Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-01
DIR FUTURE HEALTH.

| bsen requcsled TO publish the same IN
advance, thai members may have time
10 consider and digesth. lie, there be no
surprise OF hesiianey about this ques'
ton. The people demand a strong law,
aud it, vigorous enforcement. Let Ne
have il. We would suggest TO members
that in order to facilitate business, Il
would be we'll to have their amend
ments, Il they have any to offer, written
out and ready; -
An ordinance to further define the du.
ties and powers OF the Board OF
Health:
Be il ordained, etc.-Section |. Here
after whenever a case Of smallpox. chol.
era or yellow fever shall be pronounced
by any physician in the city Of Mem
phis, Il shall be his duty TO forthwith no
tify the Board of Health OF the fact,
stating the name of the party sick, ana
the exact locality where the case may
be found. Or should there be no physi
clan attending person thought TO DO
sick With either Of the above contagious
diseases, then il shall be the duty OF the
neighbors aud friends, or any person to
whom a knowledge of the matter shall
come, to report to the Board Of Health
his or their reasons tor suspecting the
existence OF case OF contagious dis
ease; aud upon receiving such u report
from a non-physician, il shall be the
duty OF the chairman OF the Board OF
Health to repair TO the person SO sus-
pected OF being sick with a contagious
disease instanicr, and satisfy himself OF
the facts.
Sec. 2. Upon receiving any report or
information OF the existence ola case OF
smallpox, yellow fever or cholera, II
shall be the duty of the Inspector OF
the Board of Health to go in person or
dispatch sergeant 10 the spot, with
sufficient force and materials 10 disin-
feet the premises aud isolate the case,
in manner aud form as shall seem to
him proper and right. Should II not be
possible in his judgment TO isolate the
case properly in the locality where
found, he shall have the same removed
TO the pest house instanter, and burn,
destroy and disinlect all things from
which or through which further spread
OF the disease may be apprehended.
Sec. 3. Hereafter it shall be the duty
of the attending physician, bystandcrs
or neighbors to. send report TO the
Board of Health instantly on the de-
mise of any person sick with yellow
fever, cholera or smallpox.
Sec. 4. Upon receiving any report OF
IL ol.n he the Aufv of
the Inspector OF the Board OF Health to
90 in person or send his sergeant to the
place with proper force and materials
and disinlect such dead body, premises
and materials in manner and form as he
shall think proper; provided, that he
shall thoroughly disinfect such dead
body, the house, bedding, clothes and
furniture, aud fumigate all attendants.
If in his judgment it shall be necessary,
be is Authorized to destroy with fire all
things through which further spread
of the disease may be apprehended, and
he shall notify the undertaken accepting
the charge of the funeral that the corpse
must be Inferred within specified time,
which time he will specify, having re-
gard for the public health and attendant
circumstances.
Sec. 5. Hereafter no bodies of persons
who have died beyond or without the
limits Of the city of Memphis shall be al
lowed to pass through said city for in.
terment without permit from the Board
of Health.
Sec. 5. The Secretary Of the Board Of
Health shall keep accurate record OF all
deaths, births and marriages, which
shall hereafter occur in this city, and in
order to facilitate him in keeping such
record, it is made the duty Of every per-
son TO whom child shall be born, to re-
port the same to the Board of Health,
within ten days thereafter, giving the
date OF birth, sex and color. And ev-
cry person solennizing the rite of mar
rage, shall report the same to the
Board Of Health within ten days there
after, together with the names Of parties
joined ia matrimony, their respective
ages and color.
Sec. G. From and after the first day
Of January, 1874, all retail grocers,
butchers, bakers, vendors of fresh fish,
milk, fruit and vegetables, shall take
out permit from the Board Of Health,
to do business in the city of Memphis,
and thereafter,whenever any person shall
be found selling anything unwholesome,
| impure, adulterated, stale or decompos-
ing, or which would in any manner en-
danger the health of those who may ig-
norantly eat or drink the same, then it
shall be the duty Of the Inspector of the
Board of Health to cancel the permit to
sell instanter, and seize and destroy the
articles complained OF. And any per-
son attempting to sell any Of the arti
Giles named in this section, without the
permit of the Board of Health, or after
the permit shall have been Cancelled,
shall be subject TO fine Of fifty dollars
upon conviction before the Recorder.
Sec. 7. II shall be the duty OF the In
spector of the Board Of Health to desig
nate a place or places without the limits
Of the city for dumping all manure and
litter from stables, aud he shall person
ally or by his sergeants inspect all pub.
lie stables at least one time in every
week, aud private stables as often as he
may deem necessary, TO see that they arc
kept clean and arc purified and disin-
fected in manner aud form as he shall
prescribe. Aud any failure TO obey any
regulations imposed by said Inspector
shall subject the offender to a hue oil
fifty dollars upon conviction before the
Recorder.
Sec. 3. II shall be the duty Of the
Board Of Health within ten days after
the passage OF this ordinance, 10 lay
down rules aud regulations in reference