The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-21
Board of Health Ordinance.

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IN Virtue ..,ho powers conferred by the Act OF
Assembly, H. hprIl .. 1851. =. l.. 300 ~ me Laws
j .i,,,i b, dbl. Tu.,r council ui the Borough u
Niddlchur-H snyder CO.. pa, and " Is A'i'by
ordained N 'e authority 10 l"e same
str7I,, -l.at whatever is dangerous ~ hu.
man lfHU. ..'lfN whatever i'hl'is 'u' "li Ni
I'D orvl.Ul Nr other d.NE uh"lolcsOiir' HI'u
,,lp'p,ur fr.UHe. erection, ur part uf cellar
fllrout '- ...r .ruWdrd.Dr lot provided Win ou-
,pgltp means 0f ll -r'>- qua t-r,es OF Is hol on,
la.cutN supported. ventilated, severed, IIi.L.l'
cleaned Dr ueutod are declared 10 uc uu'ahu't-;
aud Co n" Illegal ana every person hANlhs hlu,,u
may support continue Oi retain any ui them shuI
be- deemed guilty of violation Of this ordinance
Hnd also o.. l'thlc for the eNrense oi the abate-
Srcrio. .--No house refuse .OGalg garbage dead
.uImnlS decayiug vegetable matter or organic
waste subsistence ~ any klhd, hlih Dc lniuMli WI
amy street rugd, alley ditch cutter or pubic piaS,e
within tUs limits II the Borough. and no putfld
or doCnylng animal or vegetable mntter shnll pe
Icui m any house, cellar OF adjoining out-hnldlhg
Df ErlurN- ..l more than twenty -iuuf 81 lvui7'
SgcrioS a.-No person or persons. without the
consent uf 'No BUDrd ui Health shall hulld vr use
any sluU-af.r house Wiihlu the limits u lhi9
rgrou.n I.l t.r I.rpiug uud slaughternp Of all
cattle. .uJuu swine ana the preparation ana
Weeping ID meat, -h. u.rdS ana 9ih.r Snllnal ,lill
f00d shalt .' 30 iIn manner hest adap'eu ,o t 81
cure and ...ruup tuCir whuc,uincncss aS tuOd :;
ana tNr., butcher Ur other persons owning, lgas-
iag or oc.NrHug ali place. room or luldlng
VIprr.u .u. cattle, sleep or swine have been, or
EuI'U ..u sod and every person being
tI,H UWIt|. I.satr tt occupant oi any room w
stable WuHf. 100 Hnl animals are kept or OF any
market puuin or private. shall cause such place,
room mur Binding stable 90 malkrLtp hc thpiuuEn-
.ly ceuu-,l aud purtru. and all olial' blood. ial,
Ep rUHgp. rf1-" ana unNNoiroumt ana offensive
matter tu to removed iu'rtirom ut least once l
every twenty four ga Nt r-.aiicr the use th'feoi
for any ~ rhr UurI -'- ...' ..'tIH' ih' ana
Shall also af .Ii dm,- ,.,.. ,m woJd0uin, save
floors gUt counters in any buNuihg pace or
premises aforesaid Thoroughly painted or Mhllc-
washed ana The rours ui such building. place or
Premises .hull De- 80 constructed as To prevent
blood ar foul liquids or N1shlngs IRON setting IN
Sr,.grrS - 40 blood pit. dung pit, ofal pit or
Yrfyy-vru shall remain ur bc constructed withln
any slaUEhtor.huusc. Any ohculendlng against
this rule snail lc guilty oi creating ana lnnlhtilh'
ing a nuisance prcjudiCial 10 public health, ana
shall hr required tu remove the nuisance WITHIN
ten lW day. from date OF notice.
SECrION a.--lhc owners, agents or Occupels Oh
nll Slaughter.huu.Cs are required during the sum
mpr season. 10 distribute twice IN each week
sufficient quantity Oi chloride oi lime or other
1l-luicctaut about their premises and also to re-
move tive contents ui any Mdhutc-pt or manure.
flc on tn premises, once IN tach week inc sald
premises and contents Oi mpuure-pltS hcng mere
NJ, declared to hc nuisance prciudciul 10 public
health. unless subjected TO frequent distinction
aud cleaning as herein Indicated. Noplgs orhogs
shall be- kept ln the same enclosure wltha slaugh-
frrhOIsp nor shall they De feed, there or else
where upon the offal OF slaughtered animals.
SgCrION 6.--lhc keeper or Keepers Ola livery or
other stable shall Keep his or their stable and
stabc.yard clean, ana shall not permit, between
the 18th day OF May ana the lst day November
more than three .Y loads ut manure toaccumulale
H. or near tue same at any one time. except by
express permission of the Board Of Health.
