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cesspool, and of removing the contents thereof, and in such a
manner and in such a position as to admit of the contents
of such cesspool being removed therefrom, and from the premises
to which such cesspool may belong, without being carried through
any dwelling-house, or public building, or any building in which
any person may be, or may be intended to be, employed in any
manufacture, trade, or business.
He shall not in any case construct such cesspool so that it
shall have, by drain or otherwise, any means of communication
with any sewer or any overflow outlet.
23. Every person who shall construct a cesspool in connection
with a building, shall construct such cesspool of good
brickwork bedded and grouted in cement, properly rendered
inside with cement, and with a lacking of at least nine inches of
well-puddled clay around and beneath such brickwork, and so
that such cesspool shall be perfectly watertight.
He shall also cause such cesspool to be arched or otherwise
properly covered over, and to be provided with adequate means
of ventilation.
24. A person shall not use as a receptacle for dung any
receptacle so constructed or placed that one of its sides shall be
formed by the wall of any room used for human habitation, or
under a dwelling-house, factory, workshop, or workplace, and he
shall not use any receptacle in such a situation that it would be
likely to cause a nuisance or become injurious or dangerous to
health.
Receptacles
for dung.
25. Every owner of any existing receptacle for dung shall,
before the expiration of six months from the date of the confirmation
of these bye-laws, and every person who shall construct
a receptacle for dung, shall cause such receptacle to be so constructed
that its capacity shall not be greater than two cubic
yards, and so that the bottom or floor thereof shall not, in any
case, be lower than the surface of the ground adjoining such
receptacle.
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