The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-13
ORDINANCE NO. 2ss

eases,
The People Of the City of Wes-
ton do ordain us follows:
Section /. There is hereby cstab-
lished board of health consisting
of the mayor. the active members
of the committee on health and
police and the city physician, which
last named officer shall by virtue of
said office be the health officer Of
said city,
Sec, .. The board Of health
may. whenever It shall be deemed
necessary, employ any physician OK
skill and experience other than the
city physician, temporarily, to visit
and examine any person sick of any
contagious, epidemic or infectious
disease, or to certify to the cause
of the death of any person, and to
advise said board in any manner re-
lating TO the health of the city,
Such physician shall receive such
compensation for said service as
the common council Of the city may
consider reasonable.
Sec. 3. The city physician shall
examine or cause to bc examined
all cases of Spanish influenza, Ash
attic cholera, smallpox, variola. lep-
rosy, diphtheria. scarlet fever, ".
phoid fever, puerperal fever, mca-
sles and other infectious or contag-
ious diseases brought to his notice
and report the result Of this exam.
ination to the board Of health; and
the mayor shall call special meet
ing of said board for the consider.
alton of said report whenever In the
opinion Of the city physician imme-
diats action should be taken there
on to prevent the spread Of disease,
The city physician shall be vigilant
and active in causing the removal
of all causes of disease within the
corporate limits Of the city, and ne
and the city marshal and police
shall see that all persons violating
any Of the provisions Of this ordi'
nance are duly prosecuted
Sec. 1. Every practicing physi-
clan In this city shall Immediately
report to the city physician In writ
ing every patient he may have
known to be sick with Spanish in
fuenza, Asiatic cholera, smallpox,
variola, leprosy, puerperal fever,
typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, measles or other dangerous,
infectious or contagious diseases,
and shall also make like report OF
every case Of death from any such
disease Immediately after it shall
have occurred.
Sec. s. It shall be the duty Of
every householder In the city to
Immediately report In writing to
the city physician the name OF ev.
cry person boarding or living at his
or her house whom he or she shall
have reason to believe to be sick Of
Spanish influenza, cholera, smallpox,
variola, puerperal fever, scarlet fe-
yer, measles, leprosy, diphtheria,
typhoid fever or other dangerous,
infectious or contagious diseases,
and to Immediately report any
death occurring at his or her house,
from any cause. to the city physi-
clan.
Sec. 6. II shalt be and Is hereby
made the duty Of the owner or oc-
cuparit of every house, store, build
ing or tenement In the city, when
any person therein may be sick with
any of the infectious or contagious
diseases mentioned in this ordin-
ance, to give immediate notice to
the proper authorities, and the city
marshal at the request OF the city
health officer shall post In a con-
spicuous place on the premises such
placard as he may direct, the let
ters upon such placard not TO be
less than three inches in height
such placard to remain upon said
premises In conspicuous place un-
til removed at the request Of the
health officer In charge.
Sec. 7. No person having any
infectious or contagious disease as
enumerated in this ordinance shall
70 out In public, or pass from
house to house, or building to
building, or appear In any street,
alley or other public place in this
city until he or she shall have first
obtained written permit Of the
city physician to the effect that he
or she has SO far recovered from
such disease as to preclude all dan.
ger Of infection or contagion from
such person. And If the city mar
shall shall see or be informed Of any
person who Is then violating this
section It shall be his duty to at
once cause such person to be taken