Sec. 337. President of the board—his duties.
The President of the Board may convene it as often as he may
think proper; he shall preside at all meetings of the Board; sign
the minutes; make reports to the Council; correspond with other
boards of health, and do all other things necessary to facilitate
the Board in the proper and efficient exercise of its functions.
He shall keep a record of all births and deaths, issue burial
permits, keep records of all sickness reported to him by the physicians
of the city, and shall make a summary of all reports submitted
to him by the practicing physicians, as required of them
by section 348, and submit the same to the Council at each regular
monthly meeting. He shall also report to the Council any
physician who may fail to make his monthly report, as required
by section 348 of these ordinances.
