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Texas Sanitary Code Proclaimed February First
The Sanitary code for Texas becomes effective February 1 and tightens disease control. Contagious cases must be reported by doctors to local health officials with State Board of Health notification for pestilential diseases. Death reporting shifts to undertakers in rural areas. cities act as primary registration districts. new burial permits required. and transportation rules for contagious diseases across trains and interurban cars are strict.
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