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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances and Municipal Laws, Page 427REVISED ORDINA\CES OF PADUCAH, 417 Additional Duties of Health Officer. City Physiciau. . the extent of such con P.icting.provisions, and this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. Adopted Dec. 27th, t899_ - oil J. W -M. FISHER, C. C. P. Approved, Dec. 28th, 1899. JAS. Al. LANG, Mayor. ` City Physician, 1.—The office of city physician is hereby created. The Office city physcian shall be elected by the common council in Qit1!� 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 ro visit and prescribe for all ltutles fixed 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 Charge or shall visit the same at least one time each day, and as of- cityhoxWtal 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 To visit ordinary contagious diseases occuring among the paupers Daopers of the city, and all such as are raken to the pest house when so ordered by the mayor. $—•He shall keep an , accurate .account of every. caseOf - NU A Account et drexl attended by him, both, medical and surgical, wish, the .man., can's to L's" 4.1 C/ net of treatment and result of the same, and report the sane kept when called on by the, common council, or. 4oard of health tr do so. 428 REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH. '^ City Physician. City Physician Additional Duties. Further tiles 6.—He shall perforin the ditties heretofore or now pre - shall be required to dispense drugs and medicines to the in- scribed for the health officer of the city, and shall attend to all digent poor of the city oho may be tinder his treatment, contagious diseases; such as cholera, s7ttalrl pox etc, and do and. that no other prescription shall be used by the said City all he reasonably can to prevent the spread of such dis- physician, except hereinafter provided for. In order to eases; erect signals of warttiug, and perform such other enable the said physician t-) so dispense the medicine herein duties in reference thereto as the mayor may direct. rtlty to fttrnleh 7. The city shall furnish medicines and fill or have tnedichaes filled at its expense all the prescriptions in rhe above prac- ed for such purposes from some reputable wholesale dealer tice. Attention at the city hospital, and the pauper practice in drugs and medicines at such times, and in such quantities shall at all times have precedence over any other practice as the. City physician may deem necessary, after furnishing of the. city physician. written statement of the amount and quality so required to gl--If the City physician shall fail to comply with any Penalty of the foregoing requirements he shall be fined not less than Council and to be paid for by the City of Paducah. $to nor more than $r, for each such failure. City Physician Additional Duties. An Ordinance Providing for Additional duties of the Office of City Physician. Be it ordained by -the members of the Common Council Of the City of Paducah. Most Section t. That in addition to the duties now required ddrugsispense to be performed by the City Physician. The City Physician shall be required to dispense drugs and medicines to the in- digent poor of the city oho may be tinder his treatment, and. that no other prescription shall be used by the said City physician, except hereinafter provided for. In order to enable the said physician t-) so dispense the medicine herein Drusstobe referred to, the Mayor shall be required to make whole - bought by mayor sale purchase of all the necessary drags and medicipe requir- ed for such purposes from some reputable wholesale dealer in drugs and medicines at such times, and in such quantities as the. City physician may deem necessary, after furnishing written statement of the amount and quality so required to the Mayor. The said purchase to be ratified by the Common Council and to be paid for by the City of Paducah. 0