The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-05
ARTICLE XII.
Health Department.


SEC 169 There shall be a Health Depart
ment under the management of Board Of
Health. said boar shall consist Of i've men,
bers, who shall be appointed by the Mayor, by
and with the consent of the Board Of Trustees
The President OF the Board OF Trustees shall
be ex OiIicio the President Of the Board of
Health, but without the right to vote, except
IA case OF a Tie, Wilen ne snail nave the right
20 vote. Each member shall be q duly licensed
physician in accordance with the laws of the
stale and n qualified electOF OF the city for net
less tn8n two years. Those first appointed
shall so classify themselves by lot that one
shall go out OF once at the end OF one year
one al the end OF two years one at the end of
three years, and two at the END OF four years.
They shall receive no mpensation for their
services, and their term Of office shall be four
years.
SEC. 10, Regular meetings of the Board of
Health shall be held once month ana special
meetings when called by the President or any
three members, and all meetings shall be pub
ile. Three members shall constitute quo
rum for The transaction of any business
SEC. III. said Board Of Health shall have
supervision Of all matters apptrtaining to the
sanitary condition of the city and public, in
stitutions thereof, and full powers are hereby
given to said board over all questions of foul
or defective drainage, and OF the distinction
and sanitary cleaning OF streets, alleys Gel
lars, ceSspOOls, sewers or nuiSanceS of any de-
seription, 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 a general supervision over and be the
ordS now belonging to the city and they shall
cause TO be kept in books prepared for the
purpose, complete records of all deaths in
LefInents IN au the city cemeteries, and births
occurring in said city. They shall adopt such
forms and regulations for the use OF phvsj-
clans, underwriters and Superintendent of
Cemeteries as in their Judgment may be best
calculated to secure reliable, vital and NOR
taiity 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 NAV
establish q peSthouSe and provide the necpS
sary attendants and 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 NAV from
time to time adopt, and all expens es neces-
sarily incurred by the Board of Health in
carrying out the provisions of law and of this
Charter shall be provided for by the Board of
Trustees, who are hereby authorized and di-
recied TO make an appropriation therefor out
of the General Fund.
SEC. IN The Board of Health. within two
weeks from the time of its organization shall
elect a City Physician, who shall also act as
Health Officer and Secretary OF the Board of
Health. said City Physician shall NOT he a
member of the Board of HEALTH and shall be
an eieetor 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. He shall
hold his Office during the pleasure of the Board
of Health, ana must see that the laws and or
dinances of the city in relation to the public
health, and the regulations and orders Of the
Board OF Health, are properly enforced. He
shah keep full record OF all the transactions
of the Board of Health. as well as all records
appertaining thereto; and by himself or his
deputy issue all permits for burials or re-
1nONstlS in any OF the cemeteries belonging to
the city, and no interinents shall be made
therein unless said Health Officer is satisfied
of the correctness and reliability of the crtifi-
cate of death presented for his inspection. He
shall have the powers of a police officer. ana
snail make an extended amt 81 report 10 the
Board of Health OF the affairs pertaining to
ms Office, including mortuaTy and other sta
uStieS, with such obSery atoms and recon-
lnendauonS in relation TO the sanitary condi-
lion Of the city rs he may deem proper.
SIC. rs, The City Physician shall attend,
Mhen called upon, the INDECENT sick or
Woahded in the city, and shall have charge of
&hy receiving hospital or dispenSary estab-
lsleo Tor the benefit of the sick poor, and
Mheu deemed necessary by the Board OF
team ne may employ q nurse to assist him
IA the care OF the INDECENT sick or wounded
SEC. / % The City Physic an, as Health
Officer, shall visit once in each quarter an
public buildings and sehoolhouses in said
city. during such visits he shall examine the
manner IA which they are lighted, ventilated
and heated, and particularly rs To their SAINT
tary condition.
SIC. ~. The City Physician, as Health
On1eer, snalt promptly report in writing To
the city superintendent OF Common Schools
the name ana residence of every person sick
with eholera, smallpox, searlatina. diph-
iberia. or any contagious disease said civ
Superintendent, when SO notified nn1lSf refuse
admittanee to the common SCHOOLS OF any
inmates are sick from any O. the aftres,if dis
eases. The person excluded Shall be admitted
upon presenting certificate from his or her
attending PHYSICIAN or from the Health
officer, that there is no longer any danger
from eontagion.
SEC. Us. When case of contagious disease
IS reported 10 the Health Officer, he may visit
The premises where the person is. and when
satisfied that said disease exists ne SHAH
place yellow flag or cons icuous notice on
Said premises which shall remain dnriT1g tba
continuance Of the disease on said premises
SEC. 179 The Health 0ficer may ,alIse To
sc removed TO small pox hospital any per-
When g case of smallpox exists in any house
and the person so effected is not moved to
said hospital or pest house. the Health officer