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1746 ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1883.


Order and Cleanliness.


(b.) that the sanitary conditions prescribed by or under authority of law are
not fulfilled in respect of the said house or tenement or of any of the
arrangements therein,

the Sanitary Board may in its discretion by order in writing authorize an inspector of
nuisances to enter such house or tenement and inspect the condition of the same.
The inspector of nuisances shall on demand produce and show the order to any
person being or claiming to be the occupier of such house or tenement .
Any person refusing to permit the inspector of nuisances so duly authorized to
enter and inspect any house or tenement shall on conviction thereof before a Magistrate
be liable to a fine not exceeding $ 10 or in default of payment to imprisonment for any
term not exceeding 14 days.

Removal of 5. Where any person is suffering from small-pox or any other contagious or in
person suffering
from small-pox,
& c. fectious disease and is without proper lodging or accommodation or is lodged in a
tenement occupied by more than one family or is on board any ship or vessel a Magis
trate may on the certificate of the Colonial Surgeon or any other duly qualified med
ical practitioner order the removal of such person to such suitable hospital or other like
place as may be provided for the purpose.

Disinfecting 6. Where any tenement has been occupied by any person affected with small-pox
premises.
or other infectious or contagious disease, the Colonial Surgeon may give notice in
writing to the owner or occupier to disinfect and purify such tenement, in such manner
and within such time as the Colonial Surgeon may direct, and if the person to whom
notice is so given fails to comply therewith, he shall be liable on conviction thereof
before a Magistrate to such fine as will in the opinion of the Magistrate suffice to cover
the expense of disinfecting and purifying such tenement, which fine shall be paid over
to the Sanitary Board for the purposes of this Ordinance, and to a further penalty not
exceeding $5 for every day during which he continues to make default, and the Colonial
Surgeon may cause such tenement to be disinfected and purified .

Power to remove 7. In case of emergency the Sanitary Board may order the immediate removal of
noxious accu
mulation, &c.
any noxious accumulation and the closing up of such wells, cess- pools or drains, in
any tenement, as in their opinion may be immediately injurious to the public health,
and the cost incurred shall be chargeable either to the occupants of such tenements, or
to the public as the Board shall decide.

Erection of 8. No person shall, after the passing of this Ordinance, erect a water-closet within
water-closets.
his tenement, or connect such water-closet by means of a connection-drain with any
public or private sewer, without the written permission of the Sanitary Board.

Night soil and 9. All night-soil and urine shall vest in and become the absolute property of the
urine the pro
perty ofthe Government night- soil contractors for the time being and the disposal of it shall be
night-soil con
tractors.
subject to regulations to be made under this Ordinance. Provided, that the licensees
of public latrines shall still be at liberty to dispose of the night-soil from latrines
existing at the time of the passing of this Ordinance under the regulations in force at