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ger to be paid out of a scavenging rate. Such con-
tracting scavenger to remove all such deodorized
earth-composts, to depôts provided in places conve-
nient for the sale of it as manure, except that
householders possessing gardens or paddocks be al-
lowed to use it on their own ground, providing it be
so dug in as to cause no nuisance, as shewn to the
satisfaction of the Inspector of Nuisances.
That all ashes, stable and other manure, offal,
refuse, animal or vegetable matters, &c., be put into
portable bins or boxes, to be removed periodically by
the town scavenger to the before-mentioned depôts;
and a penalty be imposed on all persons throwing
such matters into back-yards, town lots, or into the
rivers, or into the harbour; but, as before, house-
holders to be allowed to use them to manure their
own gardens or paddocks, but so as not to create
any nuisance.
That no pig-sties be allowed within the city; that
all low-lying swampy spots where water stagnates be
drained or filled up, and all low-lying open spaces
within proclaimed limits kept clear of all long growth
of vegetation at expense of owners.
LIQUID SEWAGE.
Sewers, or drain-pipes, or open side-channels, ac-
cording to the density of population, to be extended
as rapidly as possible, and all liquid house refuse and
rainfall to be carried off by them. A branch drain
to be constructed to each back-yard. All sinks and
drains to be properly trapped, and no sink allowed
within a house.
Main drains to be provided for by loan on deben-
tures. House drains at expense of owner.
HOUSES.
All new houses, and all houses rebuilt, to have
ground floor a sufficient height above the crown of
the street (if formed), and to have free access of air
underneath, and all bedrooms and living-rooms to
have at least one window to open.
Cellars to have drainage provided, all else to be so
built in brick and cement as to be waterproof.
Cellars containing stagnant water to be emptied
and cleaned on order of Inspector.
As a sanitary precaution, we recomend frequent
whitewashing of premises.
MACHINERY.
That a competent medical man be appointed as a
Health Office to advise the Government, and to co-
operate with the Board of Works in all matters
affecting the public health, and that ample powers
be given to the Inspector of Nuisances both to carry
out the provisions of the Health Act contemplated
in this Report, to visit periodically fellmongers'
establishments, breweries, public stables, and cow-
houses, and also special powers to act according to
the orders of the Health Officer in case of any great
emergency.
S. A. CUSACK, Chairman.
C. HUNTER BROWN, Hon. Sec.
D. ROUGH,
ROBERT BURN.
JOHN BLACKETT, Provincial Engineer.
Nelson, June 28, 1867.
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government28 June 1867
Nelson, Sanitation, Sewage, Public Health, Drainage, Waste Management, Health Officer
- S. A. Cusack (Chairman), Chairman of Commission
- C. Hunter Brown (Hon. Sec.), Honorary Secretary of Commission
- D. Rough, Member of Commission
- Robert Burn, Member of Commission
- John Blackett (Provincial Engineer), Provincial Engineer and Member of Commission
- S. A. Cusack, Chairman
- C. Hunter Brown, Hon. Sec.
- D. Rough
- Robert Burn
- John Blackett, Provincial Engineer
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