SOMERVILLE, MASS. Offensive Trades-Locations of. (Reg. Bd. of H., Oct. 3, 1917.) SEC. 40. The board hereby prohibits the exercise of the following trades or employments, viz, those of slaughtering animals, of rendering animal matter, of manufacturing fertilizers, of mixing or storing refuse animal or vegetable substances, of smoking fish or meat, of refining oils, of making egg dressing, varnish, glue, gas, water gas, gasoline, or any burning fluid, except at the place or places where such trades or employments are now lawfully established or which may hereafter be assigned by the board, such trades or employments being either nuisances or hurtful to the inhabitants of the city, dangerous to the public health, attended by noisome and injurious odors, or otherwise injurious to the health of said inhabitants. First-Aid Supplies Required in Factories. (Reg. Bd. of H., Oct. 3, 1917.) SEC. 49. Every person, firm, or corporation operating a factory or shop in which machinery is used for any manufacturing purpose, or for any other purpose, except for elevators, or for heating, or hoisting apparatus, shall at all times keep and maintain, free of expense to the employees, a full set of the following articles, the same to be kept in a suitable dust-proof case: Adhesive plaster, 1-inch roll and 2-inch roll. Bandages, 2 dozen assorted sizes, 1 to 4 inches. Cotton, absorbent, 1 pound. Gauze, one package of 10 yards. Elastic tourniquet, 24 inches. Safety pins, 2 dozen. Splint material, four whitewood strips 30 by 4 by inch. Scissors, straight, 3-inch blade. Basin, enamel. Tablets, corrosive sublimate and citric acid (100). Carron oil, 1 quart. Aromatic spirits of ammonia, 4 ounces. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Common Cigar Cutters-Prohibited in Public Places. (Reg. Bd. of H., Oct. 3, 1918.) The use of a common cigar cutter in any store, saloon, restaurant, or other public place is prohibited. The term "common cigar cutter" as used in this regulation shall be considered to mean any device for clipping the ends of cigars, intended to be used by more than one person. TRENTON, N. J. Rummage Sales-Permits Required-Secondhand Mattresses. (Ord. Jan. 6, 1917.) 1. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, society or organization of any character, to conduct what is commonly known as a "rummage sale," or sale of old wearing apparel, or household goods of any nature 35495°-21-25 whatsoever, without a written permit first obtained from the health officer of the city of Trenton. 2. Application for such permit shall be made in writing by the person or persons, or, if a society or organization, by one of its officers, desiring to con duct such sale, and such application shall state the time and place at which such sale is intended to be held and a general description of the goods that are to be offered for sale. 3. The health officer shall grant such permit upon the condition that the goods or articles to be sold shall be thoroughly disinfected before being offered for sale and may impose such other conditions as in his judgment are necessary to properly protect the public health. 4. No secondhand mattresses or used mattresses may be made over or used in new ones without being properly disinfected, and all secondhand mattresses brought into this city must be accompanied by a certificate from the board of health having jurisdiction over the locality from whence it is brought, certifying to the fact that it has not been subject to any contamination with infectious* or communicable disease. 5. Any person or persons, society or organization violating any of the provisions of the foregoing ordinance shall forfeit and pay a penalty not to exceed the sum of $25 for each offense. NUISANCES.1 BERKELEY, CALIF. Nuisances-Defined-Abatement. (Ord. 553, Jan. 20, 1918.) SECTION 1. For the purposes of this ordinance the existence of any one of the following conditions, being a menace to the public health, is hereby declared to constitute a nuisance: (a) The maintenance of any barn, stable, chicken yard, or manure pilė in such manner that the same is a breeding place for flies or liable to become such. (b) The discharge of sewerage, garbage, or any other organic filth into or upon any place in such a manner that transmission of infective material to human beings may result therefrom. (c) The maintaining of a privy on any lot or premises abutting on a street in which a sewer is laid unless said privy is connected with the sewer. (d) The maintaining of any pool of water in such manner that the same is a breeding place for mosquitoes or liable to become such. (e) The maintaining or carrying on of bone boiling, fat rendering, soap making, manufacture of chemicals, or any other trade or manufacture in such a manner as to be a menace to the public health through improper or inadequate disposal of dust, wastes, and fumes, (f) The keeping of any building, or any part of a building, which, on account of its dilapidated condition or of its occupancy by any person or persons afflicted with communicable disease, or by filthy tenants, may endanger the life or health of residents therein or in the vicinity thereof. SEC. 2. Whenever it comes to the attention of the health officer that any nuisance as herein defined exists on any premises within the city of Berkeley it shall be the duty of the health officer to notify, in writing, the occupant or occupants of such premises, or, in case there be no such occupant or occupants thereof, then to notify the owner thereof or his agent, of the existence of such nuisance, specifying the measures necessary to abate such nuisance, and requiring the abatement of such nuisance. The notice to abate such nuisance must be served on the occupant or occupants of such premises personally, or if there be no such occupant or occupants, then the notice must be sent to the owner or agent of the owner of suh premises through the United States mail prepaid, addressed to the post-office address of such owner or agent. SEC. 3. Upon the receipt of the notice specified in section 2 of this ordinance, it shall be the duty of the occupant, occupants, owner, or agent so notified to abate such nuisance within 48 hours thereafter; and it shall be unlawful for any such occupant, occupants, owner, or agent to maintain or to permit to be maintained any such nuisance after the expiration of the said 48 hours. SEC. 4. In case such occupant or occupants, owner, or agent shall neglect or refuse to comply with the terms of said notice, or in case the health officer after 1 See also Animals, p. 16; Buildings and premises, p. 40; Excreta, human-Sanitary disposal of, p. 