The Winslow mail., 1924-03-28
City Ordinance No. 81
Board of Health.

by is, established in said Town of
Winslow a Board of Health, which
shall be designated and known as
the Board of Health of said Town.
The said Board shall consist of the
Mayor and two members of the
Common Council If for any reason
a health officer should not be ap-
pointed and qualified, as herein
provided, the chairman of the Board
of Health is authorized and empow-
cred to discharge all the duties of
the Health officer until such officer
shall be appointed and qualified.
Section 2. The Mayor shall be the
chairman of the Board and the Town
Clerk secretary thereof, and in case
of the absence of the Town Clerk,
the members of said board may de-
signate one of their members to act
as secretary of said Board.
Section 8. 1t shall be the duty of
said Board of Health after qualify
ing to meet and appoint subject to
the ratification of the Common
Council, a Health Officer, who shall
be resident physician; practising
in said town. Said Board shall hold
regular and special meetings or
either as they may deem necessary,
and shall sustain and control the
health officer in the performance
and discharge of his duties herein
after imposed on him.
Section 4. i shall be the duty of
the Health Officer, and he is hereby
authorized and empowered subject
to the direction and control of the
said Board of Health, to cause all
public streets, alleys, private lanes,
houses, lots and premises with the
corporate limits of the town, whether
public or private and for whatever
purpose used or employed or occu-
pied, to be thoroughly cleaned and
freed from all filth, garbage or any
other offensive matter in any way
calculated to engender disease; to
cause the same to be thoroughly
disinfected so as to prevent the in
PRODUCTION, outbreak or spread of any
disease, whether contagious or other
wise; to visit personally and inspect
at least once every ten days, if he
deems it necessary, every portion of
the city; to order the police to notify
as hereinafter directed, all persons
whose premises are found to be in
filthy and unhealthy condition, to
clean the same and remove therefrom,
within twelve hours after service of
notice upon them, whatever he may
think may produce any malignant or
contagious disease: to see that the
ordinance of the town, relative to
the prevention and abatement of
nuisances are rigidly enforced and
carried out and to make such rules
and regulations as he may deem
necessary for the purpose of prevent
ing at any time within the town any
disease or sickness or the spreading
of any contagious or epidemic, and
to enforce the same.
Section 5. 1t shall be the duty of
the Health officer, upon finding any
private premises with in said town,
in an unclean or unhealthy condition,
to give the owner, occupant or
lessee of the said premises notice
in writing to remove therefrom, with
in twelve hours, whatever he finds
about or upon such owner occupant
or lessee receiving said notice who
shall fail or neglect to comply with
the provisions thereof within twelve
hours after receiving the same shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 6. The Health officer shall
have the power at any time to call
for the assistance of the police force
of the town to enforce a compliance
with the provisions of this ordinance
and for the purpose of serving
notices herein provided for, and re-
quested to be given.
Section 7. The Health officer shall
receive and be paid a monthly salary
of twenty-five Dollars, payable in
the same manner out of the town
treasury as the salaries of other
officers are paid.
Section 8. Every physician practi-
cling in the Town of Winslow shall
report to the Health officer in
writing every patient he shall have
suffering under any contagious di-
sease, Immediately thereafter, and
also to report to the same officer
every case of death from such di-
sease Immediately after it shall have
occurred. ~