and rags used for wiping and cleaning the surfaces of machinery, machines, tools, locomotives, engines, motor cars, automobiles, cars, carriages, windows, furniture, and surfaces of articles, in factories, shops, steamships, and steamboats, and generally in industrial employments; and also used by mechanics and workmen for wiping from their hands and bodies soil incident to their employment. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to establish or maintain a laundry for cleaning or sterilizing wiping rags or soiled cloths or rags or soiled and disused or cast-off clothing, garments, underclothing, bedclothes, bedding, or parts thereof, within the limits of the city and county of San Francisco, without having first complied with the ordinances of the said city and county regulating the conducting of public laundries and obtain a permit therefor as required by section 12 of this ordinance. Sec. 5. No charge whatever shall be made, or compensation or fee collected or received for the performance of any services required by the provisions of this ordi- nance, or the issuance of certificates or permits, but all such services shall be performed free of charge. Sec. 6. All soiled cloths and rags and soiled and disused and cast-off underclothing, garments, bedclothes, bedding and parts thereof, before being offered for sale, or sold or furnished for use as wiping rags must be subjected to a process of sterilizing ap- proved by the board of health of the city and county of San Francisco, including the process of boiling for a period of 40 minutes in a solution of caustic soda mentioned in section 1. Before washing, all sleeves, legs, and bodies of garments must be ripped and opened and all garments made into flat pieces. Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to wash, cleanse, sterilize, or dry disused or castoff clothing, garments, underclothing, bedclothes, bedding or parts thereof, or soiled cloths or rags in the same building or by the same machines or appliances by which clothing, bedding, or other articles for personal or household use are laundered.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
