Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.
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- [1913]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![No cesspool hereafter may le constructed within 20 feet of any street, road, or public place, or within 50 feet of any well or spring, the water of which is used for drinking purposes, and, when so required by the town council, every cesspool shall be made water-tight. Every cesspool shall be properly covered with stone or iron, so that the cover may be readily removed and the contents inspected. No well shall be used as a cesspool or privy vault, and no cesspool or privy vault shall be allowed under a sidewalk or building occupied by human beings. Sec. 3. The town council may order every lodging house, tenement house, or dwelling house, unless the same be connected with a public sewer, to be provided with a cesspool, properly connected with the house drain, of such dimensions and built in such situation and such manner as it may, in its discretion, determine; and it may fix the time within which such order must be complied with. Sec. 4. No person shall deposit or allow to be deposited in any privy vault or cess- pool any ashes, swill, rubbish, refuse, or any other such substance except that of which any such place is the appropriate receptacle, nor shall any surface water be allowed to run into any vault or cesspool. Sec. 5. No person shall allow the contents of any cesspool to rise within 1 foot of any part of the top or to allow any privy vault or cesspool to become in any way a nuisance or offensive; and when required by the town council any owner of such privy vault or cesspool shall disinfect the same in such manner as may be required by said town council. Sec. 6. No person shall permit any privy, urinal, water-closet, or other fixture, or any drain, waste pipe, soil pipe, or catch basin to become a nuisance or in any way offensive; nor shall any person allow any injurious substance to pass into any drain or waste pipe or allow any drain, waste pipe, or soil pipe to become obstructed or to leak. But if such drain, waste pipe, or soil pipe shall become obstructed or shall leak the owner, agent, occupant, or other person having charge of the premises on which such drain, waste pipe, or soil pipe is situated shall find and remove such obstruction and find and remove such leak. If any sewer gas or foul odor shall escape from any drain, soil pipe, waste pipe, or any fixture into any cellar or any part of an occupied building the owner, agent, or lessee of such cellar or building shall immediately find out and remedy whatever may cause such escape. [Chap. 4 of an ordinance adopted Aug. 2, 1911.] Section 1. No person shall bring or cause to be brought into this town, or shall carry into or through any public highway or street in this town, any part of the con- tents of any privy vault, cesspool, or slaughterhouse offal, or other offensive matter without first obtaining a license from the town council for that purpose, the number of said license to be placed on the vehicle used to convey said matter, and the party obtaining such license shall pay to the town clerk the sum of $1 therefor. Such per- son shall also have his wagon and tubs examined by the health officer and shall obtain a permit from him before using the same, which permit must be sent with the wagon at all times so as to be shown to the police when called for. Sec. 2. No person or persons shall at any time whatsoever carry into or through any public highway or street in this town any part of the contents of any privy vault, cesspool, slaughterhouse offal, or any offensive matter in any cart, wagon, or other vehicle, or tubs, which shall not be kept effectually covered and perfectly water- tight. Sec. 3. The box of the wagon used for the carrying of the contents of privy vaults, cesspools, slaughterhouse offal, or any offensive matter shall be well painted in such manner as the health officer may prescribe, and must be kept clean on the outside. The license number and the number of cubic feet capacity must be well painted on tin, the figures to be not less than 3 inches in size, must be placed on both sides of the box, and must be kept clean so as to be easily read. Sec. 4. No cart, wagon, or other vehicle having therein any part of the contents of any privy vault, cesspool, slaughterhouse offal, or any offensive matter shall be per- mitted to stand (except while loading) in any public street or highway in this town. Sec. 5. From the 1st day of May to the 1st day of November the night soil must be disinfected previous to removal. The removal'of night soil shall always be done in the daytime unless by special permit. From the 1st day of August to the 1st day of December the tubs only can be used. Sec. 6. Whenever any person shall convey into this town the contents of any privy vault, cesspool, slaughterhouse offal, or other offensive matter, to the extent that it becomes a nuisance or obnoxious, or cause the same to be done by others, it shall be the duty of the health officer to serve a written notice upon the person or persons causing the same, ordering him or them to forthwith discontinue the same, and if said order is not complied with within 24 hours, the town council shall revoke his or their license, if he or they have any, and a further penalty shall be imposed by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $20.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0168.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
