The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-23

ure of salary for such period of time as
 the society may deem just and proper;
 td3 it may remove the health officer from
 his position to take effect in not less
 than 10 nor more than 15 days. all ballots
 being taken by ayes and noes and re-
 corded in the minutes of the meeting.
 When the verdict rendered is removal
 from office, it shall be the duty of the
 county society to hold another meeting
 before the time arrives for the health of-
 ficer to retire from office for the purpose
 Of electing a successor, provided that the
 officer just removed shall not be eligible
 to succeed himself.
 3. That subdivisiins (a), (e), th) and
 D of section no of the code be amended
 so as to read: It shall be the duty of the
 health officer of municipality TO. Sub
 division (a) To keep, under regulations
 prescribed by the state board of health,
 a book to be styled the register of births,
 i'll which he shall register, so far as re-
 ported to him, the sex, race and color of
 every child born in the municipality, the
 date of such birth, the name or names,
 age or ages. race, color and occupation
 or the parent, or parents, together With
 such other details as said regulations may
 require also a book to be styled the reg
 ister of deaths. in which he shall reg
 ister the names, so far as reported 10
 him. of all persons who die in the mu-
 nicipality, specifying the date, place and
 cause of death; also the sex, color, race,
 previous occupation, and so far as can
 be ascertained, the age of each deceased
 person, together with such other details
 as may be required by said regulations; also book to be styled the register of
 infectious diseases, in which he shall reg
 ister, so far as reported to him, the name
 age, sex, color, race, occupation and place
 of residence, together with such other de-
 |. e<.f1 la-
 tons of all persons who may be attacked
 by any of the diseases enumerated in sec
 ton FIG of this code: all of which registers
 shall be furnished by the authorities Of
 the municipalities, and when filled, shall
 be filed by the health officer of the mu-
 nicipality in the office of the judge Of
 probate in the county, who shall receipt
 therefor. and which receipts shall be for
 warded by the municipal health officer to
 tho state health officer for permanent filing. Subdivision (e). To make gen. eral inspection of the municipality once each month and should he discover any
 insanitary conditions it shall be his duty
 to cause such insanitary conditions to
 be abated insofar as he is authorized by law; to visit the municipal prisons and any charitable institutions under the con-
 trol of the municipality once each month,
 and to make a careful investigation as respects the drinking water. the food, the clothing and bedding, supplied to the pris- oners or inmates; also as to the ventila- ton, air space. heating and bathing fa- cilities, closets, drainage. drinking water, etc., of these institutions, and when any of said supplies are found to be inade-
 quate in quantity, or bad in quality. or any of said conditions insanitary 1t shall be his duty to make, in writing, circum- stantial report thereof to the mayor and council of the municipality and to for ward duplicates of said report to the county board of health and to the state health officer. Subdivision (h) To make to the municipal authorities and to the county board of health such reports of his official acts and at such times as said authorities and said board may prescribe. Subdivision (D To attend conferences of health officers when summoned by the state health officer so to do, and to dis charge such other health functions as are or may be, required of him by law
 4. That section 713 of the code be amend ed so as to read 7l3. Certificate of Death. A certificate of death for each person who dies shall be made out by the physician who last attended the de- ceased, in accordance with a form pre- scribed by the state board of health. In cases in which physician was not in attendance certificate of death may De made out and signed by any licensed
 
 a member of the family of the deceased person, or by other person, provided that when reasons exist for suspecting that the deceased person did not die from nat ural causes neither the attending physi- clan nor other licensed physician shall l furnish a certificate of death, but shall advise that a coroner be summoned to hold an inquest over the body.
 $. That section TIC of the code be sa,, <1 1nd ur e tn named, the spread of which is to be controlled by law, and the conditions de- scribed that may be abated by law. 1 Should the disease, the investigation of which is provided for in section 715 of this code, prove to be actinomycosis, anthrax. I beriberi, chicken pox, cholera (Asiatic) dengue, diphtheria (membranous croup). rotheln German measles), glanders, hy- drophobia, leprosy, malaria, measles, meningitis (epidemic-cerebro-s spinaD,
 humps, ophtlalmia, neonatorum (con- l junctivitis of new born infants), pellagra. plague, poliomyelitis Qnfantile paralysis) scS rlet fever, smallpox, tetanus, trach- oma, trichinosis, tuberculosis (pulmon- ary), typhoid fever typhus fever, whoop- | ing cough, yellow fever, or of other nature believed to be grave and at the same time
 contagious, infectious or pestilential in 1 character, or if the disease be known tc | be either one just enumerated and be so reported, the health officer of l the county, city or town shall promptly notify. in writing, the judge of probate and commissioners or other board of like ! character of the county, the mayor or intendant and the council of the city or town, according to the location of the
 disease, of the presence and extent of prevalence of the disease. and said health officer shall accompany such notification with such recommendations as he may deem necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. calling into consultation with him from time to time the commit | tee of public health of the county board of health. Upon receipt of such notihca- ] ton and recommendation said county, city or town officials, as the case may be, | shall after consultation with the health officer in charge, and, If need be, with
 the committee of public health of the county board of health, appropriate such funds, or assume responsibility for such l expenditures, as may be found necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. If
 authorized to incur the necessary expense | the health officer of the county, city or | town in which the disease is located shall proceed to direct and supervise the en- forcement of the measures of extermina-
 tion of the disease authorized by the l county, city or town authorities con- cerned. whether such measure shall ap- l ply to persons sick of, or convalescent :! from. the disease or to those who have ! been exposed thereto. All employees need 1 ed to enforce the measure of control shall, subject to the approval of the committee of public health of the county board of health. be selected and employed by thu health officer in charge and shall be sub ] ject to removal by said officer or officers, II II lr~~ <aF hA tton