Ch1950 12no4

CHAPTER 12. No. 4.
PUBLIC HEAiTH.
Ordinances
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. Ch.12. No.4-
1940.
No. 17-1941.
,, 23-1944.
[1st January, 1917.J . Commence-
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Short title.

Ordinance.
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this Ordinance-·· Interpre•
tation.
"animal" includes bird; ..,,f;_•.•
" barrack " or " barracks »
includes any building or
collection of buildings divided into rooms occupied
singly or in sets by pe,rsons of the poorer.class, and to
whi?h there are a .common yard and common con-
veniences; .
" barrack yard "includes a barrack or barracks and
every yard appurtenant to a barrack;.
"~oar.fl" means _the--~entral Board of Heaith
cons.trluted under-this Ordinance; · ..
'' building " includes a chattel house and· ..· any
structure of whatsoever material constructed but does
not include a temporary structure of poles, mud and
grass or leaves; ·
" cffessp~t" metatns banlyreceptbaclE!ftohrnight dsoil or I
f or o ens1ve ma er e ow or 3: ove · e grou.n ;
" common. lodging-hou.se " means that class of·
lodging-1].ouse,not being an hotel,. inn, or public house:,
· in which persons of the foorer class are received for
short periods and though strangers to one another are
. allowed .to inhabit one common room, and includes,
(in any case in which. only part of a house is used as a
common .
lodging-house,
/ the part so used of such house;
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" constable " means a member of the Police Force, • f
and includes city constables or porough constables

appointed under the Ordinances incorporating the
City of Port-of-Spain, the Borough of San Fernando
and the Borough of Arona;
"conveniences" includes water supply, privies,
surface and other drains; ·
" dairy " includes any farm, farm-house, cowshed,
milk store, milk shop, or other.place from which milk
.• is supplied or in which milk is kept for the purpos~ of
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'' dairyman '' includes any cowkeep·er,. purveyor ·of
milk, qr occupier of a dairy within (unless otherwise
expressed) the district of a local aµthority;
'' district ,., whe:o.used alone,. m~ans the district of
a local au~onty; · .
. ''"dwelling-house."- 1:neans -~ :building ~sed ~r con-.· -·. . ._··-::.:
structed or adapted to be used. wholly or principally_. . ,,·:
for human habitation; .·,·.
" habitable room " means a _room constructed· or

. adapted -to be· i~bited; ·. - .. . "
"·inhabited/'. applied to a i:oom, me~s a rQQin in

which som~ persqi.1,pq,sses the.nig_p.t, or wl:µch is· us~d..
. as a living.room;· in:clµdi,ng·a room. ~with:regard·to which .. _.
(witil_ the contrary js prayed)..t_µer~js :a pr:esum.pt~n ·.
th~t some person passes .the ¢g~t t;gei'~ejn_·or tli,,~~ 1t-~s_ ·. . ,•···
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used as a living room;· · ,,.__
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· ,:,.iiifectioui.~di$~~t .., ;-_~eans dipb;tl.ierli;·: ~eµ1J~i:~oi:ts:' :·'.-':.'::

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· . _croup;·typh9id. or ,enteric -~ever~·· cholera, pl~e, ,yell~Jw· . ·
fever\ sttiajlpo~, ·pulmo~~ fuber.culo$is.,.:tuberc:ulo,s~··.· -: · ··::·•.··.·
o~r _.thai1>J):1µµ10riary, pnemµorii~, ~ cWcket:t ~i; '..~<r'..:~,:_-::>\. ..:.,:~f·
. any ·ot.li:~i- ·cµsea.,sewhich- the ·Gqve:r:Q.or:::._py·.·_pr:.o:sl~f.:. _:
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riiati<?D.: ·_se_c~ion103, declares to·be an im~ct.ip,*s:: .:-'._-:'
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(a)· I:nfectiotis dis~e/i! proclaimed:- ·.-._.·.:;::
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. Ophthaln:tia neonatorum .. . See R.G. 24.7.1941.-·
Encephalitis Lethargica ... . ,, .,, 26.9.1929. ·
Acute·poliomyelitis ,. ,. 26.9.1}~29.
· ·. Cerebro ·sp~ fever ,, . ., 26;9.1$)29. . :.;..
.A,~uteAscending myelitis ... ,, . ,. 24.9.1931. : . . .·. .
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" dangerous infectious disease " means yellow fever,

smallpox, plague, cholera, and any other infectious
disease which the Governor, by proclamation (b) under ::·•f.•..
section 103, · declares to be a dangerous infectious · ....:
disease within the meaning of this Ordinance; ..::;':{:::_.: :.-..:..·..
_.f,)t "injurious" includes dangerous; ·:·.,.- ..: __...
·· · "local_ authority" ~~-ans··urban sanitary authority, ,(/~,. ·· · ··:· ·..
r·:.. po~tary authority, and rural sanitary authority; ( 'r.s. ·.:-/·,
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·" Medical Officer of Health " includes any person . , .· </
duly authorised to act temporarily as Medical Officer ,.:·:..': -....
of Health; · ···.· :·:·. · ·
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"medical practitioner " ·means a ni~ber of the . . _..·· >':·· ,_ ....
Medical Hoard of Trinidad; ~- _ . . . . J·· .::::.i ..:.:·_
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occupier means, m the case or ab or pa:rt . - -_ •-_<·'"".
ohfa buil~g, a perston in occutp~tionf0th£ orbhailvid·~g
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c arge, managemen , or con ro.1 o e u mg or ...
part of the _building, -and in the case of a house the ,. ·:,.-·
whole of which is lef out in separate tenements, or in · ..
the case of a lodging-:house the .w4ole of which is let to ·. ':.: ·
lodgers, includes the ·person receiving the rent payable --.,.:',e;)\·
by ·the tenants or lodgers, either on his-own account or ·.·,::
as the agent of another person,· and in the case of a .._:·
vessel, means the ma-ster or other person in ch~rge .... :....
thereof.; · · ... :.·
" offensive " includes noxious; -
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·, specifi~d in the Firs~ Schedule .hereto, or which may 1st_S$eduie. ,·
: · from time to time . be added to such Schedule by

