Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-10

Board OF Health. the sides and bottoms
of any privy-vault, sink or cesspool
shall be made either wholly or in part
water tight. so as to prevent any satu-
ration Of the ground about the said
vault. sink or cesspool, and shall be
provided with suitable ventilating ar
rangoment.
10. No structure or cover shall be
put upon or over any privy-vault, sink
or Ces8pool. until 1t has been inspected
by the proper Agent of the Board of
Health and approved as meeting the
requirements of these regulations and
Of public health.
II. Any privy-vault, sink or cesspool,
already constructed in Honolulu which
has become a nuisance, or in any way
dangerous to life or detrimental to
health shall be removed, reconstruct
ed, or altered to meet the requirements
of these regulations and of public
health, as directed by the Board Of
Health or its Agent.
IL. The Board of Health or its
Agents may cause the emptying or dis
injecting of any privy-vault, sink or
cesspool that may be deemed offensive,
or when required by public health, at
the expense of the owner or occupant
of the premises.
10. When thirty days after the
public sewer system is put into opera
ton the use Of privy vaults and cess
pools shall be entirely discontinued
within the limits of such sewer system,
and all privies shall be removed, ex-
cept in so far as permission may be
granted by the Board of Health to
transform the same into approved wa
ter closets connected with the sewer
system.
IA. No privy vault or cesspool shall
be excavated or maintained within
ten feet from any dwelling house or
inhabited building or cook house or
place where cooking is done.
10. No privy vault or cesspool shall
be maintained or excavated in any
place where for any reason free and
unimpeded access may not be had to
the same by an excavator cart.
16. 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 a manner as to allow the inspec-
ton 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
a height as to flow out onto the surface
of the ground.
II. No cesspool or privy vault shall
be built or maintained in any location
except the same shall have substan-
| tial water-tight curb which shall re-
tain the earth without and the con-
and shall be provided with substan-
tial water-tight cover. having a small,
movable lid in the same to facilitate
examination and removal of the con-
tents.
IS. All cesspools or privy vaults
shall have four-inch cast iron vent
pipes with caulked lead joints, or gal
vanized iron pipes. extending not less
than twelve feet into the open air. and
if within twenty feet of an inhabited
building the top of such vent pipes
shall extend above the roof of the high
est building within distance of TWEEN
~ feet Of the same. All such vent
pipes shall run as direct as possible.
Every privy shall have proper seats.
with hinged lids to cover the opening
of same, which shall be kept closed
when not in use.
10. All connections to cesspools or
privy vaults shall be made with cast
iron, lead, or vitrified, sewer pipe. All p
urinals shall be connected to cesspools,
vaults or sewer by trapped waste
pipes.
20. All cesspooIs shall be properly
cleaned out at once, and hereafter at
least once every four months, and
shall be thoroughly dsinfected at
least once each week with such dis
infectant as the Board of Health shall
direct; all such cleaning and disinfect-
ing to be at the expense of the owner
of the property.