The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-09-08
AN ORDINANCE


Powers and Duties of
the Same.
Section l. BE IL ordained by the City Council
of the city of San Antonio, that there be, and
is hereby, created an1 .stapnsnvu, IN ana .I I8r
Board OF Health" to consist of tive members,
to-wit The Mayor and city Physician 20 be
ex-ohicio members of the said Board, and three
citizens, who shall be ply soians In good stand
ing, and graduates of some regular medical
nrmed by the Council. They shall elect ono OF
their own members 10 preside at their meet
ngs who shall be styled the President of the
section 2. The appointed members Of the
Board shall hold Office for one year, or until
their successors have been appointed and qual-
ined, unless removed by the city Council for
cause; provided, that the members first APP
pointed under this ordinance shall hold office
until March I, 1855, and all vacancies shall be
nlled for the unVXpired term only. They shall
qualify by taking the constitutional oath Of
office. Any falling 70 quality within 10 days
declined the office, aud n new appointment
shall be made. Three members win constitute
a quorum for transaction of business pro-
vlded all members are notified OF the meeting
Section .. The Board shall be provided by
the Council with suitable Office, which shall
be known as the health oilice," In which they
shall hold their meetings at least once month,
or as often Us the pubic health may require,
or when called together by the President or
any four az members of the Board. The meet
ings shall be public and their records open
10 all.
TO general ordinances of the Council They
shaft have general supervision of all matters
appertuining to the sanitary condition Of the
city, including the city hospital, jail, alms
house, schools and all health Institutions. and
shall See that all the sanitary ordinances OF the
city are strictly enforced.
Section g. The Board shall on or before the
first day of March Of each year make an annual
report of tho affairs OF the health department
to the Council, and shall include therein the
report OF the city Physician and all other
matters under their charge, NJ the same time
furnish a detailed statement of the amount
OF money that will be required for tine depart
ment during the ensuing fiscal year; aud the
Council may provide Tor the raising OF such
amount, or 50 muCn thereof Ms ia their 1udg-
ment may be necessary. This money shall
constitute the health fond. All expenditures
shall DC subject to approval by the Council IN
the same manner rs all other branches of the
city government.
Section 0. The assistant clerk OF the city
shall perform the duties of the secretary OF the
Board, and shall keep all It's records, bOJk6 ana
papers, and perform such other duties rs may
be prescribed by said Board
Section Z. Whenever notice shall have been
given to the Board that any public building is
unit for habitHton by reason of being infected
with disease liable to be contag iOus, they may
communicate such fact to the Mayor, who
shall issue an order to be served upon the
owner, agent or lessee requiring all persons
to ynCate, and within "a hours, or sooner, the
building must be vacated.
section &. Every physician in the city shall
report to this board, In writing, immediately
after his first professional visit, every patient
he shall have lubOring under the following
diseases: Typhoid, typhus, yellow fever
Asiatic cholera, smallpox or other contagious
or infectious diseases, and every death IRON
such disease Immediately after It shall have
occurred.
In person or In writing, TO this Board the names
Of all the inmates OF his or her house whom
he shall have reason to believe sick OF typhoid,
y phus, yellow fever, cholera, smallpox orany
other contagious disease he might consider
| dangerous To the public health. The Superin-
! tendent OF Public Schools shall in like manner
| be notified of locations of contagious diseases,
| and should he nud any attendant In the schools
who reside In said houses, he will refuse them
| admittance 10 the public schools, only readmit-
| ting them again upon presenting II certificate
| from the Health Board that there was no lon
| ger danger from contagion.
Section 10. n 10 person shall use, or hire or
permit any others to use without consent of
| the Board of Health, any public vehicle which
| has been driven or used tor the conveyance or
| removal of any person afflicted or dead with
section il. When Il case of smallpox, Asiatic
cholera or yellow fever ia reported to the
| Board of Health, the City Physician shall imme-
dately visit the premises where the person is,
| and, upon personal Inspection, shall cause a
| yellow flag to be erected In II conspicuous
! place upon the premises, the same to remain
| during continuance of disease.
| Section L. No person shall remove asnalp0N
! patient without consent OF the City Physician.
! He may, with the approval of the Board, cause
removal to the smallpox hospital, or such
| other place us the Board may designate.
Section -. The Chef OF Police may, upon
| application of this Board, detail not 10 exceed
] q
and sanitary inspectors one for each ward. It
| shall be their duty TO report all violations OF
| city ordinances detrimental to public health,
| all cutters or sewers that may not be in good
! order, or have become foul. Also all prives,
| standing water or stagnant pools TO cause the
removal of all dead animals, garbage aud filth,
| to report any locality that may be infected
with low feyers or any kind of epidemic, re-
| port all persons who are using the streets as
| sewers, emptying slops ana refuse therein, and
TO see that they are brought before the Re-
oOrder, and made to understand, through pen
altes imposed, that they cannot persist in such
acts. IL this Board ind the city ordinances do
not reach all such cases, they will ask the
Council to make rules that will have the de-
sired effect
Section II. The board shall cause to be kept
in their Office record OF ali births, deaths and
interments IN said city, which shall be open tol
the inspection of any person during office
hours. Physicians failing to make said report
shall be fined by ordinance.
Section ID. No person shall inter any human
body in this city without having first obtained
and filed at the Health Office certificate
signed by physician or coroner, setting forth
us near IA possible name, age, sex, color, place
of birth, occupation, date, locality and cause oi
death, and obtain thereupon a burial permit
Nor shall anybody be disinterred without I
permit from this Office. The Board of Healtl
shall see that no dead body be allowed in any
receiving vault for longer period than 81
hours; mt the expiration of said time it must bt
buried They snail also seeto II that all bOdie,
of all persons nine years and over be inferred II
Il grave not less than six feet deep, or II undel
that age the grave be not less than ive 90 fee
tsection H.. City Sections and Superintendent
| of Cemeteries must once II week, each Mon
day make returns to the office OF the Board O
Health names OF all persons deposited in thei
respective cemeteries during the preceding
| week.
Section II. A railroad or any other company
transporting dead body without permit
from the city, or bringing one into the city
who may have died of contagiOn, Is guilty o
serious misdemeauor and shall be prosecu
ted, unless the said body died while In trnnsi
to this city, when immediate notice must b.
given to the Board of Health, otherwise til
penalty viii be incurred.
Section Is. In cuse OF serious epdemc,th
Board may meet and adjourn from day .
day, the number increased by an Alderman
from each ward, and for actual service rem
dered during said period, the City Council wi
award additional pay in proportion to amour
of services performed.
Section 10. The Board shall cause TO h
erected and shall have entire charge of a suit
! able vault or lnorgue, for reception of d
| bodies whom II may be necessary to hold
post mortem examination upon, az to caus
| OF death.
Section 20. The City Phys in his routin
Of all