whom the notice can be served, then the police officer or sanitary inspector shall post a written or printed notice upon the property or premises setting forth that unless the nuisance, source of filth, or source of sickness is removed or abated within 24 hours, or within such reasonable time as may be specified by the health department, at the expense of the owner or occupant, the nuisance, source of filth, or source of sickness will be abated at the expense of the owner.

If the owner, occupant, or agent shall fail to comply with requirements of said notice, then the health department shall proceed to have the nuisance, source of filth, or source of sickness described in the written notice removed or abated from said parcel of ground and report the cost thereof to the proper authority, who shall assess the sum against the property.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons violating or assisting in the violation in any part or parts of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $5 or more than $50, and each day's continuance of the condition shall constitute a separate offense.

CH. 6. NUISANCES WHICH MAY AFFECT LIFE AND HEALTH.

REGULATION 1. Duty of health officer to abate nuisance likely to affect health; procedure.-1. The health officer, upon receiving a complaint of the existence within his jurisdiction of a nuisance which may affect health, or when the probable existence of any such nuisance comes to his attention, shall make an immediate and thorough investigation, and if such nuisance exists he shall take all measures within his power and authority to secure its abatement.

2. The health officer shall within five days of the receipt of the complaint file with the local board of health:

(a) The complaint, if made in writing, or if not made in writing, a summary thereof; or, if no complaint has been made, a statement of the facts, and (b) A report showing-

(1) His findings;

(2) His opinion as to whether or not the conditions amount to a nuisance likely to affect health;

(3) The action, if any, taken by him; and

(4) Whether such nuisance has been abated.

3. If said report of the health officer states that there is a nuisance likely to affect health which has not been abated, this board shall convene promptly, investigate the alleged nuisance, and take the necessary steps provided by law for its abatement or within a reasonable time from the filing of the health officer's report enter on its minutes its decision, giving its reason for not taking action.

4. Within 48 hours after the entry of such decision the health officer shall forward a copy thereof to the State commissioner of health, together with the original or copies of the papers filed by him with this board, as required in subdivision 2 hereof.

5. Upon the receipt of a notice from the State commissioner of health, pursuant to the provisions of section 26 of the public health law, the presiding officer of this board shall promptly convene this board, which shall take the action directed by the said commissioner.

PATENT MEDICINES.

CAMDEN, N. J.

Patent Medicines, Medical Literature, and Medical Advertisements-Free Distribution. (Reg. Bd. of H., Feb. 19, 1917.)

SECTION 1. That section 1 of an ordinance entitled "An ordinance to prevent the free distribution of patent medicines around the streets promiscuously " be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:

SECTION 1. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporation or corporations to distribute medical literature or medical advertisements on the highways or porches or in the doorways, halls or vestibules of any house or building or in any public place in the city of Camden, unless the same is handed personally to persons over the age of 16 years, or to further distribute by free gift any patent medicines, pills, or nostrums by means of throwing the same in the doorways, or handing the same to any child or children under the age of 16 years under a penalty of $25 for each and every offense.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Proprietary or Patent Medicines-Sale-Names of Ingredients Required to Be Registered in Department of Health. (Reg. Bd. of H., Feb. 25, 1919.)

SEC. 117. Regulating the sale of proprietary and patent medicines.-No proprietary or patent medicine manufactured, prepared, or intended for internal human use, shall be held, offered for sale, sold, or given away in the city of New York until the following requirements shall, in each instance, have been met:

The names of the ingredients of every such medicine to which the therapeutic effects claimed are attributed and the names of all other ingredients except such as are physiologically inactive shall be registered in the department of health in such manner as the regulations of the board of health may prescribe.

The expression "proprietary or patent medicine," for the purposes of this section, shall be taken to mean and include every medicine or medicinal compound, manufactured, prepared, or intended for internal human use, the name, composition, or definition of which is not to be found in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, or which does not bear the names of all of the ingredients to which the therapeutic effects claimed are attributed and the names of all other ingredients except such as are physiologically inactive, conspicuously, clearly, and legibly set forth, in English, on the outside of each bottle, box, or package in which the said medicine or medicinal compound is held, offered for sale, sold, or given away.

The provision of this section shall not, however, apply to any medicine or medicinal compound, prepared or compounded upon the written prescription of a duly licensed physician: Provided, That such prescription be written or issued for a specific person and not for general use, and that such medicine or medicinal compound be sold or given away to or for the use of the person for

whom it shall have been prescribed and prepared or compounded: And provided also, That the said prescription shall have been filed at the establishment or place where such medicine or medicinal compound is sold or given away, in chronological order according to the date of the receipt of such prescription at such establishment or place.

