The record-union., 1892-03-23
ARTICLE XII.
Health Department.


SEC. 169. There shall be a Health Depart
meut under the management of q Board of
Health. said board shall consist of five 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 oflicio 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
TO vote. Each member shall oe a duly licensed
physician IN accordance with the laws of the
State and qualified eleetOr of the city for not
less than two years. Those first appointed
shall SO classify themselves by lot that one
shall go 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 wears
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 heid 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 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
stitutionS thereof, and full powers are hereby
given to said board over all questions of foul
or defective drainage, and of the distinction
ana sanitary Cleaning OF streets, alleys, Gel
lars, cesspools, sewers or nuisanceS OF any de-
scription, and of low places within the city
limits calculated to receive and retain un-
healthy deposits.
SEC. 172. The Board of Health shall exer-
else a general supervision over and be the
q
Or,is now belonging to the city, ahd they shall
cause to be kept in books, prepared for the
purpose, complete records of all Deaths in
termentS in all the city cemeteries. and births
occurring in said city. They shall adopt such
forms and regulations for the use of phvsi-
clans, undertakers and SupeTintendents of
Cemeteries as in their Judgment may be best
calculated TO secure reliable, vital and NOR
tality 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-
saTy 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 may from
Tune to time adopt, and all expenses neces-
sariy incurred by the Board of Health in
carrying out the provisions of law and of this
Charter shall De provided for by the Board of
trustees, who are hereby authorized and di-
Tected to make an appropriation therefor out
OF the General Fund.
SEC. Ia The Board of Health, within two
weeks from the time of its organization. shall
elect City Physician, who shall also act as
Health Ofhcer and Secretary OF the Board of
Health. Said City Physician shall nor he a
member of the Beard of Health and shall be
an eleetor 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
dfnances of the city in relation to the public
health, and the regulations and orders of the
Beard OF Health, are properly enforced. He
small keep 1uIl record OF all the transactions
OF the Board of Health. well as all records
appertaiuing thereto; aud by himself or his
deputy issue all permits for burials or re-
lnoYals IN any of the cemeteries belonging TO
the city, and no interments shall be made
therein unless said Health OAieer is satisfied
of the correctness and reliability of he riff
cate OF death presented for his inspection He
shall have the powers OF a police officer and
Staii MAKE an Xieiioed annt a report 10 the
board OF heaIth OF the affairs pertaining TO
ms once, lncludlnS mortuaIy ana other sta
tlStles, with such obserN atious and recon-
lnendations in relation TO the sanitary condi-
ton OF the city as he may deem proper
SEC. 175. The City Physician shall attend.
when called upon, the INDECENT sick or
Noanded IN the city, and shall have Charge of
any receiving hospital or dispensaFy estab-
Hshea Tor the benefit OF the sick poor, and,
when deemed necessary by the Board of
heilth, ne may employ nurse to assist him
III tile care OF the INDECENT sick or wounded.
SEC. 176. The city Physician, as Health
oInSeF, shali visit once in each quarter all
pubic buildings and sehooihouSes 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-
1ary condition.
SEC. ~. The City Physician, as Health
officer, snail promptly report in writing to
the City superintendent OF Common Schools
the mamie anu reside ice of every person sick
with cnoiera, smallpox, Scariatina. diph-
iberia, or any contagious disease. said City
Superintendent, when so notified must refuse
adm1tfance 70 the common schools of any
member o. household, one or more of whose
inmates are sic nom any o. the aforesaid dis
eases. The person excluded shall be admitted
upon presenting u certificate from his or her
attending physician, or from the Health
officer, that there is no longer any danger
from contagion.
SEC. It's. When case of contagious disease
is yeporte;a 70 Ia the Heath ait oeer he may visit
satisfied that said disease exists, ne shall
place yellow flag or conspicuous notice on
said premises which sh shall remain during the
SEC. 179 The Health Officer may cause TO
he removed TO a small -pox hospital any per-
son in said city affected with SMALLPOX
When case - so eEset sAls.s = IA any mouse
said hospital or pest house, the Health oficer