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]
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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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    persons or the public, or in such a manner as to cause or nave a natural tendency to cause injury or detriment to business, merchandise, goods, or property. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance after due pub- lication thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition thereto, shall be liable to a penalty of $50 for each offense. [Ordinance, board of health, adopted Sept. 23, 1911.] OIL, CITY, PA. NUISANCES. Rule 15. No bone or horse boiling establishment shall be maintained or op- erated within the limits of the city. Rule 16. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or corporation to con- struct or use any slaughterhouse or to slaughter animals of any kind in any building or any place within the limits of the city. Rule 17. The keeping of pigs, hogs, or swine shall not be permitted within the limits of the city. Rule 18. It shall be unlawful to keep live poultry of any kind or any other kind of live stock in any cellar or basement or under any house or building within the limits of the city. Rule 19. It shall be unlawful to keep or kill live stock or poultry of any kind in any cellar or basement or under any building used for a market place, nor shall live stock or poultry be kept or killed in close proximity to any market without written permission of the board of health, which permission may be re- voked upon recommendation of the health officer for good and sufficient cause. Rule 20. The owner or occupant of any cellar, basement, or other building in which permission has been given to prepare live stock or poultry for the market shall keep or cause the same to be kept in a clean and sanitary condi- tion, and cause all offal, blood, waste food, garbage, refuse, and all unwhole- some or offensive matter to be removed therefrom at least once every 24 hours, and shall make provision for the proper drainage of such places, and shall at all times keep all woodwork (except floors and counters) in such places thor- oughly painted or whitewashed; and the floors thereof shall be so constructed as to prevent blood or foul liquid or washings from seeping through and settling in the earth beneath. Rule 21. The rendering of lard, tallow, or meat scraps of any description in or near any market within the limits of the city is forbidden without written permission of the board of health and under such conditions as the board may provide, and said written permission may be revoked for cause by the board upon recommendation of the health officer. [Regulations board of health, adopted Oct. 18, 1911.] PERU, IND. NUISANCES. Section 1. Be it ordained by the common council of the city of Peru, Ind., that it shall be unlawful and it shall be a nuisance for any owner, person, persons, company or corporation to erect, construct, cause, permit, keep or maintain within the limits, or within one-half mile of the limits of said city, anything whatsoever which is injurious to health, or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, and any owner, person or persons maintaining any nuisance as above set forth is declared to be the author and maintainer of a nuisance. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any owner, person, persons, company or corporation to throw or deposit, or suffer to be thrown or deposited, or suffer or permit any child, servant, member of the family, or other person under his, her or their control to throw or deposit any manure, rubbish, slops, putrid or unsound animal or vegetable matter, or any filthy, noisome, or unwholesome liquid or slops, or any liquid or slops or any sub- stances that are liable to become unwholesome, in or into or upon any street, lane, road, alley, sidewalk, gutter, crossing, lot, cellar, premises or common within the city limits or within one-half mile of the city limits. It shall be unlawful for any rank weeds to be allowed to grow on any ground within the city limits or within one-half mile of the city limits. Notice of the cutting of weeds may be given by publication in the city papers, by police officers or the written order of the health officer. [Part of ordinance No. 18 adopted July 11, 1911.]