&C., OF

NEW STREETS.

with any requirement of the local board, or shall make any alteration in SEWERAGE, any works after they have been completed, whether in new or existing buildings, contrary to the provisions herein contained, he shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding five pounds; and he shall pay a further sum, not exceeding forty shillings, for each and every day which such works shall continue or remain contrary to the said provisions; and the local board may, if they shall think fit, cause such work to be removed, altered, pulled down, or otherwise dealt with, as the case may require, and the expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be repaid by the offender, and be recoverable from him in a summary manner, as provided by the Public Health Act, 1848.

&c.

XXXIV. If any workman, labourer, servant, or other person employed Penalty on in or about any new works, wilfully, and without the privity or consent workmen, of the owner or person causing such work to be done, does anything in or about such works contrary to the provisions herein contained, he shall, for each such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty shillings.

Local Government Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 88, s. 45) (a). BYELAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF SLAUGHTER-HOUSES. NOTE. These byelaws should be preceded by a reprint of sections 125 to 131, both inclusive, of the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, (b) incorporated with the Local Government Act, 1858, by the 45th section of that Act.

Byelaws made and ordained by the local board of

for the regulation REGULATION

of slaughter-houses, pursuant to the powers and provisions contained in the Local Government Act, 1858.

OF

SLAUGHTER
HOUSES.

I. Every slaughter-house in the said district shall be provided with water and ventilated to the satisfaction of the officer of health of the local Water, ventilation, and board, and shall be thoroughly whitewashed with quicklime at least twice cleansing. in each year, namely between the 1st and 10th of March, and the 1st and 10th of September.

II. Every occupier of a slaughter-house shall provide and keep a suf- Removal of ficient number of tubs, boxes, or vessels, with tight and close-fitting covers garbage, thereto, constructed to the satisfaction of the local board, for the purpose filth, &c. of receiving and conveying away all manure, garbage, and filth, and shall in all cases, except as hereinafter provided, immediately after the killing and dressing of any cattle in such slaughter-house, cause all such manure, garbage, and filth to be placed in such tubs, boxes, and vessels; and such tubs, boxes, and vessels, together with their contents, shall be removed to such place, at such interval of time, with such precautions, and within such hours, as may be, from time to time, fixed by the local board; and all the blood arising from the slaughtering of cattle shall be put into separate tubs or vessels with close-fitting covers, and shall be carried away from the slaughter-house without delay, and shall not be permitted to flow in the channel or sewer, or open street: provided always, that no blood shall be put into the same tubs or vessels in which the manure, garbage, or other filth are put: provided also, that the manure, garbage, and other filth shall not be kept or carried away in such tubs, boxes, and vessels, where impermeable covered drains are provided for carrying away the same.

III. All the tubs and vessels which are used for the removal of any Cleansing of manure, garbage, and filth, and all the tubs and vessels which are used for utensils, &c. the removal of blood from any slaughter-house, shall, immediately after

being used for such removal, be thoroughly emptied, cleansed, and

(a) See this section, p. 471.

(b) See these sections, p. 229.

REGULATION purified, and the floor of such slaughter-house shall then be also effectually scoured and cleansed; and the whole shall generally be kept in such a condition that neither within the slaughter-house, nor without it, shall there be any offensive smell arising therefrom.

OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES.

Removal of skins, &c.

Diseased animals.

Informa

tion to be given of

such

animals.

No privy to be near, or pigs to be kept.

Cattle not

IV. Every occupier of such slaughter-house shall remove or cause to be removed from such slaughter-houses the hides and skins of any cattle that shall be slaughtered therein within two days next after such cattle shall have been slaughtered.

V. The occupier of any such slaughter-house shall not slaughter or suffer to be slaughtered therein any diseased or unsound cattle.

VI. Every occupier of such slaughter-house, in case of any diseased or unsound cattle being brought to such slaughter-house, shall forthwith give information thereof to the local board, or to their authorised officer on that behalf.

