The record-union., 1892-03-24
ARTICLE XII.
Health DEPARTMENT..


SEC. 100. There shall be a Health Depart
ment under the management of a Board OF
Health said board shall consist of i've men,
Oers, who shall be appointed by the Mayor. by
and with the consent of the Board of Trustees
The President OF the Board of Trustees snail
be eX ofiicio the President of the Board of
Health, but without the right to vote, except
in case OF tie, WHEN he Shall have the right
10 vote. Each member shall be a duly liCenSe q
physician in accordance with the laws of the
state and a qualified 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
Infee years, ana Two at the end OF four years.
they shall receive no com pensaton for their
services, and their term of Office shall be four
years.
SEC. 40. Regular meetings of the Board of
Health shall beheld once month and special
meetings when called by the President or any
three members, and all meetings shall be pub
he 1hree members snail constitute a 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 detective 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 civ
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
CUSTODIAN OF all the death and cemetery rec
ords now belonging TO the city, and they shall
cause to be kept in books, prepared for the
purpose, complete records of ali deaths in
ternents in all the city cemeteries and birf hs
forms ana regulations for the use OF physi-
clans, undertakes and superintendent 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 Infections diseases
Tney shall have power to prevent or forbid
communication with infected or
houses, and by the consent of the Mayor may
establish 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 NAV from
time to time adopt and all expenses neces-
sartiy 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-
rected TO make an appropriation therefor out
of the General Fund.
SIC. IA. The Board of Health, within two
weeks from the time OF its organization, shall
elect a City Physician, who Shall also act as
Health Ohieer and 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. He shall
hold his Office during the pleasure of the Board
OF Health, and must see that the laws and or
health, and the regulations and orders of the
Board OF Health, are properly enforced He
shall keep full record of ali 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-
lnoyals IN any of the cemeteries belonging to
the city, and no interments shall be made
therein unless said Health Officer is salts led
OF the correctness and reliability of the .rtifi-
cate of death presented for his inspection He
shall have the powers of a police Officer. and
shall make an extended amt a. report TO the
Board of Health OF the affairs pertaining TO
ms ONCE, including mortuary and other sta
tissues, with such observations and recon-
lnendationS IN relation 10 the sanitary condi-
ton OF the city as he may deem proper.
SEC. l. >. The City Physician Shall attend,
Wheh called upon, the INDECENT sick or
Nolhded IN the city, and shall have charge of
any receiving hospital or dispenSary estab-
bShea Tor the benefit of the Sick poor, and.
when deemed necessary by the Board OF
Heath, he may employ nurse to assist him
IN the care of the INDECENT sick or wounded
SEC. D The City Physician, as Health
Ofaeer, snail visit once in each quarter all
Puohc buildings and schoOlhouses in said
city During such visits he shall examine the
manner IN which they are lighted, ventilated
anu heated, and particularly as To their sani-
Tary condition.
SEC. III. The City Physician, as Health
Ofhcer, snail promptly report IN writing 10
the CITY superintendent of Common Schools
the name anu residence OF every person sick
with ehoiera, smallpox. scarlabina, dipE-
tnefia or any contagious disease Said CITY
Superintendent, when. So notified. n1ust ref1lSe
adnittance to tie common schools OF any
member OF hodsehold, one or more of whose
inmates are Siek nom 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
gificer, mat there is no longer any danger
from contagion.
SEC. us. When a case Of CONTAGIOUS disease
is reported 10 the Health Officer. ne may visit
The premises where the person is and when
satisfied that said disease exists. ne shall
place yellow flag or conspicuous notice on
said premises, which shall remain during the
continuance of the disease on said premises.
SEC. 179. The Health Officer may cause to
he removed to a smallpox hospifal any d r
SON in said city affected vita snlall-Tox
When a case OF smallpox exists in any house
and the person so effected is not moved to
said hospital or pest house, the Health Officer