Every such prescription shall remain so filed for a period of five years

The names of the ingredients of proprietary and patent medicines, registered in accordance with the terms of this section, and all information relating thereto or connected therewith, shall be regarded as confidential, and shall not be open to inspection by the public or any person other than the official custodian of such records in the department of health, such persons as may be authorized by law to inspect such records, and those duly authorized to prosecute or enforce the Federal statutes, the laws of the State of New York, both criminal and civil, and the ordinances of the city of New York, but only for the purpose of such prosecution or enforcement.

Provided, however, The provisions of this section shall not apply to existing stores of merchandise in the hands of druggists or other dealers who do not know the ingredients and can not state them.

SCHOOLS.1

NEW YORK, N. Y.

Schools-Establishment and Maintenance. (Res. Bd. of H., Jan. 30, 1917, and Mar. 28, 1918.)

Resolved, That the following regulations governing the establishment and maintenance of schools, relating to section 222 of the sanitary code, be adopted: REGULATION 1. Applications for permit; certificates from fire commissioner and superintendent of buildings.—Every application for a permit to establish or maintain a school shall be made upon an official blank furnished for such purpose by the department of health.

Upon receipt of an application for a permit to maintain an existing school the said department shall notify the fire commissioner and the superintendent of buildings of the borough in which the said school is located of the filing of such application.

Every applicant for a permit to establish after January 30, 1917, and maintain a school shall procure from the fire commissioner and the superintendent of buildings of the borough in which such school is to be located, respectively, a certificate to the effect that the building and premises for which a permit is desired comply with all fire and building laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations applicable to schools. Such certificate shall be filed with the department of health at the time the application for a permit is made.

REG. 2. Lighting.-Each classroom shall be properly lighted by means of windows or skylights of sufficient size and number to permit an adequate supply of natural light to be diffused to all parts of the classroom, and every such classroom shall be equipped with artificial means of illumination and shall be adequately lighted by such means during the evening sessions and at all times when the influx of natural light is inadequate.

REG. 3. Ventilation.-Proper and sufficient ventilation, by natural or mechanical means, shall be provided in each classroom, and such ventilation and a proper degree of temperature shall be maintained at all times during school hours. Where a classroom is ventilated by natural means at least 200 cubic feet of air space shall be supplied for each person, and where a classroom is ventilated by mechanical means the air of such classroom shall be displaced by fresh air at the rate of 1,500 cubic feet per person per hour.

REG. 4. Floor space to be provided.-Fifteen square feet of floor space shall be provided for each person in a classroom.

REG. 5. Toilet facilities.-Suitable and separate water-closets, conveniently located in properly ventilated compartments, with adequate facilities of hand washing adjacent thereto, shall be provided for each sex. The number of such water-closets to be provided for each sex shall be regulated as follows:

Male: One water-closet for every 20 male scholars registered. Two waterclosets for every 50 male scholars registered. Thereafter one water-closet for every additional 40 male scholars registered: Provided, however, Where urinals See also Communicable diseases, p. 62.

are provided for such male scholars one water-closet less than the required number may be provided for each of such urinals, except that the number of water-closets in such cases shall not be reduced to less than two-thirds the required number.

Female: One water-closet for every 20 female scholars registered. Two water-closets for every 50 female scholars registered. Thereafter at the rate of one water-closet for every additional 40 female scholars registered.

REG. 6. Desks and seats.—All seats in classrooms used by the pupils shall be provided with backs, and such seats and all desks shall be adjusted so as to avoid any unhygienic attitudes on the part of the pupils.

REG. 7. Room, closet, lockers, or racks for children's outer clothing.-A room. closet, lockers, or fixed racks arranged along the wall of the classroom so as not to obstruct the aisles or exits shall be provided for the care of the pupils' outer clothing.

REG. 8. Drinking water to be provided.—An adequate supply of drinking water shall be provided by sanitary means.

REG. 9. Sanitary conditions.-The premises shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at all times, and no room used for classes shall be used for sleeping or living purposes.

REG. 10. Minimum age of attendance.-The minimum age at which a child shall be permitted to attend school shall be 4 years.

REG. 11. Period of attendance.-The attendance of children under the age of 10 years in classrooms shall be limited to four and one-half hours.

The attendance of children between the ages of 10 and 14 years in classrooms shall be limited to six hours.

The attendance of children between the ages of 14 and 16 years in classrooms shall be limited to eight hours.