Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-19

GLIDING any new disease OF an infectious,
sny other disease publicly declared by mi,
I Hoard dangerous 20 the public hcAlthi ana
every physician IN said city shall 81 AZ times
cause his or her name. oihoe aud residence
tee, % be properly registered at tho once OF
the Board OF Health.
Sec. Il. That ne word ",nea.. >, whensysg
sSISs a ED i ssa snS RSs az Aan
oludes every part OF any animal that lives in
water. OF the hesh Qf which 4 not meat anu
The word vegetable includes eyefy AFiie ts
being meat OF dsh or milk, is held or offered
OF intended for sale or consumption as ioou
for human beings, at any place n seid Guy
held 10 include All ANIMAL, except birds.
fowl and hsh. ofwhich any part Of The BODY Is
used a. food; the word . butcher shall 90
held 10 include whoever Is onFagea in ,ho o BUS,
iucss Of keeping. driyine or slaaghterlng any
cattle. or In selling any meat; tho words
"priyate market" shall include cvery store,
cellar. stand and place mot being part OF q
public market at which ne ou,inesS ~, ~ sn0
buying. selling. or keeping for sale OF meat
fish or vegetables, for human 1000.
oBEplEScr TO ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.
Sec. ~. That every contractor In this ordi-
nance referred 70, aud every Porson VINO has
contracted, or undertakes, or Is bound 70 90,
In respect OF which this ordinance contains
pfovisions or regulations, shalI comply with
this ordinance 10 tho oxtsnt that any contract,
obligation or duty requires or permits, anu hY
direction Of any contractors or persons shall
excuse him for non compliance with any part
See See S6. that every person shall observe
and obey each and every special regulation
and every order Of the Board Of Health that i
or may DO made for carrying; INTO erect any OF
the provisions or powers herelnoetoro or
hereinafter contained.
BILLS or HEALrH. .l.
Sec. 2l. That no person, officer OF board
within said city, except the Board OF Health
and lis proper officers, sh all sign. grant or de-
liver ar Certificate or Bill OF Health.
MEDICINES AND PoIsoNs.
Sec. p, That no poisonous medicine or
Substance shall be held for sale, or sold, ox-
cept for lawful purposes and with proper mo-
tivos and by persons competent TO give the
proper directions and precautions as TO the
use thereof nor shall any bottle, box. parcel
or receptacle thereof be delivered 70 any per-
son unless the same Is marked poison. nor
70 any one who the party delivering the same
has reason 10 think intends It for any illegal
or improper use or purpose.
See. .. That NO person shall make, oher
or have for sale or keep at any place OF sale
any poisonous, unwholesome, deleterious
or adultered drugs, medicine or food, or IN
respect thereto omit any act or thing required
or do any act forbidden by any law or health
regulation of said city.
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS. VENTILATION AND
DRAINAGE.
Sec. a. That no person shall hereafter
erect or cause TO be erected, or converted TO
now purpose BY alteration. any building or
structure which. or any part Of which shall
be inadequate or defective in respect TO
strength, ventilation. light. sewerage or Of
any other usual. proper or necessary provision
or precaution; nor shall the builder. lessee.
tenant or occupant OF any such oullding or
structure cause or allow any matter or thing
TO be. or TO DC done in or about any such
building or structure dangerous or preJudioiai
10 life or health.
Sec Is. That no owner or lessee Of any |
building, or any part thereof. shall lease or |
let or hire out the same, or any portion there |
Of. to be occupied by any person, or allow the
same TO be occupied as place In which, or
for any one TO dwell or Hodge, except when |
said buildings, or such parts thereof, are sutii-
cienty lighted, ventilated. provided ana ac- /
cOmmOdated, and are in all respects in that |
condition of cleanliness and wholesomeness |
for which this ordinance provides. Nor shall
any such person rent, hire, lot or allow, haV-
ing power to prevent, 70 be used as or for |
place of sleeping or residence, any portion or
apartment of any building, which apartment
or portion has not at least two feet OF its |
height as a space above the level ofeyery part
of the sidewalk and curb tone of any adjacent
street; nor of which the floor is damp by rea
pregnated or penetrated by any offensive gas,
smell or exhalation prejudicial to health. But
this section shall not prevent the leasing.
