Department Of Health - Supervision Of Health Commissioner

Commissioner shall have and exercise a general supervision over the health and sanitary conditions of the city.

R. M. C., sec. 1026.

Duties Of Health Commissioner

It shall be the duty of the said commissioner to enforce all the laws of the state and ordinances of the city and all rules and regulations of the Department of Health in relation to the sanitary condition of the city and cause all nuisances to be abated with all reasonable promptness.

Sec. 1029.

Improper Use Of Buildings Forbidden

No person shall cause or allow any matter or thing to be or to be done in or about any building dangerous or prejudicial to health. The commissioner of health may inspect any building at anv time.

Sec. 1060.

Leasing Unsanitary Building

No person in possession or control of any building shall lease any portion thereof or allow the same to be occupied as a dwelling or lodging house unless such premises are in a clean and wholesome condition as provided in this article.

Sec. 1061.

Roofs - Drainage

Roofs must not leak. Rainwater must not drip on the ground so as to cause dampness in the walls or yard.

Sec. 1062.

Unsanitary Building - Nuisance

Any premises which by reason of unsanitary condition or infection with disease are unfit for human habitation or which are a source of sickness or which endanger the public health are hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance.

Sec. 1065.

Cleanliness

Every owner, lessee, tenant or manager of any tenement house, lodging house, boarding house or manufactory shall cause every part thereof to be put and to be kept in a clean and wholesome condition, and shall speedily cause every apartment in which any person shall sleep, dwell or work to be adequately lighted and ventilated.

Sec. 1068.

Cellar Or Unventilated Place

No person having the right and power to prevent the same shall knowingly cause or permit any person to sleep or remain in any cellar or in any place dangerous or prejudicial to health, because of want of ventilation or drainage or because of the presence of any poisonous, noxious or offensive substance or otherwise.

Sec. 1069.

Infants Having Inflamed Eyes

Mid-wives or nurses noticing that infants have inflamed or reddened eyes at any time within two weeks after birth must report such condition within six hours to a health officer or doctor. Penalty for not doing so, fine not to exceed $100 or imprisonment not to exceed six months.

R. S., ch. 38, sec. 510.

Contagious Diseases, Rules Of Department Of Health Concerning

There follow 90 different rules in regard to the duty of physicians and others as to contagious diseases, isolation, milkmen, grocerymen and laundrymen going to houses where there are contagious diseases, disinfection and termination of cases, antitoxin, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, contagious diseases in schools, vaccination and epidemics.

Sup. III to R. M. C., p. 245-256.

Sup. III to r. m. C..

Antitoxin - Free Treatment

The commissioner of health shall at all times keep antitoxin for the treatment of any dependent or deserving person who may apply for that purpose, and he shall without charge treat with antitoxin all such persons applying who in his opinion require such treatment.

Sec. 1038.

Duty Of Physicians To Report Births

It shall be the duty of every physician and midwife in the state who attends the birth of a child to make a report of such birth, with the name of the child and such other information as may be required by the State Board of Health, within 30 days after its occurrence, in writing, to the county clerk; provided, that in cities of 50,000 or more inhabitants reports may be made to the city commissioner of health instead of to the county clerk.

R. S., ch. 126a, sec. 19.

Duty Of Physicians To Report Deaths

It shall be the duty of every physician or midwife practicing in the state of Illinois to report, in writing, to the State Board of Health at Springfield the death of any of his or her patients within 30 days after the date of such death; provided, that no such report need be made in cities the ordinances of which require the issuance of burial or removal permits, which shall not be issued, however, before a report or certificate of the death shall be presented to the proper official.

Sec. 22.

Duty Of Coroner To Report Death

The coroner must report deaths in the manner provided in the foregoing section and subject to the same conditions.

Sec. 23.

Penalty

Anyone violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined from $10 to $100 or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed 30 days, or shall suffer both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 31.

Boards Of Health In Counties

Provides for boards of health in counties, which boards shall make and enforce proper rules and regulations whenever there is a breaking out of any dangerously communicable diseases; they shall also have the power of quarantine. Such boards shall have power to do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease; also to provide gratuitous vaccination and disinfection.

R. S., ch. 34, sec. 116.