1058 ARTICLE 27.

Health—Infants.

An. Code, sec. 245. 1904, sec. 231. 1894, ch. 511, secs. 1 and 2.

277. If any time within two weeks after the birth of any infant one or
both of its eyes or the eyelids be reddened, inflamed, swollen or discharging
pus, the midwife, nurse or person other than a legally qualified physician,
in charge of such infant, shall refrain from the application of any remedy
for the same, and shall immediately report such condition to the health
commissioner or to some legally qualified physician in the city, county or
town wherein the infant is cared for. Any person or persons violating the
provisions of this section shall on conviction be punished by a fine not to
exceed one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed six
months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
See art. 43, sec. 92.

Heath—Milk—Pure—Skimmed.

An. Code, sec. 246. 1904, sec. 232. 1900, ch. 459, sec. 138C.

278. For the purposes of sections 278, 279 and 280 the standard for

pure milk shall be not more than eighty-seven and one-half per centum of

water or fluids, and not less than twelve and one-half per centum of milk

solids, of which at least three and one-half per centum shall be butter fats.

See note to sec. 281.

An. Code, sec. 247. 1904, sec. 233. 1888, sec. 138D.

279. For the purposes of said sections milk shall be deemed to be sophis-
ticated, adulterated or unwholesome when it does not contain twelve and
one-half per centum of milk solids, of which three and one-half per centum
shall be butter fats; or to which has been added salt, boracic acid, salicylic
acid, salicylate of soda, formaldehyde or any other acid, drug, compound
or substance, or to which ice or water, has been added for any purpose what-
soever ; or which has been taken from an animal ten days before or five days
after parturition; or which has been taken from a sick or diseased animal;
or which has been taken from animals fed in whole or in part on garbage or
any substance in a state of fermentation or putrefaction, or food that pro-
duces impure, diseased or unwholesome milk, or from cows stabled near a
house where there is an infectious disease; or from which a portion of the
cream has been taken; but nothing in these sections shall be construed as
prohibiting the addition of sugar in the manufacture of condensed or pre-
served milk, or as prohibiting the sale of pure skimmed milk, when sold as
such, and from cans plainly and conspicuously marked with the sign or
placard " Skimmed Milk," in capital letters, each of a size of not less than
one inch square, or as prohibiting the sale of pure, wholesome milk, not
complying with the provisions of section 278, for the manufacture there-
from of butter, cheese or other, products. Nothing in this section shall be
construed as prohibiting the feeding of ensilage from silos.

See note to sec. 281.

As to " Dairies," see art. 58, sec. 24, et seq.