The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-12-01
DECEMBER 10, 1888.
Ordinance No. 1863.

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An ordinance amending ordinance
No. 453, entitled, "To provide board |
of health and to rrOtect the public s'om
contagious and infectious di eases ap- |
proved March 18th, 1882.
The City of Astoria does ordain >
fol lows:
Sec. l. That section Of ordinance No.
453. of Astoria, entitled, ITO provide a
board of health and to protect the public
from contagious and infectious dis
eas 81 approved March 18th, 1882, be
and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of each
physician in this city to report TO the
Board of Health, in writing, every pa
tient he shall have labO ing under the
Asiatic cholera, or smallpox, or other
infectious diseases, Immt diately after
he Shal. be satisfied of the nature of the
disease, and also to report every case of
any such disease Immediately after the
sane may come 10 his knowledge; and,
| further, it shall be the duty of every
such physician to report to the Board
of Heal h every cas- of death, fr m any
such disease, coming to his knowledge
immediately after it shall have occurred
or come to his knowledge.
Sec. 2. That section of said Ordi-
nanc-. No. 4j3. entit, d ITO provide a
Board OF Health and to protect the pub
lie from contagious and infectious dis
cases." approved March 18th, 1882, be
and the same is hereby amended so as
| to read as follows:
- Sec. 9. 1t shall be the duty of every
person keeping hotel, boarding house,
or lodging house in this city, TO report,
| in writing to the Board of Health, i'm
/ mediately, the name of every person
boarding or lodging at his or her house
whom he or she shall have reason to be-
lieve 10 be 81 k with the cholera, or
smallpox. or any other contagious or in
| fectious disease, and any deaths occur
ring at his or her house for any such
] diseases; and every master. owner or
consignee of a vessel lying at wharf
or in the harbor of Astoria, shall make
a like report in the same time.
Sec. 5. That section 10. of ordinance
No 453, of Astoria, entitled, "Toprovide
a Board of Health and to protect the pub
lie from contagious and infectious dis
eases" approved March 10Th, 1882, be
and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 10. IL shall be the duty of the
owner or occupant oil every house, store,
building or tenement in the city, where
in any person may be sick with the
cho era, smallpox, or other contagious
or infectious disease to give notice, In
writing to the Board of Health imme-
diately after the existence of such dis
ease shall come to his or her knowl-
edge.
Sec. 4. Section II of ordinance No.
453 of this city, entitled "TO provide a
Board of health and to protect the pub
lie from contagious and infectio S dis
cases." approved March 18th, 1882, be
and the same is hereby amended SO as
to read as follows:
Sec IL. That it shall be and is here
by made the duty of the owner or oceu-
pant of every house, store, building or
tenement in this city, wherein any per-
son may have the diphtheria, smallpox,
typhoid fever, scarlet ever, measles,
whOoping-cough, chicken pox or any
other dangerous or contagious disease
or di eases, to give notice to the public
Immediately of the existence of such
disease in such house, store, building
or tenement the following flags in the
following cases.
l. In case Of diphtheria, green flag.
2. In case of scarlet fever, scarlet
flag.
8. In case of variola or varioloid, a
yellow flag.
4. In case of AsiatIc cholera or yel-
low fever. black flag.
). In all other cases, white flag.
Such flag shall be placed in some con-
SpicuOuS place on the premises, where
IL NAV be seen by persons passing OH
the street near said premises. In case
the owner or occupant of such house,
store building or tenement shall fail or
NEGLECT to place such flag "a afores i'd,
it is hereby made the duty of the chief
of police of said city, as soon as he is in-
formed of The existence of such dis -ase
in any house, store, building, or tene-
ment, to cause such flag to be placed as
aforesaid. Such flag, WHEN so placed
by The owner or oc 'upant or Chief of
Police, shall remain there until such
person having such disease shall have
so far recovered that no danger by in
fectIOn or otherwise shall remain Such
flag shall not be less than one foot wide
by one and half feet long.
Passed the Common Council Nov. q.
1888. Attest:
T. 5. JEwErT,
Auditor and Police Judge.
Approved Nov. 2Sth, 1888.
| c. Ii. PAGE,
| Mayor.
| PENALTY.
Sec. 10. Any person who shall vio-
| late any or the PROVISIONS or sections 8,
9 10, II, -. 13 and IA of this ordinance,
and any person WHO shall neglect or re-
fuse to obey anv order or regulation
made by the Board of Health in the ex-
errise of the powers conferred bv this
ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of
mlsdem amor. and, upon conviction
thereof before the Police Judge, shall
he punished by fine of not more than
one hundred dollars, or by impris-
omennt i'll the jail of the city
of not more than twenty days.
The Board of Health shall cause to be
pr secuted all cases of violation of anv
of the provisions of this ordinance, and
all fines imposed and collected un-
derlihis ordinance, shall go into the Po-
lice Fund.
Robb e. Parker,
AGENCY or
Fire and Marine Insurance,
With an Aggregate Capital of
S10,000.0O0.
| IMPERIAL of Inndop