[2156-1.] SECTION  820 . Powers and Duties of President. —  The duties of the president of a sanitary division shall be performed under the immediate supervision of the district health officer. His powers and duties shall be as follows: ( a ) He shall, subject to the direction of the district health officer, exercise general supervision over the hygienic and sanitary conditions of the division, including public and private premises therein, shall enforce all sanitary laws and regulations ap plicable in his division, and shall cause all violations of the same to be duly prosecuted. ( b ) He shall provide himself with the necessary appliances and also the instruments for all emergency cases, medical, surgical, and obstetrical. ( c ) He shall draft and recommend to the municipal council of his division suitable ordinances or regulations for carrying into effect the powers conferred by law upon such bodies in respect to matters of sanitation. ( d ) He shall inspect at least weekly, and as much oftener as may be necessary each of the municipalities in his division, and shall give free consultation to the indigent poor in each municipality for at least two hours weekly in the local municipal buildi ng or any other local available building found to be more suitable. ( e ) He shall, when requested, attend personally and gratuitously all cases of dystocic labor among the poor and, when necessary, shall request the assistance of the president of the nearest sanitary division. (f) He shall prepare and forward to the district health officer the quarterly report and other health reports of each municipality within his division. ( g ) He shall keep such records and statistics as may be required by the district health officer. He shall have the power and authority to abate any nuisance endangering the public health and to remove the cause of any special disease or mortality, and to enforce any internal quarantine regulations applicable to the municipalities of his division. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 250