(A) No laundry in which wearing apparel, household linens, towels, bedding and all other fabrics are received and treated through the process of washing shall remove the fabrics from the premises until they have been thoroughly sterilized by keeping them in the washing machine, vat or other vessel provided for that purpose, at boiling temperature, or maintained at a temperature of 175 degrees F. for at least 20 minutes; or by subjecting them to live steam pressure; or by keeping them in a drying house or drying chamber, in which the temperature is not less than 215 degrees F. for a period of not less than 15 minutes; or by passing them through any ironing machine where the ironing surface is at a temperature of not less than 225 degrees F. Silks and woolens or other fabrics which would be injured by the foregoing processes shall be treated with soap, bleach or any other standard disinfectant solution approved by the health officer.
(B) No laundry shall sprinkle any fabrics with water or other liquid substances ejected from the mouth, or blown out of any other device communicating or coming in contact with the mouth of a person.
(C) Every device in any laundry operated by an employee which emits or sends off excessive heat, shall be equipped with proper heat deflectors, hood and exhaust or other apparatus that shall carry the heat from the room or place in which the device is located.
('68 Code, §§ 45.14, 45.15, 45.16)