Sec. 343. Inspection of streets, premises, etc.
The Board of Health shall cause to be inspected all streets,
cellars, yards, lots, privies, and other places which may be alleged
to be, or likely to become, offensive. They shall also cause
the inspection of the premises of all citizens to be made by the
police of the city at least once in each quarter, and oftener, if
necessary, and to require all garbage, trash, filth, ashes, tin cans
and all other articles that may endanger the health of the
city to be removed. It shall be the duty of all police officers to
observe at all times the sanitary condition of their districts, and
to report promptly to the Board of Health, through the Chief of
Police, any nuisance or accumulated filth found to exist in any
part of the city. When any such thing shall be found, which, in
the opinion of the Board, is, or is likely to become, injurious to
health, the Board shall give notice thereof to the Mayor, who
shall require the person causing said nuisance, or the owner or
occupant of the premises on which such thing is, to correct the
evil forthwith in such manner as the Mayor may deem expedient;
and should such person fail to execute the order of the
Mayor, the said nuisance may be removed at the cost of the city
and such cost, with 20 per centum additional by way of penalty,
may be collected of such persons.