resolution of the Boar4- published in the ~oyaf GazetteJ . ·..·-:-.--.
....~"owner" shall apply to every person in_possession· ...-
of or in receipt either of the .whol~.of-.~£
. ~ny part of. . ' .. -.··-•.·
the rents or profits of any land or tenement, whether
· in his own right or as trustee or personal representative,
. committee, hushand, or guardian of any oth~r person,
or in the occupation of such land or tenement, other
th:µi as. a tenant from year to year! or tor any less
terrp., or as a tenant at will;
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(b) Da.ngerous!_Infectious diseases proc~imed :-
. Typhus fever · ;.. See R,G. 22.1.1931.
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Anthrax ,. ., 2.6.1938. ·
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_J " premises " includes messuages, buildings, lands,
J easements, and hereditaments of any tenure, whether
;:. open or enclosed, whether built on or· not, whether
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public or private, and whether maintained or not ·
/· under statutory authority, and any ship, vessel, boat,
;_\_-___ hulk,, barge, tent, van, she4, or similar structure; _
'f "prescribed area"· means the boroughs, towns,-
!: 4th Schedule. villages and areas described in the Fourth_ Schedule ..
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hereto and any area added thereto in accoraance \\i,th -.·.-.=.·

t the provisions of this Ordinance;
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-- "privy" includes earth-closet, water-closet, urinal,
{_ and every place for. the reception of faec3/filatter ;_
f " public building " means a building used or con-
structed or adapted to be used, either ordinarily -or
occasionally as a church or chapel or other place of·
public worship, or as a hospital~ workhouse, college,
school (not being merely a dwelling-house so used),
theatre, public hall, public concert room, public ball
room, public lecture room, or public exhibition room,
or as a public place of assembly for persons admitted
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thereto by tickets or otherwise or tised or constructed ... :·
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_" street " includes any highway, including a highway
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over any pridge, an9 any road, lane, footway, square, .... ,·;.
court, alley or passage~ whether a th9roughfare or not; .

· " Town Engineer '' m~ans · the City Engineer in .
respect of the City of Port-of-Spain,. an.din any borough
the Town -Engineer of suGh borough, ·and )n __rural·.: ·.·
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mean the local authority of tJie district in which.the subject
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CONSTITUTION OF LOCAL'
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Central
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·Health con-
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. 4. For the purpose of this. . dinance, there is hereby . '..
constituted an authority to be c the Central :Board -of -
Health, ~to consist of nine members, t e .appointed· bythe ~ 7
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d to hold office during his pleasure and for not

more than wo years. The Governor may remove any such
member an appoint any other member in place of a .
member so r oved, or in place of any member dying, or
resigning, or ecoming incapable to act, or being absent
from the Colo , or failing to attend the meetings of the
Board for thre consecutive months.
5. (1) The Boa d shall be a body corporate with the name Board to be
of the Central Bo d of Health, and may sue and be sued ~~te
under that name, d shall have perpetual succession. and andtohavea
a common seal. · · --~ cqmmonseal.
(2) All ..-courts o law, Judges, Magistrates, Justices,
and persons acting judr ially shall take judicial notice of the
common seal of the Bo d when affixed to any document, ,·•.:.-.·
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and shall presume that t was duly affixed. ' _;_ /( I ,,.. ·.
6. lJie Governor may! ..th the consent of the Legislative

Council, pl~ce at the dispo al of the Board such funds as
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may be necessary for carryi g out their duties under this
Ordinance.
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7. (1) The Director of Me shall be ex Cha.irinanof
-0fficiochairman of the Boartl. Board.
. (2) The Chairman shall pr. ·de at all meetings of the

Board at which he is present. In .·s absence such member
. as may be elected by the maj~ri of_members present
· shall preside_. . -:-.·:·.···
(3) -A.tany meeting of. the Bo d five II!-emberssha.ij.Qn~ and .

form a quorum, and ·the chairman s 11have a· second or ca~wte. ·. .. 1
-casting vote. · ,·. ·.
(4) The Board sh~ have ail offi in;

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8. The Board may make regulation· as to its own ·Regulations.

pro?eedings under th~s Ord~ance, and as t _the erfoimance · .. ·:.·.
1 by its officers of their duties and as o th carrying out of .

the powers vested in the Board .by this rdinance or by
. any ..bye-laws or· regulations made thereun er. . ·
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9 .. (1) For fuepurposes

of this·
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may·appoint a Medical_Inspector of Healt:q., who shall be :-i~~t
the Medical Officer· of the Bo8.!d, and such Assistant ~~ of
336 Ch. 12. No. 4. Public Health.
Medical Inspecto of Health, who· shall be Assistant

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Medical Officers of he Board, as·may be necessary.
(2) With respe ·to such officers the following pro:-
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visi~ns shall apply: ._,
(a) They shall e members of the Medical Board

and possessors of a iploma of Public Health, Sanitary ·. ,·
Scienc~, or State dicine registrable in the United

Kingdom and Eire;
(b) They shall hol office during the Governor's
pleasure;
(c) They shall have su h functions and duties. under
.this Ordinance as may fro tiID:eto time be prescribed
.by the Board; .
(d) They shall have all t e functions and duties of
the Medical Officer of Healt of a local authority -a:Q.d
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may, when authorised by t e Board, exergse such;
functions and duties in any p
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of the Colony.
10. The Governor ay, upon th recommendatf . of

