abate nuisances endangering the public health, an d to remove the cause of any special disease or mortality. It shall be the duty of a municipal board of health to draft and recommend to the municipal council for passage suitable ordinances or regulations for carrying into effect the powers conferred upon  such body in matters of sanitation. DaAIHC During epidemics of dangerous communicable diseases and at such other times as may be deemed necessary, the municipal board of health shall appoint such sanitary inspectors as the municipal council may authorize. It shall perform such other duties with ref erence to the health and sanitation of the municipality as the district health officer for the province in which the municipality is situated shall direct. [308-5.] SECTION  810 . Functions and Duties of President of Municipal Board of Health.  — The president of the municipal board of health shall be its chief executive officer, and shall exercise general supervision and control over the various branches of its work. Su bject to the provisions of law with reference to public vaccinations, he shall conduct such vaccinations for the people of his municipality. In a case of emergency, when a quorum of the board cannot be obtained, he may exercise the powers conferred upon a m unicipal board of health by this chapter, but he shall report his action to the municipal board of health for ratification at the earliest practicable time. On or before the tenth days of March, June, September, and December he shall prepare and submit to  the municipal council quarterly estimates, showing the probable expense of properly conducting the work of the board for the coming three months. He shall make such reports and discharge such other duties with reference to the health and sanitation of the municipality as the district health officer for the province in which the municipality is situated or the Director of Health may require. [308-6.] When a municipal board of health has been established in a municipality where a provincial jail is located, the president of such municipal board of health shall act as physician to the prisoners confined in the provincial jail. [363-1.] Presidents of municipal boards of health shall report to their respective municipal boards of health all births that may come to their notice, giving in each case the sex and race of the child, the name of its parents, and the date of its birth. 247 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011