The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-04-22
REGULATIONS of the Board of Health

LIST. The Board of Health, or its Agent, will visit the fish.
vegetable and meat markets, or other places where such arti-
ces are exposed for sale, at any time it may deem fit, ordering
said markets or places to be properly cleaned, and any decay
ed animal or vegetable matter TO be Immediately removed
therefrom.
I'd. No slaughter house will be allowed within the bounda-
ris of the City of Honolulu, or on any of the public highways
leading to it, or on the banks of any river or stream where the
water is used for drinking or domestic purposes, or in any sit
uation not first approved by the Board of Health.
Sd. No person is allowed to dry or salt hides or skins with
in the boundaries of the City of Honolulu, or in any other place
close to, or to windward of the City, or in any place not first
approved by the Board Of Health.
4th. All privies, cesspools, drains, sewers, ponds, or other
places containing stagnani water, manure or filth, found in a
state prejudicial to the public health. will be c!eansed by the
Board, or its Agents, at the expense Of the person or persons
owning them-the said owners having been notified by the
Board at least six days before any active interference.
In future every privy is to be not less than twelve feet deep
and four feet square, and securely cased and covered.
9Th. The Board Of Health or its Agents will visit all houses
in which they may suspect there is an insufficient supply of
fresh air for the support of health to the inhabitants, whether
from want of proper ventilation, overcrowding, or other causes,
and will order such houses to be properly ventilated, and take
such other measures as may appear to them to be necessary.
10Th. Any badly cured meat or other substances, emitting a
noXious or deieteTiOus efiuvium, will be Immediately removed
at the expense of the owner from the premises where they are
stored, due notice having first been given by the Board Of
Health or its Agents.
eth. No person shall keep swine within the boundaries of
the City of Honolulu.
Sth. No person shall throw dead animals on any of the
public streets or highways.
9th. No interment will be allowed in or about Honolulu
without the written permission of the Agent of the Board of
Health-who will issue these permits on application at his
Office. A statement of age, sex, and cause of death will be
required. 4
10th. A place on the Esplanade to be marked by posts
placed by the Superintendent of Public Works, is set apart
for the deposit of rubbish or filth to be carried from the City.
11th. All persons are hereby strictly prohibited from de-
posting any rubbish or filth upon any street, lane, wharf or
vacant lot, within the boundaries of the City Of Honolulu.
18th. Landlords will be held responsible for the proper ven
tlation of and overcoming of Chinese habitations.
18th. Sailed or green hides shall not be stored within the
City limits.
14th. Any person violating any of the above regulations is
liable to be fined in a sum rot exceeding one hundred dollars,
as provided in Section 25 of the Civil Code.
Approved by the Board of Health, this 5h day Of April,
A. D. 1876. CHAs. T. GULICK,
Sec'y Board Of Health.