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Secretary
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of Board. the BQard, appoint secretary to e Board a:rul ch ..... . , ,·.
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officers and servants may be neces . '
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i, urban, port shall be divided into _urban sanitary, port sanitary, a;nd
j(· and.d ~cts.
istri. .rural sanitary _c;l.istricts.
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(2) The City of Port-of-Spain, the Borough of. San
;1- Fernando, the Borough of_Arima, ~nd any other bo;rough·::
Ii . which may be constituted after the commencement of this .
;j·: Ordinance, shall be urban distri~s. · ·
(3) Port sanitary districts * shall be such_ areas as .
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f_. may from time to time be fixed and defined by the }3pard.
I\::. by resolution to be approved by the Gov·emor in Council
/· .and published in the Royal Gazette. . . . ·
Jji;· .. (4) Rural di~st.. s ~ha:µ be such part~. the ~olony _ .._··.:.;
11; · routside of the urba distncts as may from . e to tnne be ... . :
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iJ/!: ~.f; fixed and defined .y the Boar~ by resolutio .to be approved ... ·
i~ · /2j I l * Port sanitary districts defined- · -.

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bv the Governor in Council and to be published in the

Z:i.oyalGazelle. "'
(5) Urban districts shall be subject to the jurisdiction
of local authorities invested with the powers in this·
Ordinance mentioned. .
-. (6) Port sanitary districts shall be subject to· the
j•..ilisdiction of local authorities invested with such of the
-powers in this Ordinance mentioned as the Governor in
, Council sh~l, by proclamation, from time to time declare.
(7) Rural districts, or such parts thereof as the
Governor may, by proclamation, _declare, shall be subject ,.·
· -. to the jurisdiction of local authorities invested with such ,·
of the powers in this Ordinance mentioned as the Governor

:. ' in Council shall, by proclamation, from time to time declare.
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12. The following shall be the local authorities for the Local._ . . ; :- ;.- ... .
~ ·purposes of this Ordinance,- · , autb.onties. ·;:
(a) In the City of Port-of-Spain, "the Port-of-Spain·

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City Council; .
(b) In .a boroug~, the ~o~cil~~~ch ~.P'4L ·bu ~ ..
(c) In a port ~t~ ~stnct, ~elt ~--~~£ii.¥i:M _.
as may from time to tune be appointed .by the. · •;,
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from tim@ to time be app== :_ Jft.f'f
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b-y virtue af the provisions of any Or<liaa.nce _fuF·the_
..time beiag iB. force: ·
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· 13. (1) The local authority in an urban sanitary di$trict ~ppointm~t ·. I ..
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may? and shall if so required by the· Board, appoi?t a -~~fficets by_
Medical Officer of. Health; _a secretary, such Sarutary authority. .-: ..·
Inspectors · and other officers as may from· time -to time ·
.be necessary.
_ •. . (2) Iii poi;t sanitary districts, . the local . authority:
may, and shall if so r~quired by the Board, appoint a· · - •,•.:····
Medical Officer of Health and other officers as may from tim,e

to time be n_ecessary. · · .. ...
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of Health and the other. officers of the authority ~hall be
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appointed by the Governor: Provided that default of a in

special appointment as Medical Officer of Health to .any
area, the District Medical Officer shall be ex officio the
Medical Officer of Health.
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(4) A Sanitary Inspector in an urban sanitary
Salritary district shall be the holder of a certificate of such body as
Inspectors. the Board may from time to time approve: Provided that
the Board may, in such cases as it thinks fit, dispense with .
such certificates. · · ··
General 14. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and .. •:;••. ·.
fi;~i:~ of the regulations and bye-laws made thereun9-er, .the :::· .· -
and c~try., Boa:rd shall have and exercise general powers of supervision
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;' give91~uch di:ection~ a~d n:~e such orders ~or the ~ue .....
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compilance with their directions as may from time to time
to them seem :fit. , .
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. ·(2) The Bearq, on their being satisfied that any
local authority have made default in doing their duty under ' .. . .
any of the provisions of this Ordinance or in enforcing any

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of the provisioi:i,sof this Ordinance which it is their duty to
. ' enforce, may make an orde(grrtj.ting a_t~e for the perform.: . ···•.,
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' ance. of their duty in the matter of su~h aefault. If such
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m~y appoint some person to perform ·such duty or nia.y · .
institute any proceedings and.,d.Q any act which the local. · ·
.• .. authority.m1g1it_ have instffirted donefor that. PIDJ>OS~,' or
and shall be entitlett·to 1.ecuverfrom the local authonty ..ll,l · • .• ,'
default all such e~pens~s in and about the sai_d.Proceeding

or act as the J3oard incur ~dare not recover~d :(tom any·.
other person, -and have not been incurred in any unsuccess- ·
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ful- proceeding; and in every such case the Board, by:ord~r~
shall .direct that the· expe~es of performing the sa.me, ::; ;
together . with . reasonable remuneration . to the·· person ·
··appointed to perform or superintend the perlorma.n~e of
the s~e and amounting to a sum specified in the or<l:er,.
together with the costs of the proceedings, shall be pa.i4by \ .
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the authority in default; and any order made for the pay-.
ment of su~h expenses and ~osts may be removed into. the
Supreme Court and· be enforc~d in. the ·same manner as if . ....
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15. (1) The ~ may make bye-laws with respect to

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all or any of the following matters, that is to say,- ·.\}(.'
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(a) the definition and regulation of the powers and
duties of local authorities and of the officers tliereof ;*
(b) the quorum, proceedings, and place of meeting
of local authorities in the rural districts and of
committees thereof ;t and ~ . :· ;
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(c) the regulation of the instruction and examination :·:::,:·(;.\..
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of pe:c:sonsdesiring to qualify as Sanitary Inspectors, . '
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and the issue of certificates to successful candidates ..........

