The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-12


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Water TIght Floors. g An house.
| STRUCTURES. rooms or plrtr thereof in
which water o. used. or intended 90 De-
used in such quantity as tu render Che
I floor or floors thereof damp. shalt have
such floor. or floors. made absolutely
waterproof with proper drainage into
trapped leaders conveying the water
laWay into ctsspuol or sewer; and the
water proohng OF an such foorr shall
| be done In a manner satisfactory Go the
Board of Health or Building Inspector
| Privies. Privy Vaults and Cosspools
| z Within thirty days after the public
sewer system is put into operation the
use OF priyy vaults shall be entirely
discontinued within the limits of such
sewer system, and all privies shall be
removed. except I'm so far as permis
sion may be granted by the Board Of
| Health to transform the same into
approved water-clOsets. Pending the
completion of the public sewers no
prlvy shall be built or maintained
without at least three feet OF clear
space on all sides.
$. No privy shall be built or main
tanned so as to entirely cover the cess
pool or vault under the same but the
cesspool or vault shall project out on
one side beyond the superstructure In
such n manner as to allow for the in
lspection and removal of the contents OF
said cesspool or vault. The contents
of any privy vault or cesspool shall not
be allowed to rise within eighteen
inches of the top of the same or to such
hight as to flow out onto the surface
of the ground. and no privy vault or
cesspool shall be of such depth that
| 1. cannot be emptied by suction pump.
o. No cesspool shall be built or
| maintained wholly or in part under
any building Except in the case OF
privy) unless the same be made abso-
lutely water-tight by masonry. walls
| and dome, and shall have a small iron
manhole and cover at the top; and 1t
shall also have a finch cast-iron vent
| pipe with caulked lead joints, extend
ling up through or at the outside of the
building, and the top of said vent pipe
shall extend above the roof of the
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twenty feet of the same, and all such
vent pipes shall run as direct as pos
sible.
10. No cesspool or privy vault shall
be built or maintained in any location
except the same shall have substan-
tial curb which shall retain the earth
without and the contents of the cess
pool or vault within, and shall be pro-
vided with a substantial water-tight
cover, having a small, movable lid in
the same to facilitate examination and
the removal of contents.
H. All cesspools or privy vaults,
other than those wholly. or in part,
under buildings and which have cast
iron vent pipes, shall have approved
vent shafts extending not less than
twelve feet into the open air, and, If
within twenty feet of any inhabited
building, the top of such vent shaft
shall be as specified for the cast-iron
vent pipes. Every privy shall have
proper seats, with hinged lids to cover
the openings in the same.
10. All connections to cesspoOls or
privy vaults shall be made with cast
iron, lead or yitrifled sewer pipe All
urinals shall be connected to cesspools,
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10. All cesspools shall be properly
cleaned out at once, and thereafter at
least once every three months, and
thoroughly disinfected at least once
each week with such disinfectant as
the Board of Health shall direct.
IA. All waste, soil sewer or drain
pipes shall be of cast-iron, lead or Wit
rified clay. If of iron, the joints shall
be caulked with molten lead; if of
vitrified clay they shall have neat ce-
ment joints. Open drains may be OF
water-tight masonry.
Is. All cesspools and priyy vaults,
when abandoned and the use thereof
discontinued, shall! be at once entirely
emptied of all liquid and solid contents,
and shall be disinfected and filled with
earth, sand, ashes, stones or other such
clean material; and the wooden curb
ing about the same removed to a depth
of at least four feet below the surface
of the ground. But in no case shall
refuse, garbage or any unclean mate
rial be used in filling such priyy vault
or cesspool.
Habitations. 10. No building or
structure shall be used as a residence
or place for human habitation or abode
that is situated upon land where there
is standing water within eighteen
inches of the surface OF the ground;
nor shall any building or structure be
so used that is placed on land that has
been made by filling in with refuse or