River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-07
CITY ORDINANCES.
NUMBER 1.

NUMBER l.
An ordinance to organize the Board of Health,
to define its powers and duties and to prevent
the spread OF disease.
The Common Council of the City of River Falls
do ordain as follows:
Section l. The board of health shall consist
of the alderman of each ward. the mayor and
the health officer of the city. The mayor shall
be the president of the board. Meetings ofsaid
board may be called at any time by its president,
in his absence or disability by the health OH
Ger or the clerk of said board, by verbal notice
TO its members or by notice in writing, served
personally or left at their usual places OF abode.
majority of the members of said board shall
constitute quorum for the transaction OF bust
ness.
Section O. The board of health is hereby en-
powered and authorized to make and enforce
orders, rules and regulations for the preserVa-
ton of the public health
Section s. The board of health or the health
officer may command the assistance of the city
marshal and il shall I'D the duty of said marshal
to obey the directions of said board or officer.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the health
officer to examine into all nuisances sources OF
filth and causes of sickness, and report the same
to the board of health and for the purposes of
such examination said health officer shall have
power to enter any building or go upon any lot
within the limits of the city of River Falls here
such officer has reason to believe that any NUS
ance, of filth, or cause of disease does or
may exist.
within the city infected, or having lately been
infected with, or exposed to, the smallpox, or
public health, the health officer, or in his alb
sence or disability, any member of the board of
health may Immediately cause such person TO
be removed to the public hospital or other place
of safety, if such person can be removed without
danger to his health; and If such person can not
be removed withe"s danger ~ lis nealIn, such
health officer shall make provision for him in the
place where such infected person may be; and
in either case said health officer or any member
of the board of health may take such other
measures as he shall deem necessary for the
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habitants of the city until the board of health
can be called together. Said health officer or
member of the board shall Immediately report
any su eh case to the president of the beard OF
health.
Section g. The board of health may cause any
person infected; or who has lately been infected
with or exposed to the smallpox, or any other
contagious disease dangerous to the public
health to be removed to the public hospital or
to some other place of safety, II such person can
be removed without danger to his health and II
such person can not be removed without danger
TO his health, said board may make provision for
him in the place where such infected person
may be; and in either case said board may pro-
vide medical attendance, nurses, assistants and
necessaries.
Section T. Any physician who shall attend
any case of small pox or other contagious dis
ease dangerous to the public health, SHALL with
in twelve hours after discovering the nature OF
the case report the same to the health officer OF
to the president of the board of health. ANY
physician violating the provision of this section
shall be punished by fine of twenty-five dol
lars
Section s. ANY person who shall hinder de-
Law or obstruet the health officer in the perform
ance of his duty shall be punished by fine not
exceeding fifty dollars nor less than five dol
lars
Section 9, Every physician who shall attend
any case of smallpox or other contagious dis
ease dangerous to the public health, shall while
attending such case wear such clothing and
dispose of the same i'll such manner as the health
officer shall direct
Section TO- The health officer shall inspect the
ions n V.
the use of the inhabitants, and if any source OF
disease or any substance or thing which may
become source of disease, be found i'll said ice,
said officer shall condemn said ice or so much
thereof as he may deem necessary, and said
health officer shall Immediately report any such
condemnation to the board of health; and said
board shall thereupon take such action upon
such report as it shall deem best.
Section IL. If the board of health shall order
any person TO remove or abate any nuisance,
source of filth cause of disease, and such per
son shall refuse or neglect to obey such order,
the health officer shall cause such order to be
executed, and the person SO refusing or neglect
ing to obey any such order shall pay to the city
all expenses necessarily incurred i'll the execu-
ton of such order.
Section H. Any person who shall violate, neg
ton of the board of health shall be punished by
fine not exceeding fifty dollars nor less than five
dollars.
Section 49, This ordinance shall take effect
and be i'll force from and after its passage and
publication.
Passed April 25, 1885.
Approved April 25 1885.
A. D. ANDREWS Mayor.
Attest ALLEN P. WELD, City Clerk.