Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.

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[1913]
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Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEALTH AUTHORITIES—ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES. UNION (TOWNSHIP), N. J. BOARD OF HEALTH—OFFICERS AND DUTIES. Sec 1 That the chairman of the township committee for the time being shall act as chairman of the board of health, and the township assessor for the time being shall be the secretary thereof. , , . ,, ... , , Sec. 2. That the chairman shall perform such duties as usually appertain to sucn office and the secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board, and ot all complaints relating to sanitary matters, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him bv the board in the discharge of their duties. Sec. 41. That any member of the board of health, the agents or officers thereof, may make inspections and examinations required by any law of this State or by any code, ordinance, regulation, or order of this board, upon exhibiting his badge accompanied by a certificate of authority under the seal of the board; and all persons are hereby forbidden to interfere with or obstruct such inspection, examination, or execution under a penalty of $25 for each and every offense, and until an inspector shall be appointed by this board, all powers herein conferred upon an officer or inspector shall be, and the same are hereby, given to each member of the board. [Part of ordinance adopted Dec. 11, 1911.] YONKERS, N. Y. HEALTH OFFICER—DUTIES OF. Section 1. It shall be the duty of the health officer to see that the provisions of the sanitary code, the ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of the health bureau of the city of Yonkers are properly complied with, and to report to the commissioner of public safety forthwith any violation thereof, as well as any law of the State of New York relating to the public health which has been violated in the city of Yonkers. Sec. 2. The health officer shall report to the commissioner of public safety bimonthly all matters relating to public health which shall have come under his observation, or of which he shall have been informed, and at the first meeting of each month he shall report a table to be made up from the most reliable sources which he can command, showing the mortality within the city of Yonkers within the month then passed, and showing the particular cause thereof, specifying the different diseases, and such other information as may be necessary and important to keep said commissioner informed of the condition of the health of the city, and to enable him to prevent the spread or increase of disease; and he shall at such other times as he may deem proper commu- nicate to the commissioner of public safety matters relating to the health of the city. Sec. 3. The health officer or other duly authorized officers of the health bureau is hereby empowered: (a) To enter upon and into any premises, lots, yards, buildings, and houses within the city of Yonkers at all reasonable times, for the purpose of investigating any sus- pected cause or promotant of disease or ill health, and to order and direct the removal or remedy of such cause or promotant of disease or ill health, or to remedy or remove the same. (b) To examine all infected houses, buildings, dwellings, outhouses, yards, and other premises. (c) To cause a smoke test or peppermint test to be applied to the plumbing and drainage system of all houses in the city of Yonkers infected with contagious disease. (d) To examine any building, tenement house, dwelling, stable, vault, water con- duit, cesspool, sewer pipe or basin, yard, or other premises during and within all reasonable times, for the purpose of ascertaining the cleanliness, ventilation, or other •condition thereof.