Report of the city of Somerville 1898, Part 32

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 870


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Rate


per 1,000.


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


per 1,000.


Number of


Deaths.


Rate


per 1,000.


1889


125


16


67


9


48


17


85


17


105


14


29 46


62


15


19


15


26


12


17


17


582


15


1890


140


19


69


9


48


17


94


19


139


18


20


120


15


75


77


17


33


25


33


14


12


12


761


18


1892


139


17


75


9


42


13


76


14


144


16


65


59


15


27


19


44


17


25


22


696


16


1893


161


18


80


0


63


16


94


16


180


20


64


72


14


23


13


26


9


27


18


790


15


1894


157


22


66


12


86


19


117


21


188


18


70


13


64


10


43


17


37


10


27


11


855


16


1895


136


19


76


14


91


20


94


17


184


17


77


15


67


16


29


12


29


8


10


17


823


16


155


22


94


18


77


17


19


180


16


97


16


82


13


46


16


36


9


52


21


924


17


1897


158


22


80


15


80


16


88


17


170


15


93


15


68


12


40


14


29


00


53


18


859


15


1898


161


23


67


13


61


16


88


17


194


18


92


15


93


14


28


9


50


12


28


00


880


15


Average death rate per 1,000 for ten years .


20


12


17


18


17


21


14


16


11


16


16


26


12


15


15


663


16


1891


169


22


71


9


68


23


103


Number of


Rate


Number of


Rate


Number of


Rate


Rate


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59


14


27


22


Number of


Number of


Rate


Rate


Number of


Rate


YEAR.


In 1898.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


1896


105


Number of


593


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


TABLE SHOWING THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN SOMERVILLE IN 1898 WITH THE NUMBER AND RATE IN EACH DISTRICT.


PNEUMONIA.


HEART DISEASE.


PHTHISIS.


CHOLERA INFANTUM.


MENINGITIS.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


Number of


Deaths.


Number per


1,000 of Pop.


I.


19


2.56


6


0.81


15


2.02


16


2.15


10


1.35


II.


1.19


8


1.36


6


1.02


3


0.51


3


0.51


III.


1.39


3


0.60


7


1.39


1.39


0.99


IV.


1.01


5


0,84


10


1.69


4


0.67


1.69


V.


17


1.47


18


1.56


12


1.04


5


0.43


0.43


VI.


1.08


4


0.62


1.08


8


1.23


0.62


VII.


4


0,57


10


1.40


6


0.85


co


0.43


0.28


VIII.


4


1,25


4


1,25


2


0.62


IX.


5


1.16


10


2.33


4


0.93


3


0.70


0.47


X.


3


0,95


3


0.95


1


0.32


2


0.63


0.32


Total


79


1.32


71


1.18


70


1.17


51


0.85


43


0.72


TABLE OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA, AND TYPHOID FEVER IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1898.


SCARLET FEVER.


DIPHTHERIA.


TYPHOID FEVER.


DISTRICTS.


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


1,000 of Pop.


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


1,000 of Pop.


1,000 of Pop.


Reported.


Deaths.


Cases per


Deaths per


1,000 of Pop.


I.


10


1.35


II.


5


0.85


1.36


0.17


6


1.02


0.34


III.


2


0.36


0.36


IV.


10


1.69


1.38


0.69


12


1.04


0.17


VI.


6


0.93


1


1.08


0.15


5


·


0.77


VII.


8


1.14


17


3


2.41


0.43


6


3


0.85


0.43


VIII.


9


2.80


4


1,25


2


11


1.63


0.23


x.


6


1.90


1


1


0.32


0.32


6


.


1.90


. .


Total


80


1.33


74


10


1.23


0.17


54


11


0.90


0.18


.


2.22


0.84


V.


16


.


-189188


311


1.08


0.13


0.40


.


1.39


2.19


0.60


1.01


5


.


0.62


0.31


IX.


3


0.70


.


0,93


Deaths per


Cases


1,000 of Pop.


Cases


1,000 of Pop.


Cases


ANHNAGE


0.31


DISTRICTS.