VII. No occupier of any slaughter-house shall build or permit any access or opening to any privy or middenstead from such slaughter-house to be made, or if now made, to remain; nor shall any such occupier permit or suffer any pigs or other animals to be kept in any slaughter-house except for the purpose of being fasted previous to killing.

VIII. No occupier of any slaughter-house shall keep or retain any cattle to be kept. in such slaughter-house for a longer period than 72 hours previous to the slaughtering of the same.

Cleansing after

slaughter

ing.

Ferocious

dogs, not to be kept.

Repairs.

Inspectors to have

access to

premises.

IX. The occupier of every slaughter-house shall cause the same to be thoroughly washed and cleansed within three hours after the completion and slaughtering and dressing of any cattle therein on any day during which any such slaughtering or dressing shall take place.

X. The occupier of any such slaughter-house shall not keep or permit to be kept in such slaughter-house or premises any ferocious dog, unless such dog shall be securely fastened or muzzled.

XI. Every occupier of a slaughter-house shall, on the request of the local board, or of their authorised officer in that behalf, forthwith cause all repairs in or concerning such slaughter-house which such occupier shall be required by such request as aforesaid to perform, to be executed to the satisfaction of the said board, or of their authorised officer, as the case may be.

XII. All members and authorised officers of the local board shall have free access to every slaughter-house and to every part thereof at any time when they shall demand admission for the purpose of inspecting and examining into the condition thereof, with regard to the cleanliness, ventilation, and management thereof.

Slaughter XIII. The occupier of every registered slaughter-house shall cause the house to be word "slaughter-house," together with the number corresponding with designated. the number under which such slaughter-house shall be registered in the register kept for that purpose by the local board, to be painted or otherwise inscribed to the satisfaction of the said board on, over, or adjoining to the outside of the door or entrance to such slaughter-house, and there kept and continued, free from any obliteration or defacement.

Byelaws to be affixed

XIV. The occupier of every slaughter-house shall cause a copy of these byelaws, written or printed in large characters, to be affixed in some conon premises. spicuous place of such slaughter-house, to the satisfaction of the local board, and of their authorised officer, and to be at all times kept and continued in such place; and in case such copy of these byelaws or any part thereof should be obliterated or defaced, such occupier shall forthwith affix in the same conspicuous place as aforesaid another copy of the said byelaws in lieu thereof.

Penalty for neglect of byelaws.

XV. Every occupier of any slaughter-house within the said borough who shall in any respect fail to comply with either of the foregoing byelaws, or in anywise offend against the same, or who after due notice from the local board, requiring such slaughter-house to be whitewashed, purified, and

OF

HOUSES.

cleansed, shall neglect so to do, or who shall at any time refuse to allow REGULATION any officer or servant of the local board an inspection of the premises, shall SLAUGHTERforfeit and pay for each and every offence any sum not exceeding the sum of 5., and a further penalty of 10s. for every day during the continuance of the offence, after written notice thereof from the local board, the said penalties to be recovered and applied as the statute directs.

Local Government Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 98, s. 32) (a).

BYELAWS WITH REGARD TO THE PREVENTION OF NUISANCES
ARISING FROM SNOW, FILTH, ETC., AND THE KEEPING
OF ANIMALS.

Byelaws made by the local board of

with regard to the prevention PREVENTION of nuisances arising from snow, filth, dust, ashes, and rubbish, and the OF keeping of animals.

NUISANCES.

I. All occupiers of any premises within the district shall whitewash, Cleansing of wash, or otherwise cleanse and keep free from filth, the interior of such premises. premises, so that no offensive smell shall proceed from the same.

where

II. All occupiers of any yards, places or premises where horses, cattle, Removal of pigs, or other animals are kept, shall provide upon such premises, to the manure satisfaction of the local board, or their authorised officer, a covered re- animals ceptacle for dung, manure, and all other solid refuse arising on the kept. premises, and a trapped drain for carrying off all urine and other liquid drainage from such premises, or into such receptacle; and if no means for the removal of such dung, manure, and other solid refuse be provided by the local board, every such occupier shall himself remove all such dung, manure, and other refuse, at such interval of time, with such precautions, and within such hours, as may from time to time be fixed by the local board.

