The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-03
Ordinance. No. $50.
To Provide for the Health. and Prevent
the Spread Of Contagious Deases with
in the CITY of Seattle.


s.Lc, and appoint some suitable person
to look after and superintcnd all matters
pertaining 70 the health Of the City, and
who shall IL known and styled the
Health officer: and shall have and eNer-
else such power and perform such duties
as shall he prescribed by the Ordinances
of the CITY.
SEC. ,. The Chief of Police shall he .
the executive officer to execute and carry
ont the orders and directions OF the /
Health Officer; except when otherwise
provided bv ordinance or the order or
direction Of said Health Officer.
SEC. ). The Health Officer shall be !
vigilant in the discharge Of his duties,
and order the abatement Of all nuisanceS
seriously affecting the health OF the
/ locality, and apply such remedies as may
be necessary to remove the danger and
renovate the place And when corpora
tions or persons bave or permit n'nsanceS
on their premises detrimental to health.
! il shall be the duty of the Health Officer
/ to cause such corporation or persons to
be notified to abolish, abate and remove
the same, and if such corporation or
! PERSONS Slltll ldlI, SNNt w icA"'N ~
abate and remove the same within three
DAYS after receiving such notice, such
nuisance NAV be removed and abated by
and under the order Of the Health OH
Ger, and the corporation or person whose
duty ii was to remove or ahate the same
shall become indebted 20 the City Of
Seattle for the damages. costs and
charges incurred by the city 10y reason
Of the exiStance and removal ct said
nuisance, and be punished also Us pro-
vide! for hv TINS Ordinunce.
SEC. t. The Health Officer may At
anv time when deemed necessary TO
prevent the spread OF SMALLPOX. order
any person or persons t" he vacclnated
and if any one receiving notice OF such
order shall refuse or neglect and delay
for three DAYS to comply with such
order. having it in their power to do So.
they shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor; and in case OF poor persons the
Health Officer shall furnish the means,
and the city shall pay the expenses of
, such vaccination.
Sec 5. That whenever Il case Of
SMALLPOX or Varioloid, or other con-
tageous disease, shall come to the
knowledge of any physician or other
person, he or she shall report the same,
with the attending circumstances, to the
Health Officer within six hours there
after.
Sec. s. That whenever n case Of
Smallpox or Varioloid within the city
limits shall come to the knowledge Of
the Health Officer, it shall be his duty
forthwith when expedient and practicable
to cause such infected person or persons
to be removed to the Pest Yar H Hey esnd
care of and when it is unsafe, inexpedi.
ent or impracticable to remove such
persons to the Pest House, it shall be
the duty of the Health Officer forthwith
at the expense of the occupant Of the
house or place where such infected per.
} son or persons may be found, to place
a yellow flag not less than two feet
square at or near such house or place.
so as to give notice to all persons the
locality of the disease.
SEC. z. That no person knowing or
having cause to believe themselves to be
sick with the Smallpox or Varioloid,
and no person acting as nurse or attend
ant upon any such sick person shall
appear upon any of the streets or alleys
of the city, nor shall they move about,
approach, or mix with other persons
; without first notifying such other per-
sons, and having then free and full
permission to do SO, until they shall
procure certificate from the attending
physician or Health Officer that they are
free from the danger Of communicating
such disease
Sec. 8. No person shall visit patient
or person sick with the Smallpox or
Varioloid and afterwards appear upon
the streets or alleys, or in other houses
or places in the city where they would
be likely to aid in spreading said disease,
until they procure from some practicing
physician or the Health Officer a certlfi-
cate that they are not liable to commune
cate the disease to which they have been
exposed but this section shall not apply
to physicians or the Health Officer when
III the exercise Of their duties as such
physician or officer
SEC. 9. That no person knowing or
having cause to believe themselves sick
with Smallpox or Varioloid shall
come within the city limits, until they
have sufficiently recovered to he safe
from communicating such disease and
no person or persons shall bring into the
city such infected person or persons,
knowing or having cause to believe such
person or persons 50 infected And no
INDIAN known or supposed to have come
from any place where Smallpox or
|arioi"id exists at that time shall be
Permittei to enter or remain in the CITY,
ana II any such person does enter the
Gty within sixty days after leaving such
infected place, it shall he lawful for the
Health Officer to cause the removal Of
such person or PERSONS from the city