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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![LODGING HOUSES AND TENEMENTS. EAST PROVIDENCE (TOWN), R. I. LODGING AND TENEMENT HOUSES AND BUILDINGS LEASED AS DWELLINGS—INSPEO TION, CARE, AND MAINTENANCE. Sec. 12. Every owner or keeper of a lodging house and every owner, lessee, and occupant of a tenement house or other building leased for a dwelling shall thoroughly cleanse all and every part of such house or building and shall also thoroughly cleanse every yard, court, passage, area, or alley connected with or belonging to the same to the satisfaction of the town council whenever, in the opinion of said town council, it shall be necessary for the health of the occu- pants or the public health. Sec. 13. No vault, cellar, or underground room shall be let or occupied separately as a dwelling, nor in a tenement or lodging house as a place of lodging or sleeping. A cellar shall mean any basement or lower story of any building or house of which one-half or more of the height from the floor to the ceiling is below the level of the ground adjoining. Sec. 14. No owner of any building or part thereof shall lease or let or hire out the same or any part thereof to be occupied by any person, or allow the same to be occupied if said building or any part thereof shall be inadequate or defective in respect to strength, protection, ventilation, light, sewerage, or to any other usual, proper, or necessary provision or precaution for the security of life and health, nor unless said building and every part thereof shall be in all respects in a condition of cleanliness or wholesomeness. Sec. 15. The town council may order the vacation of any building when sat- isfied that it is unfit for a dwelling, because infected or because in any way dangerous to the health of the occupants. A notice of such vacation must be served on the occupants of such building, and also served ou the owner, agent, or lessee. And such notices shall be served by any police constable of the town. And if the person or persons so notified, or any of them, shall neglect or refuse to remove from and quit such building within the time specified in the notice the health officer is hereby authorized and empowered forcibly to remove them when so ordered by the town council. Sec. 16. For purposes of sanitary inspection, the health officer, and every person authorized by him, shall have free access to any part of every building and premises within the town. [From ch. 4 of an ordinance adopted Aug. 2, 1911.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
