Model byelaws issued by the Local Government Board for the use of sanitary authorities.

Date:
1877-1887
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Model byelaws issued by the Local Government Board for the use of sanitary authorities. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of any such animal in such building or upon such premises. He shall cause such receptacle to be constructed so that the bottom or floor thereof shall not in any case be lower than the surface of the ground ad¬ joining such receptacle. He shall also cause such receptacle to be construc¬ ted in such a manner and of such materials and to be maintained at all times in such a condition as to prevent any escape of the contents thereof, or any soakage therefrom into the ground or into the wall of any building. He shall cause such receptacle to be furnished with a suitable cover and, when not required to be open, to be kept properly covered. He shall likewise provide in connexion with such building or premises a sufficient drain constructed in such a manner and of such materials and main¬ tained at all times in such a condition as effectually to convey all urine or liquid filth or refuse there¬ from into a sewer, cesspool, or other proper re¬ ceptacle. He shall, once at least in every week^ remove or cause to be removed from the receptacle provided in accordance with the requirements of this byelaw all dung, manure, soil, filth, or other offensive or noxious matter produced in or upon such building or pre¬ mises and deposited in such receptacle. 13. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing byelaws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of , and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of for each day after written notice of the offence from the Sanitary Authority : Provided nevertheless, that the justices or court before whom any complaint may be made or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence may, if they think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this byelaw. LONDON: I’rinted by Geohge E. B. Eyre and William Spgttiswooee, Printers to the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty. Eor Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. [1837.—1000.—4/83.]