RATES PER THOUSAND OF POPULATION OF CASES OF SCARLET FEVER, DIPHTHERIA AND TYPHOID FEVER REPORTED, AND OF DEATHS FROM THE SAME, IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.


1892.


1893.


1894.


1895.


1896.


1897.


1898.


Av'age for Seven Yrs.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


Scarlet Fever.


Diphtheria.


Typhoid Fever.


1. .


( Cases


6.43 0.83 0.95


8.86


1.13


1.36 13.98 1.44


1.15


4.47 5.19


0.86


1.12 11.96 1.40 0.28 2.25


4.29


1.39


1.35


1.08 0.13


0.40


5.79


4.34 1.07


Deaths .


0.36 0.12 0.12


0.57


0.23


0.11


2.73 0.57


0.14


0.86


1.04


. .


. .


0.28 1.53 0.42


· .


. .


0.73


0.84 0.11


5 Cases


9.75 0.49


0.37


4.07


0.93


1.04


4.45 1.30 0.74


2.10


4.27


1.86 0.72 10.73 1.61


3.36


7.07 0.53


0.36


0.85 1.36 1.02 0.17 0.34 .


0.11


0.53| 1.40


( Cases


11.38 1.89


0.95


9.58, 0.79


1.59 11.98


4.44


1.33


5.32


7.77 1.33


1.49 5.97


1.07


3.77


6.27 0.42


1.39


2.19; 0.36 0.60


0.36


0.51 0.72 0.16


Cases


5.19 0.89


0.36


5.70


0.35


0.34 14.37


3.73


0.74


5.41 5.60 1.49


2.14'


7.32


3.34


3.51 1.04


1.69 1.01


0.84


5.41 3.20


0.97


¿ Deaths .


0.36


0.18


0.86


0.17


2.24


1.49


0.18


0.74 1.68 0.37


1.25


· .


. .


.


1.04 0.17


4.02 2.96


1.45


V. .


Cases 2 Deaths


7.78 1.02 3.83


5.47


1.13


1.71


5.75


2.49


1.34


4.13


6.05 0.48


2.24


6.09


1.16


1.42 3.27


0.62


1.38


0.69


Cases


14.57


2.08


4.16


6.26 1.56


1.25


9.85


0.94


0.94


3.03 2.08


0.57


2.84 7.18


1.00


2.71


7.05


0.95


0.93


1.08 0.77 0.15


0.85


3.98 3.09


0.98


VII.


S Cases


9.17


1.46


4.59


1.39


0.79


4.69


0.62


2.81


3.44


1.09


3.45


6.87|


2.01


7.55


1.02


1.14 2.41


0.43


0.43


0.14 0.37|


0.25


§ Cases


4.96 0.71


5.68


1.13


1.70


8.29


4.56


0.82


4.52 2.49


1.66


8.44 11.00 2.93 0.38 1.83 . . 1.10


4.51


4.19


1.61


2.80


1.25


0.62


5.60 0.19


0.47


0.40


IX. .


( Cases Deaths .


7.79 0.78 2.73


5.59


1.75 2.73


6.35


1.38


2.77


2.49


1.65


1.77 0.25


3.54 2.78


1.69


4.56 0.72 0.28


0.70


0.93


1.63 0.23


0.07


0.08 0.34


X. .


( Cases ¿ Deaths .


3.59 0.90 1.80


8.89 2.73


·


1.37 .


.


.


. .


. .


.


. .


.


·


. .


0.26 0.40


0.12


City


.


6 Cases ¿. Deaths


8.06 0.30


0.17 0.24


0.38


0.22 0.26


0.96 0.53


0.24


0.32 0.81 0.19


0.09 0.96


0.46


0.11; 0.76 0.19


.


0.17


0.18


0.31, 0.52 0.25


.


.


0.22 0.66


0.21 0.43


0.21|


1.05


. .


. .


.


. .


0.11


0.23 0.57


0.38


0.67


0.38


0.09


1.25 0.29


0.72 0.72


0.09 0.35


0.18


. .


. .


.


0.18


0.19


0.38


. .


.


. .


0.17


0.95 0.17


. .


. .


.


.


·


0.65


0.41


0.82


0.41


.


. .


.


.


. .


