2216 ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1887 .
Public Health.
Diversion of 40. Rain-water shall be diverted from house -drains by means of surface channels
rain-water.
or otherwise to the fullest extent practicable.
Admission of
rain-water. 41. The rain-water from roofs, which slope towards enclosed court-yards, or
back-yards, may, if diversion to the surface channel is impracticable, be received into
the house- drain . But no ventilating pipe shall be used for the conveyance of rain
water from the roof.
Sub-soil drains. 42. No person shall, where it can possibly be avoided, lay any pipe for conveying
sub-soil drainage in such manner or in such position as to communicate direct with
any sewer, cess-pool or drain used for the conveyance or reception of sewage .
NOTE.— It is important to exclude sewage tainted air from the sub-soil . The connection of sub
soil drains to sewers even if a trap is used is objectionable, because in dry weather the flow of the drain
may cease and the water or the trap may dry up and leave a free communication between the sewer
and the sub-soil drain. The object of sub-soil drainage is not only the removal of water, but the
aeration of the sub-soil. The mouths of such drains therefore should be so placed that pure air can
enter freely, a condition incompatible with direct connection with sewers or house-drains.
New drains and 43. In every case where the course of a new drain shall be diverted , any cesspool
cess-pools.
previously existing and into which such new drain may have previously emptied , shall
be cleansed , deodorized and filled with clean earth.
New drains. 44. All new drains or drainage works, shall be built and carried out in all respects
in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887 and of these bye - laws
and of any that may be made hereafter and if no written notice as provided in bye-law
No. 1 shall have been given to the Board by any person about to construct, reconstruct,
alter or amend any new drain on his premises, and if by such default the Board shall
have had no opportunity of inspecting and approving or disapproving of new drains.
actually built and already covered in, it shall be lawful for the Board on discovering
the existence of such new drains or works to call upon the owner to open and uncover
the same for the purpose of inspection and should such new drains or works prove
upon inspection to be defective either in respect of design, workmanship or materials
they shall be deemed a nuisance and dealt with as such .
Carrying out of 45. All works connected with the construction of new drains and drain - connec
works.
tions shall be carried out in strict accordance with the plans and sections previously
submitted to and approved by the Board, or with such amendments to such plans and
sections as may have been required by the Board, and such works shall be carried out
in a proper and workmanlike manner with the best materials of their respective kinds
and shall be subject during their progress to the continuous control and supervision of
the officers of the Board appointed in that behalf and shall be completed to the entire
satisfaction of the Board.
46. These bye-laws shall come into force on and after the 1st day of January,
1891 , and the bye-laws dated the 17th day of November, 1888, and published in the
Government Gazette of the 24th November, 1888, are hereby repealed as from the 1st
day of January, 1891 .