Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-28
Territorial Regulations including the
Sanitary Regulations for the Ter.
ritory Of Hawaii Outside Of the
Sanitary District Of Honolulu.


Light and Ventilation OF Dwellings.
Sec. 8. Each and every room intend.
ed or used for human habitation shall
be provided with at least eight square
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.
nalf of such window space shall be
movable 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. 1. 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 thu
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 building
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
ulation, the ground floor of all build
ings shall be Of concrete, asphaltum or
masonry, so constructed as to leave
no spaces or openings beneath thu
same.
Courts, Areas, Lanes and Alleys.
Sec. 8. 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 to
be effectively paved and drained so as
to prevent the saturation and contami.
nation of the soil and air; and all such
courts, areas. lanes and alleys, wheth.
er 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. 7. 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 tn the public
health.
Regarding Prlvy Vaults and cesspooIs.
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 To-, nor placed in such a posi-.
tion that II is not easily accessible for
emptying and cleaning; no cesspool
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 privy covering It than to
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.
lions for the reception of waste mat.
ter into which no waste water flows.
Sec. IA. All drains shall be of cast
, iron, lead, vltrified clay, cement or wa.
ter tight masonry. II of iron or lead
the joints shall be caulked with molten
lead; II of vitrifled clay, they shall
have tight cement joints, all joints 10
be smooth In the inside.
Markets.
Sec. "a. All public and private mar.
kets, together with all tools, machln.
cry and appurtenances connected
theerwith, and all articles therein ex.
posed or offered for sale as food "
drink, and the contents of all ice
chests and rerrigerators in which any
kind of food or drink is, or may be
kept for sale, shall be subject at all
reasonable hours TO the inspection OF
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 or Health, in a condition
which is unwholesome and unfit for
use as human food, he shall condemn
the same and cause II to be removed
and suitably disposed Of, at the OK.
pense of the owner of the same.
Sec, %. No person shall expose OF
offer for sale, or shall sell. or cause, or
allow to be used as food or drink, any
article which has been condemned ny
the Board of Health or its agent.
Regarding lnterments and Dead
Bodies.
Sec. As. All deaths occurring inSthe
Territory of Hawaii must be reported
10 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 lnterment will be Al.