SEci0u NO pig pen shall be built or main.
tlllrd within the limits oi this Borough without
20 permit uoW the Board OF Health, or WITHIN one
hundred 'oOI 'cct Ci any wei or spring ui water
'i-cd Tor drinking purposes, or within thirty GU
feet of auy inhabited house,Or unless constructed
H. the following manner, w 50 thht the llOOr
Or floor OF the same shall he not less than two C9
feet from th' -ruund ~ order that the illth ac-
Clmulatiug under the same may De- easily rcinOy.
ed ana such ulth aCCumulating IN, about and
under the same shall ho removed at least once Il
week and OitcnCr II 81 ordered aud ON the failure
Of any owner or OcCupicr Of such premises 80 10
DO then the same shall be done by the Borough at
the expense Of the owner or occupier oi sucll
sEcrioS s.-No priyy vault cesspool or reservoir
into which pryy, water-clOset, ccsspool, stable
or sink Is dranedunless II Is watertight shall be
constructed aug or permitted 10 remain within
one hundred GOO feet OF any well, spring or other
-ou~'" ul water used for drinking or culinary pu'
and 4"
vault, plt OF depression below IA, % %.,,g
ground. shall be excepted from this regulation
but SurCient dry earth OF coal ashes must be uhtu
iallv 10 absorb ill the iiuid part OF the deposit
agd'the contents must be completely removed al
least once every two C9l months.
SECriOS All privy vaults, CeSSpooS or rescr
NOirs rs above named, shall he cleaned out ht ieaS
once n wear. between the iSt OF December and th'
tst OF April; and during the summer season tht!
shall be thoroughly dlsinlected by adding tothel
contents, once each week sufficient quahtil3 o
tir SllksI lime or other d.lnirCtant.
SECTION lO.--Nu water shall be- allowed 10 ht
come stugunut within the limits OF this Borough
and where drainage Is not sullclent 10 carry OF
the natural collection Ot water Such drainage
must De- made sufficient by the owner or owner
,lI tho land through which sa!d natural or hitl
ssIcial course, extend, ana on the failure Oh any
owner ur owners OF such land 50 To do, then ih'
same shan De- done by the Borough at the expense
.lf the owner ur owners Of such land
sECuuN THE house drain and other pipe
.0r the Duu,u vance Of sewerage shall be laid viii
uniform Grade ana with a tall OF not less than Ohi
In,
'hc Board NJ Health may permit otherwise.
SECTION l2.-Al drains now butt SHAH he re-
constructed whenever, IN the opinion OF lh'
Board % Health II may Oe necessary.
sECTiuS .8.-Ihe following named diseases arr
declared 20 be communicable ana DANGEROUS l'
the public health, VIZ smallpox Varlola, va
rial6dJ cholera (Asiatc or epidcmlc) scarle
fever (scarlatina, scarlet rash) measles dlph
iberia Vllp4theria Group. aiphthedluc r .,ov n0,,
fever spotted fever, (cerebeo spinal meninglus
relnpsing t.'er, epidemic dysehterS' hyuIu
phobia rauleS,) glanders uarcA0 ana lcproSy
and shall be understood 10 be Included IN IN
following regulations unless certain OF thel
only are spec.hed And whenever 81, the ,. boaru =
any Of the above named communicable diseases
the said Board OF Health sholl nave power I
mark the house or houses, wherein said disease
exist los paStlug plaCardS with the name Of th
disease IN prominent letters thereon IN a con
.spicious place, either ON the front or side o
foth.'u deemed necessary, Oi said house as
caution notice TO the public. No person shall g
into or out of any premises Whereon a notice q
be posted. ur 10 carry into on ont OF them an
material whereby any OF the cOntagiOn might IN
conveyed except ny permission IN writing, o
the Board ui Health
SECTION Whenever any household know
that any person within his family or household
has communicable disease dangerous 10 IN,
public health, he shall Immediately report IA,
sImt 10 the Board oI Health, giving tile stree
lr location ut the house,
SECTION li.-Nheneyer any physician find
hat any person whom hc may be called on I,
visit has q communicable disease. dangerous 4
fhe pubc health, he or she shall imInediatel,
report the same To the Board OF Health, gyinl
flc street or location OF the house, ON the TeCeip
% which report the secretary shall Immediately
notify the teacher or principal OF every school Ii
the borough requesting said teachers or prinCi
pals TO dispense with the attendance OF all pu
Pills Residing IN the family In which such dis
ease exists. No ply sClan who may, IN goo,
taith, IN ub 'dience 10 this ordinance report
case as one ut communicable disease which sub
,tUWg.tly proves not 10 be such, shall be llabl
N.Jg suit for damages for such error In reporting
SECTION lG-lhere shall be no public or Churcl
funeral of any person who has died Of Asnti
cholera, smallpox, typhus fever, diphtheria