of these railways were in hearty accord with the above modified quarantine regulations, and promised their hearty cooperation in all measures to prevent the spread of the disease. "The Rock Island and Santa Fe systems not entering the infected districts, and being distinctly Kansas roads, were not invited to the conference, but it was suggested that these two latter companies be apprised of the regulations as agreed upon. "Kindly give such instructions to superintendents of southern lines as may put into effect the above regulations; also furnish this office with copies of such bulletins or instructions as may be issued, that we may be fully advised of the steps taken in the matter. Very truly yours, S. J. CRUMBINE, M. D., Secretary." A response from the Rock Island road indicated an agreement to comply with the request, but a letter from the general manager of the Santa Fe refused to do so. Following is the letter: "AUGUST 10, 1905. “Dr. S. J. Crumbine, Secretary State Board of Health, Topeka, Kan.: "DEAR SIR-I am in receipt of your letter of the 7th inst., relative to the action taken at conference of the State Board of Health of Kansas and Missouri, held at Kansas City a few days since. "Relative to your suggestion regarding certificate plan for passengers coming from the South, I beg to advise, as you are probably aware, we have no line into Louisiana, and any passengers from that district reaching our line would have to come through the states of Texas or Arkansas, directly or indirectly, both of which have very rigid quarantine regulations, and I think you will agree with me that it is practically impossible for anyone from any of the infected districts to pass through any of the states bordering on Louisiana without having undergone a rigid examination. It therefore seems to me to be entirely unnecessary and really unwise to adopt any such plan as you mention, so far as the lines of this railway company are concerned. Yours truly, J. E. HURLEY, General Manager. On September 1 the following was received from the secretary of the Territorial Board of Health of Oklahoma: "To all Agents: You are hereby notified by the Territorial Board of Health not to sell tickets or carry passengers without health certificates from proper officers, from any points in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Indian Territory to any points in this territory until further notification, and it has been deemed safe by the Territorial Board of Health. "QUARANTINE PROCLAMATION. "WHEREAS, It is a matter of general knowledge that the yellow fever is prevalent in certain sections of the South, notedly in the city of New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, and liable to be carried and transmitted by persons coming from said infected districts; and 'WHEREAS, There is reasonable ground to apprehend danger from such sources, and it appears that persons from said districts might pass through the territory of Oklahoma, coming from the states of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, that adequate steps should be taken to guard against such danger; "Now, THEREFORE, The Territorial Board of Health of the territory of Oklahoma do hereby declare and proclaim a quarantine against all persons from the states of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Indian Territory coming into the territory of Oklahoma, except such persons who shall present to the health or other designated officers of this territory certificate from the county or health officer of the place from whence they came, showing under seal of said authorities the following facts, relating to the identical persons presenting said certificates, to wit: Name of person, age, height, weight, color, nationality, blonde or brunette, and that they are free from any infectious or contagious disease, and have not been exposed to the same for a period of ten days preceding the issuance of said certificate. Seal or affidavit of service must be attached to each certificate. All persons without these credentials from said districts will be refused admittance to the territory of Oklahoma, and all law officers of the territory of Oklahoma are hereby called upon to aid the local and territorial health officers in enforcing this quarantine. "Done at Guthrie, Okla., this 25th day of August, A. D. 1905. DR. B. F. HAMILTON, Shawnee, Okla., President, Of Territorial Board of Health." This was accompanied by a request for information of the quarantine regulations of this state, to which was replied that we had no quarantine except against the infected district of Louisiana. Your secretary would suggest that the Board take up the yellow-fever subject at this meeting, indicating the Board's desires and wishes concerning quarantine. It would seem to your executive officer that sufficient quarantine had been established in the combined resolutions adopted by the Missouri and Kansas State Boards of Health. Owing to the stringent quarantine by the various states south of us, and also to the additional fact that the Stegomyia callopsus is not indigenous to the climate of this state, there can be little if any danger of a yellow-fever epidemic in Kansas. A number of communications have been received from the secretaries of the various state boards of health through the West concerning the matter of railway-car sanitation. It has been suggested in this correspondence that