Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-17
An Ordinance
os the city of Los Angeles defining the
duties of the Health Officer, fixing bis
remuneration. and repeating form or

remuneration, and repeating former
ordinances and parts of ordinances
The Mayor and Council of the City of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows;
SIC. I. No one shall be qualified for
election to the office OF Health Officer
for the city Of Los Angeles who is not
resident prlciicing physician OF said
city, graduate of some reputable medi.
cal college, and who shall not have boen
adjudged by the proper authorities to be
entitled to practice medicine in the
State of California.
SEC. 2. The Healh Officer shall devote
all his time to his duties as such officer;
he shall keep an office in some coneen-
lent location, and shall keep the same
open for gratuitous vaccination during
certain hours OF each day, of which he
shall give public notice by advertisement
from time TO time in two newspapers,
the one English and the other Spanish;
he shall give his personal attention and
services to the work of gratuitous vacci-
nation, selecting and preserving the
vaccine virus with his utmost care and
skill, and shall so perform his duties as
to provide for the physical well being OF
all who shall apply at his Office; he shall
attend upon and treat the city prisoners
and inmates of the pest house, and per-
form such other duties as the Board OF
Health Of the city Of Los Angeles shall
require.
SEC. 3. The Health Officer shall treat
all cases of small pox, cholera and other
contagious diseases, in or out OF the pest
house, at any time by night, or by day
when those suffering viii accept his SER
vices.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be the duty OF such
Health Officer and he is hereby author
lied and empowered, subject to the
management and control of said Board
of Health, to cause all the public streets,
private lanes and alleys, houses, lots and
premises within the corporate limits OF
said city, whether public or private, and
for Whatever purpose used or occupied,
TO be thoroughly cleaned and freed from
all filth and garbage in any way calcu-
lated to engender miasma or disease. to
cause the same to be thoroughly disin-
fected, so as to prevent the introduction,
outbreak or spread Of any disease,
whether contagious or otherwise; to visit
personally and to inspect at least once
in every ten (l0) days every portion aud
quarter Of the city, including the back
yards and premises of the residences OF
the city; to notify, as hereinafter directs
ed, all parties whose premises are found
to be in a filthy and unhealthy condi-
ton to clean the same and remove there
from, within three days after the service
of notice upon them, whatever he may
think is liable to produce any malarial
or contagious sickness; to see that tho
ordinances of the city relative to the
prevention and abatement of nuisances
are Iigidly enforced and carried out; and
to mako such rules and regulations as he
may think are demanded by the public
safety for the purpose Of preventing at
any time within the city Of any disease
or sickness, or the spreading Of any con-
tagion or epidemic, and to enforce the
same.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty Of such
Health Officer, upon finding for the
first time any private premises within
said city in an unclean or unhealthy con-
dition, to give TO the owner of such
premises notice in writing to remove
therefrom within three days whatever
he finds about or upon such premises
calculated to produce sickness or disease;
and ii at any time after such premises
have been once cleared of all filth and
garbage, a second or any subsequent
nuisance should be created thereon, to
give the occupant of such premises,
whether he be the owner or lessee there
of, a similar notice, and to the effect as
aforesaid.
SEC. 6. The Health Officer Of the
city Of Los Angeles is hereby author
lied, directed and empowered TO notify
all persons whose premises are found TO
be in filthy or unhealthy condition
to clean the same and remove thereirom
Immediately whatever is calculated or
may be liable 10 produce disease.
SEC. 7. The said Health Officer shall
have the power at any time to call for
the assistance Of the police force of the
city to enforce compliance with the
provisions of this ordinance and with
the rules and regulations by him made
in pursuance hereof, and for the pur-
pose Of serving notices herein provided
for and required to be given.
SEC s. The Health Officer shall notify
the Chief of Police Of the city Of Los
Angeles Of any neglect on the part of
any policeman to report to the Health
Officer when he shall observe that
any building, street. alley, court, lot or
premises in said city is in a condition
offensive to the public health.
SEC. 0. Whenever a case Of small
pox is reported to the Health Officer. it
shall be his duty, ON proving the exist
ence OF the disease, to Immediately cause
to be erected yellow or quarantine flag
in conspicuous place on said premises,
or to have posted on the doorway of
houses infected with the smallpox
placard setting forth the fact, the same
to remain during the continuance of the
disease on said premises.
SEC. 10. 1t shall be the duty OF the
Health Officer to keep a record of all
births, deaths and interments occurring
in the city of Los Angeles in books duly
prepared for that purpose. Such records,
when filled, shall be deposited in the
office Of the Clerk of the Council, and
produced when required for public in
spection.
| SEC. H. Said Health Officer may,
with the consent of the Board of Health,
employ any necessary number Of assist
ants, and assign to each his duty and
determine their compensation. subject to
the approval Of the Council.
SEC. IL. 1t shall be the duty OF the
Health Officer Of said city, when in the
opinion of the Board of Health it shall
be deemed necessary for the health of
the city, to cause all and every train
OF cars, both passenger and freight, to
be boarded before the same shall enter
the limits OF said city, either by him
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