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

control over county boards of health and over county and municipal health officers Tn the enforcement of the public health laws of the state in their respective coun- ties and municipalities.
 tS) To notify the court of county com missioners. or board of like character. of any county, or the mayor and council O. any municipality, whenever it appears that the health officer of such county or municipality IS negligent or inattentive to his official duties, whereupon it shall be the duty of said county or municipal officials to suspend the payment of the salary of their health officer until such time an investigation of the alleged negligence and inattention can be pro- cured in accordance with subsection Q1) of section 7o3 Of this code. At the end of such investigation it shall be the duty of the state board of health, through its executive officer, to inform the court of county commissioners. or board of like character. or the mayor and council of any municipality, as the case may be, Of the result of the investigation, which re- suit shall be binding on the said court O. county commissioners, or board of like Character, or on the mayor and council of any municipality, as the case may be.
 (9) To act as an advising board to the state in all sanitary and medical mat ters.
 That section 7O3 of the code be aHienueu so as to Iedu. tVo. II Sndu DC the duty of county boards of health: CD to supervise the enforcement of the health laws of the state in their respective coun- 2. ties, including all ordinances legally adopted by said counties, and by all mu- nicipalities therein. and to supervise the enforcement of the law for the collection of vital and mortuary statistics in their respective counties and in all municipali- ties thereof. (2) To investigate through their committees of public health and health officers cases, or outbreaks, of any of the diseases enumerated in sec tion 7l6 of this code and to enforce such measures for the prevention or exter- imitation of said diseases as are author ized by law. C) To investigate through their committees of public health and health officers all nuisances to public health against which complaint has been alleged and whenever complaint is as
 certained to be well founded they shall, through said committees and health off, ficers, take such steps for the abatement of the nuisance complained of the law provides. (D To exercise through their committees of public health and health officers special supervision over the san itary conditions of public schools, hos s pitals. asylums. jails, almshouses, the atres, opera houses courthouses prisons, markets, public dairies, slaughter pens or houses and depots and passenger cars on all lines of railroads in their respec- tive counties, including the territory con- tiguous to said lines of railway; also over the sources of supply, reservoirs and ave- 2 nues of conveyance of drinking water fur nished to incorporated towns within their respective counties; and whenever insan- ttary conditions are found in any of these places or institutions, it shall be the duty of the executive officer or other official of the state board of health to order the county or municipal health officer under whose jurisdiction the insanitary condi- tion is found to use all authority in his power to have the same abated. (5) To elect a health officer for the county and to fix his term of office, provided that it be not fixed at less than three years, the Jurisdiction of which officer shall ex- tend to all parts of the county except such as are comprised within the linn it's of incorporated cities or towns within the county; provided further that a county health officer shall be eli Eible for election to the position of health officer of any one or more of the municipalities within the county. (6) To elect health officer for every incorpo- rated city and town in the county and to fix his term of office, provided that it be not fixed for a shorter period than tEree years. For all health officers so elected the authorities of the respective cities and towns shall fix fair salaries. CD To elect physicians to attend the in- mates of the county poorhouse and jail and to fix the terms of office of such phy- scians provided that they be not fixed for shorter periods than three years, and provided further that both of said posi- tions may be filled by the same physi- elan, or by the county health officer The court of county commissioners or | other board of like character shall fix fair salaries for such physicians as may be elected to fill said positions, or for the county health officer should he be elected fo of O) To require the county health officer to submit to the judge of probate and county commissioners or other board of like character monthly reports, and also an annual report on blank forms to be supplied by the state board of health, giving a full and complete account of all public health and sanitary work done in the county together with such informa- [ tion, suggestions and recommendations in regard to the protection of the health of F the public as said board may deem proper. provided that the annual report shall in- clude the vital and mortuary statistics of the county and of all municipalities therein. 60 To require the health officer E 0i every municipality in the county to submit to the mayor and council of his municipality monthly reports on blanks pr escribed by the state board of health
 containing full information as to prevail ing health and sanitary conditions; also an annual report, likewise on blanks pre- scribed by the state board of health, con- \ taining full and complete information of all public health and sanitary work done in the municipality, for the preceding year, which report shall include the vital and mortuary statistics of the municipal ity and such other information, sugges- tions and recommendations in re- gard to the protection of the health of the public as said board may deem proper. u0) To require the county health officer to forward to the state l. board of health by or before the 10th day of each calendar month report of all births and deaths, specifying the causes of the latter, that have occurred in the county, including all municipalities there in, for the preceding month; also, by or r before the 1st day of March of each year, an annual report containing full ec- count of all public heafth and sanitary work done in the county during the pre- ceding year. which report shall include the vital and mortuary statistics of the county, and of all municipalities therein; E and may contain such other information, suggestions and recommendations in re- gard to the protection of the health of tho people as said board may deem prop CT. QD To investigate the charges and specifications against health officers county or municipal-as follows: When- ever member of county medical so- ciety the executive officer of the state board of health. or other person, sub mits written charges and specifications against the health officer of 8 county, or the health officer of a municipality