at such examinations.
(2) The Board m~y make bye-laws for any purpose
for which a local authority are authorised to make bye-laws
under this Ordinance, to have effect in the district of a
local authority. .
16. (1) l1>e ,EeaFd e.!l{l Jvery

local authority may C.:mmittoes...·. :•:.:..
appoint out-,of their own body such and ~o many committees of Board. ...
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either of a g'e.µ.eralor sp~cial nature, and consisting of such . ·
number of persons as they may think fit, for any of the
purposes within 'their respective powers under this Ordinance
which in the opim.Qnof the Board OF of the local authority
respectively would be.J>etterregulated or:managed by me~. .
of such committees. ··-:.,, 1 . . . · ·_ ----- ..: ';,:·
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(2) The l}oat4 ~,very local authority· may make _.- ... ·
regulations with respect to the number~ chairmanship, . . . . . . '
quorum, ·and powers· o~ any su~h respe~ti~e cotpruttee~. . ·

. (3) E-ve:ry coHll'ftlti:ee --of:the Board and ~ery com- .
mittee of a focal authority shall, unless· otherwise expressly
authorised ·by the ·terms of its reference, r~port its proceed"'.
ings to the ~ 0a,ii. M" loc~nthority. :·. . ·: .
. (4) The Dome! o{):he local ?-uthority may delegate
.to any committee appointed by itself anyo(tl+e. powers or
.duties vested in or imposed upon te:e lwf€1.:,.- the. local
authority by this· Ordinance, and may, if the Boe.Fa.&r th~ · . ·. ,•
l~cal authority trunk fit, direct that th~acts and-proceedings. ·. . :··.•:.···:_:

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of such corrunitt~e shall ~ot be required to he. submitted to ···.:·\)/('··. - ..

M the local ~uthority ~or appro:v::1~
t.tre Bo9:FEl. ; and in €l'ery ···-.-··.·.
• For powers in rural sanitary districts-see RG. 2(d.l933. . .f

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such case the acts and proceedings done and taken by the
committee shall be done and taken in the name of ,ihe,.
BoB:Fd9f' the local authority, and shall be as vaJid and
binding· upon all parties as if such acts and proceedings
had been done and taken by tae :Soaa:d er the local
authority.·
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Enquiries as 17. The Boord may cause to be made such enquiries as
to-public
'health they think fit in relation to any matters concerning the
matters .. public health, or in relation to any matters with respect to
which their sanction, approval, or consent is required by ::·;::•::
this Ordinance, and for that purpose any person auth9rised . :: :·
in writing .by the Board may at any reasonable

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time enter --':'\:.:{:-.
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l · ·Power of 18. It shall be lawful for the Medical-Inspector-of Health~
I. entry of ·
Medical and-any Assist--8.ftt-Meaiea.l-±n-speetor--of-ffoo.lth,
with the
Inspectors written authority of the Board, to enter any premises at
of Health.
any reasonable time for the purpose of making enquiries in
relation to matters connected with the public health· or
with respect to .which fu;~ sanction, appr<>val,or consent .
of th~ Board is required under tlrls Ordinance.
.: . Local . 19. The local authority in every district shall keep the
authorities Board .infor;med, by .·regular and special reports, of the·
-to inform
Board of. • conditfon and p;rogress of all matters :concerning the public· .
· conditions
of district. health inAheir district. --
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.-.· .Access to ( 20. The ··Board and any· 0~ th~kofficers authorised in . • :, .
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· b9oks, etc.· 1 writing shall at -~ times have access to·.all reports, bobks, •.
· f plans, ·accounts, 1:m.Jtps, documents,. machinery, materials,
,-l and all other things whatsoever belong4rg .to or in ·the ·,:.·::::
•·• .:·,·
V?ith
\ custody of any local .a.uthority, .or· of ~y contr_actc:;-,r a
ilocal authority,. and used in ~e execution of th~ pr~visions .: •·:·
\,of this Ordinan~e.or in ..~Y way in relation Ui~reto. · ·
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Boa.rdmay
e;xercise ·
. 21. The Board · may, in .addition to the powers ~d
powers of authorities co:Qfeq-edon them by this. Ordinance, exercise ...
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. authcmty. all the powers anGIa,uthorities vested in a local authqrity

·local .
by th~s Ordlnar:dr within the district of . such local
auth0nty. . \ .
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2:2. (1) The Board, whenever they deem it necessary in ;powerto

the interest of the pu1?lichealth o~ the health of any persons,:a~=
may enter any prerruses vested m or under the control of works. ·· .
any local authority or of any other person or corporation
for the purposes of water supply or sew~age, and inspect
the same and any works thereon and any other works
belonging to such local authority, person, or corporation
or connected therewith and constructed or used for the
said purposes. ....
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. (2) Any local authority, person, or corporation as
aforesaid shall instruct their officers and servants to aid
and assist the Board in making and causing to be made the
said inspection, and shall p~rmit the Board to inspect any
apparatus and things used in connection with any works of
water supply or sewerage of the said local authority, person, . '
or corporation, and any ·records, books, or plans relating .. =,.. :,-
to the said works, or to any works connected therewith.

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(3). Whenever, in -the opi,nion of .the Board, any

danger to public health, or to the health of any person,
could be removed or diminished by the exercise .by any
local authority or by any other person of theit .powers under .·...· .·.···
any .Ordinance dealing wtth the .water supply or sewerage,
arid such local authority or person has made default in
removing or diminishing such danger ·after reasonable.
notice by the Bo~d requiring them so to do, the J3oard may, .. ··-,.··
·at any t~e after such default, make a report thereof. to .....
the Director of Works and Hydraulics, and requite him to: .
take such steps as may be necessary ·.for th.e :;ptl];pgs.e•.of
removing or diminishing such danger. And the Director
of Works and Hydraulics shall thereupon be vested witl,l. ·
all the po~ers and authorities of the local authority or· of. ·.; :
such person in that behalf, and.shall proceed to remov~ or

