Imperial Valley press., 1907-11-16

opinion of the health officer the same ought to remain on said premises.
 Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the health officer or any public officer when necessary, to secure the public health, to enter upon the premises or in the house or other place, of any person to discover or inspect any nuisance that may there exist, to inspect drains, vaults, cellars, cess pools, water closets, privies or sewers or the yards of such premises to examine into their condition and when satisfied that apartments used for lodging and other purposes are lm- properly constructed or liable from ov- ercrowding or filte to become dangerous to the public health or to disseminate contagious or infectious disease, or are not provided with privies, water closets or with sewers, drains or cesspools properly tapped they or any of them shall notify the health officer and he shall serve written notice upon the owner or other person in charge of such premises, to remove the nuisance there in named, and if such owner or other person in charge neglect to obey such notice, the health officer shall forthwith report the same to the board of super visors of the county, who shall at once require the district attorney of said county to take the necessary steps to have the same abated as public null sance.
 Sec. 10. Whenever a nuisance, en- dangering in the opinion of the health officer. the public health, shall be ascer- tained to exist on any premises or Tn any house or other place in any city, town or township, the health officer shall notify in writing any person or persons owning or having control of or acting as agent for such premises, house or other place to abate or remove such nuisance within a reasonable time, to be stated in such notice.
 Sec. II. Upon the neglect or refusal of any owner, occupant or agent or oth- CT person having control of such house or other place to comply with such no- tice, the health officer may abate such nuisance and the owner, agent or occu- pant or other person having control of such house or place, in addition to the penalty provided by this ordinance shall be liable to the county of Imperial for the cost of such abatement to be recov-- cred in civil action in any court ot competent jurisdiction.
 Sec. 12. No privy vault, privy, cess pool or water closet shall be allowed by the owner or other person in charge of the premises upon which the same may be situated to become foul or offensive and when in opinion of the health officer any such privy, vault or closet or cess pool shall need cleaning or disinfecting, it shall be the duty of said health offic- CT to notify such owner or other person having control to abate the same by or cleaning, as in the Judg- ment of said officer may be necessary, or in case of defective or offensive cesspool the owner shall cause new one to be constructed, if the same is deemed necessary by the health officer.
 Sec. 13. No butchers offal or garb- age nor any dead animals nor any dis eased, putrid or offensive animal or veg etable matter shall be allowed to be placed or remain upon tbe premises of any person or corporation or to be de- posited or remain upon street, alley, park, vacant lot or public highway or road in common use or within quarter of a mile of such road or highway or any other place or in any standing or running water or excavation and the same are hereby declared to be public nuisance.
 Sec. IA. No person, firm, company or corporation shall cause or permit any horses, cattle, sleep, swine, poultry or any kind of live stock or domestic ami mals to pollute the waters or tributaries of such waters used or intended for drinking purposes by the inhabitants of any part of this county.
 Sec. 15. No person shall bathe or wash clothes in any spring, stream, river, lake, reservoir, well, Hume, can al or other waters which are used or in- tended for drinking purposes by the in habitants of this county.
 Sec 16. No firm, company, corpora tion or any other person shall drain water into any canal, stream, river, lake, well, Hume, reservoir or other waters which are used or intended to be used for drinking purposes by the in- habitants of Imperial county.
 Seb. F. It shall be the duty of each special health officer in this county in addition to the reports already provid- ed for to report not later than the Thursday preceding the first Monday in each month to the county health officer on blanks provided for such purpose, the conditions from a sanitary stand point within his district, the general health of the community, the number of births, deaths and of contagious dis eases reported to him.
 Sec. Is. 1t shall be the duty of all
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