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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 30ORDINANCh U 14 B h R AN ORDINANCE RLATiNG TO Inh _PUBLIC HEALTH AND BOARD OF HNALTH IN THE CITY OF BEAUkONT, CAL. 000 ORDINANCE NUba' t+,it v 0 . An Ordinance Relating To The Public health and Beard of Health in the City of :Beaumont, Ca.lifmrnia. The Trustees of the City of Beaumont ao ordain as follows: Section 1. The Board of health shell nave power to exercise a general supervision over the sanitary conditions of tne City of Beaumont and it shall take all steps and measures deemed necessary to promote the health of tne city, and to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious diseases, and to remove, isolate, quarantine or otherwise take care of any person sick witn suci- diseases. Section I1. ne .aoard of Health shall nave power to act upon, define, determine and a:.juae what snail constitute a nuisance detrimental to health ie eeid city,ana to require the same to be ebated in a 'sunuiary i a ner.. Secen iiI. Whenever a nuisance has been adjudged by tne :oard of'..ztlth to exist on any premises or in any nouseor in any other place in ,.aia . ity, tne ` oarc. of •Lea1th snail serve a ,printed oe written notice upon any person or persons owning or having control of, occupy— ing or living thereon, or acting as agent f'orsuc _ nrer: ices , house or other Elate, to abate or remove such nuisance within a resonable time, to be stated in such notice, and if such nuisance is :lot abated witnin such resonable time, the Board of Health may abate such nuisanceana the owner, agent, o.° occupant or otner . Terson or persons having control o of such premises, nouse or other •.lace shall be liable to said city for the costs of such abatement, to ee recovered. ;-.y said city in :i. citil action in any court o competent jurisdiction.. Sectdcbn IV. ' he Board of Health shall have power, during an epidemic or at such other times, as in t^eir judgment is advisable, to protect the public realtn by Paelgatine aed disinfecting, ()realising to be fumigatea or disinfected, any premises which in their judgment requires eisinfectedn, the expense or which shall be borne by tne owner of the premises, and such fumigating or eisinfecting s nt11 be under the direction and according to such formula as the .Board of Health niav ,re -- scribe, and that all ;,-ouses vacated by any Terson or persons afflicted with :tiny disease mentioned in Section V of t:lis ord. inanc e , incll.a r.g tuberculosis, shall be fumigated and disinfected before being again eve relet or occupied, that no household goods belonging t) said premises can be reused or sold before being thorizghly fumigated. Section V . No person attending upon or otherwise coming in contact with any person afflicted witri smallpox, varioloid, Asiatic cholera, bubonic plague, yellow 1ever,dipntheria, scarlet fever, epidemic cerebro—spinal meningitis, or other contagious diseased, tuberculosis excepted, snail corse upon any public street, or to any public or private echool, or to any public place of amusement, or toar, :hurch, or in any way mingle with people until such time as tee Board of health shall deem such restrictionsuneecessayy for the public safety, and tne Board of Health shall see that tne atate laws rearding vaccinationbe inforced and carried out. eectton VI. so person shall, after he nas been notified to remain isolated aria apart in Quarantine by the Board o::' Health, leave the premiseswnereon 'ie is directed by tne Board of Hea:_tri to remain in quarantine, and he snail so remain apart from all othe:' persons `.o whom. he is liable to communicate any contagious or infectious disease until sucn time as the iioara of Health snail deem sucn restrictions unnecessaryfor tree public safety, or until_ he ha4"written eermit from the Board of Health to leave such premise. Section VII. Whenever it is known that a case of smallpox, iphtheria, scarlet fever, .easels or infantile paralye i ,existsin any house or on any premises, it shall be the auty of the :3oar d of .Healtn imr:_etiately to cause to be posted on a conspictous place on said house or premises, a yellow sign. for smallpox, a green sign nor (i nnteeria , . a red sign rn for scarlet fever, a pink sign for measles, aria a yellow end black sign fol. infantile paralysis, each sign to have the name of the respective diseasesprominently d is layed thereon, ana it snail be unlawful for anyone to oostruct the view of, deface, remove, destroy or in any way to interfere witn any conta_ious or infectious disease sign, until such a time as the Board of Health may direct. The T oard of Health may cause signs to he posted t'or other contagious or infectious ect ious di::;e:: ses oth r than those .. nitioned, or at _;..iv timeit deems it i.ecessary eo to Bio in the interests of tie pudic health, Tree Board of Health may use its judgment in posting said signs on hotels and ioarding and rooming houses. a� Section VIII. The Board of Health shall th ;- power when it aeemE ',k necessa.ry for tne preservation of the public health and duting the time of tine prevalence of any contagious orinfectious disease, to Quarantine any particular person or persons, animals, buildings or localities, and to make the necessary rules for carrying the said cuar- antine into effect. Section IX. it shall be the duty of every ,physician nractic- in ; in r, .lis city,or or any nurse or other attendant a ;ter_ding in tne absence of a physician or gy the relatives of the individual, if no edical attention is being given, to at once report i:i writing to tne Board or :t-iealtn, giving the name, sex and residence o:: each case ne or sne may nave suffering from any of tne diseases meAt:ionea in Section V of this ordinance, and including tubereulosie or ogler contagious diseases. Section X. It snail be tne duty of tne Boa s:1 of Health to notify the Superintendent of Scnoolso*' the existence )f contagious diseases , in any nouse or upon any premises in the citj . and upon receiv- ing such notice in writing, it shall be the duty of tae Superintendent of Schools of said city to take the necessary steps to prevent the attendance at school or any child from such infected .,remises until notified by tne Board of health that such restrict ion 3 are not found necessary.. sect ion Xi. It snail be the duty of every aouseholder or the owner or lessee of any notel, lodging house or boarding house in said city, to notify tne Board of I iea,ltn or any persrxi on tneir respective premises infected 7ith any of tne diseases mentioned in `iectiol V of tnis ordinance. Section XII. It shall be unlawful for any p ?rson to visit any quarantined souse or premises, or to mingle witn any sersons affected with any contagious diseases, exeept undersuch rules and regulations as may be made by tne ]hoard or Healtn; and no underta.rer or nurse or other attenuant attending upon any person having a coatagioue disease, tuberculosis excepted, snail mingle with any otner pe:^son, until disin- fected to the satisfaction of tne J3oara of Heaitn. Section XIII, Tne Board of Health shall nav , power, when deemed necessary for the preservationor tee public health, to disinfect the p. premises, the bed and nedding and clothing and any ogler articles which have been in contact witn or exposed to sucn contagious disease or to destroy them by burning, or otnerwise. Section XIV. All persons dying r'rom any disease mentioned in section V or this orainance, tuberculosis excepted, shall be buried without tne body or casket being exposed to pu clic view, and the Board of Health may enforce anyr=esonab1e regulations concerning such funerals as it deems necessaryfor the preservation of tne public health, and it may specify that such funerals snail b' held between certain hours only. Section XV. it shall be unlawful ror anyone to allow any domestic animal owned by nim to run at large within tne limits of said citymiene when such animal is infected with any contagious or infectious diseaselkne Board of Health shall nave the power to order its distruttion snnen it sna.L.L be deemed necessa::'y for tne preservation of the punlic health. Section XVI. Any person who shall cause on permit any dead animal or any offal or nois,me substance to be deposited on any premises under his controlor in his possession, ‘x7 who shall throe or deposit any dead animal,offal, or other offensive er noisome substance in any watercourse, lake, pond, well, stree',, alley, ditch,drain or lot w'.nicn shall or may ne offensive to the senses or health, snail be guilty or 4 maintaining a nuisance, <.nd on conviction thereof, fined as prescribed by this ordinance and any judgment snail also require the nuisance to be abated. Section XVII, It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to place or cause to he placed any canal or ditch cleanings upon any-public street or place in such. tm 7rmmh manner as to obstruct or interfere with the public travel, t! such material is decayed and is detrimental to public health it snail be buried, hurled or distroyed by such person or corporation in 311Ch manner and within such time as the Board of Health may desigiate, and all water companies having charge of water ditches or reservoirs shall at once remove all dead animals found therein, and take ,hem to the city dump yard or bury them so they shall not be offensive. Section XV i i I, It shall be unlawful for anj person to expectorate on the floor of a railroad car or other p'iblic conveyance, upon the floor or walls of any public building, or of Any public room, or upon any sidewalk in the city of Beaumont, aid every person affected with tuberculosis shall carry a sputum cupani shall not expectorate elsewhere tnan in said sputum cup. Section XIX. A public room is hereby aez'inNt to include among other meanings, any room to wnicn the general piblic has a license to enter for business, trade, amusement, worsaip, or other purpose, or wnicn the general public has a right to eater upon payment of an