Reprinted with the support of UNICEF & unicef DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Manila, Philippines 1976 THE CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 856THE CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Presidential Decree No. 856 Published by THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Manila, Philippines 1976 Reprinted in 1998 with the support of UNICEFFOREWORD by Clemente $, Gatmeitan Secretary of Health CONTENTS ‘THE CODE ON SANITATION Presidential Decree No. 856 Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chaprer Chapter (Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter ‘Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter ‘Chapter Chapter Chapter 1 1 WL Vv v vi vil van IK xt XIN xv xv XVI XVI xvat xix XXIL General Provisions Water Supply Pood Establishments Markets and Abattoirs Public Laundry School Sanitation and Health Services Industrial Hygiene Public Swimming or Bathing Paces Rest Areas, Bus Terminals, Bus Stops and Service Stations ‘Camps and Picnic Grounds . Dancing Schools, Dance Halls and Night Clubs ‘Tonsorial and Beauty Establishments 7 ‘Massage Clinics and Sauna Bath Establishments Hotels, Motels, and Apartments, Lodging, Boarding or Tenement Houses, and Condominiums... Port, Aisport, Vessel and Aircraft Sanitation Vermin Conte ar ‘Sewage Collection and Disposal, Exereta Disposal and Drainage owen Refuse Disposal .. NNosarees and Offensive Trades and Occupations Pollution ofthe Environment Disposal of Dead Persons Final Provisions 20 20 2 21 23 24 28 25 29 31 31