III. No person shall deposit, throw, or allow to run, lodge, or accumu- Deposit of refuse prolate upon the surface of any street, square, court, highway, or place, or on hibited. any waste or unoccupied ground, or in any uncovered drain, ditch, watercourse, sink, pond, or other collection of water, or expose or cause to be exposed in any other manner whatever within the district any animal or vegetable matter, fish, offal, ordure, blood, bones, manure, shells, broken glass, china or earthenware, dust, ashes, house refuse, waste, refuse, or runnings from any manufactory, or other offensive or noxious matter whatever. IV. Provided always, that no person shall be liable to a penalty for Ashes may throwing or depositing any sand or ashes, in the time of frost, upon any down durfootway to prevent accidents; or any manure or other materials, in the ing frost. time of frost, upon the course of water-pipes, in order to prevent the water therein from being frozen; or any clean litter or other materials, in order to prevent noise in case of sickness.

be laid

materials,

V. Provided also, that no person shall be liable to any penalty for Provision throwing or depositing on any street, square, court, highway, alley, foot- for building way, or other public passage, any rubbish, dirt, or materials used in or &c. occasioned by the building, re-building, or repairing of any house or building, in cases where such person shall, to the satisfaction of the authorised officer of the local board, enclose the space where such deposit is made within a sufficient fence; and shall where directed so to do by such officer as aforesaid lay down, with proper materials, a sufficient temporary footway for foot passengers communicating with the foot causeway at each end thereof, and fenced off from the remaining portion of the street or thoroughfare by a good or sufficient rail; the whole enclosure and temporary footway to be so constructed as to leave sufficient

(a) See this section, p. 466.

PREVENTION room for the passage of coaches, waggons, and the ordinary traffic through the said street or thoroughfare.

OF NUISANCES.

rials to be removed when done with.

VI. No person shall be entitled to claim exemption from the liabilities Such mate- attached to any offence against the third byelaw under either of the above provisoes unless such person shall cause the sand, ashes, manure, litter, rubbish, dirt, enclosing boards, temporary footways, rails, and other materials enumerated in the said provisoes to be promptly and effectually removed as soon as possible after the cessation of the cause which occa sioned their deposit or erection.

Provision

&c., for

farming purposes.

VII. Provided also, that no occupier of any farm or arable or pasture for manure, land, who shall use, deposit, or dispose of the dung or manure made or employed by him in farming operations according to the usual course of husbandry, shall be liable to the penalty imposed by the third byelaw, where such dung or manure is not mixed with any nightsoil or matter which shall have been removed from any privy, watercloset, or cesspool, and where such dung or manure is not deposited or left in any heap or midden at or upon any place or places within 200 yards of any street or continuous line of houses.

Provision for ashes,

&c., used in brickmak

ing.

Power of inspector not limited.

Removal of snow.

Removal of nightsoil.

Time and manner of such removal.

Cleansing after such removal.

No soil cart

VIII. Provided also, that the third byelaw shall not be taken to prohibit the deposit of ashes or other materials used or required in the manufacture and preparation of bricks, where such ashes and other materials are deposited only in the brickfields or places where such manufacture or preparations are and may be lawfully carried on, and are not mixed with any animal or vegetable refuse, or other offensive and noxious matter.

IX. Provided also, that nothing in the third byelaw contained shall be taken to limit in any manner the power conferred by the 59th section of the Public Health Act (a) upon the inspector of nuisances to order the occupier of any premises whatever, whereon there shall be any accumulation of manure, dung, soil, filth, or other offensive or noxious matter, to remove the same within twenty-four hours after notice duly sent to such occupier requiring such removal.

X. Every occupier of premises shall cause all snow to be removed from the footways adjoining the premises occupied by him, at such times as may be ordered by the local board.

