Alcaldía Circular

Abstract

The image contains news about the circular to the municipal inspectors, in view of the growing development of the typhoid epidemic that currently reigns in the city, and of which more than 80 individuals are attacked in the San Juan de Dios hospital, it is makes it necessary for the police authorities to redouble their efforts, in the sense of strictly complying with the legal provisions on public health, in order to destroy all sources of infection, keep away all types of unclean animals and ensure that the most scrupulous cleanliness is carried out. out in the shops and houses of the city. To achieve this result, I instruct you that from tomorrow, at 2 p.m. onwards, you proceed to make home visits in all the houses and shops in your neighborhood, so that you are convinced that the health provisions are respected, and where they are not. dictate the measures that I deem appropriate for compliance, and impose legal constraints, without any consideration, on those who do not obey the orders of the authority in this regard. I will expect you to send me on Saturday of each week a list of the establishments you have visited, the street or race on which they are located and the names of their owners. News published in the Municipal Registry newspaper, No. 832, Page 4408, September 1899.