The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-03
An Ordinnnco.

and enacted by authority Of the same.
That in accordance with an act Of the
Legislature of the State Of Pennsyl-
vania approved May H. 1898, enabling
Boro councils to establish Boards
Of Health, the following ordinance is
hereby enacted:
Section 1. DR.. F. 4. Mason, A. b. Kel-
! ly. c. a. Randall, T. f. Ritchey and j.
r. Clark are appointed as a Board Of
! Health of said Boro.
Section 2. Whatever is dangerous to
human life or health whatever rem
ders the air, or food, or water or other
drink unwholosome, or whatever build
ing, erection or part or cellars thereof
is overcrowded or not provided with
adequate means Of egress or ingress, or
is not sufficiently supported, ventilated.
severed, drained, cleaned or lighted,
are declared to be nuisances and to be
illegal, and every person having aided
IN creating or contributing to the same
or who may support, continue or re-
tain any Of them shall be deemed
guilty OF violation of this rule, and
also liable for the expense Of the abate-
ment and remedy thereof.
Section g. No house refuse. offal
garbage, dead animals, decaying mat
stance of any kind, shall be thrown or
allowed to run on any street, road,
ditch, gutter, lot, yard, ground. or pub
lie place within the limits of this bor-
ough, and no putrid or decaying ami
NAL or other matter shall be kept in
any house or cellar, or adjacent out
building or grounds for more than
twenty-four hours. Owners, tenants
and occupants of houses shall provide
suitable receptacles mot larger than
one-haf barreD, for holding kitchen
garbage and offal, and shall remove
the same when necessary or required
by the Health Officer.
Section 4, No bone or horse-boiling
establishments shall be maintained or
operated within the limits of the bor-
ough.
Sec. No person or persons, without
the consent of the Board of Health,
shall build or use any slaughter house
within the limits of this borough, eX-
cept in accordance with rules IA. 10,
10 and II, as published by the said
Board of Health, which are hereby
enacted, adopted and made part of this
ordinance.
Sec. G. All stables and stable yards
shall be kept clean, and when manure
is removed from off the premises It
shall be done in such a proper man.
ner, as none of it may be dropped or
left in any street, road, lane or other
passageway within the limits of the
borough.
Sec. Z. All privy vaults, cesspools or
reservoirs shall be cleaned and filled
at the request of the Board of Health,
according to their published rules, 10,
20 and 21, which are hereby enacted,
adopted and made part Of this ordin-
ance.
Sec. s. To secure a proper sanitary
condition in the borough and prevent
the development and spread of dis
ease, complete system of underground
sewerage shall be adopted, which shall
be in accordance with a plan or plot,
made by competent civil engineer
approved by the Board of Health,
specifying location, connections, size of
pipe, and shall be governed by rules
70, "a, 20, 26, 27, 2S, 20, so, 81 and 80 Of
the Board of Health, which are here
by enacted, adopted and made part of
this ordinance
Sec. 3. The following named diseases
are declared to be communicable and
dangerous to the public health, viz
smallpox, (variola and varioloid),
cholera (Asiatic or. epidemic), scarlet
| fever (scarletina, scarlet rash), measles
diphtheria (diphtheretic Group. diph-
thereto sore-throaO, typhoid fever,
typhus fever, yellow fever, spotted
fever, cerebro spinal-meningitis, relaps-
ing fever, epidemic dysentery, hydro
phobia Qabies), glanders .Qancy), and
leprosy, and shall be understood to be
included in the following relations:
Sec. 10. Whenever any householder
knows that any person within his fami-
ly or household, or whenever any ply
sician finds that any person whom he
is called on to visit has a communica-
bic disease dangerous to the public
health, as specified in the foregoing
sections, he or she shall Immediately
report the same to the Board Of Health
as provided in their rules 81 and 35,
which are hereby enacted, adopted and
made part of this ordinance.
Sec. II. No person shall, within the
limits of this borough, unless permit
ted by the Board Of Health, carry or
remove from one building to another,
any patient affected with any commu-
nicable disease dangerous to the pub
lie health. There shall not be a public
| or church funeral of any person that
has died of Asiatic cholera, smallpox,
typhus fever diphtheria, yellow fever,
scarlet fever or measles. No person
shall let or hire any house or building
or room in any house or building in
which communicable disease dan
gerous to the public health has recent
ly existed until the room, or house,
and premises Herewith connected,
have been thoroughly disinfected. ex-
cept as provided by rules SO. 81, 3s and
80 as published by the Board of Health,
which are hereby enacted, adopted and
made part Of this ordinance.
Sec. u. 1t shall be the duty of every
adult and every parent, guardian, or
master Of every minor residing within
the limits Of this borough who has not
had smallpox and been vaccinated so
as to have taken cowpox regularly, to
be, II an adult, vaccinated, or in case
Of minor, to cause such minor to be
vaccinated within six months of the
| passage of this rule, unless unable to
do so by reason of poverty, and it shall
be lawful for any regularly educated
physician residing IN this borough, on
application Of such resident adult, or
parent, master or guardian Of such
resident minor as are unable by reason
or poverty to pay the vaccination fee,
TO Vaccinate said adult or said minor,
and present his bill therefor, properly
authenticated, for an amount not ex-