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Show City Passes New Health Ordinance An ordinance to become effective upon publication this week in the Herald, has been passed by Springville city officials of-ficials to safeguard the health of citizens. The ordinance provides for a board of riealth to be composed of a health officer who when practicable will be a physician, physi-cian, the mayor, who shall he ex-officio ex-officio chairman of the board, the chief of police, the sanitary in-pector in-pector and three representative citizens. The mayor and the city council shall appoint the board of health with exception of the mayor. Stating that permits are to be secured by application for . the handling of foods and operation of certain places which might effect ef-fect the health of people, the ordinance or-dinance states among other things that all foods to be consumed are to be inspected and that disease carriers are not to be employed where food is handled. The ordinance further gives permit to the board members to inspect food and eating places or any other places which might be operated as a health hazard. Persons Per-sons handling food are to have clean hands and wearing apparel, it is pointed out, and refrigerators, refrigera-tors, storage rooms and ice boxes from which food is dispensed to th-e public are to meet sanitation standards. , The stamp of the inspector must be on all meat sold in Springville, according to the new ordinance. A fee for inspection i3 listed for cattle, swine, calves, lambs, sheep and goats. The ordinance states among other things that animals when sold for consumption must be of certain age. The new city ordinance is to be strictly enforced and its provisions pro-visions carried out for the best interest in-terest of the citizens of the city, officials state. |