The Chief of Police shall be the health officer of the city. As such, it shall be his or her duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter; to execute all the orders of the Board of Health; to notify the Mayor and the Superintendent of the city schools of the existence within the city of every case of contagious, infectious, or malignant disease; and to see to the posting of the notices required by § 94.15. He or she shall have authority to arrest and confine any person who may violate any of the rules or regulations prescribed by the Board of Health or by the Mayor and Council.
(Prior Code, § 94.02)