admission fee. Section XX. The Board or Health shall hanre power to require statistics and reports to be furnished by any one who is in this ordinance required to furnish any other statistics or reports concerning tuberculosis and persons suffering therefrom, at such times and whenever the Board of Health by resolution leems itch reports and statistics eecessary for the safeguarding and preservation of public health, when notified by tne Board of Health so to do, all owners or leesees of hotels, boarding h)uses and lodging houses snail do sucn fumigating and shall observesuca rules and regulations in reNation to people having tuberculosis as the Board of Health may deem necessary for safeguarding aad pteservation of the public nealtn, the expense thereof to be paid in fine same manner as set iortn it Section IV, Section XXI Persons suffering from tuberculosis and all persons attendant ori and catering to such, must c.nform to and be governed by such special rules and regulations as may be promulgated from time to time by the Board of Health Ind on file in the office of the President or said Board, axi sail rules and regulations to be passed upon by the Board of Health and signed by the president and secretary, and to become immediately operative after they are signed. Section XXII. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to from time to time , as the necessity arises mail in a sealed envelope or otnerwise deliver without undue publicity, sucn printed or written rules as are deemed necessary for the safe- guarding aha preservation of the public health, to any householder or person suffering from tuberculosis, and request that the rules and regulations of the Board of Health be observed, and when it is the opinion of the Board of Health that such rules and re;ulations are not being observed after due notice is given, tnea and in that event, the hoard od Health shall nave the power to deal with cases of tuberculosis the same as with other contagions and infectious diseases. Section xxiiI. it shall be the duty of the board of Healta, together with the Marshall, to once in three months mace inspection of all districts wttere foreigners are congregated in numb=ers, and see that sucn premises are kept clean and in a healthy condition, and make sucn recommendations to the Board of Trustees concerning same as they deem necessary and desirable. section XXIV. It shall be the duty of every physician or midwife, practicing in the city ofBeaumont, or attending at any birth or death therein, and if there be no physician or midwife present , then it shall be the duty of the puree, or the parents or other persons having knowledge of tne facts, to at once report such birth to the board of Health in writing, giving date of birth, sex and nativity of the child, names, ages and nativity of the parents, name of attending pnysician, or other helper, and such other information as may be of importance. Likewise it sha:_1 be tree duty, concerning deaths, to in like manner report the death of any person, giving name, age, sex, and nativitly of the deceased, ene cause of the death, and such other information as may be important, It shall he the duty of the Board or :Health to provide planks _`or tnese reports, see tnat the proper parties make such report.;, file such blanks and Keep them as permanent records of the Healeh Department, and make such reports to the State Board of Health as required by law. Section XXV. It shall be unlawful for an;r person or persons to interfere with,,riinder, disobey or resist ';ne -io: rd of Health in the ,_:erforinance of any of the duties en3oyr:ed by this er ordinance. Section =..Xv I. It snail be tne duty of tile Board of Health to rriake a written quarterly and an Dual report to to Board of Trus- tees, embodying tnerein all the health statistics of ene city, together with such recommendations concerning the pud.Lic health it deems --necessary. Section xX\fiI. Any persons violating any )f the provisions of this ordinance shall, on conviction tnereof, bf led in a sum not more than 4300.00 or be imUrisoned in the cifyyil not more than 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Section XXV I l I . `'he Clerk or the city shell certify of this ordinance ane snail cause the same to be 10 , e• ��-- :..___.�,;,,.,., this' ordinance shall be in 1ullforce to the passage pubj.iened ` c an,, and effect. ;It +. ( Seal ) Adopted this 'ZJ gm,y / . t, igned resident of Board of 'Trustees At t est : %f 71, 7t a2' -ani Clerk. igi3 t ity 1.3eatuaont. I herby certify that the Foregoing ordinance was introduced at a meeting of .the Board of Trustees, of the City o1 ,Beaumont , held on the ,/ o ' . �. �'�� a-! .A44 -/t 1 X13 , and that it was ul,y passed and adopted at a' egular meeting, held on the AttiAry-, q/.? , A. D. 1913, by the following vote: Aye: oca) 1A 2/ Absent: No: And I further certify that the eresa,dent of the said Board of Trustees signed alvi the s j i 4-0e/icij, ( Sigr�edi) 71 f City Clerk of the City of i;eaumont.