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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![EAST PROVIDENCE (TOWN), R. I. GARBAGE AND REFUSE—CARE AND DISPOSAL. Sec. 10. Every tenement house, dwelling house, or other building where swill and garbage shall accumulate shall be provided with a suitable receptacle for such swill or garbage, and no ashes or other rubbish of any kind shall be placed in any such receptacle, nor shall any swill, garbage, or offal be placed in any receptacle for ashes or rubbish or deposited in any yard or vault or any other place than its proper receptacle. Sec. 11. No owner, lessee, or occupant of any building or premises within the town shall deposit or allow to be deposited, or allow to remain upon or in said building or premises, any dirt, offal, decaying animal or vegetable matter, or solid or liquid filth of any kind, which, in the opinion of the town council, is any way offensive or a nuisance. [From chap. 4 of an ordinance adopted Aug. 2, 1911.] Sec. 1. The occupant of every tenement house, dwelling house or other building where swill or garbage shall accumulate shall provide a suitable receptacle, properly covered, for such swill or garbage, and no dishwater, ashes, house sweepings, bottles, crockery, earthen, glass, tin, or iron ware, or other rubbish of any kind shall be placed in any such receptacle, nor shall any swill, garbage, or offal be placed in any receptacle for ashes or rubbish or deposited in any yard or vault or in any other place than its proper receptacle. Sec. 2. All swill and house offal shall be removed from each house within the parts of the town covered by any contract or contracts that may be made with such town by any person or persons for such removal at least three times each week during the months of May, June, July, August, September, and October, and twice each week during the months of November, December, January, February, March, and April of each and every year, and as much oftener as may be necessary to prevent nuisance and decomposition of such swill and house offal. Sec. 3. All swill and house offal shall be removed from the town in water-tight closely covered vehicles, drawn by one or more horses or mules, or in water-tight tubs or casks with covers securely fastened, so as to make the tubs or casks air tight, and all such vehicles, tubs, or casks so used shall be kept clean and well painted on the outside. No vehicle, tub, or cask shall be used, or continued in use, for the removal of swill and house offal from the town unless first examined and approved by the health officer; and the covers of all vehicles, tubs, and casks containing swill or house offal shall be kept tightly closed when they are driven through the streets of the town. Sec. 4. All vehicles used to remove swill and house offal, or to transport tubs or casks containing swill and house offal, shall be duly licensed and numbered, and all such vehicles, tubs, and casks shall have upon them such other marks as may be required by the health officer. Sec. 5. Whenever any person shall be designated and appointed to remove swill and house offal from the town, the designation and appointment shall state definitely the houses, buildings, or districts from which such person so designated is to remove the swill and house offal, and he shall not remove the swill and house offal from any other house, building, or district than that from which he is designated and appointed to remove it. Sec. 6. All designations and appointments of persons to remove swill and house offal shall be for the current municipal year, and may be revoked at any time by the town council. Sec. 7. No person, unless appointed and designated so to do by the town council, shall remove, carry, or transport any swill or house offal from any house, market, building, or premises within the town over, upon, or through any street or highway in said town; nor shall any person, unless licensed so to do by the town council; carry or transport any swill or house offal, removed from any building or premises without the town, over, upon, or through any street or highway in said town. Sec. 8. Every application for a license to remove, carry, or transport any swill or house offal over, upon, or through any street or highway in said town shall state whether said swill or house offal is to be removed to some place without or within the limits of the said town, and, if within the limits of the said town, shall designate the particular place to which such swill or house offal is to be removed. Sec. 9. For every license to remove, carry, or transport swill or house offal over, upon, or through any street or highway in said town, the licensee shall pay such sums as may be fixed and determined from time to time by the town council. Sec. 10. Every person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than $2 nor more than $20 for each day’s continuance of such violation. [Chap. 30 of an ordinance adopted Aug. 2, 1911.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0182.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