diminish such danger. accordingly. . · . . . · . · . _·. . ··
PART IL
STREETS. Power of, · ..
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23. (1) Where any · street within an µrban or rural ~°:!~tyto
sanitary district (not being .a street repairable by the local compel
authority) or any part of such street is not laid out, levelled,· e:,
;:;:s
paved, metalled, drained, chrumelled, and made good .to· stre~ not ·
. . ~bleby
them.
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the satisfaction of the local authority, the local authority
may, by notice, addressed to the respective owners of tl-.1.e
premises fronting, adjoining, or abutting on such street or
part thereof as may require to be levelled, paved, metalled,
drained, channelled, or made good, require them to level,
pave, metal, drain, channel, or make good the same within
a time to be specified in such notice .
.·Plans.etc., (2) Before giving such notice, _the local authority
of intended
work to be sh all l
cause pans and sectio~s of any structural works
~~ in Town intended to be executed under this section, and an estimate ···.•.•
offi~eer's of the probable cost thereof, to be ~ade by the Town ·
Engineer; and such plans, secti~ns, and estimate, when . •,. :- .
approved by the local authority, shall be deposited i~ the

office of the ToVY'D.
Engineer, and shall be open at all reason-
able hours· for the inspection of all persons interested .... }
thetein during the time specified in such notice; and a . •·:
reference to such plans and sections in such notice shall

