§ 235.060. Other Duties of The Board of Health.  


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  • The Board of Health shall report to the Board of Aldermen from time to time as required by said Board of Aldermen concerning its activities and may recommend to the Board of Aldermen the adoption of regulations and the passage of ordinances for the prevention or the introduction of contagious diseases in the City and the abatement of same and the adoption of quarantine and enforcement thereof within five (5) miles of the City. They may also recommend that the Board of Aldermen exercise its statutory power by ordinance to secure the general health of the inhabitants of the City by measures to regulate, suppress and abate slaughterhouses, slaughtering animals, stockyards, soap and other factories, pig pens, cow stables, and other stables and dairies, and to remove the same and to regulate or prevent the carrying on of any business which may be dangerous or detrimental to the public health, or the manufacturing or rendering of articles obnoxious to the health of the inhabitants; and the passage of ordinances for the prevention of nuisances and their abatement.
Ord. No. 18 §6, 2-11-1963