0.31


3.81


2.20


2.02


0.78


. .


.


0.27


0.55


0.28 0.28


0.51


. .


. .


· .


. .


1.90 0.32


1.90


5.22


2.82 1.66


. .


6.28


1.12


1.18


8.59, 2.09 1.10


4.12 4.68 1.16


2.53


7.68


1.57


2.72 5.51 0.86


1.33 1.23 0.90


4.80 3.31 1.20


594


ANNUAL REPORTS.


6.42


4.19 1.01


111.


Deaths


0.63


0.95 0.31


0.53


0.27


.


1.99


1.33


0.18 0.18


0.19 1.11


0.74


1.25 0.72


0.18 0.53


¿ Deaths


0.37 0.24


0.23


0.47


. .


.


.


. .


·


VI. .


¿ Deaths .


0.52


0.62


0.31


0.19


0.19


0.19


0.15


0.31


0.31 0.31 . .


0.15 0.75


1.05 0.45


0.88


0.14


VIII.


¿ Deaths .


0.21


0.21


.


.


. .


. .


6.43


6.03 3.22 0.41 0.81


1.04 2.43


0.36


0.69


0.32


.


1.36


6.49 2.59 1.73


8.23 4.76 2.60 0.43 . .


.


1.97 0.36


0.71 1.17


0.60 0.76 0.18


0.14 0.48 0.41


5.74 3.14 1.38


0.25 0.35 0.12


3.62


1.33


0.64 0.32 .


Deaths .


0.34 0.11


0.56


II.


3.61


3.74 1.02


DISTRICTS.


0.85| 1.61


0.57


0.75


1.92


0.67


8.74


595


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


UNDERTAKERS.


The duty of issuing licenses to undertakers has, by Section 7, Chapter 437, Acts of 1897, been transferred to Boards of Health.


[Acts of 1897, Chapter 437, Section 7.]


"Section 7. The boards of health of cities and towns shall, on or before the first day of May in each year, license a suitable number of undertakers who can read and write the English language, to take charge of the funeral rites preliminary to the interment, removal, or cremation of a human body. Such licenses shall be issued under such terms and upon such conditions as the board of health may prescribe, and may be revoked at any time by the board when such terms or conditions or any require- ments of law relative thereto have been violated by the under- taker ; provided, however, that an undertaker so licensed shall have the right to act thereunder in any city or town in the Commonwealth."


Under the above law, sixteen undertakers received license.


-


596


ANNUAL REPORTS.


REGULATIONS.


The following is a revision of the regulations of this Board, made during the past year.


REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


IN BOARD OF HEALTH, CITY OF SOMERVILLE,


May 2, 1898.


WHEREAS, It is the opinion of the Board of Health of the city of Somerville, and it does hereby adjudicate, that the following regulations are necessary for the public health and safety, respecting nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness, and for the suppression and the prevention of the spread of contagious diseases among domestic animals within the city of Somerville ; now therefore it is


Ordered, That the following regulations, designated, respec- tively, as Chapters I. to XV., both inclusive, be and hereby are made and adopted, and all regulations previously adopted by this Board are hereby repealed.


CHAPTER I.


CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.


SECTION 1. Diseases adjudged dangerous to Public Health. - It is adjudged that the diseases known as smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, typhoid fever, and cholera, are infectious, or contagious, and dangerous to the pub- lic health and safety, and may easily be contracted from persons or apartments, or at funerals from dead bodies which may have been infected by such diseases, and that the following provisions of this chapter are necessary for the public health and safety in regard to said diseases.


597


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


SECT. 2. Householder to give Notice .- When a house- holder knows that a person within his family or house is sick of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, measles, typhus fever, typhoid fever, or cholera, he shall immediately give notice thereof to the Board of Health.


SECT. 3. Physician to give Notice .- When a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, measles, typhus fever, typhoid fever, or cholera, he shall immediately give notice thereof to the Board of Health.


SECT. 4. Pupils and others not to attend or visit School .- No pupil or other person shall attend or visit any school in the city while any member of the household to which such pupil or other person belongs, or any occupant of the dwelling in which he or she resides, is sick of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, or cholera, or during a period of two weeks after the death, recovery, or removal of such sick person ; and any pupil coming from such household shall be required to present to the teacher of the school which such pupil desires to attend, a certificate from the attending physi- cian or Board of Health of the facts necessary to entitle him or her to admission, in accordance with this regulation.


