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REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH• 425
Fire Protection, Public Buildings, Hotels, etc. Health Officer.
whose duty it shall' be to keep watch and guard against
fire, and to give warning in case.fire should break out, such
watchman shall be on duty from 6 o'clock p, M. to g o'clock
a. m, of each day in the year. In addition to previous re-
quirements, there shall be in such houses or buildings iron
ladders of suitable strength at the ends of all corridors
and other places where it may be impossible to put a reg-
ular fire escape. There shall also be coils of rope from
a reasonable number of rooms, to be securely fastened on
the 418140 of the windows, made so that they may he easily
thrown front the windows when necessity may require,
Sec, if. All hotels, public boarding or lodging houses, Twostairwass
hereafter built or reconstructed in the City of Paducah over for hotels
two stories in height shall be so constructed that there
shall be at least two stairways for the use of guests not
less than eight feet high, leading from the ground floor to
the uppermost story of the building; and no permit shall
be issued for the erection of any such building until com-
plete architectural drawing showing a proper compliance, _
with this'section has been filed with the city engineer, whose
duty it shall be to see that this section is literally com-
pl:ed with
Sec, 14. Any -violation of any provisions of this ordi- peaky
nance not heretofore provided for, shall be punished by the
fine of not less than $So nor more than $too, "
Additional Duties of Health Officer.
An Ordinance Defining the Duties, in Part, of tate
Office of the Health Officer of the City,"
Whereas:—The Statutes empower the Common Council
by ordinance, to create a Board,of Health for the City and
vest it with powers and duties, and thereby also creating
the office of Health Officer, and Whereas: said Health
Officer's duties are only partially defined by existing ordi-
vances, and whereas: the Statutes make the Hbalth Officers
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426 REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
,Ndditional Duties of Health Officer.
t an officer of the city to be paid as other city officers are
paid.
Be it ordained by .the Common Council of the City of
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Paducah, Ky.
Duties + Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the Health Offi-
cer to co-operate with the Sanitary and sewer committee of
the Common Council, in all questions of sanitation'.
Vtstt Sec. 2. That the said officer shall visit and diagnose all
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sseaases the cases of contagion, diseases, when given notice of its
existence by a practicirg physician or the Mayor of the
city, provided, however, that' such case• or cases. may be
located within the prescribed limits of the City, and he shall
moots posted • plate or cause to be placed the customary notice of the ex-
istence of contagion, as may be diagnosed by him, in a con-
spicuous locality, in the front of such residence or premises,
in order that the public may be warned against the disease.
He shall, by himself or through others, properly disinfect
the place of existence of contagious disease, and in case of
the existence of small-pcx, yellow fever, etc, etc, he shall
co-operate with the Mayor and City Physician, and give
such diseases, the care and disposal now prescribed under
existing ordinances.
Under
Sec. 3, That the Health Officer, in addition to being
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the executive of the local Board of Health, shall be like all '.
other officers of the municipality under the jurisdiction of
the Mayor of the City, iu all matters pertaining to health,
and subject to his command, provided however, that the
Mayor's orders may not conflict with the said officer's duties
to the Board of Health, or said Board's command.
Written
Sec. 4. That a written order with regard to the care
order
of the 'health of the City, or concerning the duties reason-
ably required of the office of Health Officer, signed by the
Mayor and countersigned in approval by the President of.
the loco Board of Health, shall be obeyed by said officgr.
Sec. g, That all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict
with the prdvisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to
' REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH.
427
Additional Duties of Health Officer. City
Phvsiciau. .
the extent of such conflictin,g,provisions, and this ordinance
shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
Adopted Dec. 27th, t8gg.
J. Wit. FISHER, C. C. P.
Approved, Dec. 28th, 1899.
%JiAS. M. LANG, Mayor,
City Physician.
I.—The office of city physician is hereby created. The
Office
city physcian shall be elected by the common council in
cmated
the month of December in, each year, for the term of one
year. He shall hold his office for the term of one year,
and until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.
2.—It shall be his duty to visit and prescribe for all
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indigent sick who come under his notice, and he shall
promptly obey all orders from the mayor in relation to
the same. He shall see that they are properly nursed and
report to the mayor any negligence or want of care on
the part of those having charge of them. Any'notice from
any licensed physician or board of health'shall have his
immediate attention.
3.—He shall have charge of the city hospital, and he
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shall visit the same at least one time each day, and as of-
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ten as the condition of the patients therein require, both
day and night:
4.—It shall be his duty to visit and prescribe for'' all
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ordinary contagious diseases occuring among the paupers
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of the city, and all such as are ragen to the pest house when
so ordered by the mayor.
S.—He shall keep an. accurate .account of every. case
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attended by him, both, medical and surgical, wish, the man.,
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oer of treatment and result of the same, and report the same.
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when called on by the,,common council or, lloard of health .
r do so.