The record-union., 1892-03-22
ARTICLE XII.
Health Department.


SEC. 169. There shall be a Health Depart
mcnt 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.
Tie President OF the Board of Trustees shall
be eX officio the President of the Eoard of
Health, but without the right to vote, except
in case OF q tie, when he Shall have the right
TO vote. Each member shall be q duly licensed d
physician in accordance with the laws OF the
State and qualified electOr OF the city for not
less than two years. Those first apr ointed
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
Ihfee years ana 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 Roord of
Health shall be neid once month. and special
meetings when called by the President or any
three members, and all meetings shall be pub
he 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 disinfection
ana sanitary cleaning OF streets, alleys, cei-
lars, ceSSpOolS, sewers or nuiSanceS OF any de
Scription, and of low places within the city
limits calculated to receive and retain mn
healthy deposits.
SEC. 172. The Board of Health shall exer.
else a general supervision over and be the
ClSLDGldu OF All the GStiLn ana cemetery
ords now belonging TO the city, and they shall
cause 10 be kept in books, prepared for the
purpose, complete records of ali deaths in
JerInentS IN al the city cemeteries and iiirt his
occurring in said city. They shall adopt such
forms and regulations for the use of pbysi-
clans, underjakers and Superintendents of
Cemeteries as in their Judgment may be best
calculated 10 secure reliable, vital and NOR
tally 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 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-
sarly 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.
SEC. la. The Board of Health, within two
weeks from the time OF its organization shall
elect a City Physician, who Shall also act as
Health Otfcer 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 procession 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
snail keep full record of all the transactions
OF the Board OF ItCalt1, as well rs all records
appertaining thereto; and by himself or his
deputy issue all permit Is for burialS or re-
InoVals in any OF the cemeteries belonging to
the city, ana no lnteTnentS shall be made
therein unless said Health Officer is satisfied
OF the correctness and reliability of he riff
cate OF death presented for his inspection. He
siiaii nave the powers OF police officer, ana
snail make an eNieGded ann a. report to the
Board OF Health of the affairs pertaining TO
his Office, including mortuary and other Sta
tistics, with such obserX atoms ana recon-
mendations in relation 10 the sanitary condi-
ton OF the city as he may deem proper.
SIC 145. The City Physician Shall attend,
When called upon, the INDECENT sick or
Wo nded IN the city, and shall have charge OF
any receiving hospital or disp ensary eStab-
lished for the beneta of the sick poor and
when deemed necessary by the Board of
de3elth, he may employ nurse to assist him
IN the care OF the INDECENT sick or wounded
,s9ec SEC. 4t5. The City Physician, as Health
Omcer, shau visit once in each quarter all
pubic buildings and schoolhouseS in said
city. During such visits he shall examine the
manner III which they are lighted ventilated
and heated, and particularly as to their sani-
taFy condition.
SEC. IL. The City Physician. as Health
Ofncer, snail promptly report in writing to
the City Superintendent OF Common Schools
the name ana reside ice OF every person sick
with cholera, smallpox, searlatina, diph-
iberia, or any contagious disease Said Civ
Superintendent, when So notified must raitlse
admittance to the common schools OF any
meml e. OF household, one or more of whose
inmates are sick from any o. the aforesaid dis
eases. The person excluded shall be admitted
upon presenting q certificate from his or her
attending physician, or from the Health
officer, that there Is no longer any danger
from contagion.
SEC. 17S. When case OF contagious disease
is reported to the Health 0lFicer lie NAV visit
The premises where the person IS. and when
satisfied that said disease exists. he shall
place yellow flag or conspicuous notice on
said premises, which shall remain during the
continuance of the disease on said premises.
SEC. I79. The Health Officer may cause to
lie removed to a smallpox hospital any o. r.
SON in said city affected with SMALLPOX
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