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Section 6. No person or persons, unless by leave of the Board of Health, shall dump, throw, or deposit, or cause to be dumped, thrown or deposited in any street, or vacant lot, or into any pond, creek, stream, or river, any dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes, cinder, shavings, lime, shreds, manure, metals, rubbish, or filth of any kind, or any vegetable or animal matter or substance whatever.
Section 7. The owner, agent or lessee of any land or enclosure, used as a dump, either public or private for the purpose of filling, shall cause all offensive matter dumped thereon to be immediately covered, and all other refuse matter dumped thereon to be kept leveled, and the prem- ises kept in such a manner as to cause no nuisance during the process of filling.
Section 8. If a building, tenement, room or cellar, occupied as a dwelling place, has become, by reason of the number of occupants, uncleanliness or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and may become a nuisance or a cause of sickness to the occupants or the public, the Board, after a written notice to such occupants or any of them, requesting the premises to be put in a cleanly
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condition, may, if said request is not complied with, with- in a reasonable time, order same vacated, and if necessary remove occupants and close up such premises, and said premises shall not again be occupied as a dwelling place without permission from the Board of Health.
Chapter VIII
Goats and Swine
Section 1. No person shall keep within the limits of this town, in any building or on any premises of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant, any goats or swine without a permit from the Board of Health.
Section 2. The conditions of such permit shall be as follows :
(1) The pen or other enclosure wherein swine are kept shall be kept and maintained in a clean condition, and free from any accumulation of manure, garbage or refuse.
(2) Swine fed in pens shall be fed from troughs of cement or metal kept in good repair, and if swine are kept out of doors they shall be fed from platforms which shall be kept clear and clean. No garbage shall be fed to swine on the ground nor allowed to accumulate on the ground around the feeding platforms.
(3) The feeding places shall be cleaned once each day and all refuse and manure gathered into heaps.
(4) All compost heaps shall be treated or covered with earth, loam or acid phosphate sufficient to keep down all odor; shall be at least 500 feet distant from any high- way, or any dwelling upon the premises of any adjacent land owner, and then in such spot within the premises where the swine are kept as shall be least offensive; and shall be kept under cover. All compost heaps shall be sprayed daily with a coal tar derivative or some simi- lar compound during the fly-breeding season.
(5) All swill, garbage or refuse brought upon the premises to be fed to swine shall be kept in covered re- ceptacles made of cement, or other suitable material, with sufficient facilities for underground drainage, unless fed to swine immediately upon being brought upon the prem- ises.
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(6) Swine shall not be kept in boggy, swampy or wet land, and yards or places where they are kept shall be cleaned up at least once a week.
(7) All buildings used for the housing of swine shall be whitewashed at least twice a year and shall be maintained in a condition satisfactory to the Board of Health, and its authorized agent.
Section 3. Any permit granted hereunder shall be revocable by the Board of Health at any time if it is satisfied that the holder thereof has violated any of the foregoing conditions. All permits shall expire on May 31st of each year.
Chapter IX
Cesspools, Privy-Vaults and Public Sewers
Section 1. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings here- after erected or converted into a dwelling to be occupied by one or more families, and from which a public sewer is accessible, shall, in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health, cause such building to be connected with such public sewer.
Section 2. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings here- after erected or converted into one or more stores or other places of business, and in which one or more per- sons are employed, shall provide sufficient toilet facilities, and wherever a public sewer is accessible, shall, in a man- ner satisfactory to the Board of Health, cause such stores or other places of business to be connected with such public sewer.
Section 3. The owner or other person or persons having control of any existing building or buildings here- after erected or converted into a barn for the stabling of horses or other domestic animals, shall provide for the reception of manure and other refuse matter, a pit, con- structed of cement or other suitable material, and wher- ever a public sewer is accessible, the Board of Health will decide as to the advisability of connecting such building with such public sewer.
