The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-01
ARTICLE XII.
Health Department..

SEC. 169. There shall be Health Depart
mcnt under the management of q Board of
Health. Said board shall consist OF i've men,
bers, who shall be appointed BY the Mayor, by
ami with the consent Of tue Board of Trustees
The President of the Board of Trustees shall
be eX otiicio the President of the Board of
Health, but without the right to vote, except
IN case OF a tie, when he shall have the right
10 vote. Each member shall be duly licensed
physician IN accordance with the laws OF the
State and a qualified electOr of the city for not
less than two years, Those first apr ointed
shall so classify themselves by lot that one
shall 90 out of Office at the end OF one year.
one at the end OF two years, one at the end of
three years and two at the end OF four years.
They shall receive no compensation for their
services, and their term OF office shall be four
years.
SEC. 40. Regular meetings of the Board of
Health shall be held once month and special
meetings when called by the President or any
three members, and all meetings shall be pub
lie. Three members shall constitute q QUO
rum for the transaction of any business
SEC. III. said Board Of Health shall have
supervision of all matters appertaining to the
sanitary condition of the city and public in
situations thereof and full powers are hereby
given to said board over all questions of foul
or detective drainage, and of the distinction
and sanitary cleaning OF streets, alleys Gel
lars, ceSspools, sewers or nuisances OF any de-
serption, and OF low places within the city
limits calculated to receive and retain I'M
healthy deposits.
SEC. 172. The Board OF Health shall exer-
else general supervision over and be the
custodian OF al the death and cemetery rec
ords now belonging to the city, and they shall
cause TO he kept in books, prepared for the
purpose, complete records Of all deaths in
terlnents IN all the city cemeteries and births
occurring in said city. They shall adopt such
forms anu regulations for the use OF physi-
clans. undertakerS and SupcTintendentS of
Cemeteries as IN their Judgment NAV be best
calculated 10 secure reli8b be vital and NOR
taity statistics in said city, and prevent the
spread of contagious and infectious diseases
They shall have power TO prevent or forbid
communication with infected families or
houses, and by the consent of the Mayor may
establish a pesthouse and provide the neces-
Eary attendants ana supplies therefor
SEC. 173. The Board of Trustees of the CITY
of Sacramento shall, by ordinance or other
wise, provide Tor enforcing such orders and
regulations as the Board of Health may from
time TO time adopt, and all expenses neces-
sarily incurred by the Board of Health in
carry ing out the provisions OF law and OF this
Charter shall be provided for by the Board of
Trustees. who are hereby authorized and di-
Tected 10 MAKE an appropriation therefor out
of the General Fund.
SEC. Ia. The Board of Health, within two
weeks rom the time OF its organization shall
elect a City Physician, who shall also act as
Health Oileer ana Secretary OF the Board of
Health. SAID City Physician shall not be "a
member OF the Board of Health, and shall be
an electOr of the city, not less than thirty
years of age,a licensed physician of not less
than two years, and actually engaged in the
practice OF his profession therein. de shall
hold his Office during the pleasure of the Board
of Health, ana must see that the laws and or
Ginances of the city in relation TO the public
health, ana the regulations and orders of the
Board OF Health, are properly enforced He
shall keep q fuii record of all the transactions
of the Board of Health as well rs all records
appertaining thereto; and by himself or his
deputy issue all permits for burialS or re-
luoYals in any OF the cemeteries belonging to
the city. and no intermentS shall be made
therein unless said Health Officer is satisfied
OF the correctness ana reliability OF the c3rtif-
cafe of death presented for his inspection. He
shall have the powers OF q police officer. and
shall make an extended amt al report 10 the
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DIS office, including mortuary and other sta
tistieS, with such obser atiOus and recon-
nendatlons in relation TO the sanitary condi-
ton of the city as he may deem proper.
SEC. j. o. The City Physician shall attend
when called upon, the INDECENT sick or
wounded Ia the city, and shall nave Charge of
any receiving hospital or dispenSary estab-
iished for the benefit of the sick poor and
when deemed necessary by the Board of
Health, he may employa nurse TO assist him
IN the care OF the INDECENT sick or wounded.
SEC. 176. The City Physician, as Health
Officer, shall visit once in each quarter all
public buildings and sehoolhouSes in said
city. During such visits he shall examine the
manner in which they are lighted, ventilated
and heated, and particularly as TO their sani-
tary condition.
SEC. III. The City Physician, as Health
officer, shall promptly report in writing TO
the City Superintendent OF Common Schools
fhe name and residence OF every person sick
with cholera, smallpox, scSrlafina, diph-
iberia or any contagious disease. said City
SUPERINTENDENT when 50 notified, must refuse
alnittaNCe 70 TIE common SchOHlS o. any
tnenlber Of q houSehoId, one or more OF " hose
irnaates are sick from any OF the aforesaid dis
eases. Tie person excluded shall be admitted
upon presenting certificate from his or her
oftsndiug physician, or from the Health
0ffieer. that there IS no longer any danger
rom contaglon.
SIC. IT'S. When case OF contagious disease
&c reported TO the Health 0Hcer, he may visit
5I,e nrefn ises where the person is, ana when
satisfied that said disease exists, ne shall
place yellow Tag or e q, notice on
,,ntinuanoe OF the disease on said premises.
SEC. I79. The Heath Officer may cause TO
be removed to a sInsst s5 hospital any PEI
sUIo,1 case of smallpox exists in any house
:, AZ he uerson so effected is not moved to
saId hospital or pest house, the Health Officer