SECT. 5. Person who has visited Dwelling not to attend or visit School. - No person who has visited a dwelling in which there was at the time a case of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, or cholera, shall attend or visit any school in the city until after the expiration of two weeks from the time when such visit was made.


SECT. 6. Dwelling to be labelled. - Every dwelling where a case of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, or cholera is known to exist shall be immediately conspicuously labelled at its entrance with a card bearing the name of the disease there existing, such card there to remain until removed by said Board, or its agent, or by permission of said Board. The Board of Health may, in special cases, permit such card to be placed upon interior apartments only.


SECT. 7. Label not to be removed or Persons to visit Dwelling .- No person shall, without permission from the


598


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Board of Health, remove from any dwelling in said city any card affixed thereto by said Board, or its agent, or any other person, indicating that either of the diseases mentioned in the preced- ing section exists in said dwelling ; nor shall any person obliter- ate or deface such card ; nor shall the occupant of any dwelling to which such card may be affixed permit the same to be removed, obliterated, or defaced without immediately notifying said Board ; nor shall any person, except members of the immedi- ate family occupying the same, and those whose business calls them there, visit, or be permitted by the householder, or any other occupant thereof, to visit, a dwelling labelled with a card as aforesaid, without the written permission of said Board.


SECT. 8. Property not to be removed, or Residence changed, or Library Books taken. - No person shall remove or permit to be removed from any house or apartment upon which a card has been placed, as provided in section three, any clothing, books, or other property without a permit from the Board of Health ; nor after a house is established or considered as a hospital under the provisions of chapter eighty of the Public Statutes, shall any occupant of such house take up a residence elsewhere with- out such permit. No public or circulating library book shall be taken into any house or apartment whereon a card has been placed, as provided in section six, before the authorized removal of said card.


SECT. 9. No public Funeral. - No public funeral, and no funeral attended by persons other than members, occupying the dwelling in which the funeral is held, of the immediate family of which the deceased was a member, or those whose business calls them there, shall be held over the remains of any person having died of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, or cholera, except by written consent of the Board of Health, and under such regulations as said Board may prescribe; and every householder, undertaker, or other person who shall attend or permit any funeral held in violation of the foregoing provisions of this section shall be liable to the penalty provided by law for violation of any regulation of the Board of Health. No person, except members of the immediate family of which the deceased was a member, and those whose business


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


calls them there, shall, without the written permission of said Board, be admitted to the house where such death has occurred until after the interment has taken place and the premises have been fumigated.


SECT. 10. Undertaker to prepare Body and notify Board of Health, and Burial to be made immediately. - In case of any person dying of smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, or cholera, the undertaker, his assistant or agent, shall immediately, upon the death of such person, or immediately upon his being notified of the death or called upon to perform any services, wrap the entire body, including the face, in a sheet saturated with a solution of one fifth of one per cent. of bichloride of mercury, and shall immediately place it in a tight coffin or casket, which shall be securely fastened and the lid thereof sealed in two places with sealing wax; and such coffin or casket shall not thereafter be opened by any person without the written permission of the Board of Health. He shall notify the Board of Health, or its agent, of the time when the body is to be removed, and shall sign a certificate, contain- ing a true statement of the facts, that he has complied with the foregoing provisions of this section, and shall make oath to the truth of such certificate ; and he, and every other person having charge or custody or the right of disposal of the body, shall cause the burial to take place immediately, and in all cases within not more than eight hours after the time of death, unless further time shall be allowed by the said Board of Health. No permit either for the burial or removal of the body shall be issued until such sworn certificate is filed with the clerk of the Board of Health, who shall thereupon, for and in behalf of said Board, certify on such permit as follows : -


Satisfactory evidence having been furnished, it is hereby certified that the body has been so encased and prepared as to preclude any danger of communi- cating the disease ( here state disease ) to others by its transportation.


Board of Health of Somerville,


by Clerk.