be sufficient without requiring any_copy of such plans and ·
sections to be annexe<l:.to such notice.
Local (3) If such notice is not complied with within the
~~~Zute time therein specified, the local authority may, if they
·works on think fit, execute the works mentioned or referred to therein,
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and the expenses incurred by the local authority in so doing, _.
together with interest thereon at a,rate not exceeding :five_.
per·c~tum per annum from the date of the completion of
the works, shall-be a debt due -to the local authority by the
owners for the time being. of the premises ·menti~ned or ·_
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referred to in such notice in such proportion _asis settled·

by the rown Engineer and approved . of by the loc~
authority, and, until payment th~reof to the local authority,
shall be a charge on, the respective ptemi~es. to ·the extent .. : .
of the amount appo~tioned against each respectively; · ·._
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Provisional . ( 4)
Before commencing any works in such ~otice ·..
:!°Foi- ·mentioned or referred to, the local authority shall ·cause.to· . :::.:·.\.:: .
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-expenses to be prepared by the Town Engineer, as tespects each street
~:!t to the or part of a street in which it is intended· to ..execute ·ariy ·
1oca1 . suc;:hworks, a provisional apportionment of the. estimated· ·
th
au onty. · expenses amop.g the owners, and such apportionment shall
be submitted to the local authopty, who may, py resolutio1.t
approve the same with ot without modification· as they.
may think fit. •
24. (1) l'he resolution approving such provisional appor- Publica.ti~p.

tionme~t shall b~ published· once at least. in ea?h of. t~o ~!;:=on
successive weeks in some local newspaper crrculatmg within prov:isi?ruu
t}:le district, and copies of such resolution shall be :f~~rtion.-
served on the owners of the premises shown as lic!ble to be ·
charged in such provisional appo~on:11ent, ~tliin ·ten
days after the date of the .first publication. · · ~
(2) The owner of any premises shown in the pro- Objections
visional apportionment as liable to be charged with any t~i.
part of the expenses of executing the works may, at any
time within one month from the service of the resolution,
by written notice served on the local authority, o})ject to
the proposed wor~ and the provisional apportionment on
any of the following grounds, tp.at is to say,-
(a) that the proposed works are insufficient or
unreasonable, stating in what respect such works axe ..·.. -.
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considered by the objector .to be insufficient or

unreasonable,. or t]lat . the estimated expenses are
. excessive;
. (b) that the provisional apportionine11:t i~ iiiC?rrect .
1n respect-of soII,1ematter of fact to be specified m the
objection, or (where the provisional apportionment is
made .with :regard to other considerations than frontage
as hereinafter provided) in respect of the degree of
benefit to be derived byany person, or the amount of .·--;_ ,,
value of any work already done by the owner or occupier -. :-.... ,-
of any premises. . . ·.......

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th~ said-month, consider ~y objection :nade by any _oymer =~~d

25. (1) The local ~uthority shall, at the. expiration of ½>cal. •·
or owners of . ·any premises shown . m the provisional ?la.ns,etc:. . .
apportio:iment, and may make su_ch·~endm~nts as they ::_ciertne.
shall think ftt to the plan, specification, estimates.i and _objec:tions..
provis~onal_ apportionment.-
. (2) Where, .by reason of any amendments made by .
the local. authority, the amount apportioned: upon any ·
·premises as s~pwn in the provisional apportionment. served -
upon the owner or owners is increased,· notice of such· in-
creased apportionment shall be served upon the owner or
owners ~f the premises affected thereby, and objections may
be made to such increased apportionmenfwithin such time . : . .:
as shall be fixed by resolution of the local authority and if ., .
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made within such time shall be dealt with and determined

in like manner as objections_to the provisional apportion-
·' ment. .
Local 26. (1) At any time after the expiration of one month
:i:~;rceed from the -date of the first publi~ation of the resolution-
to execute approving any provisional apportionment, and after any
=~~any objections have been considered and dealt with by th.e • •; •~ I • •
one month local authority, the local au,thority may proceed to execute ·
from the first th e work s shown m
publication · th e specificat·ions, pans,
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sections, . - ·-
ofresul,otion estimates, and provisional apportionment, and when such ...
ir~~ to works have been completed, and the cost thereof ascertained; . ' ..·,:-:·
be executed. the Town Engineer shall prepare a statement of the total
cost of the works so completed and shall make a final
apportion~ent o!such expenses among the premises liable .• :1 •. :.,
to be charged under this Part of this Ordinance. _

Statement of (2) Such stat~ment and final apportionment shall be.
total cost
and final submitted by the Town Engineer to the local authority, ,:-~~-
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apportion- who, by resolution, µiay approve the same with or without - , ..
·ment.
modification or addition as they shall think fit; and such
statement and apportionment, when so approved, shall be
binding on all parties and conclusive for all purposes; and
n9~ice of such final apportionment ..shall be served on the
owners affected thereby. · ..,
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Charge on (3) Any premises included in the·:final apportionment
premises.
and all estates and interests therein shall stand and remain ··
·- charged with the sums :firuillyapportioned on. them respec~
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{ tively as from the date of· the final apportionment with ·
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I interest at .the rate of five per centum per· annum, computed
J from the completion of the works. . -. ' '
Register of (4) The local authotjty shall keep a register- of the

charges. charges under this Part of this Ordinance, and of the pay-_. . ,_.~
·:.\: ;·
ments made in satisfaction thereof,_and such register shall.
be open to inspection by all persons at all reasonable times
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on payment of a sum not exceeding twenty-four cents for .
· each ·property ·or name searched for.

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authority
27. The local authority may, by order, declare any
ma.y declare expenses apportioned upon any owner of any premises.
apportioned comprised in any fin~ ~pportionm~t to be pay~ble b.y
·charge to be
payable by annual instalments within such p~nod not exce¢mg :fiy~
instalments.
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years, as they may in each case think fit, with interest at

a rate not exc~eding five per centum per annum, computed
as aforesaid until the whole amount be paid. •: · :.-
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28. The local authority, if they think fit, may at any Local . . ·:_.: . ;~:
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time, either before commencing any works which they are ~~~~c!Ytri-... ··.•:.
authorised to execute under section 26 or after the comple- bute the
tion o~ such works, resolve to contribute a portioD; not ;:i~icl ...
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exceedmg one-half of the expenses of any such works, or the cost of

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resolve, upon motion carried by not less than two-thirds street works,.
of the whole number of members of• the local, authority,
· to contribute any greater portion or the whole of such
expenses out of the rates.
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29. The local authority may include in any works to be Incidental
.·...,,
done under this Part of this· Ordinance with· respect to any works. .. ·.. ·;•
street or part of a street, any ·works which they think
. necessary for bringing the street, or any part of a street,
as regards drainage, level, or other matters, into conformity
with any other streets, whether repairable or not. by the
. local authority . ., . · · . ·. ,. •;: .
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30. The local authority, in any estimate of .the ~xpen,ses c~minission.
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of works under this Part of this Ordinance, may include a . .

