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]
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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![GARBAGE, REFUSE, AND ASHES. BLOOMINGTON, ILL. GARBAGE—COLLECTION, REMOVAL, AND DISPOSAL. Sec. 1. That hereafter the collection, removal, and disposal of garbage, and all substances, or matter included therewith, within the city of Bloomington, shall be collected, removed, and disposed of by the city as herein provided. Sec. 2. That the collection, removal, and disposal of garbage as herein provided, shall be under the direction, management, and control of the department of health, and such work shall be maintained and provided for out of funds appropriated for the use of the department of health. Sec. 3. That the board of health shall employ carts, wagons, or other vehicles, and teams, and other equipment necessary in carrying on such work, and the board of health shall employ such laborers and employees as they may deem necessary to the proper prosecution of said work, including a foreman, at a salary not exceeding $60 per month. Sec. 4. That there shall be included therewith, and removed as garbage, ashes, in cans, paper, bottles, crockery, rubbish, cellar accumulations, glass, spouting, old tin, small brush, grass and weeds from residence lots when placed in the alleys, build- ing materials, from construction or repair of a building or other improvement to amount of one-fourth of one load from any one place, manure from the fire engine houses, patrol barn and other city premises. Sec. 5. That the board of health may make such rules and regulations as to them may seem wise or necessary to properly carry on such work, and they may do all things required to fully carry into effect the intent and purpose of this ordinance. Sec. 6. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. [Ordinance adopted Aug. 5, 1911.] BROOKLINE, MASS. GARBAGE AND REFUSE—CARE AND DISPOSAL. Art. III. Waste Material—Garbage. Section 1. All waste material set out for removal by the town shall be kept in sepa- rate receptacles. Sec. 2. One or more of such receptacles shall be used exclusively for garbage or swill and shall be water-tight, have tight-fitting covers, and be kept clean and free from deposits of garbage. (An underground garbage receptacle is urgently recom- mended.) Sec. 3. A second receptacle or receptacles, preferably made of iron, shall be used exclusively for.ashes, tin cans, bottles, and other incombustible waste. Sec. 4. A third separate set of receptacles shall be used exclusively for dry com- bustible waste, such as paper, old shoes, house sweepings, and such other waste material as it is customary for the town to remove. Sec. 5. No person shall overhaul the contents of receptacles for waste material set upon the sidewalks to be removed by the town. Sec. 6. No person shall throw upon the sidewalk, or into any public street or catch- basin, any. paper, tin can, house sweepings, lawn rakings, old shoes, orange peel, banana skin, dead animal, or other waste material. [Ordinance board of health, adopted Nov. 6, 1911.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0181.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
