The provincial health officer.
Section 24
SEC. 24. The provincial health officer.—There shall be a provincial health officer under the supervision and control of the chief health officer who shall have the following general powers and duties: (a) Supervision.—He shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary condition of the province, and political subdivisions thereof. (b) Laws and ordinances.—He shall execute and enforce all laws, ordinances, and regulations relating to the public health. (c) Recommendations.—He shall recommend to the municipal and district councils the passage of such ordinances as he may deem necessary for the preservation of the public health. (d) Prosecution.—He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws, ordinances, or regulations. (e) Inspection.—He shall in person or by authorized agents make sanitary inspection and may be aided therein by such members of the provincial and municipal police force or of the Philippine Constabulary as shall be designated as sanitary police by the provincial governor, chief of police, or proper Constabulary officer and by such sanitary inspectors as may be authorized by law.