Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-10-25
Orders and Regulations of the
Board of Health.

1. 1t shall be the dusy of the health off
Ger, promptly to enter complaint befor:
the Mayor of the City Of Warren
against any and every person who shall vi
olate any of the orders and regulations oI
the board of health Of the city of Warren.
II. 1t shall be the duty Of every Physi.
clan OF the city, to report to the health Off
Ger every case of small pox or other conta-
gious or epidemic disease, which he may b
called upon TO attend or examine, within
Twelve hours after he shall have examined
the patient, ~givingithe name and location o
residence Of said diseased person or per
soas.
III. 1t shall be the especial duty Of the
City Physician and health Officer, and any
member o! this board on view or reasonable
information in order TO preserve the public
health (if it shall be deemed necessarily K
enter any dwelling or upon the premises
Of any person or persons within the Limits
Of this city, to ascertain every nuisanct
which nay exist, and m into the con
dilion and number Of persons inhabiting thu
Same, and inspect the vaults, cellars, privies
cesspoOls and drains Of such premises, and
to cause the dispersion or removal OF faml-
lies or persons from buildings or apartment
so much over crowded as to be suspected o
being infected or liable TO be infected with
any pestileatial, or other dangerous disease
and to cause the abatement and removal o
all nuisances in any such house or on sucl
premises.
I'LL. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
to introduce, or to aid or assist in intro
ducing into said city, the smallpox, or any
other contagious or infectious disease.
Y. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
OF persons to modest or resist any member
of the Board Of Healt b, or their Deputies
or the Health Officer in the discharge o
their duties.
vi. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
or persons using & drain or sewer, to suffer
or allow any such drain or sewer to expose
filth to the air in such rs 10 be Of
fensive or liable to create disease and nc
person shall suffer or permit any cellar
vault, private drain, pool, privy or sewer
upon any premises belonging to or occupied
by him or them to become nauseous, often
siye or injurious to the public health.
VII. No distiller, amer, brewer, soap
boiler, tallow chandler, meat packer, dyer,
livery stable keeper, or other person, shall
discharge out of, or permit to flow from his,
her or their still house, tannery, brewery,
mandatory, shop, packing house stable or
other place, any foul or nauseous liquids,
or substances Whatsoever, into any adjacent
lot, or in any street lane, alley or public
ground of said city.
VIII. No soap boiler, tallow chandler,
candle or oil maker, or other person shall
keep or use, unnecessarily, any stale, putrid
or sinking fat, grease or meat, nor shall
any person keep for more than twenty-four
hours any incurred hides, except at the place
where the same is TO be manufactured; and
20 person shall cause, suffer or permit any
or coon skins, or the skins of any
animals, which skins emit an often
sive odOr, and are in condition detrimental
to public health, to be dressed, cleaned,
packed, kept, stored or received in or upon
the premises owned or occupied by him or
them, o. upon the sidewalks or streets OF
said City.
~. No owner or occupant Of any t9llow
chambers shop, soap factory, tannery brew
cry, distillery, pork or beef packing house,
livery stable or barn, shall suffer the same
TO become foul, nRuseous or offensive.
Y. No owner or possessor of any animal,
which shall have died, shlll suffer the same
TO lie on public ground, street, lane, alley,
or any private lot within the city nor shall
any person throw such animal, or any veg
etable or decaycd animal matter, or filth,
whether solid or fluid, into the river or
canal, or any pool Of water in said city.
NJ. No person shall keep or use any
privy or b%arnyard adjoining 10 and abuttinS
on any lot upon which anv other person
or so near thereto as to be offensive,
or that the contents Of said privy or barn
yard are discharged upon said lot.
MI. No wne or occupant, or person
the charge or control Of any lot or
tenament, shall cause or permit any nui.
sance to be, or remain in. or upon said lot
or tensnent, or between the street adjoin-
XIII. No person shall, unless with per-
from the Board of Health, permit
on their premises a privy vault less than
ten feet deep. unless said vault shall DO con-
with a public sewer; and it shall be
unlawful for such person TO allow such
vault to become full, in bad condition, or in
any manner offensive; nor shall any per-
son remove the contents of any privy vault
by the written permission of the
Board of Health.
XIII. That such removal shall be made
in the night season, between the hours Of
ten O'cioek, P. NJ, and five o'clock A.. NJ,
as the Board of Health may direct, and
shall. be dOne in vehicles that shall be effect.
ually covered and water tight; and 10 We
hicle shall be allowed TO stand, Except
while loading on any public street of said
city.
XIV. No person shall slaughter or dress
any cattle, calves, sheep or swine, or estab-
lish a factory for candles or soap, within
the limits of the city, without a license from
the City Council. Any person DESTROYS of
obtaining p license, shall apply in writing
TO the City Council, stating the business he
is DESTROYS TO pursue, and specifying the
premises wherein the same is to be CON
he shall give one weeks Eotiee in
a city paper Of the city, of his intention TO
apply for q license. specifying the business
and locality. If such an application shall
be granted, it shall ~thereupon be the duty
of the applicant to enter into a bond, with
one or more-securities, to be approved by
the Council. in the penal sum of not less
than one hundred nor more than five thous-
and dollars, conditioned that the applicant
will faithfully comply with all the requisi-
OF this ordinance, and for the payment
of all penalties which may be incurred by
him for any violation thereof.
XVI. Whenever any catch basin is cleann
ed out, it shall be tbs duty of the Stree |
Commissioner to at once fill such catch basil
with clean water, to q height converting the
trap.
Any person violating any provisions of
% of the municipal code or any or
der or regulation of the Board Of Health,
made in pursuance of said chapter %. or OBJ
structing or interfering with the execution
Of any such order, or wilfully and Illegally
emitting to obey any such order, shall on
conviction be fined in any sum not exceed
one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for
any time not exceeding ninety days or both,
at the discretion of the court, and stand
committed until such fine and costs are paid
but no person shall be imprisoned under
section for the first offenss.
Sec. 800 of the municipal code is as fol-
The Council may grant power to such
10 make and pass all such orders and
regulations as they shall from time to time
deem necessary and proper, for the public
health and for the prevention OF diseases and
such orders and regulations when adopted
shall have all the force and effect of ordi-
dances Of such corporation.
l. n, DAWSON, MAYOR,