Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-25
HEALTH MATTERS
To be Considered I'm the New
Charter.

To be Considered In the New
Charter.
The section of the new charter relative to
the Health Department has been submitted
to the Revisory Committee of the Free
holders. According to its provisions the
Board of Health will consist of five mem
bers, the Mayor and four members to be ap-
pointed by the City Council, these to be
physicians. The Board of Health will have
the power Of appointing a Health officer
and an assistant Among the othe. pro-
visions the following have been introduced
to prevent the spread of infectious diseases:
SECTION 10. The Health Officer shall re-
port 70 the superintendent of the public
schools the names and residences of every
person sick of typhus, ship, yellow fever,
Asiatic cholera or smallpox, or any other
contagious disease he may deem dangerous
70 public health; and it shall be the duty Of
the Superintendent of public schools when
20 notified Of the residence of any person
sick Of any of the diseases enumerated to
refuse admittance to the public schools to
any member OF a family, one or more OF
whose inmates are sick of any OF the afore-
said diseases; provided, that the parties ex-
Guided shall be readmitted upon presenting
certificate from the Health Officer that
tnere Is no longer any danger from
SEC. IL. No person shall drive or use
any vehicle or suffer or permit any vehicle
under his or her charge or control, to be
driven or used for the conveyance, trans
Portauon or removal of any person in
any person who has died of smallpox,
without The written consent of the Health
Omcer; also, no person shall use or drive,
or suffer or permit any vehicle authorized
Ger, to convey. transport or remove per-
sons infected with the smallpox, or the
bodies of persons who may die of the
smallpox, to be used or driven for the con-
veyance, transportation or removal OF per-
sons uninfected with smallpox, without
the written consent of the Health Oficer.
SEC. IL. Whenever case OF smallpox,
or Asiatic cholera, or yellow fever is re-
Iorted to the Health officer, he shall imme-
diately visit the premises where the person
is, and the said Health officer, upon per
sonal inspection, shall, in cases Of small
pox, Asiatic cholera, or yellow fever, i'm
mediateiy cause to be erected yellow or
quarantine flag in conspicuous place on
houses infected with such diseases, a
placard setting forth the fact, the same to
remain during the continuance of the
SEC. 13. The Board Of Health may ap.
point and remove at pleasure a physician
| and nurses to the smallpox hospital or
pest-house, when, in their Judgment it may
be necessary. The salary for the said officers
| as Tor other officers of the Board.
SEC. IA. No person shall remove a small
lox patient from any house or place within
the limits OF the city to any house or place
without the permission of the Health
Officer. The said officer, with the approval
| OF the Board OF Health, may cause to be re-
moved to smallpox hospital any and all
persons within the limits of the city affected
with smallpox. The Board of Health,
whenever and at such time as by them it
shall be deemed necessary, may, by
other public conveyances bound for this
city, before the same shall land or stop at
any depot or landing or stopping place
therein, or stop or touch at any or either of
| the sites, places or boundaries SO elected
aud established for quarantine purposes, and
| leave all such immigrants, travellers, or per-
sons, and all such SICK diseased, or unclean
persons, with their stores and baggage, as in
the opinion Of the officers stationed at such
snail be deemed proper on account of the
existence or general report of cholera, small
pox, or any contagious disease or diseases
apprehended to endanger the health of the
Sec. Is. The said Board shall make snch
| rules and regulations for the government
OF the quarantine or the health of the city,
as from time to time they shall deem nee
essary, and the physicians or health officers
IN charge OF any quarantine station or
place, snail nave power to make and enforce
such regulations as may be necessary for the
proper management and conducting thereof,
and 1t shall be the duty of all persons in
quarantine, and all agents, officers, police
men, or others employed by the city and
about said quarantine stations or places to
carry out and obey the same.