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3. Drains.- The give rise to smells when they are stopped
or impaired, or there is a want of proper traps or valves for
preventing the bad air from pursuing into the house.
4. Cempu.- The law regards these as nuisances injurious
to health, and their immedlistge sbolition, whetherr in use at
present or formerly, is imperative on the owner of the premises
on which they are situsted.
5. Ofensive Businesmen.- In all cases where persons are
engaged in businesses, such as the keeping of cows, horses, pigs,
poultry, or other animals, the slaughtering of animals, the
boiling or stroing of grease, or other animal matter, they are
liable to indictment, when such businesses produce bad smells
and thus become nuisences injurious to health.
Persons haring any complaints to male of the abort nuisences
should apply at the Vestry Officer, Piccadilly,, between the houurs
of 9 and 4 c'clock, where a book is lept for the registry of all
complaints, which will be attended to by the Medical Officer of
Health, and Sanitary Inspectors.
Under the "Nuisances Removal Act," the Vestry has power
to compel the removal of all Nuisances. The following are
regarded as Nuisances:-
a. Any premises in such a state as to be a nuisances or
injurious to health.
b. Any poll, ditch, gutter, water-course, privy, urinal,
compool, drain, or ash-pit, so foul as to be a nuisances
or injurious to health.
e. Any animal so kept as to be a nuisances or injurious to health.
d. Any accumulstion or deposit which is a nuisance or
injurious to health.