Manual for the use of boards of health of Massachusetts : containing the statutes relating to the public health, the medical examiner laws, the laws relating to the registration of vital statistics, and the decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relating to the same / prepared by direction of the State Board of Health.

  • Massachusetts
Date:
1890
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Credit: Manual for the use of boards of health of Massachusetts : containing the statutes relating to the public health, the medical examiner laws, the laws relating to the registration of vital statistics, and the decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relating to the same / prepared by direction of the State Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    May enforce 16. Such boards may prepare and enforce in their respec- regulations as ... . . to house tive cities such regulations as they may deem necessary for the p.s., c. so, §12. safety and health of the people, with reference to house drain- 1762 age and its connection with public sewers, where a public sewer 1 877 * ' ' abuts the estate to be drained. 17. If at any time a city has not voted to accept the five Cities to vote J J L on acceptance preceding sections, or chapter one hundred and thirty-three of of five preced- L ° L J ing sections, the statutes of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, wnen- n . -,. Public statutes, and fifty voters residing therein present a written request to that effect thirty days prior to any meeting for the election of 1879 cvty officers therein, the mayor and aldermen shall notify and warn the legal voters thereof to vote upon the acceptance of said sections at such election. Towns may 18. Any town may authorize its board of health to make authorize ^ ^ boards of health and enforce in such town such regulations as said board may to make ° , . , regulations as to deem necessary for the safety and health of the people with house drainage . . . , . .,, and its connec- reference to house drainage and its connection with public sewers. sewers, where a public sewer abuts the estate to be drained. Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. City or town 19. Any city or town may, by its board of aldermen, select- may contract . for the disposal men, board of health or other officer or officers having in charge 1889,377. ' ' the disposition of the garbage, refuse and offal of such city or town, contract for a term of years for the disposition of such garbage, refuse and offal by cremation or otherwise. in case of 20. In case of a severe epidemic, or other danger to the epidemic, etc., boards of health public health, the m ay or and aldermen of the city where there appointed in is no board of health may, upon the request of one hundred ing, etc. ' voters residing therein, appoint such a board to act during the emergency, with the powers and duties of a board of health duly appointed under section eight [of chapter so, Public statutes]. City physician 21. In cities where the city physician is ex officio a member how appointed, when ex officio of the board of health, he shall be appointed by the mayor, a member of . board; how with the approval of the board of aldermen, for a term of three P. s., c.80,§i5. years, subject to removal, for cause, by the same authority. 1878 22. The board of health in a city or town may appoint an health may agent or agents to act for it in cases of emergency, or when it agents.'etc. cannot be conveniently assembled ; and such agent so appointed p.s.,c. so, §16. Shan have all the authority which the board appointing him had ; but he shall, within two days, report his action in each 1866 1879 case to it for its approval, and shall be directly responsible to