Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-21
City Advertisements
AnOrdihanee
To. establish Boays Of II Health fof tho Cit,


To establish Board of Health for tho City Of
N Columbus.
sEcrIogl,. Beitordained sy the City Council Of
tho City Of G1umbps, ,Ttst Doctors VIM. NJ. ATl,
BOYLE and WIN. Treyit. and Messrs. John Field. ] )
ENSt. Clair, Q. Il. Felton. .fsaAc Dalton and W. W.
Pollard. aye hereby appointed q Boaraof Healt for
term OF one year. or until ther successors shall be
appointed and qualified who shall meet for organza-
tiOn within ten days from the time Of their appoint:
ment, and shall have power to establish rules and
regulations FOR their own government
SEC. 2. The Board Of Health shall have general
charge Of the sanitary condition OK the and shall
furnish or to be furnished, medical treatment
and care TO the INDECENT sick of the city not otherwise
provided for aud they shall ayefufpOWer 10 nd0pt
during the PREVALENCE Of an epidemic, such ,regnla'
tions, other than thQse provided in this ordinance,
for thopubc aud safety respecting nnisances,
sources Of filth, and causes Of sickness, as may be
consistent with any law or ordinance OF the city and
such regulatons whom adopted. shall haye like eff
T SID. s. The Board Of lie lth shall have power.
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SSS Per month, Es Z ! Sanitary SdpoFyis6f ii MD
District. .E li1-N ,atu ,gILL ,8lIIopi4 81 NJ
SIC T. n Il shall be the duty Of the Sanitary iSu-
pervisor TO examine carefully all parts Of his District
tothe existence of nuisances, sources of filth and
moved, destroyed or disinictSd under te direction
OF the Board Of Health, He shall haYe power to GU
ter upon and examine the condition Of any prenises
iDu1IulUS, 1OJ CSlhf ana, U6CtSshTys
call upon the City Police to aid him in making such
examination. They may have an Office in the City
Building, and shall keep public record Of all com
plaints respecting the existence Of nuisances the
introduction Of dangerous diseases, and s matter
affecting tho sanltary condition Of the city, which
they shall from time 70 time report to the Board Of
Health under theirrules and REGULATIONS. and shall
keep such record ofthe name, age disease and other
particulars of all persons who may die in their res
spectiye districts as may be prescribed BY the Beard
They shall at all times be vgi ant In the discharge
of such duties rs may be prescribed by the Board Of
Health, aud shall be removed at their discretion.
Whenever any Of the streets, aley OF market places
or commons OF the city are in au uncean or fifty
diiOn, they shall notify the Street q, mmissoner,
whose duly II shall be to have the same cCa led in
the most expeditions manner according Y the or
diDance entitled An 0rdinance dehning the dnties
of the Street Commissioner" passed June IS, Is Z,
ana the supplementary ordinance Thereto, passed
juno 1890. The Supervisor Of any District hall,
upon complaint being mace to him, or Whenever he
shall deem any business, trade profession carried
on in bis District 10 he detrimental 10 the public
health, cause with the concurrence Of the Bard. an
action TO be ecymmenced by indictment in the Court
lof Common Pleas Of Franklin County, against the
person or persons engaged in such business trade or
oCcurau n.
SEC. S. The Board Of Health may require every
undertaken pcr,on engaged in the TeInpyal of any
corpse Tor burial. tn obtain permit lordoing 50, and
may regeires also gertficate setting forthsas near
as can be asceriaiued tho name. age, sex, nah vty,
color, occupation, whether married Qr single, esi.
dence, time of residence, canke of deah dtfatonof
last illness place and date Of internent name Of last
the Board may deem expedient to prescribe. it'h
SEC Q. The Board Of Health shalt have power.
whenever they may deem it necessary for the health
Of the city, to take the most prompt and efficient
measures to prevent the introduction OF any con-
tagi0us malignant or infectious disease into city
and f9r the Immediate and sac removal Of asy pesS
son who may befound thorE1n With any such
disease, and it hereby enjOned upon all city Ucers
to be attentive and vigilant in assisting the Board
Of Health in the discharge Of their duties Toe
Board OF Health shall have power, whenever in their
opinion the prevalence of Rdangerous epdemicsre-
qures II. to establish TEMPORARY hospital or hospi-
tails. for the reception of the class Of patients reJ
quring it, and to establish proper regulations for the
government Of such hospitals.
Sect. II shall be unlawful for any person or
PERSONS knowingly, 70 introduce, or aid in intro
ducing into the CITY, the sma lpox, yellow fever, or
other contagious diseases and it s6a be duty of
oil physicians and hotel or boardinghOuse keepers,
who shall become cogn1ant Of the existence Sf any
BoArd Of Health Of the same. %
SEC. 8. II shall be. and Is hereby made the duty
Of the Street Commissioner with the force under his
charge, under the direction of the Standing Com
mttee on Street COInmi, soner and Chain-gang,"
to cooperate with and assist the Board of Health,
and other sanitary officers herein provided for in the
SEo. ?. The Standing Committee on the Santa
ry Condition of the City, shall be considered as ad
yisory members Of the Board Of Health, but shall
have vote many Of its proceed mas, and all claims
for services or labor arising under any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance, spall be audited in such
manner as the Board may provide, and paid out OF
the City Treasury on the warrant of the Chairman
Of the Committee on Sanitary Condition Of the
City :. =, ,fafisp -fL9t.'G .l,I.y.l 20
SEC. 10. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions Of this ordinance, or any regulation of the
Board Of Health duly established shall, on cOnYic-
tim before the Mayor be fined in any sum not less
than ten and not exceeding one hundred dollars.
SIC, H.. There is hereby appropriated out Of any
money in the Treasury, not etherwse appropriated,
the sum OF Three Thousand DOlars, for the purpose
G. D0UTY.
=, " ~ q } President of the City Council. Il
Passed December is, A. ID. 1865.