Health And Quarantine Laws For The City And Harbor Of San Francisco

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ISBN 13 : 9781331955689
Total Pages : 104 pages
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Download or read book Health and Quarantine Laws for the City and Harbor of San Francisco written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Health and Quarantine Laws for the City and Harbor of San Francisco: Together With the General Orders of the Board of Supervisors and the Rules and Regulations Adopted by the Board of Health Section 3004. The quarantine grounds of the Bay and Harbor of San Francisco are at the anchorage of Saucelito. Section 3005. The Board of Health for the City and County of San Francisco consists of the Mayor of the City and County and four Physicians in good standing, residing in the City and County of San Francisco, appointed by the Governor, and holding their offices for the term of five years. Section 3006. The Mayor is ex-officio President of the Board. The Board must meet monthly, and at such other times as the President may direct. In the absence of the President, the Board may elect a Chairman, who is clothed with the same powers as the President. Section 3007. The Health Officer for the City and County and Port of San Francisco is elected by the Board of Health, and holds office at its pleasure. He must be a graduate of some medical college, in good standing, and must reside within the City limits of San Francisco. Section 3008. The Health Officer is the executive officer of the Health Department; and he may at his discretion cause the removal to a Hospital of any and all persons within the limits of the City and County of San Francisco infected with variola. Section 3009. The Board of Health must appoint a Quarantine Officer, who shall be a physician in good standing; a Secretary, one Assistant Secretary, six Health Inspectors, one Market Inspector, and one Messenger, whose duties must be fixed by the Board of Health. They must also appoint one Superintendent Physician, one Resident Physician, one Steward, one matron, one Apothecary, two Visiting Physicians, two Visiting Surgeons, as officers of the City and County Hospital, in and for the City and County of San Francisco; one each of said Visiting Physicians and Surgeons to be nominated by the Faculty of the Medical Department of the University of California, and one each of said Visiting Physicians and Surgeons to be nominated by the Medical College of the Pacific. Said Board may also appoint one Engineer for the City and County Hospital. They may also appoint one Superintendent, one Resident Physician, one Matron, and such other employees as are now authorized by law, to be employed in and for the Alms House of said city and county. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.