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from the date of the confirmation of these Bye-laws apply to any room or place which was on such
date used for the storage or manipulation of rags, bones, fat, rabbit skins or other like articles ; nevertheless,
if at any time during such period of twelve months any alteration of any such room or place
shall be effected, such alteration shall be carried out in conformity with the requirements of this
Bye-law.
5. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall not cause or suffer any
rags or other materials to be stored so as to obstruct the lighting or ventilation of any receiving, sorting
or storing room or place upon his premises. Provided that this Bye-law shall not apply to the storage
of rags in bales or sacks in any room or place solely used for the purpose of such storage.
6. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall not cause or suffer any rags,
bones, fat, rabbit skins or other like articles to be stored or manipulated in any room or place upon
his premises used as a sleeping room or place. He shall not cause or suffer any rags, bones, fat, rabbit
skins or other like articles to be stored or manipulated in any room or place upon his premises which
communicates directly, otherwise than by means of a close-fitting and self-closing door, with any
sleeping apartment or with any staircase or passage leading to any sleeping apartment.
7. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer—
(a) Shall, except as hereinafter provided, provide upon his premises a sufficient number
of vessels or receptacles properly constructed of galvanised iron or other non-absorbent
material and furnished with closely fitting covers for the purpose of receiving, storing, and
conveying away from his premises bones and fat and the dust and refuse resulting from rag
sorting on his premises. Provided that with respect to the receiving, storing and conveying
away of bones the vessels or receptacles to be provided may consist of well-tarred bags kept
closed at all times when such bags are not being emptied or filled.
(b) Shall cause all bones and fat brought on his premises in connection with his business
to be placed and stored in such vessels or receptacles and to be removed from the premises
at least once in every seventy-two hours either in such vessels or receptacles or in like vessels
or receptacles provided by the person removing such bones and fat.
(c) Shall at the close of every working day cause all dust and refuse resulting from rag
sorting on his premises to be gathered up and either burned in a suitable fireplace or put into
such vessels or receptacles. If such dust and refuse be put into such vessels or receptacles
he shall at least once a week cause such dust and refuse to be removed from such vessels or
receptacles and forthwith burned in a suitable fireplace, or he shall cause such dust and refuse
to be removed from the premises at least once a week either in such vessels or receptacles
or in like vessels or receptacles provided by the person removing such dust and refuse.
8. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall cause all floor surfaces,
yards, hauling ways, fittings and window lights of the premises in or upon which his business is carried
on, and all utensils and appliances used for the purposes of or in connection with his business, to be
cleansed as often as may be necessary to ensure thorough cleanliness and to prevent the harbouring
of vermin.
9. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall cause the inner surfaces of
the walls and the ceilings or inner surfaces of the roofs of such parts of his premises as are used for
the purpose of his business to be thoroughly limewashed as often as may be necessary to ensure effective
cleanliness and to prevent the harbouring of vermin. Provided always that this Bye-law shall not
apply in the case of any such ceilings and inner surfaces of walls and roofs painted with oil and varnished
if such ceilings and surfaces be thoroughly cleansed as often as may be necessary to ensure effective
cleanliness and to prevent the harbouring of vermin. Provided also that this Bye-law shall not apply
to any part of the premises used solely for the storage of rags in bales or sacks or to any room or place
where the manipulation of rags is limited to the examination and weighing of rags at the time of purchase,
and which is not used for the storage of such rags, except in sacks of small quantities, for a period
not exceeding six weeks.
10. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall keep and maintain the
premises in or upon which his business is carried on, and the apparatus, utensils and appliances therein
used for the purposes of or in connection with his business, in a proper state of repair, so as to ensure
thorough cleanliness and to prevent the harbouring of vermin.
11. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall cause the surface of every
yard and hauling way in or upon which his business may be carried on and upon which any rags,
bones, fat, rabbit skins or other like articles may be deposited to be properly paved with impervious
material. He shall cause every such yard and hauling way to have a proper slope and channel towards
a trapped drain inlet, and to be effectually drained by adequate drains communicating with a public
sewer.