DEPARTMENT HEALTH BULLETIN This Number Contains a Compilation of THE STATUTE LAW OF VIRGINIA No. 2 RELATING TO THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE as found in Pollard's Code of Virginia, 1904 and the Acts of the Assembly, 1906 and 1908 Every officer of the Commonwealth has solemnly sworn faithfully and impartially to discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on him in enforcing the laws as they now exist. It is the duty of every citizen to obey the law and to aid in having the laws enforced by the constituted authorities. "Ignorance of the law excuses no man." Published Monthly by the State Department of Health, Richmond. * We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and HappiDeclaration of Independence. ness. That Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety.Act 1, Sec. 3, Constitution of Virginia. CHAPTER I. Organization-State board of health, members, officers, com missioners and assistants, duties, etc.... County boards of health, duties, etc.. CHAPTER II. Powers of councils of cities and towns... CHAPTER III. Page. Laws relating to small-pox and other dangerous diseases, and hospitals for infectious diseases.. Quarantine for convicts and prisoners. CHAPTER IV. For the prevention of tuberculosis, including duties of officers in charge of public institutions, householders, physicians and others in connection therewith. To prevent expectorating and spitting.. Mad dogs.. CHAPTER V. Pollution of rivers and drinking water. CHAPTER VI. Inspection of large bodies of laborers by county board of health Employers of females to provide seats.. Regulation of hours of labor for females and children.. Employment of children.... 43 To provide sponges for employees in peanut cleaning establishments and cotton factories.. 44 CHAPTER VII. Construction of school houses and condemning unsuitable. buildings 45 Vaccination of school children, when compulsory and when free 46 CHAPTER VIII. Selling or giving liquors, tobacco and firearms &c. to children Cruelty to children. Care and control of neglected, or depraved children.. CHAPTER IX. Quarantine regulations.. CHAPTER X. Law regulating plumbing, registration of plumbers, and board for examination of plumbers.. 61 64 CHAPTER I. Organization-State Board of Health, Commissioner, Local Board of Health, Duties, etc. Chap. 361.-An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of an act entitled; An act providing for the appointment of a State Board of Health and of local board of health, defining the duties and powers and compensation thereof, and of their members, officers and agents in connection with the preservation of public health; and prescribing penalties against witnesses failing to obey subpoenas issued by said State Board of Health, or any authorized member thereof, for refusing to testify or otherwise acting in contempt of said State board or its duly authorized members, approved March 7, 1900, (section 1713-d Code of 1904); to repeal sections 1714, 1715, 1716, 1717 and 1718 of the Code of Virginia 1887, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith; to provide for the appointment of a health commissioner and assistants, to define their duties, to provide for their compensation and to appropriate money to carry the provisions of this act into effect. Approved March 14, 1908. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sections one, two, three and four of an act providing for the appointment of a State Board of Health and of local boards of health defining the duties and powers and compensation thereof, and so forth, approved March seventh, nineteen hundred, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: Sec. 1. That on and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and eight, the State Board of Health shall consist of twelve members appointed by the governor, who shall be members of the State Medical Society, one of whom shall be chosen from each congressional district in the State, and in addition thereto, two from the city of Richmond. These members shall hold office for the period of one, two, three and four years, respectively, as may be |