standard sanitary transportation sheet or blanket, placed in a good coffin or casket, to be encased in a zinc, iron or lead lined strong, hermetically sealed wooden or metallic box.

Rule 4. The bodies dead from other causes not mentioned in Rules 1 and 3, and not embalmed, can be transported by railroad after having been bathed with a good sanitary fluid and wrapped in cctton one inch in thickness, and fastened with a sheet or a standard sanitary transportation sheet, placed in a good strong coffin or casket, encased in a hermetically sealed iron, zinc or lead lined wooden or metallic box.

Rule 5. The bodies dead from all other causes not mentioned in Rules I and 3 may be transported by railroad, after having been washed with a good antiseptic solution, and all orifices of the body closed with cotton, and embalmed by a licensed embalmer, or one having had three years' practical experience in embalming, enclosed in a good strong coffin, or casket, encased in a good strong wooden box made of not less than seven-eighths or one inch in thickness.

Rule 6. Bodies taken from receiving vaults, or disinterred bodies shall be classed as infectious, and may be transported by railroad, provided they are encased in a zinc, iron or lead lined strong hermetically sealed wooden or metallic box.

The disinterring of bodies dead of

is absolutely prohibited, except by a special permit from the State Board of Health of Delaware.

The disinterring and transporting of bodies dead of

Cerebro Spinal Meningitis

Diphtheria (Membraneous Crcup)
Erysipelas

Scarlet Fever (Scarletina, Scarlet Rash)

may be done after having been buried for three or more years, provided they are prepared and encased as called for in Rule 4.

Rule. When dead bodies within or from outside the State of Delaware are to be taken from train to train in the same station, or from one railroad station or boat to another, the removal or burial permit accompanying the body from the place of shipment shall be sufficient authority to continue to the place of destination.

IMPORTATION OF DEAD BODIES.

Rule 8. The importation of bodies dead from either

Asiatic Cholera

Bubonic Plague

Leprosy

Smallpox

Yellow Fever

into the State of Delaware, is hereby prohibited by the State Board of Health of Delaware, except by a special permit from the State Board of Health of Delaware.

DUTIES OF RAILWAYS AND EXPRESS COM

PANIES, ETC.

Rule 9. Railroad companies and express companies, and their agents, conductors, baggage agents and messengers, and other transportation companies and private individuals are hereby forbidden to accept for shipment, or to import into the State of Delaware, the dead body of any human being dead from any of the diseases named in Rule I of this Chapter, and the aforementioned companies, their agents, conductors and all other persons are hereby forbidden to export or import or bring into the State of Delaware any bodies unless the certificates attached to the outer box containing such body be in strict accordance with the provisions and requirements of the State Board of Health of Delaware.

CHAPTER 8.

DISINTERMENTS.

PERMITS REQUIRED IN ALL CASES.

Rule 1. No person shall disinter the dead body of a human being unless he be in possession of a written permit issued by the State Board of Health and countersigned by the Health Officer of the local Board of Health, in whose jurisdiction the disinterment is to be made, and signed by the undertaker in charge of said disinterment.

PARTICULARS REQUIRED.

Rule 2. When it is desired to disinter a body for removal from one grave to another in the same cemetery, or for removal to another cemetery, application for permit therefore must be made to the State Board of Health. Such application shall give the name of the person whose body is to be disinterred, together with the age, date of burial and cause of death, the name and location of the cemetery, hundred and county from which it is to be removed, and the name of the cemetery and location thereof where such body is to be re-interred. All applications provided for in this rule must be made upon the proper blank forms provided by the State Board of Health and must in all cases be issued by the State Board of Health and countersigned by the Health Officer of the local Board of Health and be signed by the Undertaker who is to do the disinterment.

DISINTERMENT PROHIBITED.

Rule 3. No permit shall be granted for the disinterment of a body dead from either

Anthrax

Asiatic Cholera
Bubonic Plague

Leprosy

Small Pox

Yellow Fever

except by a special permit from the State Board of Health of Delaware.

SPECIAL PERMITS GRANTED.

Rule 4. Bodies dead from Diphtheria, including Membraneous Croup, Scarlet Fever, including Scarletina and Scarlet Rash, Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, may be disinterred upon a special permit granted by the State Board of Health, but all such disinterments shall be done in strict conformity with the following requirements:

Section I. The disinterment and removal must be under the direction of an undertaker, and in accordance with the Rules governing the Transportation of the Dead.

Section 2. The removal shall be done at an hour when there is the least possible exposure of other persons.

Section 3. No children shall be present, and only such persons as are actually necessary.

Section 4. The coffin shall not be opened, either at place of disinterment or place of destination.

Section 5. When the body is to be removed from the cemetery where disinterred, the coffin and remains must be inclosed in a metallic-lined box.

Section 6. The sexton and all other persons engaged in such removal shall immediately thereafter change their clothing and properly disinfect or burn the same and shall thoroughly disinfect their hands, head and face and shoes.

Section 7. The undertaker authorized to conduct the disinterment shall be held personally responsible for the enforcement of these requirements.

Section 8. No disinterment of bodies named in Rule 4 shall be made 'within three years after burial of same.

GENERAL PERMITS.

Rule 5. Bodies dead from diseases other than named in Rules 3 and 4 may be disinterred upon receipt of a written permit issued by the Secretary of the State Board of Health, provided such permit is countersigned by the Health Officer of the Local Board of Health and signed by the undertaker in charge of said disinterment.

ALL DISINTERMENTS MUST BE DONE BY A

LICENSED UNDERTAKER.

Rule 6. All disinterments provided for in this Chapter shall be done under the personal supervision of a regularly licensed undertaker or one of at least three years' experience.

BODIES DEPOSITED IN A RECEIVING VAULT.

Rule 7. Bodies that have been temporarily deposited in a receiving vault may be removed therefrom without a disinterment permit, provided, that such body, before being deposited in said receiving vault, was properly embalmed, by a licensed undertaker, and provided that not more than 30 days has expired since the date upon which such body was so deposited. After the expiration of 30 days, a disinterment permit shall be obtained before removal of any dead body named in this rule.

SEPARATE APPLICATIONS.

Rule 8. A separate application must be made for each body to be disinterred.

CHAPTER 9.

DEAD ANIMALS.

No dead animal or part thereof shall be allowed to decay in any open field or lot. All dead animals must be buried two feet under the surface of the ground before putrefaction takes place.

CHAPTER 10.

PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.

With the view to prevent Typhoid Fever and other ailments caused by polluting drinking water, the State Board of Health hereby makes and adopts the following regulation concerning analysis of water supplied to the public, and it is hereby ordered that all local Boards of Health enforce these regulations within their jurisdiction.

SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS.

Rule 1. The local manager of any private corporation own