Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-08-09
CITY ADVERTISEMENT.
a RESOLUTION.
A Resolution TO Establish Certain SAM
itary Laws for thc city OF Los An.
geIes, and for Otber Purposes.

L y
ID Council O.-the City of Los Angeles as
| follows:
SECTION ]. Evory person living within the
| limits OF tile city OF Los Angeles, who has
not been vacclnated or has not had smallpox
or vaTiOlOid, is hereby required to be vaccin-
ated forthwith, and IL shall be the duty OF the
Health Officer to receive and vaccinate at his
office, free OF charge, all persons who may
apply.
Any person within the meaning of this
Section willfuIly neglecting to be vaccinated
shall be arrested by any police officer, and Il
unable to procure the services of some s)tht
physician, shall be brought before the health
Officer and be vaccnated by him.
SEC. 2. The Health officer who shall be n
graduate OF some medical college, in good
standing, and reside within the city limits
shall keep an office in some convenient luca-
ton, and shall keep the same open for grsttui-
tous vaccination du, ing certain hours OF each
day, of which ne shall give public notice by
advertisement from time to time in two daily
newspapers, the one English, the o her span
isn. de shall give his personal attention and
services To The work OF sratuit Gus vaccination,
selecting aud preserving the vaccine viIus
with his utmost care and skill. and shall SO
perform his duties as 10 promote the physi-
cal well-being of all who shall apply at his Of
ice. ...I
SEC. 8. Every police officer shall be and is
hereby constituted an Ex-officio Health H.
spector, and 1t shall be has duty at all times
to make IA report to the Health Officer, when
he shall observe that any building, street,
alley, court, lot or premises in said city is in
a condition offensive TO the public health,
to report to the City Marshal any neglect on
the part OF any. policeman 10 discharge this
duty. .a
clan in this city to report to the Health Officer
| IN writing, every patient heshall have within
The limits of the city affected with Asiatic
Cholert, smallpox or other contagious dis
ease Immediately after he shall become sat
lsfed of The nature Of such disease, and shall
eport to SAID Health Officer every death
from such diseases Immediately after the oc-
currence of such death.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty or every house
holder in This city or other person not en-
poying IA physician, to report in writing TO
the Health officer Immediately, the name OF
every person boarding or lodging at his or her
house, whom he or she shall have reason to
believe 10 be sick of cholera, smallpox or
other contagious disease, and the death OF
any such person occurring at his or her house
from any of sucn diseases.
SEC 6. No person shall drive or use any
vehicle, or permit any vehicle belonging to
him or her or unGer his or her control
TO be driven or used for the conveyance or re-
moval OF any person infected with cholera,
smallpox Or o. her contagious disease, or the
body of any person who may have died OF
any such disease, wi hout the written consent
SEC. 7. No person attending upon or otter
wise coming in contact with any contagious
disease in such manner or TO such an ex-
nicate the disease, shall during the continu-
ance of the disease go upon any public street
wearing any infected clothing, or whilst thus
attired mingle With Others not affected with
such disease.
SEC. s. Whenever case Of smallpox is re-
ported 10 the Health Oincer, it shall be his
uuty on proving the existence of the disease
to Immediately cause to be erected yellow
or quarantine flag in conspicous place on
said premises, or to have posted upon the
door way OF houses infected with the small
poX, placard setting forth the fact, the same
10 remain during the continuance OF the dis
ease on said premises
SEC. 8. No person shall remove a small
pox patient from any house or place within
the limits of the city to any other house or
place in said limits, except TO the smallpox
hospital, without permit from the Health
Officer.
SEC. 10. No person shall without permit
from the Health Officer carry or remove from
one building to another or from any railroad
depot TO any house or through the public
streets, any person sick OF any contagious
disease; and all persons having any cOnta-
gious di isease in their house or ON or about
their premises, shall Immediately after their
convalesence or removal, of the persons af
tecied Herewith, disinfect, cleanse and purify
their said houses and premises and rid them
of every danger of propagating or communi-
eating the said disease to Others.
SEC. H.. Every owner, lessee, tenant or oc-
cupant of any stable, stall or other apart
ment in which any animal shall be kept or OF
any place in which any manure or liquid
discharge OF such animal, shall collect or ac-
cuinu ate shall cause such liquid or manure
to be removed to some proper place, and shall
a. all es % Keep pe 9r eruse t9 ne keR aid ihe
drainage, yards and appurtenances thereof, in
clean and wholesome condition.
SEC. l.. No person shall sell, or offer or
have for sale in this city, any unwhOiesome,
watered or auulterated milk, or milk from
cows or other ANIMALS which at the time are
being fed on unwholesome food .swil garbage.
or othef like substances, nor any butter or
cheese maze from such milk.
SEC. IL. II shall be the duty of the Health
Officer TO keep record of ali births, deaths,
and interments occurring in the city of Los
Angel e3, in books duly prepared for that pur-
pose. SAID records when hlled shall b. de-
posted in the office of the Clerk OF the Com
mon Council, and produced when required
for public Inspection.
SIC. II. Every sexton, undertaken, super
intendent OF cemetery, or other person who
shall inter or cause to be inferred any human
body, without having first obtained and tileL
with the Health Officer a physicians cerufi-
cate or the Col"ners certificate, setting forth
as nearly as possible the name, age, cJlor, sex,
and date and place OF birth, date and locality
OF dea h, and cause of death vi the deceased,
shall be deemed guilty OF misdemeanor and
on conviction shall b. punished as provided
in section nineteen of TINS resolution.
SEC. l5. l. snail be the duty OF the physi-
clans when dea.hs occur in their practice, to
give certificate to that effect, with the name
age, color, nativity. date of death, place of
death and occupation of e;edsed, For this
purpose blank certificates shall be kcp. at the
aeaIth office.
SEC. III. Physicians and midwives shall on
or before the foultn day of each month make
return TO the Health officer, OF all births,
deaths, and the number OF Sill-bOrn children
occurring In their practice during the preced-
ing month. In the absence OF such attend
ants IT shall be the duty of the parent to
make such report within thirty after the
birth of said child.
SEC. H. Superintendents of cemeteries
within the boundaries of the city of Los An
geles, shall make returns to the Health Off
Ger on each Monday, of all permits for inter
ment received by them during the preceding
week.
SIC. Is. No superintendent OF a cemetery
shall remove or cause 10 be removed, dlsinter
or cause to be disinterred, any corpse that
shall have been deposited In said cemetery,
without permit from the Health Officer or
by order of the Coroner.
SEC. IS. Any person who shall violate, neg-
lect or refuse TO comply with any of the pro-
visions OF TINS resolution, shall be deemed
guilty OF mlsdemeanOr, and on convection
thereof shall be punished by a fine OF not
| more than Two hundred dollals, or by imprs-
onmenL in The County Jail not exceeding
ninety days, OF by both such hne and impris'
onment.
! SEC. 20. All resolutions or ordinances or
| parts of resolutions Or ordinances, In conflict
with this resolution or any OF Its provisions,
are hereby rep aled.
SEC. Il. Tue Clerk Of the Common Council
shall certify 10 the adoption OF this ReSOlu-
ton and cause the same to be publ shed one
line each in English and Spanish III The Los
Angeles. DAILY HERALD and La Cr0nica res
pectvely, anu thrreup0n and thereafter this
resolution shall take effect and be in force
hereby certify that the foregoing resolu-
tion was adopted by the Common Council at
It's session OF August 6, 1874.
NJ. KREMER, City Clerk.