The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29

| llF ulffCllol or the State l3Odru Ot Health
 exercise general supervision over the l County Boards of Health and county and municipal health officers, and shall | promptly report to said County Boards | of Health any delinquencies of official
 duty olI the part of said county and mu- l nicipal health officers which may come
 10 his knowledge; shall keep himself in- l formed in regard to all infectious. con- | tagious and presidential diseases which
 may be in danger of invading the State, 1 and shall so far as authorized by jaw | take prompt measures to prevent such 1 invasion shall keep the Governor in- formed as to the health conditions pre-
 vailing in the State, especially as to
 outbreaks of any of the diseases enum-
 erated in Section 13 of this Act and
 shall submit to the Governor such rec
 concentrations as he deems proper to
 control such outbreaks.
 Sec 5. That Section of said Act
 shall be so amended as to read as fol- i lows That it shall be the duty of the
 health officer of a county (a) to keep
 under regulations prescribed by the
 State Board of Health, a book to be 1
 which he shall register so far as re
 ported to him, the sex and color of
 every child born In the county, the | date of such birth, the name or names, Iage or ages. race, color and occupa .
 tion of the parent or parents. together with such other details as said regula- l tions may require Also a book to be
 styled The Register of Deaths" in which he shall register the names so
 far as reported to him, of all persons
 who die in the county, specifying the date, place. and cause of death also the sex color, race, occupation, and as | far as can be ascertained the age of the
 deceased person, together with such
 other details as may be required by said regulations; also. book to be styled. "The Register of Infectious Dis | cases" in which book he shall register, l so far as reported to him. the name,
 age, sex, color, race, occupation and l place of residence, together with such | other details as may be required by | said regulations, of all persons who
 may be attacked by any of the diseases
 enumerated in Section 13 of this Act,
 all of which registers shall, when filed be filed by the County Health Officer in the office of the Judge of Probate , of the county who shall receipt there for: Cb) To exercise under the direction and control of the Committee of Public Health acting for the County Board of
 Health. and in accordance with the
 h edith laws of the State general super
 vision over the sanitary interests of
 the county and should he discover any
 cause of disease, or the existence of any condition detrimental to the health
 of the people he shall so far as author
 ized by law compel the removal or
 abtement of the same, and should no
 authority for such removal or abate ment exist he shall report the facts to the County Board of Health, adding such recommendations as to special ac
 ton as he may deem proper; co To
 make personal and thorough investi
 gation of the first case, or early cases,
 of any disease suspected of being any
 one of those enumerated in Section l3 of this Act that may come to his knowl-
 edge or be reported to him, and should
 he decide such case, or cases, to be any one of those enumerated in said
 section and in imminent danger of spreading, he shall, in accordance with law institue immediate measures to
 prevent the spread of such disease, and shall forth with report the facts there of in writing to the Judge of Probate of the county, to the Chairman of the Committee of Public Health of the County Board of Health and to the State Health Officer; td) To obtain as
 needed, at the expense of the county, sufficient supply of vaccineurus with which to vaccinate. without charge, all indigent persons in the county who
 may apply to his office, or at the offices of such physicians throughout the country as may be supplied with vac cineurus for the purpose of aiding him in the vaccination of such persons; (e) To visit the county jails and county poorh ouse once each month and to make i careful Investigation as respects the drinking water, the food, the clothing. and bedding supplied to the prisoners and inmates, also. as to the prisoners and inmates heating and bathing facil ities. closets, drainage, etc, of these
 
 supplies are found to be inadequate in quantity. or bad in quality, or any of said conditions insanitary. it shall be his duty to make, in writings a crcum- stantial report thereof to the Judge of
 Probate and County Commissioners. or i Board of Revenue, and to forward | duplicates of said report to the County Board of Health and the State Health 1 Officer; Cf) To make to the State Board
 of Health by. or before, the 10pl day of
 each calendar month a full report so
 far as the facts reach him, of all births
 and deaths. specifying the causes of r.ie i latter. that occurred in the county, in- l cluding all municipalities therein, for the preceding month (g) To make 10 l the Judge of Probate and County Com | missioners or Board of Revenue, and 70 | the County and State Boards of Health i by, or before, the first day of March
 of each year an annual report of all 1 public health and sanitary work done | in the county during the preceding year. which report shall include the vital
 and mortuary statistics of the county
 and of all municipalities therein and
 such other information, suggestions and
 recommendations in regard to the pro- i tection of the health of the people as he | may deem proper; (h) To make the State Health Office prompt report of