(A) The Hygiene Institute shall give the Mayor and other city authorities all such professional advice and information as they may require with a view to the preservation of the public health and the Health Commissioner shall make a detailed monthly report of the proceedings of the Hygiene Institute and it shall be the duty of the Board to investigate the existence of any malignant, contagious or pestilential disease and adopt measures to arrest the progress of such diseases.
(1963 Code, § 2-7-2)
(B) It shall be the duty of the Hygiene Institute to enforce all the laws of the state and provisions of this code in relation to the health and sanitary regulations of the city and cause all nuisances to be abated with all reasonable promptness, and for the purpose of carrying out the foregoing requirements the Hygiene Institute or any officer designated by the Hygiene Institute shall be permitted at all times from the rising to the setting of the sun to enter into any house, store, stable, or other building and to cause the floor to be raised if it shall be deemed necessary in order that a thorough examination of the cellar, vaults, sinks, drains, and the entire premises shall be made; and to cause all privies or vaults to be cleaned and kept in good condition; and to cause all dead animals and other nauseous things or unwholesome substances to be buried, removed, or disposed of as directed by the authorities of the Board.
(1963 Code, § 2-7-3) (Ord. passed 4-21-1914)