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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 028-1909 - Physicians, Surgeons, Or Accouchers Shall Report The Name. BEST AVAILABLE SCAN - 12/08/1909p1�d.zOC7 VITAL STATISTICS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Section 1. That all physicians, surgeons or accouc eurs m wives) who may attend at the birth of a child in this city, or in the absence of such attendance the father of such child or if such child have no father then its mother shall report the'fact together with name, sex, color and such other data relating thereto as may be prescribed by the rules promulgated by the State Board of Health within five days from the timo of the birth to the city pecrotary as hereinafter pro- v1ded for. 'Any physician, surgson or accoucheur or parent who shall fail to make the report above`provided shall be punished by fine of one urvcired dr% Section 2. Every person acting as under -taker ahal H1e with the city secretary a certificate of death and obtain a burial permit from the city secretary in each case (including stillbirths) in which ha so acts, and all persons furnishing a coffin or box in which to bury the dead shall be included within the term undertakers. It shall be the duty of such undertaker to accurately and properly fill out the death certificate in so far as regards the name, a§e, sex, nativity and such other "personal and statistical particulars, and further, he shall obtain from the physician or o�rcnor the answers to questions under the heading of "medical particulars" of the death certificate. Any undert taker who shall fail to file the certificate of death above previ.ded or who shall bury the body of any deceased person without first obtain- ing & burial permit from the city secretary, shall be finod in any sum not less than five dollars, nor more than one hundrod dollars. Section 3. The body of any person whoso death or burial occurs in this city shall not be interred, deposited in a vault or tomb, cre- mated or otherwise disposed of or removed or transported from this city until a permit for burial, removal or other disposition shall have been issued by the city secretary, and no such burial or removal permit shall be issued by the city secretary until a complete certificate of the death has been filed with him as hereinbofore provided: Provided, that a transit pormit issued in accordance with the law and health regulations cLf -- the city secretary as a basis upon which RP Shai issue a'"6ur'Ia permit. Any person who shall cause or permit to bn interred, crAmated, deposited in a vault or tomb, or otherwise disposed of or removed or transported out of the city the remains of any deceased person with- out having first obtained the permit above provided for from the city secretary, shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars, nor more than one hundred dolLnrs. Section 4. It shall be t:_s duty of every physician in the event of a death (including stillbirths) occurring in any case at which said physician is the last in attendance, (or in the event a coroner shall held an inquest to ascertain the cause of death, the said coroner's duty) to promptly and accurately fill out the question in the form of the death certificate when the death certificate is presented by the undertaker. Any physician or coroner who shall fail or refuse to promptly and accurately fill out the questions in the death certificate when requested by the undertaker shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. Section 5. In the event of a death ^ccurring without a phyx:i- cian in attendance and the services of a coroner not necessary, it then shall become the duty of the city health officer to investigate the case and to issue the certificate of death. Section 6. All certificates of births and deaths shall be made in the manner prescribed, and on the form of certificate as supplied by the State Board of Health. Section 7. It shall be the duty of the aforomentioned city sec- retary to record in a permanently bound book all births and deaths which are reported to him together with such statistics and data which shall be furnished him by the birth certificate and death certificato. And it shall be the duty of said city secretary to transmit all such original birth and death certificates received during the preceding month to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics at Austin, Toxas, on or before the loth of the following month. Section 8. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed and approved this the 'd(dey of 40w�v— 4_,I� If'y Mayor. Attest: + re t ary.