The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-07-10


of the Ordinances of said City. and any
same shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by fine of not less than One
Dollar, nor more than Fifty Dollars, or by
imprisonment for not less than One Day,
nor more than Thirty Days, in the dlscre.
tion of the Mayor.
The following are the Rules and Rcgu-
lations hereby ratified, to wit:
SECTION l. Whatever is dangerous to
human life or health (; whatever building,
or part or cellar thereof, is overcrowded
or not provided with adequate means of
ingress and egress, or is not sufficiently
supported, ventilated, severed, drained,
lighted or cleaned and whatever renders
soil, air, water or food impure or unwhole-
some. are declared to De nuisances and to
be illegal and every person having aided
in creating or contributing to the same, or
who may support, continue or rcteiu any
of them, shall be deemed gnilty Uf mis-
demeanor. and shall also be liable fer the
expense of the abatement or RENT dy 70.
quired.
Sec. 2. No privy pit. cess pool or reser-
voir into which any pfivy, water closet,
stable, sink or other receptacle of refuse or
sewerage is drained, shell Ec constructed
manner whereby, through leakage or over
flow of its contents, it may cause pollution
of the soil near or about habitatiOns, or of
any well, spring or other source Of water
used for drinking or culinary purposes
nor shall the overflow from any such res
ervoir or receptacle be permitted to dis.
charge into any public place, or in any
wise whereby danger to health may be
caused. And every such pit, reservoir or
receptacle shall be cleaned and the con.
tents thoreof removed at such times and
under such precautions as the Board of
Health may prescribe.
Sec 8. All house-sewers or drains for
the conveyance of deeterious or offensive
matter shall be water. tight, and the plans
and methods 0f their construction shall
be subject to the approval of the Board of
Health. In streets or avenues where pub
lie sewers are or shall be constructed, the
Board of Health may order house-con-
nections to be made Herewith. Every
person failing or refusing to obey the man
date of the Board of Health shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and shall be punishe ed
as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. No house refuse, such as from
kitchen sinks or from culinary purposes,
which are deleterious or injurious to
health, shall be conveyed or emptied on
any of the public streets, unless all accu.
mutations or deposits of deleterious mat
ter is properly removed from said drain or
place where accumulated, and said place
and contiguous surface be properly disin-
fected once in every twenty-tour hours.
NJ nffo1 min U n n
vegetable matter, or organic waste sub
stance of any kind, shall be thrown upon
any street, road or public place, aud no
matter shall be kept in any house, cellar
or adjoining outbuilding for more tnan
twenty -four hours.
SEQ. S. No sunken places shall be filled,
nor made land constructed with any ma
terials containing an admixture of putres-
chile animal or vegetable matter, under q
penalty as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 6. No person or company shall
erect or maintain any mandatory or
place of business dangerous to life or detri-
mental to health, or where unWholesOme,
offensive or deleterious odors, gas, smoke,
deposit or e1halations are generated, with
out the permit of the Board Of Health,
and all such establishments shall be kept
clean and wholesome, so as not to be offen-
sive or prejudicial to public health, nor
shall any offensive or deleterious waste
substance, gastar, sludge, refuse or injuri-
GUS matter be allowed to accumulate upon
the premises or be thrown or allowed to
run into any public water, stream. water
course, street or public place. AL every
person or company conducting such man
ufacture or business shall use the bet ap.
proved and all reasonable means tu pre-
vent the escape Of smoke, gas and odors,
and to protect the health and safety of all
co.operatives employed therein.
Sec. 7. No meat, fish, bird, fruit or
vegetable, milk, or anything for human
food or drink, not being then fresh or
properly preserved, sound, wholesome and
safe for such use nor any flesh of any
animal which died by disease, or which
wa, at the time of it's death in sickly or
unWholesome condition; nor the carcass
or meat of any cali which was at the date
of it's death less than four weeks old, or
any lamb which was at the date of its
death less than eight weeks old, or of any
pig which was at the date of its death less
than Ave weeks old shall be brought
within the limits of this town nor offered
OF held for sale as food therein.
SEC. 8. There shall be no hog pens or
slaughter. houses in the city limits. No
live hogs shall be kept in the city except
drove. hogs, which will be allowed during
the months of November, December,
January and February, and under such
special rules as may be permitted by the
Board of Health. Ali coops wherein
chickens, geese, turkeys, etc., are kept for
sale, shall be scraped and sanded every
morning and all refuse removed. No wa
ter allowed for cleaning.
SEC. 9. Every householder or head of a
family in house wherein any case Of
infectious disease may occur shall report
the same to the Secretary of the Board Of
Health within twelve hours from the
time of his or her first knowledge of the
nature of such disease; and, until instruc-
tions are received from the said Board,
shall not permit any clothing or other arti
Gle which may have been exposed to in.
fection to be removed from the house;
nor shall any occupant change his resi-
dence elsewhere without the consent OF
the said Board of Health. Every physi-.
clan who may be called to attend case of
infectious disease shall, as soon as he dis
covers the nature thereof, make written
l6pOIL1 EpeClly LIE ti4O AoLAO s1ha AS.. ..|ASdSS
of the patient, the nature OF the disease,
and any other facts relating thereto which
he may deem important to the public
health, and atfix the date and sign his
name thereto, and he shall hand such re.
port to the Secretary of the Board of
Health within tuelve hours as above pro:
vided. The diseases to be thus reported
are: Asiatic Cholera, Yellow Fever, Ty-
phus and Typhoid Fevers, Small Po1,
Scarlet Fever, Measles anu Diphtheria.
SEC. 10. It shall be the duty, of every
physician, or other medical pracli-
TONER, clergymen, magistrate, mid
wives, undertakers, sections, and all other
persons, and from whom such information
may be properly required, to report all
births and deaths to the Secretary of the
Board of Health, or the Health Officer,
within three days.
SEC. II. It shall be the duty of every
physician who attends In sickness any
prisoner in Jail to Immediately report to
The Secretary of the Board Of Health the
name, sex, age, race and disease Of said
prisoner.
Sec. 12. No person or article liable to
propagate dangerous disease shall be
brought within the limits of this city,
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