St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-12

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drain d. All sanitary and cthe clos
cts and urinais shall be cleaned suit
ciently often to prevent them pro
due ng a nuisance, anu PROVO d
when any sanitary or other closet or
urlnal is so constructed, or should
become so dilapidated that the use
of t produces a nuisance, the sam
shall be rencdelei or epaired III
such a manner that the use OF 1t Will
net produce a nu sane. All WOOD,
lumber, bricks, etc, shall be piled UP
in an orderly manner. And any 9TH
er insan tary cond ton that may ex,
list shall be corrected when tn health
officer OF his rep esenattive shall or.
der it's abatement.
Section 2. b it further ordained
etc, that where the premises or prop
critics are unoccup!ed, it is hereby
mads the duty Of tn owner of the
properly to keep said property in a
clean. well drained and san tary con
dition as provided by Section 1 OF
this ordinance.
Section 3. Be it further ordained
etc, that it is hereby made the duty OF
the City of Opelousas, La, through
it's proper officers, to keep it's proper.
ties, the streets, quite S, gullies and
other dra rs Of the City in a clean,
w~eli-drainsd and sanitary condition,
as provided for by Section / of this
ordinance.
Section 4. Be it further ordained,
etc, that, IN the event the ownur OF
a property is a nonresident, a no
tice shall be served by the Hath
Office. OF Sanitary Inspector on the
agent or custod ar of said property,
and if there is no agent or custodian
on tn. owner by registered mail, and
in the address of said owner is un-
known said notice shall be posted on
said property, ordering a compliance
with the provisions of tn S ordinance,
and if said p DIVISIONS are not com
piled with within ten days from serv-
ice or posting Of said notice it IS
hereby made the duty Of the Street
Commiss.on to enter upon said
property and to clean, drain and place
said property in a sanitary condi-
ton. And the cost of said work shall
be assessed against sa d property
and shall be collected in the same
manner as other assessments against
properties are collected.
Section 5. Be it further ordained.
ETC., that any II violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined not less
than $500 Dollars, o more than
$1,000 Dollars, or shall be, imprisoned
for not less than 2 days, nor
than 10 days or both at the discre-
ton of the trial judge.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
ETC., that for good and sufficient
cause this ordinance shall take effect
from date Of its first publication.
Adopted September 1, 1914.
B. A. LITTELL, NJ. D..
Chairman of the City Board of
Health. n
OpeJousas, La, September l, 1914.
The Board of Health met this day
with the following members present,
viz: Or. c. F. Boagni, Mr.. Charles
Ventre and DR.. B. A. Littell.
The minutes of the meeting of May
18ta, 1914, were read and on motion
duly second and carried, were APP
proved.
The Chairman read the following
report and on motion duly seconded
and carried the report was received
and filed:
Oplousas, La, August 20, 1914.
To the Members of the Board of
Health of Opelousas, La.
Gentlemen:
| desire to submit this report for
your consideration.
Since my incumbency as Health
Officer under your Board | have
been called upon to investigate a
great many cases Of suspicious cases
of contagious diseases. During the
first. part of the summer a number of
cases of measles occurred in our
city. The infection in nearly all
of these cases was traced to places
outside of our City. Each of these
cases was placarded as soon as / was
notified of the case. 1t is of some
satisfaction to know that this dis
ease did not spread from one house
another, but al kept in the
in which it occurred.
During the first part of the year
there occurred three cases of small
pox at different times-one case be-
-ng brought here from a %turpenttne
.arm in the western part of the state
and the other cases, which occurred
about a month after the first one was
brought from the Eastern part of our
Parish. These two last cases were
n the same house. There was no
spread of this disease from either
If these cases. The expense incl
lent to the handling of the first case
vas high, as a great deal had to be
expended on the pest house and pest
grounds before the case could
,e removed to it the place being in a
-ery dilapidated condition. The ex-
,enses of the last two cases was
small. | have been called to in
proved to be not of a contagious ma
l make it a rule to investigate
very rumor no matter how vague it
nay be, of suspicious gases. Our
lily has been free of Typhoid Fever
!nce February 1913, and then we
lad only two very mild cases. The
case of Measles occurred a
month ago and since that time we
ave had no case of contagious or
Infectious disease in II City. II
ave kept in close touch with the
lague situation in New Orleans and
m fully satisfied that there is no
eed of apprehension of its spread
D our City.
Sometime after my election by you
S Chairman of the Board of Health
called on the Mayor and informed
i'm OF the fact and also told him
nat you had authorized me to en-
10y a sanitary inspector. The May
r told me the Board of Aldermen
ad already elected an inspector.