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CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. In 1846 the president and the town trustees passed an ordinance calling for the appointment of "some person with skill in the science of medicine to be styled the port physician." It was the duty of this person to

visit every vessel coming from any port known to be
infected with "any pestilential or contagious disease,
and to strictly examine the passengers officers and
crew of every boat as aforesaid previous to any person
landing from the same or any person being permitted to
go on board of said boat except the port physician or
his assistants.

If the port physician found evidence of a contagious or communicable disease

he shall immediately make known the same to the president
of the board who shall order the boat or vessel to be
immediately removed and anchored in the middle of the
channel of the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]], there to remain
until such time as the port physician shall think necessary,
or as the public good requires and the president of the
board shall have full power and authority to summon to his
assistance any number of citizens that he may think proper
to carry into effect any of the provisions of this ordinance,
and any citizens refusing to act when so summoned shall be
liable to a fine of not less than one nor more than five
dollars; and the boat or vessel shall not be permitted
after having been so anchored in the stream to land any of
her passengers, officers or crew of any portion of cargo
until a strict examination be made by the port physician.

The ordinance continued-

If any captain or officer of a steamboat or vessel shall land
within the limits of this town any person infected with any
contagious disease without first obtaining permission from
the port physician shall on conviction thereof before any
justice of the peace, be fined the sum ten dollars and be
liable for any expense that may be incurred by the corporation
on behalf of said individuals.

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Source:

1. "City Health Work Exactly 100 Years Old," ''Telegraph-Herald'', June 25, 1946, p. 3

[[Category: Legal Jurisdiction]]
[[Category: Health Care]]

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