Sec. 5.9.  HEALTH.
   The Council shall constitute the Board of Health of the city. The Board of Health shall adopt rules and regulations for their own government and shall possess all powers, privileges, and immunities granted to boards of health by state law. The Board of Health shall have supervision of all matters relating to the sanitary condition of the city and the preservation of the life and health of its inhabitants. The Mayor shall be president and the Health Officer shall be the secretary and executive officer of the Board of Health.