Newark post., 1911-08-23
DR.. Watson Discusses
Sanitary Conditions
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ence of malignant disease within
it's jurisdiction, to direct especially
the cleansing of houses, cellars,
yards, docks or other such places
as the board shall consider requi-
site or prudent fol me preserva-
ton O; the public health, or for the
mitihation of disease, and if such
direction shall not be observed and
fulfilled, within the time prescrib-
ed, by the person or persons to
whom the directions were given,
the said board shall order an off,
Ger of the board, or some person
or persons, to carry the same into
effect, and the expenses thereof
shall be paid by the person or per-
sons to whom the direction Wis
given, unless the board shall other
wise order; and if payment of the
same shall not be made on de-
mand, the treasurer of the board,
city council or town commission
crs shall pay the same, and snah
recover the same, with interest
and costs, from the person who
ought to have paid the some, as
debts of like amount ore lecovIr-
able.
Sec. 9. If any person shall cast
into any street, lane or. alley, or
shall suffer to rur or be washed
from any slaughter house, stable,
privy, yard or place, in his or her
| possession, into any street, lane
or alley of any city or town having
a board of health constituted as
aforesaid, any blood, garbage,
carrion, dead animal, dung, filth,
or noisome or offensive matter;
or if any person shall suffer any
skins, rags, or other matter, to be
in a noisome or offensive sta,e,
within or upon property in his or
her possession, within said city or
town limits, or shall deposit in any
of its lots, streets, lanes or alleys,
CT near any dwelling house, any
contents of any slaughter house
or stable, or any matter in moi
some state, or having deposited or
Tut such offensive substances in any
@: the aforesaid places shall not
E7>mediately remove the same on
the requirement ofthe board Of
health, every person so offending
shall be guilty of common NUS
ance, and upon conviction thereof
| before justice of the peace shall
| be fined not leses than FIVE dollars
nor more than twenty dollars, with
costs OF suit, and stand committed
TO the county jail till the some
he paid or until discharged by law.
Sec. 10. If any owner, agcn1,
CT tenant of any property in any
town OF city as aforesaid regulat-
Cd, shall suffer the privy well
thereon to be so full that any two
r.em5ers of the board of health
| shall declare the same to be a
nuisance. such owner, his agc:lr,
and tcnaI,t in possession, shall, he. !.
either ii them, responsible ami,
alter rolice-unless such privv
-lIall be cleansed within one wc2i:
after such notice-sllall be guilty
Of common nuisance, and !or
every such offense (shall upon con-
viction thereof before a justice OF
the peace, be fined not less than
one dollar nor more than tWen.y
dollars, with costs of suit, and
stand committed to the county jail
until the same be paid or until dis
charged by law
Sec. II. If any person shall use
slaughter house, or place belong
: ing thereto, within such city or
town limits as afo1 esaid, after the
board of health have pronounced
the same noisome, or aaving used
such slaughter house shall not on
the requirement of the..board oi
healht Immediately and tffectually
cleanse the same, every person SC
offending shall be guilty OF a COM
mon nuisance, and shall (upor
+ conviction thereof before a justice
of the peace be fined not less than
fifteen dollars nor more thar
twenty-five dollars, with costs oi
| suit, and stand committed to the
| count" jail till the same be paid or
until discharged by law.)
The above laws will show that
the local Board o. Health is sup
RENE in the prosecutions for the
benefit of the public health.
There are too many who have