Section 4. No cesspool or permanent privy-vault shall hereafter be constructed or erected in this town
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until a permit has first been obtained from the Board of Health.
Section 5. All cesspools hereafter constructed shall be of approved material, and unless otherwise specified shall be located not less than fifteen (15) feet from any dwelling, not less than five (5) feet from line of adjoin- ing lot, not less than five (5) feet from line of any street, court or passage way, not less than six (6) feet in depth, measurement to be taken from lower rim of inlet pipe, not less than six (6) feet in diameter, (inside measure- ments to point of drawing in) and shall be provided with an iron cover and rim laid in cement. Overflow cess- pools may be entirely covered with earth.
Section 6. All permanent privy-vaults, hereafter constructed, shall be of approved material, shall be water- tight and fly proof, and unless otherwise specified shall be located not less than fifteen (15) feet from any dwell- ing, not less than twenty (20) feet from line of adjoining lot, and not less than twenty (20) feet from line of any street, court or passageway.
Section 7. Temporary privy-vaults for the serving of new buildings under construction may be erected with- cut a permit under the following conditions. Vault must be so located as to cause no annoyance to persons resid- ing in the vicinity. The owner, contractor or agent shall cause the contents thereof to be covered with lime, earth or ashes after each use thereof, and upon the completion of the installation of the necessary piping connecting said new building with the sewer, said privy-vault shall be abolished.
Section 8. No indoor toilet or watercloset, except that which is provided with proper means of flushing with water at time of using, shall be hereafter installed on any premises in this town, if water is available.
Section 9. Whenever a watercloset, privy-vault, cesspool or drain becomes offensive or obstructed, the owner, agent or occupant of the premises shall, after due notice in writing from the Board of Health, cause same to be cleansed and made free within the time specified in said notice. No privy-vault or cesspool shall be emptied until a permit has first been obtained from the Board of Health. Contents upon removal must be disposed of in
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such a manner as to cause no nuisance or menace to the public health.
Chapter X Protection of Foodstuffs
Section 1. No new bakery shall be hereafter estab- lished in this town for the manufacture of flour or meal products unless the building plans and equipment have been approved by the Board of Health.
Section 2. The Board of Health may require any person working or intending to work in any bakery in this town to submit to a thorough physical examination to ascertain whether he is afflicted with any communi- cable disease or physical ailment. All such examinations shall be made by a physician designated by the Board of Health and without charge to the person examined.
Section 3. Each and every person engaged in the handling of foodstuffs including milk and ice cream, shall, while so engaged, keep his person and outer gar- ments reasonably clean, and shall immediately notify the Board of Health of any communicable disease occuring either to himself or his immediate family.
Section 4. The conveying through the streets of this town, or the exposing, either within or without any store, building or stand, of any and all kinds of food- stuffs, intended for sale for human consumption is hereby prohibited unless such foodstuffs are properly protected from all forms of contamination.
Section 5. No fruit or vegetables intended for sale for human consumption shall be stored or displayed out- side of any store, place of business or sidewalk, unless such fruit and vegetables are properly protected from fiies, and all other forms of contamination, and unless the bottom of the container used in the storing or dis- playing of such, shall be at least two (2) feet above the ground.
Section 6. No person shall offer for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, any tainted, diseased, decayed or unwholesome article of food. No newspaper shall be used for the wrapping of foodstuffs, and no paper of any kind that has been previously used, shall again be used for the wrapping of any article of food, sold or
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intended for sale for human consumption.
Section 7. Restaurants, Lunch Rooms, Lunch Carts and other places where food is served, cooked or prepared, shall be equipped with a suitable sink, provided with continuous running hot water for the proper cleansing of utensils used in the serving of food. All foodstuffs shall be properly protected from all forms of contamina- tion. Smoking, spitting, or loitering in rooms, where foodstuffs are cooked or prepared is prohibited. Loiter- ing in rooms, or the sitting or lounging on tables or coun- ters, or the spitting on floors in the rooms where food- stuffs are served or displayed for sale shall not be allowed. Refrigerators and other receptacles used for the storage of foodstuffs shall at all times be kept clean and whole- some, and open to inspection of the Board of Health, or its agents.
