The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17

place on the front of said dwelling
house, store, shop or other building, a
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
fectious disease: and in case of neglect
or refusal of any person to comply with
such requirement, to cause the same to
be done.
18th. To exercise "a 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
9Th. 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 a supply of cards, marked
smallpox" or any infectious or conta-
geous disease, to be put upon any house
in which there is 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
be 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 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
up 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
ton of the Board, or their agents, I'M
der this subdivision, shall lie liable to
the penalties hereinafter provided.
Sec. Q 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 city charge, may be
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. Sit 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
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,"
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 deface said card or sign at any time in
which the same is required to be kept up
and maintained.
Sec. All persons having smallpox,
varoloid, or other contagious or infec-
tious disease, are hereby required to be
kept closely confined within their respec-
tive dwellings or plac es of abode and no
peason who has been confined with such
disease shall leave his or her place of
abode and go about the city until, in the
opinion of the Board of Health, it can be
done without danger of communicating
the disease TO others.
Sec. 8. No person having the small
pox, varioloid, or other infectious or con-
tagious diseases, shall go about the city,
or in any yard, commons or place so as to
endanger the health of other persons.
Sec. 6-No person shall bring, or cause
to be brought into the city of Owosso, any
person infected with the smallpox, vario-
loid or other infectious or pcstilential dis
ease.
Sec. mo owner, or person in charge
of any public hack, carriage or convey
ance, shall use or permit the same to be
used, for the purpose of conveying the
body of any person. who has died of the
smallpox, varioloid or other infectious or
disease, or any person from
any house, building or place, in which
any person is sick. or has within two
weeks died of either of said diseases, with
out permission from the Board of Health.
Sec. S-Every physician, having a
smallpox or varioloid patient, immedi-
ately after each and every visit to the
same, shall not visit any other patient, ex-
cept those afflicted with the smallpox or
variloid, until he has changed his clothing
and otherwise disinfected himself; and
every undertaken. having in charge the
body of any person, who has died of
either of said diseases, Immediately after
the interment thereof, and every person
nursing of taking care of any person sick
with either of said diseases before going
upon the streets, shall change his clothes
and otherwise disinfect himfelf.
See. 9-The said Board shall keep
cOmplete record of all its proceedinps