XI. Where any nightsoil, sewage, or any contents of any cesspool, or any other offensive or noxious matter, has to be carried in or along any street, thoroughfare, or place within the district, it shall be carried in vessels properly covered, and no part thereof shall be allowed to fall on the street or surface.

XII. No nightsoil, sewage, or other contents of any cesspool, nor any other noxious or offensive matter, shall be conveyed through any street or thoroughfare within the district except within such hours as may be from time to time fixed by the local board, nor at any time except in carts properly covered and secured against any escape of the contents thereof or any issue of offensive smells from the same, to the satisfaction of the local board.

XIII. If, in the course of emptying any privy, watercloset, or cesspool, or of removing nightsoil, the contents of any cesspool, or other offensive matter, any of such nightsoil, contents, or other matter, should be dropped, spilled, or slopped in any streets, passages, highways, or thoroughfares within the district, the person or persons who are engaged in effecting such emptying or removal shall well and carefully sweep and cleanse the place on which such matter shall have been dropped, spilled, or slopped as aforesaid, and shall effectually remove such sweepings therefrom, within the hours fixed by the local board for such emptying and removal as aforesaid.

XIV. No cart, waggon, or carriage used for the purpose of receiving to stand in and removing nightsoil, sewage, or other matter from any cesspool shall be

streets.

(a) See this section, p. 268.

OF

suffered to stand or remain in any public street, passage, highway, or PREVENTION thoroughfare for any longer time than shall be necessary for the loading NUISANCES.

thereof.

XV. Every person" offending against any of the above byelaws shall Penalty for forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty not exceeding 51. and in neglect of case of a continuing offence, a further penalty not exceeding the sum of byelaws. 40s. for each day after written notice of the offence from the said local board, or their authorised officer.

Local Government Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 98. s. 32) (a).

BYELAWS AS TO CLEANSING FOOTWAYS, &c., REMOVAL of
REFUSE, AND CLEANSING OF PRIVIES, &c.

Byelaws made by the local board of

with regard to

(A) The cleansing of footways and pavements adjoining any premises. (B) The removal of refuse from premises.

(C) The cleansing of privies, ashpits, and cesspools, when such local board do not themselves undertake or contract with any person for the above purposes.

(A) As to cleansing footpaths and pavements:

CLEANSING

OF FOOT

WAYS, &C.

Every occupier of premises within the district shall keep clean and Cleansing free from filth the footway and pavement adjoining the premises occupied pavements, by him.

(B) As to the removal of refuse :

&c.

Every occupier of premises shall remove therefrom* (and in such a Removal of manner as not to create a nuisance in the process of removal) all the refuse. refuse from such premises (at least twice in every week), and shall in the meantime provide, to the satisfaction of the local board, means of storing the said refuse, so that it shall not become a nuisance to the occupants of the premises on which it arises, or to the other inhabitants of the district.

(C) As to the cleansing of privies, ashpits, and cesspools :

I. In case any privy, watercloset, or cesspool within the district shall be Cleansing in a foul or offensive state, so as to require cleansing or emptying, and privies, ashnotice under the hand of the inspector of nuisances, or other authorised pits, and officer of the local board, shall be given to the occupier, or left at his cesspools. place of abode or business, or left with any householder entitled to the use of the said privy or watercloset, requiring such occupier or householder to cleanse or empty the same within a time to be therein mentioned, and such occupier or householder shall neglect or omit to comply with such notice, then and in every such case the occupier or householder to or for whom such notice shall have been given or left as aforesaid, shall, for every such neglect or omission, forfeit and pay such sum as shall be hereinafter provided; and the filth and soil of the said watercloset, privy, or cesspool may forthwith, after the expiration of such notice, be removed by the inspector of nuisances or other authorised officer of the local board.

II. No person shall empty, or assist in emptying, any privy, water- Use of closet, cesspool, or similar receptacle of offensive matter within the district deodorizers. without the use of such deodorizers, and the employment of such other

If the local board direct precautions to be observed during such removal and times of removal, they may substitute for the words within brackets the words with such precautions and at such hours as shall from time to time be fixed by the local board."

(a) See this section, p. 466.