Section 8. Windows and other openings of every food producing or distributing establishment, shall, dur- ing the fly season be provided with suitable screens and self-closing screen doors, which while in use shall be maintained in good order.
Section 9. No toilet shall be located in, nor shall direct entrance be allowed into any toilet or urinal from any room where foodstuffs intended for sale for human consumption are prepared, cooked or stored.
Section 10. No foodstuffs intended for sale for human consumption shall be prepared or stored in any room used for living or sleeping purposes.
Section 11. No bread or other foodstuffs intended for human consumption shall be left in doorways, on doorsteps or other out-of-door places, unless such food- stuffs are properly protected from all forms of contami- nation.
Section 12. No meat or dead animals above the size of a rabbit shall be taken to any public market to be sold for human foods until the same have been fully cooled after killing, nor until the entrails, head and feet (except of poultry and game and except the head or feet of swine) shall have been removed.
Section 13. Glasses and other drinking utensils used at soda fountains or other places of refreshment, shall be sterilized in hot water at least once each day and shall
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be washed and rinsed in running water immediately after and before each use thereof.
Chapter XI Ice and Ice Cream
Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall, in the Town of Wayland, sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his or their possesson with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any ice from polluted sources, or ice which upon chemical or bacteriological examination shows evidence of sewage contamination, either by the presence of sewage bacteria or of excessive "ammonia" (free or albuminoid) or of "nitrates" or which is visibly polluted or soiled by dirt, or ice in or upon which there is any visible foreign matter or ice which has been handled with dirty hands or dirty implements.
Section 2. All rooms in which ice cream is manu- factured for sale shall have tight walls and ceilings and shall be so constructed as to be easily and conveniently cleansed.
Section 3. No ice cream shall be manufactured for sale or stored in any building which is used in whole or in part for the keeping of horses or other animals, or in any room used in whole or in part for domestic or sleep- ing purposes, unless that portion used for the manufactur- ing of ice cream is separated from other parts of the building in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health.
Section 4. Every place in which ice cream is manu- factured for sale shall be equipped with facilities for the thorough cleansing of the hands of operatives. Every person employed shall keep his person and outer garments clean while actively engaged in the manufacture or hand- ling of ice cream.
Section 5. Ice cream kept for sale in any shop, store, restaurant or other place, shall be kept in such a location and under such conditions as shall meet with the approval of the Board of Health.
Section 6. No person shall use as a container for other substances any vessel used in the manufacturing or handling of ice cream.
Section 7. No urinal, water-closet or privy-vault shall be located in any room used for the manufacturing
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or storing of ice cream, or be so situated as to pollute the atmosphere of such room.
Section 8. No melted or old ice cream, or ice cream returned to a manufacturer for any cause, shall again be used in the manufacture of ice cream.
Section 9. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, exchange or deliver any ice cream which contains more than five hundred thousand bacteria per cubic centimeter.
Chapter XII Offensive Trades, Occupations and Practices
Section 1. The Board may prohibit the exercise of the following trades or employments, viz: Those of slaughtering animals, of rendering animal matter, of manufacturing fertilizers, of mixing or storing of refuse or vegetable substances, of smoking fish or meat, of re- fining oils, of making egg dressing, varnish, glue, gas, gas water, gasoline or any burning fluid, except at the place or places where such trades or employments are now lawfully established or which may hereafter be assigned by the Board, such trades or employments being either nuisances or hurtful to the town, dangerous to the public health, attended by noisome odors or otherwise injurious to the public health.
Section 2. No old rags, old papers, or other refuse material shall be brought into or allowed to remain within any building used as a dwelling if gathered from any source outside of such building.
