The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-24
ORDINANCE

Health Of the city of Owosso and provid-
ing for the maintenance Of the public
health.
Sec. THE Board of Health shall have
the power and it is hereby made their
duty
1st. To make dilligent enquiry with re.
spect to all nuisances of every Gescrip-
ton in said city, which are or may be
injurious to the public health and abate
the same
end To stop, detain and examine every
person coming from place infected with
pestilential or infectious diseases, in or
der to prevent the introduction of the
same into this city.
3de To cause any person, not a resident
of this city, who is infected who is in
fected with any infectious or pestilen-
tial disease, to be sent to the pest house
or hospital.
9TH To destroy or disinfect as, in their
judgement may be deemed proper, any
furniture. wearing apparel, goods, wares
or merchandise OF articles of any kind.
which shall be exposed to or infected
with contagious or infectious disease
Provided however, that such property
shall be appraised by two disinterested
persons in order that remuneration may
be made therefor by the Common
Council
9th. To have under their control and
direction the pest house or hospital, and
to employ such nurses, officers, agents,
servants or assistants and provide the
necessary furniture. medicines, articles
and neccessaries for the use of the pest
house or hospital and the persons there
in confined, as may be deemed necessary.
9th. To require the occupant OF any
dwelling house, stoie, shop or other
building in which there shall he any
person sick with smallpox, varioloid or
other infectious or contagious disease,
to put up and maintain in conspicuous
place on the front of said dwelling
house, store, shop or other building, Il
card or sign, to be furnished by the
Board of Health, on which shall be
written or printed in large letters the
words, "small pox," or name of such in
fictitious disease: and in case of neglect
or refusal of any person to comply with
such requirement, to cause the same to
be done.
It'll. To exercise general supervision
over the health of the city and to make
from time to time such recommendations
to the Common Council as they deem
proper to promote the cleanliness and
salubrity of the city.
Sth. The said Board may annually or oft
ener, if they deem it necessary, divide
the city into health districts
9th. The said Board shall provide and
keep on hand supply of cards, marked
smallpox or any infectious or conta.
geous disease, to be put upon any house
IN which there is a person sick with
that disease or varioloid or any other
infectious or contagious disease and such
cards, upon application, shall be fur
nished without charge.
10th. Whenever in their judgment it shall
bc deemed necessary for the public
health, the said Board may at once take
possession of any building, factory, ho-
tel, dwelling house, clubhouse. premises
or grounds upon which, in their judy
ment there exists any nuisance predju-
dicial to the public health; and if the
owner or occupant shall refuse or neg
lect to forthwith abate such nuisance ia
the manner directed by said Board,
said Board may cause the same to be
abated forthwith in such manner as they
deem proper, and all expenses incurred
shall be a legal claim against the owner
and lien upon the premises, to be col
lected in the same manner as other spec
ial assessments.
The said Board may also, when they
deem it requisite for the public health,
at once, and by force if necessary, close
mp such houses, buildings, hotets and
premises and exclude all occupants
therefrom until such nuisance shall be
fully abated and the air of such building
or premises is thoroughly purified.
Any person who shall resist the ac-
tion of the Board, or their agents. I'M
der this subdivision, shall lie liable to
the penalties hereinafter provided
Sec. . Every physician, or person
acting as such, who shall have patient
sick of the smallpox, varioloid, or other
infectious or pestilential disease. shall
forthwith report the fact in writing to the
said Board, together with the name and
the street and the number of the house
where such patient Is treated and every
keeper, superintendent, or person in
charge of any pest house, within the cor.
porate limits of said city of Owosso or
any other pest house under the control of
the authorities of said city, to which any
person, being q city charge, may he
brought sick with infectious or conta.
gious disease, shall at once on the arrival of
every such person, give notice thereof in
writing to the said Board.
Sec. 3.-It shall be the duty of the oc.
cupants Of any dwelling house or other
building in which there shall be small
pox, varioloid or any infectious or conta-
gious disease, to put up and maintain in a
conspicuous place, on the front of such
building card. or sign, to be furnished
by the Board of Health on which shall be
written or printed the word, small pox, Z"
or any infectious or contagious disease,
and such card shall be kept on such build
ing during all the time any person so dis
eased shall remain therein and until per-
mission is obtained in writing from the
Board of Health to remove the same. No
person shall take down, remove, injure,
or dcface said card or sign at any time in
which the same is required to be kept up
and maintained.
Sec. All persons having smallpox,
yarioloid, or other contagious or infec-
tious disease, are hereby required to be
kept closely confined within their respec-