con:imissionnot exceeding five per centum on the estimated ·
actual cost.
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· 31 . .(1) In a .provisional.' apportj.onm~nt .of expenses of A~rtion~ .

any works carried out by the local authority, the apporti9:n.- ment.of · .
ment of expenses against the premises frontip.g, adjoihing expe~:. · ·
.or abutting on -the street or· part of: a street in-'respect of . . ··
which the expenses ar~ to. be incurred shall, u:nless:th-elocal · .. · .. ·
authority otherwise resolve, be-apportioned -according to _· .. ·... :... ... :·
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the frontage of the respective ·premises~-.but tp.e l~cal .
authority may,_if they think just, resolve tl+a.t, 41-settling
the apportionment, regard· shall be had_ to ~he following
considerations, that is to say,- -
(a) the greater or less degree of b~nefit to ·be derived ···...·.-. ···: ..
by any premises from such works; · ·
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(b) the amount and value of any work already done

.by the owners or occupiers of any-such premises.
346 -Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public Health .
. (2) They may also, if they thirik just, include any . ··_;
premises which do not front, adjoin, or abut on the street

or part of a street, but access to which is obtained from the
street through a court, passage, or otherwise, and which in
their opinion will be benefited by the works, and may fix
the sum or proportion of the expenses to be charged against
any such premises accordingly.
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Apportion~· 32. vVhere any premises are charged with a portion of
on . th,e·expenses of ~y work _carriedout by th~ local authority
alienation or under the foregoing sections, and (a) the owner of such
serieranc~ of . premises has sold or agreed to sell a portion of such premises,
~rem?sneso or (b) such premises _have been or are about to be divided
..:....--eharged. into separate premises, the local authority may-, on the
.·• ••,
application of.the owner and upon such terms and conditions ,, .•..:.
as they shall tfill1:k:fit, apportion the sum charged on the

original premises in such proportions as to them shall
seem just. Every apportionment made under this section
shall he binding on all parties and sh~ be conclusiv~ for
:a~ purposes.
·-Powerto 33." The local authority, if they think fit, may (in addition
:;i=es and without prejudice to any other. remedy) recover as a
su~y or simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction
b-y action. from the owner for the time being of any premises in respect -
· of which any sum is due and on.which such sum·is charged -
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for the expenses of any works executed llll:der this Part. of · , ··:
this Ordinance, the ·whole or any portion ofsuch .sum, .··.·,.
including any interest chargeable o.n such. stim under this
Ordinance. · ·
Power to 34. (1) The ·local authority may, with the. sanction. of
·borrow
subject to · the Govern.orin Council, borrow such sumo:,;-s~s·of :i;n,op.(;!y
· ..
the as they shall deem necessary. for the execution of 8:-llYper-. :·
Governor's
sanction. manent works, or of ·any works· which.they. are __
authori_sed.·.
. to execute under this Part of this Ordinance. ; ·· --
Particulars . ~ (2) ·Ev~ry 8.:f)plicationfor sanction ofthe Goyemor
th~
to be given in Council to the raising of any loan. shall state _theamount
in applica-.
tion proposed to be borrowed, the rate of .interest proposed to
for leave to be paid in respect of such loan, the purposes to which the
borrow.
proposed lo~ is intended: to be applied, the period within
which it is prpposed that such l(?an shall be repaid, the
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method of repayment of such loan, whether by equal

annual instalments of principal or of principal and interest
combined on the annuity system, or otherwise, the security
to be given, if any, for the repayment of the proposed
loan, or, where no security is intended to. be given, the
provision intended to be made for the repayment of the '. .-.·-:
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loan and interest. thereon from the ordinfJ!Y revenue of
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the local authority. · {) _i ·
PART III.
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BUILDING AREAS.
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-in Couri:cil···-m-ay--b-y-p-ro-clamation
3~~--Th~·---·G-ov_e_rn~o-r-. p;~··;;.-:·--··- ...-- ··:../
.;, amend the Fourth Schedule hereto by aclding thereto any :!ti~~
·•towns, villages or other areas to be nar,ned and de.fined by ScheduI~.
:;boundaries in such proclamation and may from time to ·
, :time by proclamation ~ter, amend or. revoke any 9f the
jbound~ries ·set out in the said Schedule or in any such ...,~__,_
!proclNTI-a tion as aforesai!l ~- / ,,.,. · ..
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: i.._36./(l)No owner of any land w'h~resoever situate shall Approva.lof
t lutlli§e _such lap_d for the ·erection of buildings or lay out 1oca1•.
• -i~uchland into building lot~ without having obtained th·e :~~fto
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· :previous approval in writing of the local authority, thelaym.g

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\ ··• (2) ·The application for the approval· of the.:local-~glo~.
f :a,uthority s · . . ~ in writin:g and shall he accompa:riie y~ , .
fl: . . .., . · ...hJUJ.gjngs~be~erect d_ • ~ · : · .~ L~ ·. ~-..:,
··•icaseo building · o _s, .. tlie~d, pr~,- so -req · Wi ···
,;by t~e local autho:r;ity, by a· L1cens~d__.La:1].d Survey~r from. .. :6 7 ·. / ·_,
•;,·an.actual survey on· the groun~. Such _pl~ s~all show-·. ~f h
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· (a) contours of the land at such vertical intervals as " J s.'y.

_. _ the local authority may require; . · · · · · . : ·_.
.. _,_., •~.(b) the d~sign or lay out .of the land. showing the:. ...
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dimensions. of t];ie streets and building lots; . ~ ·

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(c) the line of buildings; • .· ·- · · · · · · ·· . '

.· (il) tht,.'i2R.~i2~~ proposed. ckainage;t,\, i: ~
(e) f1ie"-:ni1:u·Tt'he soil, aspect, direction of
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· · prevailing Vvmd and other physical features· or con-
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ditions;
. (/) the proposed water supply to t~e building lots;
(g) ~uch other particul~rs either on the plan itself
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or in a separate written statement as may be required . : •• ! . •
by the local authority. .

(3) In the case_of land situate elsewhere than within. - .. ::.-,.:-':·-
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a prescribed area the local authority may accept a sketch
plan giving such details and information as may be ~equired
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; Powers of 37. (1) After consideration of the application and plan,
! '·. · tbeth_10~ty. the local authority·may refuse the application or approve
i ' · .:·•~~~ wi:_of the same either unconditionally or subject to such
(. •:O:fpplica-
1 ' •. modiftcations or alterations to the plan as the iocal authority
: ;. ' may think necessary or desirable. Approval of the appli-:
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-· .-·,.· cation and plan shall be-evidenced by the signature of the .... : ....
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1 1- local authority on the plan, one copy of which shall be
.] 1 returned to the applicant. · · ·
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Grounds of (2) The refusal of the lo~al·authority to the approval · • r·.
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'?f any a:{)plic~tion ~d pl~ submitted under section 36 qr.
any mod1fi.cations o:,:alterations made thereto shall ~nly be . ·..
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U·_. _ ~ permissible_ on the. foll_ow~g grounds,-

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~ (a) iµ~~ffil~f t~-p~qp9ped water supply~-t
,1.1~- S _ (b) :liia\i.equ'acyofthVmeasufes tak_en by the owner . '•
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;, for filHng in or levelling the area for the general

i drainage of the area; . .
l ~ (c) inadequacy of the prop.osed drainage of , the'.·
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l (a) inadequacy of the size of the. b-t;rll~ lots aJ\d ..

;::.. the dimensions of the streets; . . _
rf .. · (e) the absence of provision fot adequate open
