Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2893
23. All meeting-houses shall be provided with sufficient
privy accommodation for each sex to the satisfaction of the
Medical Officer of Health or Director of Maori Hygiene.
24. No sweepings or rubbish shall be deposited under the
floor of the meeting-house.
25. The Committee shall direct the carrying-out of any
necessary alterations or additions under these by-laws, and
in the event of the owner or persons concerned in the meeting-
house refusing to carry out such alterations or additions
such meeting-house may be closed down until the by-laws
are complied with.
(DRANINGE.
26. The Council shall make such by-laws regarding drainage
to suit the particular circumstances of their district as the
Medical Officer of Health or the Director of Maori Hygiene
approve.
(D) NUISANCES.
27. No night-soil, refuse, or offensive rubbish shall be cast
or deposited or allowed to flow into any spring, stream, or
watercourse that flows through or past a Maori kainga, and
which is used as a water-supply by the inhabitants of such
kainga or other kainga on the banks of such stream or near
such spring.
28. No person who is the owner or occupier of any premises
within a Maori kainga shall permit or suffer any night-soil
or refuse or any offensive rubbish or matter of any kind
whatever to accumulate or remain or be in or upon such
premises so as to be injurious or dangerous to health or as
to cause an offensive smell.
29. No horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, or other animals shall
be buried within a Maori kainga.
30. No person shall throw or leave any dead animals on
any property within a Maori kainga whereby any offensive
smell is or is likely to be created.
31. Every person who commits a breach of any of the
By-laws 27, 28, 29, and 30 shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding 10s.
(E) KEEPING OF ANIMALS.
32. No person shall keep or allow any pigs to run loose
within a Maori kainga, nor in any case to keep them so as
to be a nuisance or injurious to health, nor in such a manner
as to pollute any water used or likely to be used by man
for drinking or domestic purposes or for use in a dairy; nor
shall any person after the coming into force of this by-law,
permit to remain any pigsty at a less distance than 150 ft.
from any house or building used as a dwellinghouse or school,
or any buildings within which food intended for human con-
sumption is prepared or stored, or at a less distance than
50 ft. from any road or the boundary of any occupied neigh-
bouring property.
(F) PRIVIES.
Regulating all Privies.
33. The owner or occupier of every dwellinghouse shall
provide the same with a privy.
34. Every person who shall construct a privy in connection
with a building shall construct such privy at a distance of
10 ft. at least from any living-room or any room where food-
stuff is intended to be stored.
35. It shall be an offence for any person who shall construct
a privy in connection with a building to construct such privy
within a distance of 40 ft. from any well, spring, or stream
of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking or
domestic purposes, or otherwise in such a position as to
render any such water liable to pollution.
36. Every privy shall in all respects be well and substan-
tially erected. It shall be provided with a sufficient opening
for ventilation as near the top as practicable, and communi-
cation directly with the external air. It shall be enclosed on
all sides and be provided with a door.
(a) Every person who shall construct a pan-privy in con-
nection with a building shall construct such privy in
such a manner and in such a position as to afford
ready means of access to such privy for the purpose
of cleaning such privy and of removing filth therefrom.
(b) The seat of a pan-privy, the aperture in such seat, and
the space beneath such seat shall be of such dimensions
as to admit of a movable receptacle for nightsoil of
a capacity of not less than one cubic foot being
placed and fitted beneath such seat in such a manner
and such a position as may effectually prevent the
deposit upon the floor or sides of the space beneath
such seat or elsewhere than in such receptacle, of
any filth which may from time to time fall or be cast
through the aperture of such seat.
(c) The seat of such pan-privy shall be so constructed that
the whole of such seat or a sufficient part thereof
may be readily moved or adjusted in such a manner
as to afford adequate access to the space beneath
such seat for the purpose of cleansing such space or
removing therefrom or placing or fitting therein the
appropriate receptacle.
