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Water-

closets.

Privies in factories or other industrial

establish-

ments.

Buildings on new CrownL Lots.

Overcrowd- ing.

300 cubic feet of space to be given each inmate of houses.

Inspection of common lodg ing-houses.

38 and 39 V.

ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1887.

Public Health.

64. No person shall construct, except in a hospital, any water-closet having any communication with any underground public sewer or private drain, nor, without the permission of the Sanitary Board, any urinal having such communication, and any such existing water-closets shall be removed by the owner upon his being required by the Board to effect such removal. 65. Every factory, refinery, distillery, godown, or other industrial establishment whatsoever, employing a number of persons, shall be provided by the owner thereof with proper privy accommodation on the premises, to the satisfaction of the Board.

land 66. Every person who shall erect a domestic building upon obtained from the Crown after the passing of this Ordinance shall provide along the entire back of such building, if one storied, a clear space form- ing a back-yard of at least ten feet in width, and if such building be of two or more stories, he shall cause the width of such back-yard to be at least fifteen feet.

PART V.

67. Every domestic building or portion thereof found to be inhab- ited in excess of a proportion of one adult to every three hundred cubic feet of clear internal space, shall be considered to be in an overcrowded condition, and shall be deemed a nuisance. This section shall apply only to such districts or portions of districts, as may, from time to time, be desig- nated by an order of the Governor in Council. Repealed by Ordinance No. 26 of 1890.]

68. It shall not be lawful for any householder or tenant to let or sub-let, for occupation, any tenement-house or any floor, compartment or portion thereof to so large a number of persons, or families, as shall leave less than three hundred cubic feet of clear space for every adult inmate of such tenement-house, or portion thereof, including the family of such householder or tenant if resident on the premises, and the presence of any number of persons in excess of this proportion, between the hours of 11 P.M. and 4 A.M., shall be taken as prima facie evidence that such tenement-house, floor, compartment, or portion thereof, has been let in contravention of this section.

69. The keeper of a common lodging-house, and every other person acting in the care or management thereof, shall, at all times, when required c. 55, sec. 85. by any officer of the Sanitary Board, give him free access to such house, or any part thereof, and any such keeper, or person, who refuses such access shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.