Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-05-30
HEALTH CODE.


he Incorporated Village Of Perrysburg,
Wood County, Ohio, held at the office Of
lid Board Oh the 22d day of May, 1873,
he following orders and regulations were
doptod and made obligatory upon all
rhom they affect, for the purpose of pro-
Getting and promoting the health OF the in.
iabtants Of said village.
SEC. THAT every person is required
o take notice OF an ordinance OF said viii
age, passed May 20, 1873, to-wit;
IN ORDINANCE Comforting power upon the
Board Of Health.
SEcrIoS |. Be il ordaiaed Jy he Council of the
Incorporated Wiiago Of Perry,burg, That the
Board Of Health OF said village be and nre
hereby authorized aud empowered to abate
and remove all nusances in said corporation
and to assess the cost aud expense of such
abatement aud removal upon the property
wherein such nuisance may be situate to
compel the propretors or owners, agents OF
assigneeS, occupants or tenants of the lot or
property, house or building, upon, or in which
any nuisance may be, to abate and remove tho
same, TO regulate the construction and ar
raugement all water-clasels aud privy vaults
and the emptyng aud cleaning Of such vaults;
to create complete and accurate system Of
registration Of births. deaths and iutermeuts,
occurring in or near said corporation and
when complaint is made, or a reasonable be-
lief exists that an infectious or contagious
disease prevails in any locality or house,
to visit such locality or house, make all necrs-
sary Investigation by inspection, aud, on dis
covering that such infectious or contagious
disease exists to send the perssn or persons
so diseased to the pesl-house or hospital.
SkcTIoN g. Said Beard Of Health is hereby
authorized and empowered to make AMI pass
all orders and regulations as they shall, from
tims to time, deem necessary and proper for
the public bealth and for the prevention OF
diseases.
SECTION 3. The Marshal and Street Commis-
siner uf said village shall be the executive
officers OF the Board or Health II shall be
their duty tn carry out aud enforce all existing
laws having for their object the preservation
OF life, the prevention of disease and the
abatement aud removal Of nuishnces and also
do and perform all such other duties as said
Board may lawfully require Of them.
Passed May 20, 1873.
SEC. 2.-The Street Commissioner or any
one exercising authority or powers over
the streets, alleys, lanes, or public grounds
OF this village, shall at all times be careful
and diligsnt in keeping the streets, alleys,
lanes and public grounds in cleanly and
healthful condition; promptly to remove
all dirt, filth and other matters which may
accumulate in said streets, alleys lanes and
public grounds, and promptly obey all
orders, rules and regulations which may,
from time to time, be issued by this Board
in relation thereto
SEC. 3.--Said Street Commissioner and
Marshal shall promptly advise this Board
of all threatened danger to health or life
al s,l, 4
its at tcntion.
SEC. And ii is hereby made the duty
of all citizens or residents OF this village to
give information to this Board concerning
any threatened danger to health or life,
and OF nuisancss which ought to be abatod
and OF any violation of the health ordin-
ances, rules and regulations.
SEc. 5.-No person or persons shall place
or cause to be.placsd in or upon any of the
streets, alleys, lanes, lots or public grounds,
within the limits Of this corporation the
carcass OF any dead animal or other often
aivs matter or substance, whatever.
SEC Cit shall be and hereby is made
the duty of each and every person in whose
possession any animal may die, to move or
cause the same to be removed without the
limits, or to some remote part ef the cor
poration and there to bury tha same, at
least four feet beneath the surface OF the
earth so that no citizens shall be annoyed
thereby.
SEC. NO person or persons shall suf.
fer any filth OF any description which may
be injurious to health, to be or remain in
or upon the premises, or any part thereof
Of said person or persons.
SEC. 8.-The Board of Health suggests
and recommends to the citizens of this vii.
lage that hereafter in the construction oi
privies they omit the digging of vaults,
but instead thereof, use boxes well and Sc
curely made OF pine lumber, to the enc
that said boxes may be readily cleaned anc
purified, and health thereby preserved.
SEC. 9.-No person shall keep or use any
hog-psn, hog-yard, privy or barn-yarC
adjoining to, or abutting on, any lot upon
which any other person resides, or so near
| thereto that the contents OF such hog pen
hog-yard, privy or barn-yard are or maj
be discharged upon such adjoining lot bu
the protection Of tho first clause OF thi
section may be waived by the owner o
such adjoining lot. And no hog-pen, hog
yard or privy shall be placed, or continu,
on, any lot at less distance than thirt,
feet from the adjoining street.
SEC. 10.-The owners and occupants 0
| livery and other stables within the limit
Of this village, shall, on or before the frs
| day OF May in each and every year, remov
completely and thoroughly all manure anc
| other decaying matter from their barns ant
barn-yards and shall thereafter keep thei
stables and yards clean, and shall not per
nit more than two wagon loads of manur
to accumulate in, or near the same, at an
time between the lst day OF May and tn
lst day of November Of any year.
SEC. 11.-No place sha' / be used or oC
cupied as slaughter-house within tn
limits of this village except by pcrmi ssiol
OF this Board, and every occupant of an
slaughter-house, or place where meats c
any kind are sold, shall cause such slaugh
ter house and place of sale and the appul
tsnances thereto to be thoroughly cleaned
purified and all offal, blood fat, garbag,
refuse and unwholesomS and offensive maj
ter to be removed therefrom at least ono
in every twsnty-four hours after the us
thereof for any Of the purposes herein rt
ferred to.
SEC. l2-No meat, fish, birds or fowls, {
any vegetable, bread or milk, not being the
healthy, sound, uninjured, fresh, wholeso N
and safe for human food nor the meat c
any animal or fish that died from diseaH
or was killed by accident, shall be brougt
within this village, or offered or held fo
sale, in any public or private market there
in.
SEC. 13--Eo calf, pig or lamb, or tn
meat thereof, shall be brought, held or Of
fered for sale, as such food, in said village
which, at the date of its death, (bcing
calf was less than four weeks; OF (being
pig was less than six weeks or (being
lamb was less than eight weeks old whe
killed nor shall any mesgre, sickly or Ill
wholesome fish, birds or fowls be bough
held, sold or offered for sale, as such fooC
in this village.
SEC. l4.--No cattle shall be killed fc
human food while in an over-heated, mao
dened, fevsrish, diseased or injured cond
tion, and all such diseased or injured GA
tie in the village and the place wher
found and their disease or injuries shall b
at once reported to this Board by the ownC