Such body shall not be placed in a receiving tomb without permission therefor, in writing, from the Board of Health.


600


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SECT. 11. Patient or Body not to be carried in public Car- riage. - No owner, driver, or other person, having charge of any hackney carriage or other vehicle used as a public convey- ance, shall receive, or permit to be placed, or convey in any manner, in or upon said carriage or other vehicle, any person sick or infected with smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, mem- branous croup, typhus fever, or cholera, or the body of any person who has died of either of said diseases, except by written consent of the Board of Health and under such regulations as said Board may prescribe.


SECT. 12. Dwelling not to be visited until fumigated .- Upon the death, removal, or recovery of a person sick of small- pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, typhus fever, or cholera, no person except members of the immediate family of which such sick person was a member, and those whose business calls them there, shall thereafter visit, or be permitted by the householder or any other occupant thereof to visit, the dwelling in which such person was sick as aforesaid, until such dwelling shall have been fumigated or disinfected by the Board of Health, or its agent, or to their or his satisfaction.


SECT. 13. Permit for Burial beyond City Limits. - In all cases of death from any disease named in section nine, where burial is contemplated beyond the city limits, the undertaker shall apply at once for the necessary permit and certificate, and remove the body immediately from the city.


SECT. 14. Certificate to be shown when conveying Body through City .- All undertakers or persons in charge of the remains of any person passing through the city shall, whenever requested, exhibit the certificate required by chapter 437, section six, of the acts of 1897.


CHAPTER II.


DEPTH OF GRAVES AND HOURS FOR BURIAL.


SECTION 1. Depth of Graves .- No person shall inter or cause to be interred the body of any dead person in a grave less than three feet deep from the surface of the ground surround- ing the grave to the top of the coffin.


601


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


SECT. 2. Hours for Burial .- No person shall bury or inter, or cause to be buried or interred, the body of any dead person at any other time of the day than between sunrise and sunset, except in accordance with a permit from the Board of Health. No person shall open a grave or remove the body of a dead person or its remains from a grave or tomb, except in accordance with a permit from the Board of Health.


CHAPTER III.


STABLES AND THE REMOVAL OF MANURE.


SECTION 1. Construction of New Stables .- Every stable hereafter erected in this city shall have a manure pit constructed of brick or stone, laid in cement, with a concrete floor at least three inches thick, and so situated as to allow the manure to be loaded inside the stable. The drainage, lighting, ventilation, air space, and water supply of such stable shall be satisfactory to this Board.


SECT. 2. Washing of Carriages and Horses, care of Stables and Yards, and accumulation of Manure. - The owners or occu- pants of livery or other stables within the city of Somerville shall not wash or clean carriages or horses, or cause them to be washed or cleaned, in the streets or public ways ; they shall keep their stables and stable yards clean, and not allow more than two cords of manure to accumulate upon their premises at any one time, and no manure shall be allowed to accumulate or remain uncovered outside of the stable building. No cow manure shall be kept except in a properly drained stable or barn cellar, and no more than one cord shall be allowed to accumulate.


SECT. 3. Removal of Manure at certain times, without Permit prohibited. - No person shall remove any manure, or cause or suffer the same to be removed, between the first day of May and the first day of November, except between twelve o'clock at night and two hours after sunrise, without a written permit from the Board of Health.


SECT. 4. Manner of removing Manure. - No manure shall be removed or carried through the streets of this city except in a tight canvas-covered vehicle, with the covering so


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secured to the sides and ends of the vehicle as to prevent the manure in process of removal from being dropped or left in any street or way of the city. No manure shall be loaded into a vehicle in or upon any street, lane, or passageway, nor upon or across any sidewalk, without a written permit from the Board of Health, and all the conditions of such permit shall be strictly complied with.


CHAPTER IV.


PRIVY-VAULTS, CESSPOOLS, AND DRAINS.


SECTION 1. Buildings to be connected with Sewer .- Every building situated on a public or private street, court, or passage- way in this city, in which there is a public sewer, is hereby required by this Board to be connected by a good and sufficient particular drain with such public sewer.


SECT. 2. Privy-vault not to be connected with Sewer .- No privy-vault shall be connected with the common sewer by a drain constructed to carry off the liquid contents thereof.


