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2184 ORDINANCE No. 24 OF 1887.


Public Health.


Legislative 15. All bye-laws made by the Board under the provisions of this
Council to
approve Ordinance shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall not take effect
bye-laws.
until approved by the Legislative Council . And all such bye- laws,
when so approved , shall be published in the Government Gazette in
English and Chinese and shall have the same force of law and be equally
binding and valid , as if they had been contained in this Ordinance .

Definition of 16. The word Nuisance as used in this Ordinance shall include ·:---
nuisance.

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, gutter, 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 , 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.

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 discharged
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, noisome,
or unhealthy nature.