The Health Officer and all Deputy Health Officers shall be diligent in enforcing this chapter and in doing what is reasonable and necessary for the protection and preservation of the public health. They shall study the state health laws and the health rules of the state board of health and be active in enforcing them. The vital statistics shall be carefully collected, duly recorded and reported to the state board of health for final compilation in the state health report by the Health Officer, and he shall make a monthly report to the Mayor and Common Council of all health work done, with such recommendation as may seem proper to him.
('74 Code, § 14-8)