Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-17
An Ordinance.

seconded by (. L BaaN1ls, lhht me
following sanitary measures be 5nd
are hereby adopted:
PRIrY REGULATIONS
No water clos shat hereafter mai
tanned or butt Except .uch IS are
constructed az to render them nS
proof and rssi = cleaned They Ala j
he of wood. hrick. or ether materi.i
approved by tie Louisiana State
Board of Health, a. iOl.o"s:
90 The flsor shall be solid and
water Digit, covering the entire base
~ ,h, bulldog lnsids wsls.
90 The house shall bs without
orsoks through fiss msy tntsr IL
shall he provided With tight self
closing deor. AMI sbsil e. lighted and
ventilated With one or more open
ings, said openings or Opsning to give
space not lsss than four square feet
all openings, whether tor ventilation
or otherwise. which are not provided
with doors. windows or shutters, SbaI,
be screened with 1S-me.n cruss Nlre
per inch. Doors shall be kept CLOSED
lc) The roof OF each PRIV or earth
rioser shall b. wstrr-fight, a d siOp-d
20 the rear Of tn house it sh II pro-
let not less than siX inches beyond
IN. rear wal. # the Nc,s-.
ca The seat shall have a self
owing hinged cover Ov0T the box
np~umg That fl'es may he excluded.
e compartment unaer iha SCAT in
uh.cu arard- he night sol contalner.
hall ~ lightly constructed Of sound
umb-r without cracks or Crevic-s
my opening in this compartment FIR
ventilation shall be en@d with Is
mesh, crossed per iHch wire.
<e) Th. box, tIo or can Soil con
,-intr shall be str"ngy CO s.Tuct-'.
/ sh Il re-t on the Fl ,or or lh- priv.
IN sucn a pos tion that bits top shril
no. ue more than one Iuch below the
under surface e the closet seat.
Whenever such box. tub or can con
taiuer sha J cease t. be wa'er-tjQht u
-Gali be- =, piaorU with a sound one
- Th-re Sha 81 at the back or
~iGe f each uTtVy IN opeul, < tU" the
r.na yAj of the night soil CoUjaiDer.
wrlrh npr"iug shIii be pro, ibid Wi b
tigh.t. fit log ier-dOwn uUard, or Is
n, >" cl's~ wire pr inch ever, hing
e tu th'. lpn~e and 30 constructed ~
80 .revenl Ill., access of Il - to the
righ g. This cover shall BE- pr -
So r! vi b q nook or button and sha J
a.vaN~ r- kept c.oH-d Wh.re prac-
Icahie. 10" up~iing small shut on 2
publ" a q, so - t. be- ready aCce>sl-
u'- to tre city scaVenger
= M univ, shat he or main aimed
within % feet q. ne i'ur uf an, street
49, ary h0n>e,0r .Itnn 80 fprri"r,"l }
100 ct OF any well. or within ; Tee.
= th- part, line ottha hvj cent lot or
OTIS, except in the rear or side of lot
where they smut or the public alley
% Whenever, in the opinion 81
the Stale Board OF Hath, the condl-
ZION of any PRIV is such that it CA
not be- put in sauitar, condition, t..
State Board OF Health shall urricr a
new pri"y Con-t"uclrG H. conformity
WITH the foregoing regulali
a. All priVi.- shu he kent clean
NJ all times Tho excr-m.tt shah '.
removed at lcas, one each We r
sat secured aui aullG.Dg thoroughly
CLEANED 50 ~ 10 prevent hi q iouSo.
UfOr-. the door ~ the b.. USE must
no. Ice lett open.
ID NOws>h wetPr, garbage, Kitchen
-lops or otncr gail vast shat or
Implied into hr p'ivy No righI SOL
from Pny person suffering rom ~
phoiI fever or either serious bowel
trouble shall be emptitd into any
privy without being previously disin-
fected In such manner as directed or
approved by the State Board of
r eBlth.
(k) Every hotel. restaurant, reel
ence, sleeping apartment, factory
mill, store, wO k~hop, mercantile rs
adjustment, theatre, picture show, or
other places where people are en-
plOyed, live or congregate, shall ne
provided with one or more privies,
one seat for every twenty-five or
fraction thereof, with separate apart
ments for sex and color and they
shall be provided with proper wash
and dressing rooms with an abundance
Of water, soap and individual towels,
and kept at all times in a cleanly state
a d free from effiuvis arising from or
a IN, privy or otherwise. IL public
places, stores, etc. the privies shall be
plainly designated for color and sex;
provided with supply of toilet paper
and no person shall be allowed to
enter or use any such closet or prlvy
assigned to persons Of the other color
or sex.
% Where there is an established
system OF water works and sewer
system all privies located on premises
within three hundred feet of sewer
main or lateral shall be come cted
with the water works and sewer.
Vote on the above regulations was
taken ana was carried unanimously
in favor OF its adoption aud il was SO
ordered. W S II YES. MAYOR.
J. q. BKOUSSARD, Secretary