Section 3. No person shall sell or offer for sale any second-hand wearing apparel, bedding, household furni- ture or household utensils that have been exposed to any communicable disease, or that is infected with vermin, until the same has been cleansed and disinfected in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Health.
Chapter XIII Day Nurseries
Section 1. No person shall conduct a Day Nursery in this town without a license from the Board of Health, and complying in all respects with the Statutes and Or- dinances relating thereto. A fee of one dollar shall be charged for the issue or renewal of each license to be paid
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to the clerk for the use of the town.
Chapter XIV Rules and Regulations of the Department of Public Health Made Under the Provisions of Chapter 303, Acts of 1921. An Act Regulating the Manufacture or Bottling of Certain Non-Alcoholic Beverages.
Section 1. Each applicant for a permit shall file with his application the following information :
a. The location of the plant and offices.
b. The legal names under which the business is to be conducted together with the names and addresses of all the owners, or, if a corporation, the names of the officers and the State where the business is incorpor- ated, and such additional information as the local Board of Health may require.
c. Each applicant for a permit to bottle mineral or spring water shall furnish in addition a description of the spring, and its location, including a sketch of the locality, an analysis of the water and a statement of the methods of cleaning, sterilizing and filling the bottles.
Section 2. No permit shall be granted for the bottl- ing of mineral or spring water unless the source of supply has been approved by the Department of Public Health.
Section 3. All permits granted, expire annually on April 30, and shall be numbered and bear the name of the town and street address where the establishment is loca- ted, and all permits so granted shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises so covered.
Section 4. Permits for the bottling of spring or mineral water shall be revokable if one or more samples, as sold, show evidence of pollution.
Section 5. All delivery trucks and wagons main- tained by persons holding permits shall be kept clean and shall bear the permit number and the name of the town where the establishment is located.
Chapter XV
Barber Shops and Hairdressing Establishments
Section 1. Every barber shop or hairdressing estab-
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lishment in this town shall at all times be kept in a cleanly condition. Mugs, shaving brushes, razors and other tools used in connection with barbering shall be cleansed by immersion in hot water and otherwise steril- ized after each separate use thereof in a manner and clean towels shall be used in serving each customer. Alum or all other material used to check the flow of blood, shall be used only in powdered form, and applied on a clean towel or cloth. The use of powder puffs is prohibited. Every barber shop shall be provided with running hot and cold water. No person shall be allowed to use a barber shop as a dormitory. Every barber or hairdresser shall wash his hands before commencing service upon a cus- tomer .. These regulations shall be posted in a conspicu- ous place in every barber shop or hairdressing establish- ment in this town.
Chapter XVI Suppression of Contagious Diseases in Domestic Animals
Section 1. Every person owning or having control of cattle, horses or any domestic animal suspected of being infected with a contagious disease, shall cause such animal or animals to be isolated on his own premises, and shall immediately notify the Board of Health in writing and said animal or animals shall not be removed from piace of isolation without the permission of the Inspector of Animals, or the State Department of Animal Industry or its agents.
Chapter XVII Sale and Care of Milk
Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the production, sale or delivery of milk in the Town of Wayland, except in accordance with the pro- visions of General Laws in Massachusetts, and of acts of the legislature, additional thereto. or in amendment thereof and in compliance with the following rules and regulations of the Board of Health.
Section 2. Every person, firm or corporation pro- ducing, keeping or offering for sale, milk in the town shall annually, on or before the first day of June, make written application to the inspector of milk for a license,
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on forms prescribed by the Board of Health. No person shall engage in the business of producing milk for sale, or in the sale or distribution of milk in this town without a license so to do, under these regulations and under such other conditions as the Board of Health may impose, and said license shall be revoked if the licensee fails to comply with the conditions of his license or the regula- tions of this Board. All persons having a license to sell, deliver or distribute milk in the town shall keep a copy of the license constantly posted in a conspicuous place on the premises, and every person using any carriage or other vehicle for the delivery of milk for the purpose of sale in the town, shall have his name, license number, and place of business legibly placed on each outer side of carriage and vehicle.
