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Ord. 24418575-13
Powers to make bye-law.
ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1901.
Public Health.
13. The Board shall have power to make, and when made, to alter, amend, or revoke bye-laws with regard to the following matters :-
1. The proper construction, trapping, ventilating, and maintenance of private house-drains.
2. The provision and proper construction of dust boxes in private premises.
3. The provision of adequate subsoil drainage in order to arrest damp in dwelling-houses.
4. The cleansing, lime-whiting, and proper sanitary maintenance of all premises.
5. The sanitary maintenance of public latrines, urinals, dust-bins, and manure-depots.
6. Surface scavenging, the removal and disposal of night-soil and of other refuse.
7. The closing of premises unfit for human habitation and the prohibition of their use as such.
8. The protection of the public water supply from pollution.
9. The prevention of the manufacture or sale of unsound, adulterated, or unwholesome food.
10. The regulation of bake-houses, dairies, aerated water manufactories, and food preserving establishments.
11. The proper construction, materials and fittings of water-closets on private premises.
12. The erection of public latrines and applications for permission to erect such latrines.
Ord. 12 of 1891 S.
Ord. 11 of 1891 S.5′′
Ord. 24 of 1857 S. 13 (part, t1)
13. The prohibition of the establishment within certain limits, and the control of any noxious or offensive trade, business, or manufacture.
14. The licensing, regulation and sanitary maintenance of common lodging-houses, and the sanitary maintenance of opium smoking divans, factories, and places of public instruction, recreation, or assembly.
15. The prevention of overcrowding in premises, either in respect of human beings or the lower animals.
16. The licensing and regulation of all depôts and pens for cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats.
17. The sanitary maintenance of markets and slaughter-houses.
18. The construction, licensing, and proper sanitary maintenance of pig-sties in private premises.
19. The cleansing of vessels, and the maintenance of cleanliness in the harbour of Victoria, the waters of the Colony, and the foreshores thereof.
ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1901.
Public Health.
20. The disposal of the dead, the regulation and sanitary maintenance of cemeteries, the fees to be charged in respect of graves and interments, the keeping of such registers as may be necessary and all other matters connected therewith; also the regulation and sanitary maintenance of mortuaries and the disinfection of dead bodies.
21. The compulsory vacating of infected premises, and the disinfection and purification of the same.
22. The disinfection and purification of all infected vessels and public vehicles.
23. The mitigation or prevention of epidemic, endemic, or contagious disease among animals.
24. The manufacture and sale of poisons and the sale of unsound and adulterated drugs.
25. The regulation of public baths, laundries, and wash houses.
26. The compulsory reporting of infectious, contagious, or communicable diseases.
27. Prescribing the material and the nature and thickness thereof to be used for covering over the floors of areas and basement stories and the ground surface of all buildings and of any cook houses, latrines, or open surfaces connected therewith, such as back yards, court yards, or other spaces on which slops may be thrown or from which foul waters flow.
28. Fixing from time to time the number of persons who may occupy a domestic building or any part thereof and for marking on the exterior or interior of such buildings the number of persons permitted to occupy the same or any part thereof.
29. The periodical entry and inspection of all buildings and curtilages-
(a) For the purpose of ascertaining whether the same are in an overcrowded condition,
(b) For the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary condition, cleanliness and good order thereof or any part thereof and of any mezzanine doors, storeys or cocklofts therein or the condition of any drains therein or in connection therewith.
30. The promotion of cleanliness and ventilation in domestic buildings.
31. The cleansing and removal of refuse and all objectionable matter at stated times from domestic buildings.