Bisbee daily review., 1902-03-13
ORDINANCE NO. l4.
BOARD OF HEALTH.


 ! Council nf the Town of Bisbee
 Section l. That there be. and hereby Is, established In said Town of Bisbee A Board of Health, which shall be designated and known a> the Board Of Heath of said Town. The said Boar shall consist of the Mayer and two members of the Common Council. IT for any Ieason health officer should not bs ap pointed and qualified d. herein provided, the chairman of the Board of He n is au- thorzed aud empowered to disrhL se all the duties of the Health Officer until such officer shall be appointed and qualified
 S-c.2. The Mayor shall be the Chairman of the Bosrd and the Town Clerk Secretary thereof, and in case of absence of the Town Clerk, the me mbers of said Board may des- ignate one o' their number 10 net as Secre- tarv of said Board.
 See. 5. II shall re the dutyof said Board of Heelth after qualifying 10 meet ana appoint subject to the ratification of the Common Council. He eaith Officer, who shall be a res idPnt physician. practicing in said town, Said Board shall hold regular and special meetings, or either, us they may deem neees- sary, and shall sustain an.i eontrorthe heslth officer In the performance and discharge of his duties hereinafter imposed on him.
 Sec IL shall be the duty of the Health Officer, and he s her, by authorized ard em- powered subject to the direction and control ot the said Board of Health. to cause all pub, l'e streets, alleys, private lanes, houses, lots. aud premises W thin the corpora ate limits of the town, whether pub ,c or private and for whatever purpose used or employed or Iccu- pied, to be thoroughly cleaned and freed from all filth garbage or any other offensive mat ter in any way ca culated to engender dis case; to cause the same to he thoroughly dis infected so as 10 prevent the introduction, outbreak or spread of any iis ease, whether contagious or otherwise; to visit personally and to inspect at least once every ten days, If he deems il necessary. every portion of the city to order the police to notify as herein after directed, all persons whose premises are found to be in a filthy and unhealthy condition, to clean the same and remove therefrom. within twelve hours after service of notice upon them, hate CT he may think may produce any ma aria or Contagious dis ease; to see that the Ordinance oi the town, relative to the prevention and abatement of nuisances are rigid enforced and carried out, and to mak- such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the purpose of preve ntinz at any time within the town any disease or sickness or the spreading of any contasion CT epidemic, and to enforce he same
 Sec 5. IL shall be the iuty of the Health Officer, upon finding any private premises within said town, in uucleun unhealthy condition. to give to the owner, occupant or lessee of said premises notice in writing 10 remove therefrom, within twelve hours, whatever he finds ahout or upon such prem ises calculated to produce sickness or dis ease, and such owner, occupant or lessee re- C. lying said notice v ho shall fail or neglect 70 comply with the provisions thereof with in twelve hours after receiving the same shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor. See. 5. The Health Officer shalt have the power at any time to call for the assistance of the police force of the town to euforce a compliance with the pro visous of this Ordi. nance and for the purpose Of serving notices herein provided for and requested to be given.
 Sec. {. The Health Officer shall receive and be paid a monthly salary of Twenty-Five Dollars, payable in the same manner out Of Town treasury as the salaries of other officers are paid.
 Sec. s. Every physician practicing in the town of B sbee shall report to the Health Of- fcer. in writing every patient he shall have suffering under any contagious disease, im- mediately thereafter, and also 10 report to the same officer every case of death from such disease immediately after it shall have occurred,
 Sec, @. The Health Officer shall visit and examine all cases of such cont az ious diseas- es which may be reported to him. .and such others as may come to his knowledge.
 sec. 10. No person attending upon. or oth- erwise coming in Contact with any person afflicted with the smallpox, or other infec- tious or contagious disease texcept the phy- sicisn In attendan or con suIting associates) shall go upon any public street or otherwi.e mingle with people not afflicted with these diseases. without necessary disibfection as prescribed by tho He alth Officer or Board o
 Sec. II. Whenever case of smallpox or other contagious or infectious disease may be reported to the Health oificsr r, it shall be his duty to Immediately visit the premises where such a person may be. and the said Health Officer, upon personal inspection by himself or duly authorized assistants, shall immediately cause a yellow flag to be cree. ted in some conspicuous place upon said premises or place sufficient notification at the entrance of said prem ses, setting forth the danger, W hich shall remain during the continuance of the .isesss or danger. l Sec. l2- No person shall remove yellow ' flag or other notification of danger from any | premises where the same shall be placed by the Health Officer or his duly authorized as- sistants without the permission of said Health Officer or the Board of Health.
 sec. 1L Any person wno shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinanre shall be doomed guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon