Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-07-25
THE FLY A MENACE
TO PUBLIC HEALTH
District of Columbia Regulations
Concerning Much-dis-
cussed Pest.
Regulations of the Health Department
of the District OF Columbia Re- :.
lating to House Flies fAbridgcdD

Regulations of the Health Department
of the District OF Columbia Re-
iating to House Flies (Abridgcd.D
Sec. 8. That manure offal or garbage
piled or deposited within 300 feet of any
place of worship, or of any dwelling, or
u%nloaded along the line of any railroad.
or in any street or public way. are
hereby declared nuisances Injurious to
health, and any person who shall be re-
sponsible and who shall fail, after no.
tice duly served by this board, to re-
move the same, shall. upon conviction
thereof. be fined not less than FIVE nor
more than s25 dollars for every such
offense.
Sec. Is A. Nc person owning, or hav-
ing use of a n stable, shed, or other
place within any of the more densely
populated parts of the District of Col
umbia, where animals of any kind are
kept shall permit such place to become
or to remain filthy or unwholesome
stable Flooring.
Sec. Is B. No person shall use any
stable, after the first day of July. 1907,
unless the surface of the ground be-
meath every stall and for a distance of
four feet from the rear thereof be COW
cred with a water-tight fioor laid with
such grades al will cause all fluids that
fall upon 1t to flow as promptly as pos
sible, IL a public sewer be available,
into the public sewer, and, IL a public
be not available, to that portion
of the premises where they the
least possible nuisance.
Sec. 18 G. Every person owning or
occupying any stable where one or more
horses, mules, cows, or similar animals
are kept, shall maintain in connection
Herewith a bin or pit for the reception
of manure, and. pending the removal
from the premises of the from
the animal or animals aforesaid, shall
place such manure in said bin or pit.
The bin or pit required by this regula-
ton hall be located at a point rs re-
mote as practicable from any dwelling,
church, school or similar structure, and
as remote as practicable from any pub
lie street or avenue; shall be so con-
structed as to exclude rain water. and
shall in all other respects be water
tight except as 1t may be connected
with the public sewer or as other de1n-
lite provision may be mad for clean
ing anu uuSIiuB lTOIn tln1c " thiicf
shall be provided with a suitable cover,
and constructed so as to prevent in so
far as may be practicable the ingress
and egress of flies. No bin or pit shall
be constructed he bottom of which
Is below the level of the surface of the
surrounding earth unless 1t be of sub
stantial masonry n connected with
the public sewer.
Sec Is r. No person shall permit any
manure to accumulate on premises un-
der his control in sue a manner or to
such an extent Is to give rise to OBJ
j~ectionable doors. Every person having
the use of any pit shall cause
all such manure to be removed from
the premises at least twice every week
between June / and October 81, inclu-
sive. of each year, and at least once
every week between November 1 of
each year n May 81.
Inspections.
Sec. Is g.. Every person using any
building as a stable for one or more
horses, mules or cows, shall report that
fact to the health officer in writing,
within thirty days after this regula-
ton takes effect, giving his OF her
name, and the location of such stable,
and the number n kind of the ami
mails stabbed therein.
Sec. Is H. No person who has re-
moved manure from any pit, shall de-
post such in any place within
any of the more densely populated
parts of the District of Columbia with
out a permit from the health officer.
The provisions of this paragraph shall
not apply to the distribution of manure
over lawns n parking when such
manure has been so thoroughly rotted
or decompoSed that Its distribution
gives rise to no offensive doors.
Extract from Article TX, Police Regu-
%lations (A~bridged.)
Section 10. No person shall emove o r
transport my manure over any public
highway except in a tight vehicle,
which II not enclosed must be effectu-
ally covered with canvas 80 secured
to the sides and end of the vehicle
a. to prevent the manure from being
dropped while being removed.
Section 20. Manure may be deposited
in pits below the surface of alleys that
are not less han fifteen feet wide, but
the pit must not extend more than four
feet beyond the building line. The walls
must be substantial and water-tight,
with stone or iron coping, bedded in
cement, set fair with the surface of
the alley. They must be covered with
heavy wrought-iron doors, sufficiently
strong to carry heavily loaded carts or
other vehicles, and provided with ven
t~ilation by means of a fiue inside of the
stable and extending above the roof
OF the same, n they must he drained
by sewer connections.
In all the above cases fines averaging
$25 are provided for violation of the
regulations.