SECT. 3. Sluice-vaults without proper flush of Water pro- hibited .- No sluice-vault, so called, or any form of so-called water-closets, having no flush of water applied at the time of using, shall be constructed on any premises in this city.


SECT. 4. Privy-vaults not to be constructed without Per- mit .- No person shall hereafter construct or establish a privy- vault in this city except by written consent of the Board of Health, and in accordance with such regulations as to materials, manner of construction, location upon lot, and otherwise, as the said Board shall prescribe.


SECT. 5. Water-closets, Vaults, Privies, Cesspools, and Drains to be cleansed .- Whenever a water-closet, vault, privy, cesspool, or drain becomes offensive or obstructed, the same shall be cleansed and made free, and the owner, agent, occu- pant, or other person having charge of the premises on which any water-closet, vault, privy, or drain is situated, shall remove, cleanse, alter, amend, or repair the same within such time after notice in writing to that effect, given by the Board of Health, as shall be expressed in such notice.


SECT. 6. Not to be emptied except as authorized by the Board of Health .- No privy-vault or cesspool shall be emptied


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except by such parties, in such manner, and at such time as shall be specially authorized by the Board of Health. The owner, agent, or occupant of the premises where any privy- vault or cesspool may be situated shall always be liable for the expense of emptying the same.


SECT. 7. Carting of Night-soil or other offensive Matter through Streets .- No person, unless specially authorized by the Board of Health, shall drive any cart or other vehicle contain- ing or used for conveying night-soil or other offensive matter in any street of the city between the hours of 4 A. M. and 10 p. M. during the months of April, May, June, July, August, and September ; nor between the hours of 5 A. M. and 9 P. M. during the months of October, November, December, January, February, and March; provided, however, that this regulation shall not be understood to conflict with the regula- tions of this Board concerning "Stables and the Removal of Manure," nor to restrict the removal or carting of night-soil in carts such as are used in making such removal by what is commonly known as the "Odorless" process, provided such removal be made or carting done without emitting offensive odors in the streets.


CHAPTER V.


CLEANLINESS OF HOUSES AND PREMISES.


SECTION 1. Rubbish, etc., to be removed .- Any person own- ing or occupying or having charge of any building or premises in or upon which is any dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes, cinders, shav- ings, hair, manure, oyster, clam, or lobster shells, waste or stagnant water, or any offensive animal or vegetable substance, rubbish or filth of any kind, shall, when ordered by the Board of Health, remove the same within such time as may be stated in the order.


SECT. 2. Abutters to remove Filth, Rubbish, and stagnant Water from Private Ways .- No owner or occupant of land abutting on a private street or passageway, and having the right to use such street or passageway, shall suffer any filth, rubbish, or waste or stagnant water to remain on that part of the street or passageway adjoining such land, but shall remove the same whenever ordered by the Board of Health.


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SECT. 3. Privies, Cesspools, etc., to be deodorized .- The owners or occupants of premises in this city shall deodorize all privies, vaults, sluice-vaults, cesspools, grease traps, urinals, manure bins, stalls, garbage receptacles, or vessels of any nature used to contain or remove any offensive matter, when- ever ordered so to do by the Board of Health.


SECT. 4. Henneries, Dog Kennels, etc., to be kept clean .- All henneries, dog kennels, and pens for any animals shall be kept clean and free from decaying food, and from filth of any kind. The buildings and pens shall be whitewashed or disin- fected and put in such condition as may be ordered by the Board of Health.


CHAPTER VI. HOUSE OFFAL.


SECTION 1. How to be kept .- All house offal and refuse, animal or vegetable substances, shall be placed in suitable water-tight vessels and kept in some convenient place to be removed by the persons duly authorized for that purpose by the Board of Health. Such vessels shall be kept covered and shall not be permitted to become offensive.


SECT. 2. Not to be removed without Permit or Contract. - No person shall remove or carry in or through any street, avenue, square, court, lane, place, or alley, within the city, any house offal, or any offensive animal or vegetable substance, unless employed or authorized so to do by the Board of Health, nor in any manner except such as authorized by said Board.




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