(d) The receptacle in any pan-privy shall be constructed
of such material and in such a manner as to prevent
any escape by leakage or otherwise of any part of the
contents of such receptacle. The aperture of the
seat shall be provided with a cover, which must be
kept over the aperture when the seat is not in use.
37. The occupier of the premises on which any privy is
situated shall keep such privy in a good state of repair and in
a thoroughly clean and sanitary condition.
38. The owner or occupier of any premises in connection
with which a privy has been erected shall use or cause to be
used a sufficient quantity of dry earth or sawdust or ashes
so that the excrement shall be so covered that no nuisance
shall arise therefrom.
Regulating Pan-privies.
39. Where a pan-privy is used such privy shall be con-
structed and cleansed in the following manner:
(a) Every person who shall construct a pan-privy in con-
nection with a building shall construct such privy
in such a manner and in such a position as to afford
ready means of access to such privy for the purpose
of cleaning such privy and removing filth therefrom.
(b) The seat of a pan-privy, the aperture in such seat,
and space beneath such seat shall be of such dimen-
sions as to admit of a movable receptacle for night-
soil of a capacity of not less than one cubic foot
being placed and fitted beneath such seat in such a
manner and in such a position as may effectually
prevent the deposit upon the floor or sides of the
place beneath such seat or elsewhere than in such
receptacle of any filth which may from time to time
fall or be passed through the aperture of such seat.
(c) The seat of such pan-privy shall be so constructed that
the whole of such seat or a sufficient part thereof may
be readily removed or adjusted in such a manner as
to afford adequate access to the space beneath such
seat for the purpose of cleansing such space, or re-
moving therefrom or placing or fitting therein the
appropriate receptacle.
(d) The receptacle in any pan-privy shall be constructed of
such material and in such a manner as to prevent any
escape by leakage or otherwise of any part of the
contents of such receptacle. The aperture of the
seat shall be provided with a cover which must be
kept over the aperture when the seat is not in use.
40. The occupier of every house shall cause the pans of all
pan-privies used in connection with such house to be emptied
and properly cleaned at least once in every week, and in any
case so frequently as to prevent overflow.
41. It shall not be lawful for any person to bury night-
soil otherwise than in a pit or trench in such a manner and to
such a depth as to provide that it shall have a covering of
earth of at least 6 in. when the pit or trench is closed.
42. No nightsoil shall be buried within 50 ft. of any dwelling
or within 60 ft. of any well. A pit may be used instead of
a movable receptacle, provided such pit does not communi-
cate directly with subsoil water. The aperture of the seat
shall be provided with a cover, which must be kept over the
aperture when the seat is not in use. The seat and walls
surrounding the space below the seat shall be made fly proof.
In no case shall the height of the excreta within the pit be
allowed to rise within 6 in. of the surface of the ground.
Regulating Pit-privies.
43. On the authority of the Director of Maori Hygiene or
of a Medical Officer of Health or of any Inspectors appointed
by the Department of Health, a privy may be provided with
a pit for the reception of faecal matter in place of a pan, but
such pit shall not be so placed as to endanger the purity of
any stream, spring, or well, and shall be at least 30 ft. from
any dwelling or place in which food is stored.
44. The pit of every pit-privy shall be covered by a seat so
constructed as to prevent the access of flies to such pit and
for this purpose the aperture of the seat shall be provided
with a cover which must be in place when the privy is not in
use.
45. The pit of every pit-privy shall be covered in with
clean earth before the faecal matter therein rises to within
12 in. of the surface of the ground, and the privy shall be
thereafter moved.
(G) INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
46. Where the Medical Officer of Health or the Director of
Maori Hygiene notifies an infectious disease exists in a village
or district, no hui, gathering, or tangi shall be held until such
time as the village or district is declared clean of the disease.
47. Where an infectious disease has been notified in a
village or district, the Committee shall render every possible
assistance to Native School teachers, Native nurses, Sanitary
Inspectors, Medical Officers, or Health Officers in the early
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