The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-04

/ therein within hundred feet thereof, any
poisonous. noxious or offensive substance.
81. That every butcher, grocer and milk dealer
and their agents. shall allow the parties authorized
by the Commissioned Health, to freely and fully
Inspect their cattle and milk, meats fsh and vege
tables, held, offered intended for sale, and will
questions asked by such persons relative to the con
diton thereof, and of the places where SUCH artces
3S That no offal or butchers refuse shall be con
veyed through the city of Rock Island at any time
unless the shall be in tight boxes, barrels OF
vessels, from which no odor shall escape.
80. That separate suitable vessel shall be pro
garbage shall not be placed in thesame vessel with
rubbish and liquid substances; and all ashes, rub
bish, garbage and liquid substances that should De
place of business, shall be placed therein, and no
such vessel shall remain on any sidewalk or in any
public place longer than may be needfnl for the re-
| moyal of the contents thereof.
40. That such vessels reeeptacles shall be
placed and kept in such position unless kept with
in or upon private grounds within the sidewaIk) as
the Commissioner Of Health shall provide or direct
interfere Herewith or with the contents thereof.
Al. That every cart and other vehicle hereafter
constructed for or intended to be loaded with ma
nure, swili, ashes, offal, rubbish or garbage, or
other offensive noxious substance, shall be con-
strueted according to this article and the regulations
and orders of the commissioner of health.
A. That cart or other vehicle for carrying any
any privy. vault. cesspool or sink, or having upon
it in it any manure other nauseous offensive
substance shall, without necessity therefor, stand
or remain nor shall a needless number gather be-
fore near any building, place of business or 9th
er premises where any person may be; nor shall
any such cart or vehicle occupy an unreasonable
length of time in loading unloading or in pass
ing along any street through any inhabited place
ground shall any cart vehicle the driver
thereof anything thereto appertainng. be Cor by
any person having right to control the same be
allowed to be) i'll condition needessly filthy or o.
fensive; and whep not in use, all such carts, We
hicles and all implements used in connection there
with, shall be stored and kept in place where
no needless ofense shall be given any of the peo
pie of said city.
A. That ali carts and vehicles in the last section
mentioned. there
on in which any substance in said section referred
to may be or is carried, shall be strong and tight,
so that no part of such contents or load shall fall
leak spill therefrom; and shall be adequately and
tightly covered. as to prevent the same from be-
A. That no driver of such cart or vehicle, nor
any person having undertaken or being engaged
about the loading unloading thereof any per-
persons engaged about the cleaning en-
plying, or having undertaken to empty or remove
vault, sink, prvy, cesspool any noxious or Off
ensive substance, shall do or permit to be done
which shall be needless1y offensive or filthy in res
pect to any person, street, place. building or pre-
misses and all carts vehicles shall be thoroughly
disnfected and put in an inofensive condition when
not in use.
As That no person shall allow land it shall be
the duty of every scavenger contractor and person
who has ordered procured is having any of the
same), to prevent cart vehicle to be so fully
loaded, or being in such bad condition of repair or
driven or managed. that any offensive liquid. or any
manure garbage, rubbish, offal, dirt or material
thereon. shall fall in place, street or
premises shah be the duty of every such per-
son to at once replace on such vehicle and remove
what has so Fallen
Is. That all putrid offensive matter, and all
night SOIL and the contents of sinks, pryIes vaults
and cesspools and all noxious substances in the
said city shall, before their removal exposure,
be disinfected and rendered inofensive by the per
son who removes, or is about to remove the same
46. That neither the owner, tenant nor occupant
of any building premises in the city of Rock
Island, shall employ, cause or permit any part
of the contents of any vault priyy sink cesspool
(being thereon, and of which he has contro. to be
removed unless according to the regulations of the
Commissioner of Health.
a. That no pile or deposit of manure offal dirt
garbage, nor any accumulation of any offensive
or nauseous substance shall be made within the
city of Rock Island upon any open space inclos
ed within any portions thereof, upon any open
grounds upon any vessel other than those be
speedily and according to the duty Of any person
removed, lying at any dock OF wharf, except &C
err of Health, and according his regulations. And
Observation-Disclosures Nor sbail anv straw hay or other
substance which has been used as bedding for ami
mails, be placed or dried upon any street or side
straw hay or other substance be deposited nor
shall accumulation thereof be made. within two
said Commissioner.
