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16. In the absence of an officer of police it shall be Power of lawful for any officer of the Sanitary Department, absence of in whose presence a summary offence in the nature police officer. of a sanitary nuisance has been committed, to arrest the offender and either give him into the custody of an officer of police or take him to the nearest police station: Provided that no such arrest shall be effected except in a public place or place of public resort or unless it is impracticable to proceed against the offender by complaint and summons.

PART III.

SANITARY PROVISIONS.

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The Prevention and Abatement of Nuisances and the Prevention of the Propagation of Mosquitoes.

17. The following shall be deemed to be nuisances liable Nuisances. to be dealt with summarily in the manner provided by this Ordinance:

(1) any building or part of a building which is so dark, ill-ventilated or damp, or in such a condition of dilapidation, as to be dangerous or prejudicial to the health of the inmates;

(2) any building or part of a building which contains rat-holes or rat-runs or other similar holes, or which is infested with rats, or in which the ventilating openings are not protected by gratings in such manner as effectually to exclude rats there- from;

(3) any premises which are so overcrowded or in such a dirty or insanitary condition as to be dangerous or prejudicial to health;

(4) any street or road, or any part thereof, or any water- course, nullah, ditch, gutter, side-channel, drain, ashpit, sewer, latrine, urinal or cesspool, so foul as to be noxious, noisome or unhealthy;

(5) any noxious matter or waste water flowing or dis- charged from any premises, wherever situated, into any public street or road, or into the gutter or side-channel of any street or road, or into any nullah or watercourse or the bed thereof;

(6) any watercourse, well, tank, pool, pond, canal, conduit or cistern, the water of which, from any cause, is 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;

(7) any accumulation or deposit of stagnant water, sullage-water, manure, house-refuse or other matter, where- ever situated, which is unhealthy;

(8) any spring, seepage, stream, drain, water course or collection of water liable to form a breeding place for mos- quitoes;

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