The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-17
An Ordinance.


Of Tionesta, and It is hereby ordained
and enacted by authority Of the same.
That in accordance with an act OF the
Legislature OF the State OF Pennsyl-
vania approved May IL, 1898, enabling
Boro councils to establish Boards
of Health, the following ordinance is
hereby enacted:
Section 1. DR.. +. T. Mason, A. 3. KEEL
ly, c. A. Randall, I. 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 unwholesome, or whatever build
ing, erection or part or cellars thereof
Is overcrowded or not provided with
adequate means Of egress or ingress, OF
is not sufficiently supported, ventilated,
severed, drained, cleaned OF llghted,
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 a 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
ter, drainage or organic waste sub
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 (not larger than
one-half 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-b 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, 15,
16 and II, as published by the said
Board of Health, which are hereby
enacted, adopted and made part of this
ordinance.
Sec. 6. 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 1t 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 filed
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 seizure 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 a competent civil engineer,
approved by the Board of Health,
specifying location, connections, size OF
pipe, and shall be governed by rules
23, "a, 20. 26. 81, 2S, 20, So 81 and 80 OF
the Board of Health, which are here
by enacted, adopted and made part OF
this ordinance.
Sec. 9. The following named diseases
are declared to be communicable and
dangerous to the public health, viz,
Smallpox, (variola and varioloi0
cholera (Asiatic or epidemic), scarlet
fever (s:serletina, scarlet rash), measles
diphtheTia (diphtheretic Group, diph-
thereto sore-throaO, typhoid fever
typhus fever, yellow fever, spottet
fever cerebro spinal-meningitis, relaps
ing fever, epidemic dysentery, hydro
phobia (rabies), CHAMBERS (fancy), anC
leprosy, and shall be understood to b,
included in the following relations:
Sec. 10. Whenever any households
knows that any person within his fami
ly or household, or whenever any ply
sician finds that any person whom h.
is called on to visit has a communica
BILE disease dangerous to the publ
health as specified in the foregoing
sections, he or she shall immediatel.
report the same to the Board of Healtl
as provided in their rules 81 and 3S
which are hereby enacted, adopted ans
made part of this ordinance.
Sec. IL. No person shall, within tn
limits of this borough, unless permit
ted by the Board Of Health, carry o
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 publ
or church funeral of any person tina
has died of Asiatic cholera smallpox
typhus fever, diphtheria, yellow fevel
= scarlet fever or measles. No perso
shall let or hire any house or buildin
or room in any house or building 4
which a communicable disease dan
gerous to the public health has recent
ly existed until the room, or house
and premises Herewith connected
/ have been thoroughly disintected, e2
. cept as provided by rules Sc. 81. 3S an
SO as published by the Board of Healtl
: which are hereby enacted, adopted an
| made part Of this ordinance.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of ever
adult and every parent, guardian, {
| master Of every minor residing With
the limits of this borough who has NJ
! had smallpox and been Vaccinated s
D as to have taken cowpox regularly,
, be, If an adult, vaccina ted, or in cas-
Of minor, to cause such minor to
!. vaccinated within six months of II
. passage Of this rule, unless urable I
do so by reason of poverty, and 1t sha
be lawful for any regularly educate
;. physician residing In this borough, {
application of such resident adult,
parent, master or guardian Of sue
!. resident minor as are unable by reasC
of poverty to pay the vaccination fe
to vaccinate said adult or said mino
% and present his bill therefor, proper
i | authenticated, for an amount not e