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the same in proper repair: every cistern shall be properly placed above
ground, constructed of impervious material, covered with a properlyfitting
lid, and provided with an overflow or warning pipe, which shall
not be connected with any soil-pipe, house drain, or common sewer.
The keeper of the registered house shall cause every cistern to be kept
covered, and to be cleansed at least once every two months, and shall
exercise due care to preserve the water from contamination.
ASH-PIT.
7. The owner of a registered house shall cause it to be provided with a
properly constructed ash-pit, properly covered, and fitted with a slide
or doors, and placed in the best practicable position to the satisfaction
of the Vestry, so as not to be a nuisance or foul the drinking water,
and shall maintain and keep the same in proper repair: the ash-pit
shall be of sufficient size to contain the ashes, and refuse of the house
accumulated within the space of one week.
The keeper of a registered house shall cause the ash-pit to be kept in a
cleanly and wholesome condition and covered, and the doors thereof
to be kept closed. The ash-pit shall be emptied at least once in every
week and no filth or wet refuse shall be thrown therein. The keeper
shall allow the contents of the ash-pit to be removed on application by
any properly-appointed dustman.*
CLEANLINESS.
8. The owner of a registered house shall cause the walls and ceilings of
every room and of the staircases, passages, water-closets and out-houses
thereof, to be thoroughly stopped, cleansed, and, where not papered,
well and sufficiently whitewashed or coloured, when necessary or when
required by the Vestry. He shall strip papered walls of any room after
the occurrence therein of any dangerously infectious or contagious disease
or when required by the Vestry.
The keeper of a registered house shall cause the passages and staircases
thereof, and the floor of every room and the walls, woodwork, and
windows thereof, to be cleansed when necessary, so that the same may
be kept at all times in a cleanly and wholesome condition.
VENTILATION.
9. The owner of a registered house shall provide all requisite means for
the ventilation of the rooms, passages, and staircases thereof, to the
satisfaction of the Vestry.
*Notice of omission by the dustman to empty the ash-pit on the appointedday
of the week should be forwarded by the keeper of the registered house to the
Inspector, at his office, without delay. Every keeper and lodger is advised and
requested to burn all vegetable and other offensive refuse as far as practicable.