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.
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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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![clean and sanitary condition, and every bake shop shall be provided with adequate ventilation so as to insure a free circulation of air at all times. Sec. 8. The door and window openings of every bakeshop shall, from May 1 to September 30, inclusive, be provided with sound screens of mesh sufficiently fine to keep out flies and other insects. Sec. 9. The side walls and ceilings of every bakeshop shall be well plastered or sheathed with metal, wood, or tile. All plastered walls or ceilings shall be kept lime- washed or calcimined or shall be painted with oil paint, and all woodwork in every bakeshop shall be well oiled and painted and washed clean. Sec. 10. Every bakeshop shall be provided with adequate plumbing, including suitable washstands and water-closets. No water-closets shall be entered from or shall be in direct communication with the bakeshop. Every washstand in a bakeshop shall be provided with clean towels at all times. Sec. 11. No person shall sleep in a bakeshop, and the sleeping places of persons employed in bakeshops shall be kept separate from the place where flour or meal or food products are handled or stored. Sec. 12. No domestic animals shall be permitted in a bakeshop or place where flour or meal is stored in connection with a bakeshop. Sec. 13. Every owner or person in charge of a bakeshop shall be required to keep himself and his employees in a clean condition and suitably clothed while engaged in the production, handling, or selling of bakery products and shall provide a dressing room separated from the place where flour and meal is stored or kept. Sec. 14. Receptacles for expectoration, of impervious material, cleaned at least once in every 24 hours, shall be maintained and kept by the person in charge of every bakeshop, and no attendant or other person shall spit on the floor, side walls, or on any place in such bakeshop. Sec. 15. Smoking, snuffing, or chewing tobacco is forbidden in a bakeshop. Notice forbidding all persons to use tobacco or to spit on the floor or side walls shall be posted in every bakeshop. Sec. 16. No person who has tuberculosis, a venereal, or other communicable disease shall work in a bakeshop, and no person in charge of such bakeshop shall require, per- mit, or suffer such a person to be employed. Sec. 17. Every bakeshop which shall not be kept in a cleanly condition, free from rats, mice, and vermin and from matter of an infectious or contagious nature, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it shall be the duty of the sanitary police to cause the same to be abated. Sec. 18. Whoever violates any provision of the above resolution, or obstructs or interferes with the execution thereof, or willfully or illegally omits to obey any pro- vision of said resolution, shall be fined not to exceed $100 or imprisoned for not to exceed 90 days, or both; but no person shall be imprisoned hereunder for the first offense, and the prosecution shall always be as and for a first offense unless the affidavit upon which the prosecution is instituted contains the allegation that the offense is a second or repeated offense. Sec. 19. This resolution shall be in force and effect from and after the earliest period allowed by law. [Ordinance adopted July 28, 1911.] GREENSBORO, N. C. FOODSTUFFS—MARKET REGULATIONS. Sec. 369. That no fresh meats, fish, or oysters of any kind shall be sold, exchanged, or delivered in the city of Greensboro except in or from the city market in the city hall building and at such other places as the board of commissioners may designate as branch markets or places for the sale of such articles; provided, that this shall not apply to wholesalers who sell to licensed retailers or who sell occupants of the city market; provided further, that this shall not apply to those who sell to common car- riers, to persons or firms out of town, or to persons, firms, or corporations who sell in quantities of not less than one-fourth of a carcass. Sec. 370. That the markets of the city shall be under the supervision and control of the commissioner of public safety or such assistants as he may employ or the board of commissioners may appoint. Sec. 371. That at the time the board of commissioners elects other officers of the city, or as soon thereafter as practicable, said board shall elect a market keeper, who shall be a special policeman with the same powers and authority conferred upon regular police officers. He shall be required to furnish bond in the sum of $500 payable to the city of Greensboro, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