As. That no pile or deposit of manure, otfal
garbage nor accumulation of any offensive or nau-
substance shall be made within the limits of
said city, nor shall any person or corporation I'M
load, discharge put upon or along the line of
railroad, street or highway, or public place within
said city, any manure offal garbage or other of
fensive nauseous substance; nor shall
such substance or substances be allowed TO remain
stand on or along any railroad, street or highway
within the limits of said city within three hundred
yards of any inhabited dwelling.
40. That every proprietor. lessee, tenant and oc-
cupant OF every eysterhouse, oyster saloon or 9TH
premises where any oysters CLANS Holsters or shell
other fish are consumed, used or sold, or where
any of the refuse matter. oal or shells thereof
cunulafe, shall daily cause all such shells, ofa and
refuse matter to be removed therefrom to prop
place. and shall keep his house saloon and pre-
misses at all times free from any offensive smells or
accommodations
SO That no vault, privy, sink, cistern or cess
except in accordance with the regulations of the
Commissioner of Health.
ST. That no diseased sickly horse, cattle, swine
sheep. dog cat other animals. any that
have been exposed any disease that is contagious
among such animals, shall be brought into the city
So; That no person shall keep, retain allow or
employ to be kept or retained, at any place within
the city, any horse, colt having the disease
known CHAMBERS or farcy.
any place street public water extensively
expose or bury the body Tor any part thereof) of
any person keep any dead animal, any offensive
meat, bird, fowl or fish in place where the same
may be dangerous TO the life, detrimental to the
health of any person.
81, That every person having within his possess
sion or control or upon any premises occupied or
owned by him, any dead animal not proper for food
and liable TO become noXious and detrimental to
health shall at once give notice thereof to the Com
So That no person shall obstruct, delay inter
fere with the proper and free for the purposes
devoted, of any dock wharf set apart for the
of any contractor or person engaged in removing
any offal garbage, dirt. dead animals, night-sofl
other like substances. with proper perform
ance of such contracts.
ST. That it shall be the duty of each and every
practieng physician in the city to report in writing
to the Commissioner of Health, the death of any OF
his patients who shall have died in said city, of
contagious infectious disease, within twenty four
hours thereafter, and to state in such report the
specific name and type of such disease.
81. 1t shall be the duty of each and every prac-
tcings physician in the city report to the Commits
Toner of Health Immediately after he has discovered
the same the name and place of residence of any
person in said city who is suffering from small pox
cholera yellow fever scarlet fever dphtheria other
contagious disease. also typhoid fever and cerebro
spinal fever. ANY physician violating the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be fined in sum not
less than twenty five dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars.
= So. That captain, officer, consIgnee owner
other person in charge of any vessel lhaving right
and authority prevent the same) shall remove or
aid in removing from any vessel to the shore (eave
legally authorized by the Commissioner of Health,
and into quarantine grounds building only any
person sick of or that has been exposed to and is
liable very to develop any contagious disease,
nor remove aid in removing any articles that
have been exposed to the contagion of any such
disease, except in accordance with permit OF said
Commissioner with his special regulations.
SO. That no person shall bring into this city from
any infected place. or from any vessel or building
in which had lately been any person sick of
tagious disease, any article person whatsoever,
shall any such person into said city with
out permit of the Commissioner of Health: and il
shall be excuse that such person article SO
offending, or the occasion of offense, has passed
through quarantine, or has permit from any other
source than said Commissioner
90. That every person, being the parent guar
dian, having the care, custody control of