renting or occupancy Of cellars or rooms less
elevated than aforesaid, and as a part of any
building rented or let, when they are not let
or intended to be occupied or used by any peri
son as sleeping apartment, or as principal
or sole dwelling apartment
Sec. %. That no person, having the right
and power to prevent the same, shall know
ingy cause or permit any person to sleep or
remain in any cellar, or in any place danger
Gus or prejudicial to life or health. by reason |
of want of ventilation or drainage, or by
reason. of the presence Of any poisonous, noX7
iOus or offensive substances, or otherwise. |
Sec. q. That no owner, lessee or keeper of
any tenement house. lodging house, boarding |
house or manufactory shall cause or allow the
same to be oYercrowded, or cause or allow so
great a number of persons to dwell, be. or
sleep in any such house. or any portion
thereof. as thereby to cause any danger or
detriment to life or health.
Sec 2S. That no person, being the lessee,
manager, conductor or owner Of any theater,
shall cause or permit or allow the same, or
any part or appurtenance thereof, to be so
far oYercroWded or inadequate. faulty or in
sufficient in respect to strength, lngress or
egress, cleanliness, ventilation or in any
other particular, as that thereby or reason
thereof any aYoidable peril shall come or
happen to or be incurred or suffered by any
person being properly at or in any such thea
Sec. %. That every person who shall be
the owner, lessee or keeper or manager OF any
tenement house, boarding hOuce, lodging
house or mandatory shall provide, or cause
to be provided for the accommodation thereof,
and for the use Of the tenants. dodgers, board
ers and workers thereat, adequate pTiyiss or
water closets, and the same shall be ade-
quately ventilated and shall atall times be
kept in such eleany and wholesome condi-
ton as not TO be offensive OF Re dangerous or
detrimental to life and health And no often
siye smell or gases from or through any out
let or sewer, or through any such priyy or
water closet shall be allowed by any person
aforesaid to pass Into such house or any part
thereof or into any house or building,
500 30. That every owner, lessee. tenant
and man ageF Of any boarding house or manu-
factory shall cause every part thereof and us
cause the same to be kept, in clean and
wholesome condition, and shall speedily
cause any department thereof in WHICH any
person may sleep, dwell or work TO be age
uuately lighted and ventilated, and IL the
same be a mandatory shall cause every part
thereof ia Which any person may work TO be
maintained at such temBerat9re, and % pro-
vided with such ACCOMMODATIONS Rnd sale-
guards as not, by reason Of this want thereof,
or of anything about the condition OF any
such mandatory CT its appurtenances, 70
cause unnecessary danger or detriment 70 the
life or health Of any person being properly
Sec. 81 That no keeper OF other person
having control or authority in any jan, Pfts0n
or etlQr place where any person may pc Kept
or confined E6el needlessly or illegally cause
or allow any peril CO detrlment to the life or
health Of any such person by reason of too
little or too much heat. OF Of a want OF foed.
drink o. ventilation, OF from the want OF
neglect Of any sther reasonable care, protee-
ton or precaution. III
Sec, 80, That every person when cleaning
any street shall clean, and every contractor
shall cause to be cleaned, the gutter and
parts OF ths streets along which the water will
mn before using aay water 70 wash the same,
and no substance that could before be scraped
away shall be washed or allowed 70 &c carried
~ be nut into the sewer or into any re-
ceptacIe herewith connected. ~
Sec. So. That L shall be the duty Of every
person using, making 90 having any drain.
soil pipe, passage OF connection between any
sS1er md any ground, building. erection or
niacr AZ business. and in like mannor the
-, ~ tl,n nrn.r and tnnant Of all erounds.