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during such time as the District Health Officer shall declare the premises to be infected, but all such nightsoil shall be removed and disposed of by the Board at the expense of the occupier, and every pail or pan used for the reception or removal of such nightsoil shall be specially marked and be retarred after emptying and cleansing before being used again.

Mode of Burial of Nightsoil.

3. No person shall bury nightsoil otherwise than in the following manner: A V-shaped furrow or trench shall be formed of not more than eighteen inches in depth and the nightsoil shall be placed therein, each lot as soon as placed to be covered with at least six inches of earth well pressed down flush up to the surface of the ground. No fresh trench shall be opened up within three feet of an old trench at any time within three months of the final closing of such old trench.

Sewage-tank.

4. No person shall use or cause or permit to be used any sewage-tank—
   (1.) Unless such tank in its design, position, and method of construction has first been approved by the District Health Officer and by the Inspector of Nuisances; or
   (2.) After the District Health Officer or the Inspector of Nuisances shall, on account of some defect or fault therein or wrongful use thereof, in writing notify such person not to use such septic tank, and until such notice shall be in writing withdrawn by the person giving the same.

Water-closets.

5. No person shall use, or cause or allow to be used, any privy of the nature of a water-closet in the district unless the same be connected with a sewage-tank approved as mentioned in section (1) of By-law No. 4 of Part IV, and not the subject of a notice not to use the same under section (2) of said By-law No. 4, and unless the same be furnished with such ventilation and appliances, and such closet and appliances be constructed in all particulars and parts in such manner, of such materials, and with such separate flushing and cleansing apparatus, traps, and pipes, as the Inspector of Nuisances shall require.

Privy-pans.

6. The owner of each house in the district shall provide or cause to be provided every pan privy with a watertight galvanized-iron pan of a size, pattern, and design approved by the Board, for the reception of nightsoil, and the specification whereof shall be deposited at the office of the Board.

Privy-construction.

7. The floor under the seat of every privy or closet shall be raised at least six inches above the ground, and shall be constructed of impervious material, and the privy or closet shall be constructed so that the pan shall fit in below the seat in such a manner as to prevent any matter reaching the floor, and shall be in all respects constructed, maintained, and repaired to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Nuisances; and means of access shall be provided so that all nightsoil can be removed therefrom without being carried through any house or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

Deodorizers.

8. Every owner or occupier of any house within the district shall provide and keep convenient to the privy a box containing dry earth or sawdust or lime, to be used in such privy or closet as a deodorizer.

Sanitary Control.

9. All privies, closets, and house drains within the district shall be under the superintendence, government, and control of the Board.

Position of Privy.

10. No person shall erect or construct any privy, or allow any privy (except a privy of the nature of a water-closet constructed and being in accordance with By-law No. 5 of Part IV) to be erected or to remain, at a less distance than fifteen feet from any house or from any part of any wash-house, shed, convenience, or other erection attached to any house, or from any road.

Removal of Nightsoil.

11. The Board shall, as soon as it thinks fit, make such provision as it shall think fit for the regular removal from any and every house within the district, and at the expense of the owner or occupier thereof, of all or any rubbish, nightsoil, or any offensive matter of any kind.

Power of Entry.

12. The Inspector of Nuisances, or any other person or persons who may be appointed by the Board for the purposes of these by-laws, shall have power to enter into or upon any buildings or land within the district for the purpose of effecting any such removal as in section 11 specified, or for examining the condition of every privy, drain, closet, pan, or earth-box, or for cleansing, constructing, altering, or repairing the same.

Nightsoil-carting.

13. No person who shall be engaged in the trades of scavenging or the removal of nightsoil within the district shall—
    (a.) Remove, cart, carry, or transport any offensive matter, pans, boxes, or other receptacles in any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle which has not got the name of the owner clearly and legibly painted in letters at least two inches in height (in white paint on a dark ground) on some conspicuous part of such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle.
    (b.) Convey or remove, or permit the conveyance or removal of, nightsoil in the district between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
    (c.) Convey or remove into, or permit to be conveyed or removed through or from, the district any nightsoil or offensive matter, unless the same shall be enclosed in pans or other receptacles approved by the Board.

Carting Offensive Matter.

14. No person shall drive, take, conduct, or convey any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle in, through, or upon the district, or any part thereof, whilst any offensive or noxious smell or odour emanates from any such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle, or the contents thereof.

Sufficient Privy.

15. A “sufficient privy” as defined by these by-laws shall be deemed to be a “sufficient privy” within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1908.

Sufficient Privy necessary.

16. No owner of any premises shall construct or build thereon, or permit to be constructed or built thereon, any privy other than a “sufficient privy” as herein defined.

Preventing Nuisances.

17. No person shall permit any privy, backyard, or premises of which he shall be the occupier within the district to become a nuisance or injurious to health.

Ashpit.

18. An ashpit shall not be deemed a “sufficient ashpit” within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1908, unless the same be either—
    (a.) A galvanized-iron watertight receptacle of such shape as to be readily emptied and cleaned, but so that it shall not be of greater interior capacity than two cubic feet, and it shall be fitted with a close-fitting covering or door, to be kept shut, except when it is being filled or emptied, and with handles for moving and emptying the same; or
    (b.) A furrow or trench similar to and to be used in the same manner as is provided by By-law No. 3 of Part IV in respect of the burial of nightsoil, and to in all respects comply with the requirements of the said By-law No. 3.

Position of Pit.

19. No person shall make or construct, or use, or permit to be used, any pit or hole for the reception of drainage from any premises within the district unless the same is at least twenty-five feet from any dwellinghouse, road, or boundary fence.

Pig-keeping.

20. No person shall keep, or allow or suffer or permit to be kept, swine or pigs within the district on any holding of less than one acre in area, or shall in any case so keep them as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, or erect or permit or allow to remain any pigsty at a less distance than one hundred feet from any house, or from any road or boundary of any occupied neighbouring property. The floor of every pigsty shall be of concrete or other impervious material, to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Nuisances, and shall be so constructed that there shall be no soakage of the soil with pigs’ food, urine, or drainage from the sty.