134; Garbage, refuse, ashes, and waste matter, p. 188; Lodging, tenement, and rooming houses, p. 250; Malaria and mosquitoes, p. 255; Miscellaneous, p. 373. having used due diligence is unable to locate any occupant or occupants, owner, or agent on whom to serve said notice, then and in either case the health officer shall have the power and it shall be his duty to abate such nuisance, and to this end shall have the power to condemn and destroy any property constituting a nuisance if said nuisance can not be abated without destruction of such property. SEC. 5. Whenever in the judgment of the health officer the summary abatement of any such nuisance is necessary to protect the public health, and the occupant or owner refuses or neglects to abate the same or can not be found, the city council may authorize the health officer to abate such nuisance at the expense of the city, and the city may recover the amount of such expense in an ordinary action at law against the person or persons liable therefor. SEC. 6. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or by both fine and imprisonment. SEC. 7. Ordinances Nos. 187-A, relating to the sanitary condition of houses;" 228-A, prohibiting stagnant pools of water; 387-A, regulating manufacture of sodium sulphate; and 523-A, relating to deposits of dirt, etc., are hereby repealed. LOUISVILLE, KY. Nuisances-Defined—Abatement. (Ord. Oct. 6, 1917.) SECTION 1. Whatever is dangerous to human health, whatever renders the ground, air, or food a hazard or injury to human health, and the following specific acts, conditions, and things, are, each and all of them, hereby declared to constitute a nuisance: (a) Spitting upon any sidewalk or on the floor or wall of any public building, or any street car, boat, or train. (b) The accumulation of water in which mosquito larvæ breed. (c) The maintenance of any but sanitary privies, and these only when the premises do not abut a public sewer or when it is impossible to reach a pubile sewer within a distance of 100 feet without crossing the property of other owners, or when owing to the topography of the ground it is found impossible to make such connections. (d) The disposal or accumulation of any foul, decaying, or putrescent substances or other offensive materials dangerous to public health in or upon any lot, street, or highway, or the escape of any gases to such an extent that the same or any of them shall by reason of offensive odors become injurious to the health of any person in the city of Louisville. (e) The deposit or accumulation of manure unless it be in fly-proof receptacles. (f) The presence of polluted water in a well, cistern, spring, or other source of water supply when the water therefrom is used for human consumption. (g) The deposit of garbage in any but fly-proof water-tight receptacles. (h) Growth of weeds where mosquitoes may harbor or rubbish be concealed. SEC. 2. If any person within the limits of the city of Louisville shall permit or suffer on his premises, or on premises of which he may be the agent or occupant, any of the above-described nuisances, the health department shall order the owner or occupant thereof to remove same at his expense within a time not to exceed 24 hours, or such reasonable time as may be specified in a written notice issued by the health department. Said notice shall be served by a police officer or sanitary inspector by delivering a copy thereof to the owner, occupant, or agent of such property. If the owner or agent of the property is unknown or absent, with no known representative or agent upon whom the notice can be served, then the police officer or sanitary inspector shall post a written or printed notice upon the property or premises setting forth that unless the nuisance, source of filth, or source of sickness is removed or abated within 24 hours, or within such reasonable time as may be specified by the health department, at the expense of the owner or occupant, the nuisance, source of filth, or source of sickness will be abated at the expense of the owner. If the owner, occupant, or agent shall fail to comply with requirements of said notice, then the health department shall proceed to have the nuisance, source of filth, or source of sickness described in the written notice removed or abated from said parcel of ground and report the cost thereof to the proper authority, who shall assess the sum against the property. SEC. 3. Any person or persons violating or assisting in the violation in any part or parts of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $5 or more than $50, and each day's continuance of the condition shall constitute a separate offense. PORT CHESTER, N. Y. Nuisances Abatement. (Reg. Jan. 21, 1918.) CH. 6. NUISANCES WHICH MAY AFFECT LIFE AND HEALTH. REGULATION 1. Duty of health officer to abate nuisance likely to affect health; procedure.-1. The health officer, upon receiving a complaint of the existence within his jurisdiction of a nuisance which may affect health, or when the probable existence of any such nuisance comes to his attention, shall make an immediate and thorough investigation, and if such nuisance exists he shall take all measures within his power and authority to secure its abatement. 2. The health officer shall within five days of the receipt of the complaint file with the local board of health: (a) The complaint, if made in writing, or if not made in writing, a summary thereof; or, if no complaint has been made, a statement of the facts, and (b) A report showing (1) His findings; (2) His opinion as to whether or not the conditions amount to a nuisance likely to affect health; (3) The action, if any, taken by him; and (4) Whether such nuisance has been abated. 3. If said report of the health officer states that there is a nuisance likely to affect health which has not been abated, this board shall convene promptly, investigate the alleged nuisance, and take the necessary steps provided by law for its abatement or within a reasonable time from the filing of the health officer's report enter on its minutes its decision, giving its reason for not taking action. 4. Within 48 hours after the entry of such decision the health officer shall forward a copy thereof to the State commissioner of health, together with the original or copies of the papers filed by him with this board, as required in subdivision 2 hereof. 5. Upon the receipt of a notice from the State commissioner of health, pursuant to the provisions of section 26 of the public health law, the presiding officer of this board shall promptly convene this board, which shall take the action directed by the said commissioner. |