The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-23


 enforce the measures of control agreed upon shall, subject to the approval of the committee of public health of the Coun- ty board of health, be selected and en- ployed by the health officer or officers having charge of the work of extermina- ton of the disease. and shall be subject to removal by said officer or officers. like wise on the approval of the committee of public health of the county board of health. Whenever q contagious, infec- tious or presidential disease, or one sus- pected of being such, appears in county incorporated city or town, of such grave and dangerous character as to render 1t important and urgent that prompt and immediate measures to pre- vent its spread be enforced the health officer of such County, incorporated city or town, shall have the right to institute and enforce such meas ures.
 Sec. IA Whenever the health officer of a county, incorporated city or town shall recommend to the Judge of Probate and County Commissioners. or Board of Reve- nue, or to the Mayor or attendant and council of an incorporated city or town the isolation and detention of such per- sons as are laborng under, or have been exposed to, any of the diseases named in Section 13 hereof it shall be the duty of r or Board of Revenue, or of said Mayor or intendant and council of said incor- porated city or town, to enforce under such penalties as said authorities may respectively prescribe the isolation and detention of said persons either at their own homes or at such places as may be designated by the said Judge of Probate and County Commissioners, or Board oe Revenue, or by the said Mayor or inten- dant and council of an incorporated city or town; provided that said recommen- dations and rules for the isolation and detention of said persons shall receive the written endorsement of at least one mem Der of the committee of public health of the county board of health.
 Sec 15. Whenever. complaint shall be made in writing to a health officer of county, city, or towf. that there is on any lot, piece of ground, or ln any house, or vessel or in any pond, lake, or stream owned or maintained by private indi- vidual or corporation, any source of in lection or unsanitary condition. which is prejudicial to tho public health, or likely | to become so, or any material or thing
 that is grossly offensive or indecent, it | shall be the duty of such health officer to | thoroughly investigate such complaint. | If, upon investigation, said. health officer shall be of the opinion that said com | plaint Is well founded he shall at once notify the person responsible therefor
 that he must remove or ahate, at his own expense, said source of infection, unSan- itary condition, CT grossly offensive or | indecent material or thing. Should said person responsible for said nuisance re- l fuse or neglect to obey such order, said health officer shall refer the matter to | tho county board of health for investiga- | ton, and either party to the contest may | request the State Health Officer to be pres | ent and participate in the investigation. | Should said county board of health agroe with the opinion of said health officer and | should the person responsible for sa'1 nuisance or for said indecenk material or | thing still refuse or neglect to comply with the decision reached by said county board of health. the health officer 10 whom said complaint was first made shall proceed with as little delay as possible to | causa said source of infection, unsan- | tary condition, or grossly offensive ma teriai or thing to be removed or abated | at the expense of the person responsible | therefor.
 | Sec. 16. Whenever complaint shall be
 made In writing to the health officer of a | county, city, or town that person, not at his own home, is afflicted with dangerous malady, infectious or conta- gious in character. it shall be the duty | of such health officer to thoroughly and promptly investigate said complaint. II upon investigation said health officer shall be of the opinion that said complaint IS well founded, 1t shall be his duty, If his opinion be concurred in by at least one member of the committee of public health of the county board of health, to cause such person so afflicted to be removed to such place as may be provided for such cases in the county, city or town in which such person shall be found; or, if there be no such place provided Tor such cases, then, to such place as said health officer shall deem suitable. The re- moyal of said person shall be at the ex- pense of said person, or in case the per son removed be a minor, then at the ex- pense of his parent or guardian, or If, the person removed be indigent, then, at the expense of the town, city or county in which such person is found.
 Sec. r. If in the attempt to perform any duty injoned upon him by either of the two preceding sections, the said health officer of a county, city or town shall be forcibly resisted, or be threat ened with forceful resistance, said health officer shall make affidavit before the judge of probate, or any justice or the peace of said county, that said forceful resistance has been made, or threatened, whereupon the officer before whom said affidavit has been made shall at once is- sue his warrant directed to the sheriff, or to any bonded constable, of said coun- ty commanding said sheriff, or consta- ble. to remove or abate said unsanitary condition source of infection, or offensive or indecent material or thing and to re- move said afflicted person under the di- rection of said health officer, and 1t shall be the duty of said sheriff, or constable, to whom said warrant shall be delivered to promptly execute said warrant In ex- ec,ting every such warrant said sheriff, or constable shall have the right to en- ter by force into any such lot, piece of ground. house, or vessel. and upon any such pond, lake or stream.
 Sec. 1s The board of health of any county may, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, prescribe the rules for the inspection of grocery house, markets restaurants, lunch-stands. eat ing places, dining rooms. pantries, kitch- ems. and yards adjacent thereto, in said county, but no inspection of any such place shall be made until after the writ ten consent of the proprietor, owner, or keeper of the place to be inspected has been filed with said board of health of said county after which an inspection of said place may without previous notice be made at any hour of the day or night up to 10 o'clock p. m. Once every month said board of health of said county may publicly give notice of all places in- spected during the previous month which, judged by rules as to sanitation prescrb- ed by said board of health of said county and approved by the State Board of Health have been found in good sanitary