the boards west of the Mississippi, through which states the great trunk lines of the West pass, should organize themselves either by a meeting or through correspondence for the purpose of formulating uniform rules and regulations for railway-car sanitation, and to form a uniform bill, to be introduced into the legislatures of all the states at the same time, compelling transportation companies to put into operation certain regulations and badlyneeded reforms. I would suggest and recommend, therefore, that the Board instruct the secretary as to its attitude in this matter. Since our last quarterly meeting, the secretary has had printed, in accordance with the rules and regulations which heretofore have been dead letters, because of their not having been put in force, blank applications for disinterment permits, together with the regular permit. He has also notified the embalmers' examining committee that hereafter all applications for disinterment must come through this office and such permission granted by the State Board of Health. These rules require that certain permits can only be granted by the Board when in actual session, where death was caused by diphtheria, etc. Two such applications have been received for the disinterment of bodies, one where death was caused by diphtheria, and one by membranous croup, for which the Board's permission is asked for disinterment. On January 10 permission was granted by this Board for the removal of the bodies of soldiers buried at Fort Hays military reservation for reinterment at Fort Leavenworth. This permission was granted upon the following conditions: First, that the permission of the local board of health of Ellis county be obtained; and, second, that all disinterred remains should be immediately enclosed in an air-tight (soldered) zinc, tin or copper-lined coffin, or box, at the burying-ground, before being received by the transportation company for shipment. Permission of the local board of health was obtained, and the war department notified. They accepted these conditions and advertised for bids for the disinterment and removal of these bodies. Another county health officer is in charge since the local board's permission was granted, and he insists on additional requirements, that of a rigid quarantine of the men while engaged in disinterment, and the burning of all clothing, tents and wearing apparel of those engaged in disinterment, before they are permitted to leave the quarantine camp. These additional requirements were objected to by the government, which objection was finally waived, and the original agreement carried out in full. The general health of the state during the past quarter has been excellent. Contagious diseases are at a minimum. Reports from county health officers have been fairly prompt, and the sanitary organization of the state seems to be more complete than it ever has been, although there is a great deal of room for further improvement. Since the system of check in the transportation of the dead has been inaugurated, a large number of cases of violation of the rules of the Board have been uncovered, both by railroads and by undertakers. These cases have been vigorously investigated by your secretary and Mr. Kean, and much good has resulted therefrom, in the past few months there being but two violations of the rules. Minutes of the Second Quarterly Meeting. The second quarterly meeting of the State Board of Health was held in the office of the secretary Thursday, December 21. The meeting was called to order at 1:30 P. M. by the president, with the following members present: Doctors Golden, Locke, Mills, Carver, Carlile, Bentley and Lerrigo, and Mr. Welch. Doctors Alexander and Scott were absent. Of the advisory board, Doctor Greenfield and Professor Bailey were present. The minutes of the last meeting were then read by the secretary, and were approved and placed on file. The report of the secretary was then read, and upon motion was ordered placed on file. The application to disinter the body of W. M. Thorp, who died at Emporia, in 1885, of diphtheria, and remove to Marion, Kan., was granted, and the disinterment permit issued. The application of Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin to disinter the body of Callie Goodwin, who died of diphtheria August 28, 1905, was withheld, on the ground that disinterment was too soon after death. Upon motion, rule 31 of the rules of the State Board of Health was changed to read as follows: RULE 31. The following regulations respecting the transportation of dead bodies for burial beyond the county where the death occurred will be observed: No body which has died of any infectious or contagious disease shall be received for transportation by any transportation company in this state unless it shall have been embalmed by a person holding an embalmer's certificate, properly signed by the president and secretary of the State Board of Health. Every license-holder shall enter the number of his embalmer's certificate upon every permit which he fills out. In all such cases the said Board of Health shall require coupons attached to such permit, to be detached and preserved by every common carrier, or the person in charge of any vessel, railway-train or vehicle to which dead bodies shall be delivered for transportation. No permit shall be issued for the transportation of bodies which have died of any infectious or contagious disease, except in accordance with the foregoing rule. Any violation of these rules shall subject the offender to a fine of ten dollars for each offense. Upon motion by Mr. Welch, the word "person" was substituted for "funeral director, undertaker or embalmer" in the first line of rule 7 of the rules of the Board governing the embalmers' examining committee. The report of the secretary of the embalmers' examining committee was then read, which is as follows: OLATHE, KAN., December 18, 1905. S. J. Crumbine, M. D., Secretary State Board of Health, Topeka, Kan.: DEAR SIR-Our committee not having had a meeting since my last report, I have nothing to report of business transacted, but I would respectfully recommend the following changes, viz. : Rule 31, for transportation of corpses, to read "the holder of an embalmer's certificate" in lieu of "embalmed by an undertaker holding an embalmer's certificate." Rule 7, article (c), for preparing the dead. I would suggest that it be changed to read “ten dollars” instead of “five dollars," as the latter sum is inadequate to defray the expenses of these meetings, as the numbers to be examined decrease. Above change to take effect after July 1, 1906. Rule 16, changed so as to read "five dollars per day" whereas it now reads "three.' Rule 17, changed so as to read, "the secretary shall furnish a bond in the sum of $500 in some good bonding company; said bond shall be approved by the president of the State Board of Health and paid for out of the funds of the committee." I trust you will think well of these changes and see fit to adopt them or similar ones. Very respectfully yours, T. J. KEAN, Secretary. Upon motion by Doctor Mills, the suggestions as contained in the secretary's report were adopted as read. The changed rules therefore read as follows: RULE 7. It shall be the duty of every person who may wish to qualify as competent to prepare the remains of one who has died of an infectious or contagious disease, for transportation, to comply with the following requirements: (a) He or she shall be at least twenty-one years of age, and be actually engaged in the embalmer's business as an employee or proprietor. (b) He or she shall make application to the embalmers' examining com mittee for a certificate; such application shall contain his or her full name, age, place of residence, and the certificate of two legal physicians of good repute as to his or her general standing. (c) The application shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars, which shall entitle the applicant to examination as to his or her fitness for such special work, and the issuing to him or her of a certificate stating that he or she has satisfactorily passed an examination. (d) He or she must be able to pass such an examination as shall be prescribed by the embalmers' examining committee in the visceral anatomy of the body; the action and comparative value of germicides; the methods of embalming; the further precautions after embalming to insure safety in the transportation of bodies of those who have died of an infectious or contagious disease; the meaning of infection and disinfection; and such other topics as said committee may from time to time see fit to name. RULE 16. The traveling and incidental expenses, hotel bills, etc., of the examining committee shall be paid out of funds in the possession of the treasurer of the committee. Each member of the committee shall be allowed five dollars per day for every day actually spent in the work of the committee; provided, that this per diem shall not be allowed for more than four days at any one examination. RULE 17. The secretary of the embalmers' examining committee shall be allowed a salary of $100 per year, and he shall keep a record, in which shall be registered the names and residences of all persons to whom certificates (as prescribed) have been granted, and the number and date of these certificates. A copy of this record shall be furnished to all those holding certificates, and also to the various transportation companies within the state. The secretary shall furnish a bond in the sum of $500 in some good bonding company; said bond shall be approved by the president of the State Board of Health and paid for out of the funds of the committee. Rule 9 of the rules for the transportation of dead as recommended by the secretary of the Board in his report was, upon motion, adopted, which rule reads as follows: RULE 9. For interstate transportation of the dead only embalmers holding license issued or approved by the state or provincial boards of health or other state or provincial authority provided for by law under examination shall be recognized as competent to prepare bodies for shipment. Doctor Greenfield then gave her report, which is as follows: "Since July 1, 336 examinations. For tuberculosis, 130, with 35 positive. For diphtheria, 175, with 94 positive. Number of water tests, 24. Professor Bailey, the Board's chemist, then made his report of the result of analyses of food products sent him by the secretary. Doctor Mills moved that the report be placed on file and admitted to the public gaze. The report of the special committee appointed to frame a bill for state sanatorium for tuberculosis was then submitted by the chairman, Doctor Lerrigo. Upon motion the committee was continued, to report at a subsequent meeting, after having a confer |