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.

Date:: [1913]

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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$the board of health, and all chicken houses, pens, coops, and runs must be kept m sanitary condition. Any person, firm, or corporation violating this oromance, snal , on conviction thereof, pay a fine or penalty of not less than $10 for each offense. rro- vided, however, That this ordinance shall not apply to, nor be enforceable against, any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of the buying and selling o poultry, fowls, and chickens in the regular course of trade. [Ordinance board ot health, adopted Dec. 11, 1911.] WILMINGTON, N. C. DOMESTIC ANIMALS—KEEPING OF. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to keep any hog, pig, or swine within any building, pen, or lot within the corporate limits of the city of Wilmington. . Sec. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation violating this ordinance shall be fined five dollars for each hog, pig, or swine so kept for each and every day the same shall be so kept within the corporate limits of the city of Wilmington. [Ordinance adopted July 5, 1911.] STABLES FOR COWS—CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. Section 1. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any cow on any lot or within any pen or stable in the city of Wilmington within a radius of 50 feet of any dwelling house therein. , , . ... . Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to keep more than one cow on any lot or premises within the following prescribed limits of the city of Wilmington, to wit: \\ ithin that portion bounded on the west by the Cape Fear River, on the south by the south side of Castle Street, on the east by the east side of Tenth Street, and on the north by the right of way of the A. C. L. Railway. . . . . .. ... .. , Sec. 3. Every person, firm, or corporation keeping a cow within the limits described in section 2 hereof shall have therefor a stable wherein such cow shall be kept. Such stable shall have a cement floor and gutter and be equipped with a brick pit, cement lined, or a concrete pit tightly covered with fly proof, in which droppings must be placed daily. , , _ Sec. 4. That all stables herein provided for shall be kept clean, and shall be disin- fected and attended to in such manner and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by ordinance under direction of the superintendent of health. . . Sec. 5. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined $5 for each and every offense. Sec. 6. That this ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after July 25, 1911. [Ordinance effective July 25, 1911.] YONKERS, N. Y. DISEASED AND DEAD ANIMALS. Sec. 104. No animal affected with an infectious or contagious disease shall be brought or kept within the limits of the city of Yonkers without a permit fiom the health bureau. No animal having the glanders or farcy shall be kept, used, retained, or permitted within said city. Sec. 105. It shall be the duty of every veterinary surgeon who is called to exter- minate or professionally attend any animal within the city of Yonkers having the glanders or farcy, within 24 hours thereafter to report in writing to the health bureau the following facts, viz: First, a statement of the location of such diseased animal; second, the name and addresss of the owner thereof and of the person in whose posses- sion the same may be; third, the type and character of the disease. It shall be the duty of every owner and person in possession of any such animal upon discovery of the fact that it is affected with glanders or farcy to immediately report the fact to the health officer and to remove or dispose of such animal in the manner designated by the health officer. Sec. 106. No person shall leave in or throw into any public place, street, or water or offensively expose or bury the body, or any part thereof, of any dead or fatally sick or injured animal; and no person shall keep any dead animal or offensive meat, bird, fowl, or fish, in a place where the same may be dangerous to life or detrimental to the health of any person 86019—13 12$