The record-union., 1892-03-31
ARTICLE XII.
Health Denartment.


SEC. 169. There shall be Health Depart
meBt under the management of 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
he eX ofiicio 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 a duly licensed
physician IN accordance with the laws OF the
state ana qual1ned elector 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 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 a 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
and 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 I'M
healthy deposits.
SEC. 172. The Board of Health shall exer-
else a general supervision over and be the
custodian of all the death and cemetery rec
ordS now belonging to the city, and they shall
cause 10 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 physi-
clans, undertakers and superintendent OF
Cemeteries us in their judgment may be best
calculated TO secure reliable vital and NOR
IaHty 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
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establish 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 Tor enforcing such orders and
regulations as the Board of Health NAV from
time 10 time adopt, and all expenses 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 d.
rected to make an appropriation therefor out
of the General Fund.
SEC. la. The Board of Health, within two
weeks from the time Of its organization shall
elect City Physician, who shall also act as
Health Officer and Secretary of the Board of
Health. Said City Physician shall not be 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, and must see that the laws and or
dinances of the city in relation 10 the public
health, and the regulations and orders Of the
Board OF Health, are properly enforced. He
shall 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-
movals In any of the cemeteries belonging TO
the city. and no intermentS shall be made
therein unless said Health Osicer is satisfied
of the correctness and reliability of The csrtid-
cate of death presented for his inspection. He
shall have the powers of police Officer and
shall make an extended ann al report 10 the
hoard OF Health OF the aHalrs pertaining 10
his Office, Including moripary and other sta
tiStics. with such obSery ations and recon-
mendations IN relation TO the sanitary condi-
ton OF the city as he may deem proper
SEC. 175. The City Physician sh.iH attend,
when called upon, the INDECENT sick or
wounded in the city. and shall have charge of
any receiving hospital or disp enssry estab-
lished for the benefit of the sick poor, and,
when deemed necessary by the Board of
Health, he may employ nurse To assist him
IN the care OF the INDECENT sick or wounded.
SEC. 176. The City Physician. as Health
OtGcer, shall visit once in each quarter all
public buildings and schoolhouses in sa
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 ~. The City Physician, as Health
Officer, shall promptly report in writing TO
the City Superintendent OF Common Schools
the name and residence OF every person sick
with cholera, smallpox, scarlatina, diph-
liberia, or any contagious disease, said City
Superintendent, when SO notified must refuse
adinittance TO the common schools OF any
TfeinDer OF a ttlttSSholtt. one or more nose
inmates are sick from any o! the aforesaid dis
eases The person excluded shall be admitted
rTl1on presenting a certificate from his or her
attending physician, from the Health
oft;cer that there IS no longer anv danger
from contagion.
SEC. I7s. When case Of contagious disease
is reported to the Health Ohicer he may visit
tho premises where the person Is, and when
eatts1ed that said disease exists he shall
,S1eee e yellow flag or conspicuous notice ON
ssid premises, which shall remain during the
continuanca ofthe disease on said premises
80, - 10 The Health Officer may cause to
renoyed TO q smallpox hospital any per-
son in said city affected with smallpox
when Of snaii ep eTi 3 IN any hoqse
sasd hospital or pest house, the Health Officer