Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly.

  • Jamaica. Central Board of Health.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    T^oii or [)f'rsons shall lie pcrmiltcd to keep any mitn- ber oi' goats exceeding s,ix, in any one yard in any town or townships. 4th. Ail rnbiyh, filth, or refuse, of any kind, de- clared to be injurious to liealth by the Central Board, j.hai] be removed, at frequent periodical internals, from dwellings and their immediate neighbourhood, to such place or places as the parochial autliorilies may, from time to time, appoint. «5th. All rank vegetation close to, or any thing fehat obstructs the free ventilation of air around dwell- ings, shall be cut down and removed. ()th. All dung and other refuse of stables, shall be removed daily to a place or places appointed by tlie parochial authorities, and shall there be deposited and got rid of by burning or otlierwise. 7t[i. All foul stagnant ditches, pools, gutters, or drains, shall be covered, and filled up, or drained, and all accumulations of privy soil or other offensive decaying matter, near to human dwellings, and which cannot be easily removed or destroyed, shall be co- vered with a layer o/earth or lime. 8th. The proprietor or occupier of any house, or }iouses, not provided with such conveniences, shall construct and erect suitable privy or privies, for the a^^commodation of the inhabitants of such house or houses. 9th. All houses which shall be [)ronounced lilthy, or unwholesome by the Central Board of Health, or wherein a case, or cases of cholera or other epidemic disease shall have occurred, and which shall not have been inhabited since, or w here no me?ms of cleansing shall have been employed, shall be cleansed and pu- rified bv lime-washing, and such other means as the said Board may direct. lOlh. That an ofhcer or officers, to be appointed by, and acting under the authorities of any place, or places, w here the cholera or any other epidennc shall threaten, or actually exist, shall enter and inspect all oxanv dwellinjjs or other buildings, avA all or any.