HomeMy WebLinkAbout0238_0022any port or other place that may endanger the sanitary con- -
dition and the health of the inhabitants of the City of George-
town, Texas, and report same to the Mayor and City Council
for such action as they may deem advisable; he shall have the
power and he is hereby given the power to provide and promulgate
and publish such rules and regulations providing for the proper
keeping, produotion, barter and sala of food stuffs sold and
offered for sale within this City, as to him may seem for the
best interest of the public health of the City. He shall also
have general supervision over the sanitary condition of the
City and shall act in an advisory capacity to the City Counoil,
and it shall be his duty to assist the State Health dffioer in
preventing disease and promoting the public health.•That any
and all rules and regulations made and promulgated by said City
Health Officer shall first be subject to confirmation by the
City Council before becoming effective.
Section 5. It shall also be the duty of the City
Health Officer to attend •ll sick city prisoners, and all per-
sons found sick or wounded on the streets of the City and
taken charge of by the police officers, and he shall take charge
of and attend to all cases of accident and disease, where the
patient is indigent and unable to pay for medical attention,
provided such case• are certified to him by the Mayor or the
committee on health and sanitary regulations, and in such cases
he shall furnish the necessary medicines to be paid for by the
City; he shall have charge of the sanitary affairs of the city,
and shall, subject to the restrictions contained in the or-
dinances of this city, have control of the prevention and erad-
ication of contagious or infectious disease, the removal and
quarintine of suspects, and may provide for compulsory vaeoina-
tion of suspects, and he shall have charge of the prevention
and care of smallpox and other contagious or infectious diseases;
and ne shall s e to the abatement of nuisances, and shall have
supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the inspeo-
tion of food and drugs as may be provided by ordinances of this
city; and he shall make reports to the State Health Officer
whenever a report is desired by such State Health Officer and
at such other times as the City Health Officer may see proper.
Section 6. At all times duzi ng the existence within the
City of any contagious or infectious disease, and, at all times
when in the opinion of the City Health Officer# the city is
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