PUBLIC HEALTH . [ 24 of 1887. ) 981
16. The word Nuisance as used in this ordinance shall nuisance
Definition, of
include :
1. Any failure to supply, or any inadequate or defective
provision of drain, drain -trap, ventilating- pipe,
subsoil-drainage, or cess-pool accommodation, or
any building or part of a building so dark , or so
ill-ventilated as to be dangerous, or prejudicial to
the health of the inmates .
2. Any street or road , or any part thereof, or any water
course, nullah, ditch, yutter, side-channel,drain,
ashpit, sewer, privy, urinal, or cess-pool so foul as
to be noxious, or noisome, or unhealthy.
3. Any water-course, well tank, pool , pond, canal , conduit,
cistern, the water of which , from any cause, is
or
so tainted with impurities, or so unwholesome as to
be injurious to the health of persons living near, or
using such water , or which is likely to promote or
aggravate epidemic disease
4. Any stable, cow -house, pig-sty, or other premises for
the use of animals, which is in such a condition as
to be injurious to health .
5. Any accumulation , or deposit of stagnant water, sullage
water, manure, dirt, house -refuse, or other matter,
wherever situated , which is unhealthy.
6. Any noxious matter, or waste waters, flowing or dis
charged from any premises, wherever situated , into
any public street, road , or into the gutter or side
channel of any street, or road , or into any nullah,
or water -course, or the bed thereof .
7. Any manufactory, trade , or business of a noxious, noi
some, or unhealthy nature.
8. Any cemetery, or place of burial , so situated , or so con
ducted, as to be unhealthy.
9. Any act, omission, or thing which is , or may be dan
gerous to life, or injurious to health or property .
17. It shall be lawful for the board , on reasonable presump- Right of
tion of the existence of aa nuisance, on any premises, by an order entry;
[ See No. 26 of
in writing, to authorize any sanitary officer, with an assistant, 1890,6. 2. )
or assistants, to enter such premises, at any time between six in
the morning and six in the evening, and to inspect the same.
The inspecting officer shall produce and show the order to Notice of
any person being, or claiming to be, the occupier of such pre- entry, to be
mises. Provided that the inspecting officer shall not enter any