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2204 ORDINANCE No. 24 CF 1887 .


Public Health.


3. Except between the hours of 2.30 A.M. and 7 A.M. in summer, and 2.30 a..
and 7.30 A.M. in winter, the conveyance of excretal matters along any public road or
street is prohibited .

4. Except between the hours of midnight and 9 A.M. the conveyance of pig-wash
or other noxious or offensive waters along any public road or street is prohibited.

5. Except in strong substantial buckets with closely fitting covers the conveyance
of excretal matters, pig-wash, or offensive waters along any public road or street is
prohibited .

6. The occupiers of any premises, or if there be no occupier the immediate land
lord shall make due provision for the daily removal of all excretal matters and house
refuse from their premises to the conservancy -boats, and dust-carts, dust-bins or dust
boats.

7. Occupiers shall provide themselves with strong substantial moveable dust - bins
for the reception of the day's house refuse.




Bye-laws made under sub- sections 13, 14 and 16 of section 13 to give effect to section 30
of Ordinance 24 of 1887, approved by the Legislative Council the 20th and
gazetted 23rd November, 1889.



1. Annual licences expiring on the 31st day of December of the year in which
they are granted shall be issued for the keeping of cattle, swine, sheep , and goats.

2. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence to keep cattle, swine, sheep or
goats shall make application to the Board by means of a properly filled -in form , for
which purpose blank forms can be obtained from the Secretary to the Board at his
office.

3. No building in which cattle, swine, sheep and goats are housed shall be situated
nearer than six feet to any dwelling- house and shall not in any way connect with a
public or private sewer except with the special permission of the Sanitary Board. Such
building shall be lighted and ventilated to the satisfaction of the Board and the flooring
thereof shall be of granite slabs concrete or other impervious material and provided
with water-tight channels for draining all urine and fluid noxious matters into a
water-tight covered sump or such other place as may be approved of by the Board .
The sump shall be constructed to the satisfaction of the Board and shall be emptied
and the contents thereof together with the solid manure in the building removed daily.

4. Each cow shall have at least 24 square feet nett area of standing room and 360
cubic feet of air- space ; but in no case shall the building be less than 12 feet in height

5. Each sheep, goat and pig shall have at least 8 square feet of standing room
and 90 cubic feet of air-space.