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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![firm, or corporation using or maintaining said privy, when same is kept and main- tained in a satisfactory sanitary condition; and if the same is not kept and maintained in a satisfactory sanitary condition, then the superintendent of health shall cause said permit to be revoked unless the same is put in a satisfactory sanitary condition within a reasonable time after notice is given to said person, firm, or corporation keep- ing or maintaining such privy or privies. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the health department of the city of Wilmington to provide the means and supervise the removal of excrement from the aforesaid privies as often as it may be deemed necessary. Sec. 4. The city scavenger shall, on removing a receptacle from a privy, replace it immediately by a similar receptacle that has been thoroughly cleaned and disin- fected according to the directions of the health officer. Sec. 5. A charge of 20 cents for each can or 35 cents for two cans in same closet shall be paid for service herein provided for, by the owner or tenant in possession of the property, and the amount so collected shall be used to defray the expense of disinfection of such privies and scavenging done therein when done by the health department of the city. Sec. 6. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50. [Ordinance effective Dec. 7, 1911.] SOIL POLLUTION—PREVENTION OF. Section 1. That on and after the date of the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to deposit upon the surface or bury beneath the surface of the soil within the limits of the city of Wilmington any human excrement, carrion, putrid or decaying animal matter of any sort whatsoever. Sec. 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to bury beneath the soil within the limits of the city of Wilmington any carcass or body or any part thereof. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined $50 for each and every offense, or imprisoned for not less than 30 days. All ordinances or parts of ordinances heretofore passed by the council of the city of Wilmington in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. [Ordinance adopted Sept. 19, 1911.] YONKERS, N. Y. PRIVIES, CESSPOOLS, DRAINS, AND SEWERS. Sec. 74. It shall be the duty of the owner of every building now or hereafter erected upon any land adjacent or accessible to a public sewer, to cause said building to be properly connected with such sewer, and no house hereafter erected shall be inhabited, occupied, or used by any person before the same shall be connected with a public sewer, if practicable. Sec. 75. Wherever it is practicable to connect any premises in the city with a pub- lic sewer, it shall not be lawful for any person to construct any vault, privy,. water- closet, sink, drain, school sink, or cesspool thereon, for receiving or discharging any excrement, sewage, or slops, and the owner of such premises.shall not suffer or permit any privy, vault, school sink, or cesspool to remain thereon after notice from the health officer ^discontinue the use thereof, but shall empty and fill in the same in the man- ner prescribed by the health officer. Sec. 76. No privy, vault, or cesspool shall be allowed to remain on any premises or shall be built in the city of Yonkers unless when unavoidable and in accordance with the terms of a permit issued by the health bureau. The sides and bottom of every privy, vault, cesspool, or school sink in the city of Yonkers must be imperme- able, and secure against any saturation of the walls or ground above the same. Sec. 77. Where no public sewer is accessible in outlying districts, and where water- tight cesspools are not considered by the health officer to be an immediate necessity, the system of drainage of residences containing one or more acres of ground shall consist of two cesspools and a drain to be constructed in the following manner:. The first cess- pool to be divided by a partition and to connect to second by a tight pipe; the second cesspool to be sufficiently large to contain all overflow from the first for two days, and to syphon into system of blind drain sufficiently large to absorb sewage; the drain to be at least 1 foot below the surface of the ground. Every part of the whole system to be at least 75 feet from any brook or stream, and from land belonging to other parties.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0172.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