Section 3. No milk shall be produced, kept, sold or offered for sale in the town from any cow or cows that are not properly cared for or from any cow or cows fifteen days before parturition or thereafter until milk is safe to use, or that have not within one year been examined by a competent authority and certified to be free from all diseases dangerous to the public health; or that are kept in a stable that is not in a clean healthful and sanitary condition, and that is not open to inspection by the Board of Health or to the milk inspector at all times.
Section 4. No milk shall be produced, kept, sold or offered for sale in the town unless it has been strained, mixed and cooled immediately after it has been drawn from the cow. Said milk shall not be strained, mixed or cooled in any room which is not provided with tight walls and floor of such construction as will allow easy and thorough cleansing, or which is not kept constantly clean, or which is occupied by horses, cows or other animals; or in any building which is used in whole or in part for domestic or sleeping purposes, unless the storage room for milk is separted from the other parts of the building, and provision made for the exclusion of dust and flies to the satisfaction of the Board of Health.
Section 5. Milk kept for sale in any shop, restaurant, market, bakery or other establishment shall be stored in a covered cooler box or refrigerator. No vessel contain- ing milk for sale shall be allowed to stand outside said
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cooler box or refrigerator, except while a sale of said milk is being made. Every such cooler box or refrigerator shall be properly drained, cleansed and cared for, and shall be kept tightly closed except during such intervals as are necessary for the introduction of ice, and shall be kept only in such locations as shall be approved by the Board of Health.
Section 6. The milk inspector shall, under direction of this Board. investigate and take samples to determine the quality of the milk sold. offered or exposed for sale in this town. and he shall make, or cause to be made, examinations and inspection thereof, to ascertain whether or not adulterated or impure milk is sold, kept, offered or exposed for sale. or intended for sale in said town con- trary to the statutes of this Commonwealth or to the provisions of these rules and regulations. He shall visit dairies supplying milk in. and to the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland. and all places where milk is stored, kept or offered for sale, as often as deemed necessary by the Board and he shall report the conditions thereof at the time of such inspection, in writing to this Board. He shall act as agent and prosecuting officer for the Board of Health in all matters pertaining to milk.
Section 7. All cans, bottles, or other vessels of any sort used in the production, processing, storage, sale and distribution of milk in this town shall be cleansed and sterilized with boiling water or steam before they are again used for the same purpose ; and all cans, measures, piping or other equipment made of metal shall be kept free from dents and rust. and there shall be proper appli- ances for washing all equipment used in the production, processing, storage, sale or distribution of milk, and all such equipment shall be washed, cleansed and sterilized with boiling water or steam, regularly after use thereof.
Section 8. All tanks and piping used in the handling of milk shall be so constructed as to facilitate thorough cleaning. Boilers shall be seperated from the processing portion of the plant. Shafting, pulleys, cold water piping or other obstruction, shall not be placed over milk process- ing equipment. Weighing cans, preheaters, receiving and holding vats shall be covered. Pasteurization apparatus shall be provided with proper devices for recording tem- peratures. Such temperature records shall be preserved
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and kept on file, and shall be open to inspection at any time by the Board of Health or the milk inspector. Stores, restaurants and similar places keeping milk or cream for sale shall be provided with a proper refrigerator or cooler box capable of maintaining milk or cream at a temperature of not more than fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
Section 9. No person shall sell, exchange or deliver or have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver, any pasteurized milk with contains more than 100,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, any raw milk which contains more than 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimter, any cream which contains more than 1,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, or any milk containing any pathogenic micro-organism, or any milk the temperature of which is in excess of fifty degrees Fahrenheit.
Section 10. No milk shall be brought into or carried within the Town of Wayland for the purpose of sale, which has been carried upon any wagon or vehicles which is not clean and free from offensive odors, or upon which swill, refuse, garbage, or decaying, unwholesome or filthy rcatter is carried.
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