Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-30

LIgnt ana Nentilation OF dwellings,,
Sec o. Each and every room intend.
I'd or used for human habitation shall
be provided with at least eight square
feet of window area having unob'
structed access into the open air for
each 100 square feet of floor space in
said room, and free access shall at all
times be had to the same by the occu.
pants of the room; and at least one.
half of such window space shall be
and available for ventilation.
The word room in this paragraph
shall be construed TO mean and include
any space for occupancy or use enclos.
ed on all sides by walls. or by parti.
lions which are Ave feet or more IN
height.
Air Space Under Buildings.
Sec. 4. Every building shall have on
an average at least twenty inches OF
clear air space for the circulation OF
air, between the floor timbers and the
ground, and shall have sufficient open.
ings for ventilation in the outer walls
to admit a free circulation of air; but
said air space shall not be secured by
eXcavating below the level of the
street and lot on which said buildin;
is to stand, unless such excavation
will not endanger the public health :
and in case said air space is not pro
vided for In accordance with this reg
the ground floor of all build
ings shall be of concrete, asphaltum or
masonry. so constructed as to leave
no spaces or openings beneath the
same.
Courts, Areas, Lanes and Alleys.
Sec. ). Whenever in the Judgment
of the Board or its agents the public
health requires, they may order and
direct any court. area, lane or alley ia
be effectively paved and drained so as
to prevent the saturation and contaml
nation of the soil and air; and all such
courts, areas. lanes and alleys, wheth
err paved or not, shall at all times he
kept clean and free from all accumu
lations of ashes, garbage or other
waste substances, by the owners. occu
pants and persons in possession.
Sec. Z. No building or structure
shall be used as a residence or place
for human habitation or abode which
is situated upon land that has been
made by filling in with dangerous and
insanitary refuse or garbage or any
substance dangerous to the public
health.
Regarding Privy Vaults and cesspools
Sec. s. No privy vault, sink, or cess
pool shall hereafter be located or con
structed within fifty feet Of any
stream, lake. pond. well or spring oi
water, nor within two feet OF the line
of any lo., nor placed in such a posi-
ton that 1t is not easily accessible fol
emptying and cleaning; no cesspoIl
shall be made more than eighteen feet
or less than six feet deep; no privy
vault shall be made more than three
feet deep, and shall not extend farther
beenath the priyy covering It than ia
meet a perpendicular line drawn from
the front edge OF the seats in said
privy. The word "cesspool' in this
paragraph shall be construed to mean
and include all excavations for the re
ception of waste matter into which
waste water flows; the word "privy
vault" in this paragraph shall be con
strued to mean and include all excava
tions for the reception of waste mat
ter into which no waste water flows
Sec. II. All drains shall be of cast
iron, lead, vitrified clay. cement or wa
ter tight masonry. II of iron or lead
the joints shall be caulked with molten
lead; If Of vitrifed clay, they shall
have tight cement joints, all joints IA
he smooth In the inside.
Markets.
Sec. "a. All public and private mar
kets. together with all tools, machin
cry and appurtenances connected
theerwith. and all articles therein en-
posed or offered for sale as food VI
drink, and the contents of all ice
chests and refrigerators in which any
kind of food or drink is, or may he
kept for sale, shall be subject at all
reasonable hours to the inspection oil
the Board of Health or its agent, and
upon any cattle, meat, birds, fowl,
fish. food, vegetables or any other ar,
ticles of food or drink being found by
any inspector agent, or other officer
Of the Board OF Health, in a condition
which is unwholesOme and unfit for
use as human food, he shall condemn
the same and cause 1t to be removed
and suitably disposed of, at the az
pense Of the owner of the same,
Sec. 20. No person shall expose o,
offer for sale, or shall sell, or cause, or
allow to be used as food or drink, any
article which has been condemned oy
the Board of Health or its agent.
Regarding lnterments and Dead
Bodies.
Sec. As. All deaths occurring in the
Territory of Hawaii must be reported
TO the Registrar of Deaths with name
SEX and age of the deceased, whether
married or single, the nationality
place of birth, place of death date OF
death, duration of last illness, cause
OF death, names OF consulting and at
tending physicians, whether deceased
was a resident or nonresident, and
the cemetery where burial is intended.
No embalming or interment will be al