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constructed and furnished with a sufficient covering so as to
prevent the escape of any such matter or liquid therefrom, and so
as to prevent any nuisance arising therefrom.
Provided that this bye-law shall not apply to the carriage of
horse dung manure.
As to the closing and filling up of cesspools
and privies.
Closing and 2. Any person who shall by any works or by any structural
filling upto
cesspools and alteration of any premises render the further use of a cesspool or
privies. privy unnecessary, and the owner of any premises on which shall
be situated a disused cesspool or privy, or a cesspool or privy
which has become unnecessary, shall completely empty such
cesspool or privy of all faecal or offensive matter which it may
contain, and shall completely remove so much of the floor, walls,
and roof of such privy or cesspool as can safely be removed, and
all pipes and drains leading thereto or therefrom, or connected
therewith, and any earth or other material contaminated by such
faecal or offensive matter. He shall completely close and fill up
the cesspool with good concrete or with suitable dry clean earth,
dry clean brick rubbish, or other dry clean material, and where
the walls of such cesspool shall not have been completely
removed, he shall cover the surface of the space so filled up with
earth, rubbish, or material, with a layer of good concrete six
inches thick.
3. Every person who shall propose to close or fill up any
cesspool or privy shall, before commencing any works for such
purpose, give to the Sanitary Authority for the district not less
than forty-eight hours notice in writing, exclusive of Sunday,
Good Friday, Christmas Day, or any bank holiday, specifying
the hour at which he will commence the closing and filling up of
such cesspool or privy, and during the progress of any such work
shall afford any officer of the Sanitary Authority free access to
the premises for the purpose of inspecting the same.