(a) Council shall exercise all the rights, duties and obligations imposed by existing legislation upon boards of health in cities of the third class. (1944 Code Ch. 13 Sec. 1)
(b) The Director of Health shall be appointed as provided in Section 123.04(d). The Director shall have full charge of the health office and laboratory of the City, and shall do all things as he may be required by Council, acting as a Board of Health.
(1944 Code Ch. 13 Sec. 2)