The record-union., 1892-04-11
ARTICLE XII.
Health Departments.

SEC. 169. There shall be a Health Depart
nent under the management of Board of
Health. Said board shall consist of five mem
bers VINO snail be appointed by the Mayor, by
and with the consent Of the Board of Trustees
TIE President of the Board of Trustees shall
be ex oflcio the President of the Board of
Health, bat without the right to vote except
in case of tie, when he Shall have the right
10 vote. Each member shall be duly licensed
physician ia accordance with the laws OF the
0t;-te aud quallled elector OF the city for not
less than two years. Those first anpointed
shall so classify themselves by lot that one
shall go out of Office at the end of one wear
one at the end of two years one at the end of
three years, and two at the end OF four years
ibey shall receive no compensation for their
services, ana 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
tic. Three members shall constitute a quo
rum for the transaction of any business.
SEC. III. said Board of Health shall have
supervision or 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 disinfection
and sanitary cleaning of streets, alleys, Gel
lars, cesspools, sewers or nuisances of any de-
scriptlon, and OF low places within the CITY
limits calculated 10 receive and retain I'M
healthy deposits.
SEC. 172. The Board of Health shall exer-
else general supervision over and be the
custodian of all the death and cemetery rec
0rdS now belonging to the city and they Shall
cause to be kept IN books, prepared for the
purpose, complete records of all deaths in
ternlentS in all the city cemeteries. and births
occurring IN said city. They shall adopt such
forms and regulations for the use of physi-
clans, unGertakers and Superintendents of
Cemeteries as in their Judgment may be best
calculated 10 secure reliable, vital and NOR
tality statistics in said city, and prevent the
spread of contagious and infections diseases
They shall have power To prevent or forbid
communication with infected families or
houses, and by the consent of the Mayor NAV
eStablsh a pesthouse and provide the neces
sary attendants and supplies therefor
SEC. 173. The Board of Trustees of the CITY
OF sacramento shall, by ordinance or other
wise, provide for enforcing such orders and
regulations as the Board of Health may from
time 10 time adopt, and all expenses neces-
sar1ly 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-
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 Ohcer and SECRETARY of the Board of
Health. Said City Physician shall not he q
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. He shall
hold his Office during the pleasure of the Board
Of Health, aud mus5 see that the laws and or
dinances OF the city in relation to the public
health, and the regulations and orders Of the
board or Health are properly enforced He
shall keep full record of all the transactions
OF the Board OF Health, as well as ali records
appcrtaining thereto; and 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 he made
therein unless said Health Officer is satisfied
OF the correctness and reliability of the certfi-
cate OF death presented for his inspection He
shalI have the powers or a police officer. ana
snail make an extended a. report 10 the
a. n fsal se .4.,fr, s,,rr
his office, including mortuary and other sta
tistics. with such obsery ations and recon-
mendatons in relation TO the sanitary condi-
ton OF the city as he may deem proper.
SIC. 10. The City Physician shall attend
when called upon, the INDECENT sick or
wounded in the city, ana shall have charge of
any receiving hospital or dispensarv estab-
lshed for the benefit OF the SICK poor, and,
when deemed necessary by the Board of
Health, ne may employ nurse TO assist him
IN the care of the INDECENT sick or wounded
SEC. 116. The City Physician, as Health
officer. shall visit once in each quarter all
public buildings and Schooihouses 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-
SEC. ~. The City Physician, as Health
Officer, shall promptly report in writing to
the City superintendent OF Common schools
the name and reside ace OF every person sick
with cholera, smallpox, scarlatina. diph-
iberia or any contagious disease said CITY
Superintendent, when so notified, must refuse
,nenber OF q household, one or more of whose
inmates are sick from any OF the aforesaid dis
eases The person excluded shall be admitted
upon presenting a certificate from his or her
attending physician, or from the Health
Officer. That there is no longer any danger
from contagion.
: $50. l7S. When a case of contagious disease
s. reported to the Health Officer, he may visit
The premises where the person is and when
satisfied that said disease exists, lie shall
place a yellow flag or conspicuous notice ON
= ia r1rau1iseS which shall remain durinp the
couifnuance of the disease on said premises
SEC. I7e. The Health Officer may cause to
he removed 10 q smallpox hospital any per-
son in said city affected with smallpox
When a case of smallpox exists in any house
and the person SO eIfected is not moved 10
said hospital or pest house, the Health Officer