spaces; . . .
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(· (f) ap.y other ·ground which in the qpinion of the ..., :
t _ r .lo<#,al!thority Vl'onldbe de~e:gtal tq p]l-bli'i~a; ; . c· . ·
1,,· . II i'f?.s of'i)ublic converuence~ l..s ~y ~ ~ A (r~- ... ~,,_.,r.
f Offence. (3) Any person erecting buildings ·o,rlayj.ng out land -'· ···
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into building lots except in accordance with a plari approved
and signed by the local authoz:i.ty shall ,be guilty of an
offence _agal.!l§..t
this Oxdinance. . . '
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f. R~ctio~ . 38~ ·No bcilding lot in an~rescribed area shall be sold, \· .·-,· ·· :-:_.-:.::;
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it on ~e or 1et or used until the streets abutting on such buil~g. lot : . .: :··.·
t,.•· ~.· -~~~ear'=1•_.!~'::°"':!•--ro~ ridge4. and ma.J:11edby ·• ·.•·· . ...
. · . to= 0 ~d.' ~b ti~ -J/,t~~~-\ . '.:

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39. (1) Any person interested in land, including an owner Applications

or occupier or any encumbrancer thereof who desires to ~!:11
!,°:. to ..
drain the same, or any local authority who think it expedient o~er. · g · ., .
to drain any lands within their district whether vested in
them or not, and in order thereto deem it necessary that
new drains should be opened through lands belonging to
another owner, or that existing drains in lands belonging
to another owner should be cleansed, widened, straightened,
or otherwise improved, may apply to such owner, who is
herein referred to as the adjoining owner, for leave to make
such drains or improverp.ents in drains through or on the
la.p.ds of such owner. ·
(2) Any such application as aforesaid shall ·be by Mode of .. ·...:.
•.-··.•
notice in writing under the hand of. the applicant or the ~tio ~; .
local authority, as the case may be, and
.· •: ..
.shall be served on app ca n.
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:;·;.
the owner, and also on the occupief:,-if the owner be not the -::\~::
occupier, in manner in whicp. notices are required to· be
served on owners and occupiers under this Ordinance.
The notice shall state the natµre of such drains· or improve-
ments in drains~ be accompanied by a plan, on which the
length, width, and· depth of the proposed drains or
1 . impr9vements in drains shall be delineated, and the approval
in writing of the local authority of the scheme of drainage
where such local authority are not the applicants, and
shall further state the compensation, if any, which the
applicant proposes to pay.
. . .
40. (1) The adjoining owner· may, by deed under his· ~nt o£ ·
hand, assent to such application, upon such terms. and on adjoilting"
paym~nt of such compensation as -he may require, ·and any own~-
assent so given shall be binding on ·all parties having f!.Il.Y
.
estate or interest in the land, subject to the following .. ·
provisions,- · · ·····..
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.(a} that any arrangement entered into bi any .-· · . ·---·
adjoining owner under aJJy disabiµ.ty or-incapacity, or .
not having power to assent to such application except
ub.der the provisions of tµis Part of this Ordinance,·
shall not be valid unless the same is approved by two
valuers, one of whom. is to be nominated by the
applicant, and the other by the adjoining ·owner;
and each of such valuers, if they approve of th.~
350 Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public Health.
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arrangement, shall annex to the doc~ent containing

the same a declaration to that effect subscribed by them;
(b) that any compensation to be paid by the·
· applicant to the adjoining owner, in cases where such . -:··~...~ ·.
owner is under any disability or incapatj.ty, or has not ·,;.
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power to assent to such application, except under the
, provisions of this Part of this 0:r:-dinance,shall be dealt
with in the ·manner in ~hich the compensation awarded
to parties under disability or incapacity is payable
under the Land Acquisition Ordinance; ·-. ~ ... : .-
:-·.- ·.
(c) that any occupier or person other than the
owner interested in the lands shall be entitled to
compensation for any injury he may sustain by ~he
making of the proposed drains or improvements· in
drains, so that the claim therefor be made within ·......
twelve months after completion of such drains or -...,
improvements in drains, the amount of such compen-
sation to be determined -in case of dispute, in the
. manner in which disputed compensation for land is
-required to be determined by the said Land Acquisition
Ordinance. . :: ..
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Record of (2) The applicant shall forward to the Clerk of_the

~ent.
Peace of the district in which the land is situate the· deed · : ·. '
containing the assent of the adjoining owner to the proposed

drains or improvements in drains, who shall keep the same
in his office as a recor¢1 of the proceedings between the• '.
·.: .-·
parties.
Dissent of ·be
41. (1)°The adjoining owner s4a;ll 4eemed to hav~:-·
adjoiDing .
owner. dissented from the application made to him,·if he fail to.
express his assent thereto within one month after _the
service of the notice of application 9n him; and in the even~
·of such dissent there shall be decided by the Magistrate -of ·-.· ,· .
••,.
the district the questions following, that is to say,-_·

· · {a) whether t'he proposed drains or"i:n+provementsin
drains will cause any injury to the adjoining owner,
or to the occupier or other _person interested in the ·
- lands;· -
(b) whether any injury that may be caused is. or is
not of a nature to admit of being fully compensated
for by money. · ·
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(2) The result of any such decision shall be as follows, Result of

decision.
that is to say,-
(a) if the decision is that no injury will be caused to
the adjoining owner, occupier, or other parties interested
in the lands, the applicant may proceed forthwith to
make the proposed drains or improvements in drains;
(b) if the decision is that injury will be caused to the
adjoining owner, occupier, or other parties interested
in the lands, but that such injury is of a nature to
admit of being fully compensated by money, the
Magistrate shall proceed to assess such compensation,
and to apportion the same amongst the parties in his
judgment entitled thereto; and on payment of the
sum so assessed the applicant may proceed to make the
proposed drains or improvements in drains;
(c) if the decision is that injury will be caused to the
adjoining owner, occupier, or other parties interested
in the lands, and that such injury is not of a nature to
admit . of being fully compensated by money; the
applicant shall not be entitled to make the proposed
drains or. improvements in drains. -·•·-
42. (1) Where any application is made under the last Procedure.
:preceding_section the Magistrate may summon the parties
to appear before him at a time and place to be named in
the summons and upon the appearance of such parties, or .
in the absence of any of them, upon proof of the due service
of the summons, it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to
hear and determine the question and amount of the com-
pensation, and for that purpose to examine such parties or
any of them and their witnesses upon oa:th, and_ the costs
of every such enquiry shall be at his discretion and he shall
settle the amount thereof. Such costs shall be recoverable
in manner provided by sections 43 and 44 of the Petty Civil
Courts Ordinance.
(2) Whe~e the _com_rensation assessed by the Magis- !tf!;!~~ _
trate under this sect10n IS payable to any ovvner or other sation in case
person wh_o is under any dis~bi~ty or incapacity, such ~~J;ners
compensat10n shall be dealt with 1n the manner in which disability.
the compensation awarded to parties under disability or ·
\ incapacity is payable under the Land Acquisition Ordinance .
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352 Ch.. 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
Magis~te 43. The Magistrate, in the event of bis :finding that no

;~~d injury will be caused to the adjoining owner or: of his
forwa'.rdsame assessing compensation, shall certify under his hand the
: :ee P~k correctness of the plan of the scheme of drainage as subrn.itted
· or modified by the parties with the consent of the local
authority, and shall cause the same to be forwarded to th~
Clerk of the Peace of the district wherein the land is situate,
who shall keep the same in his office as a record of the
proceedings between the parties.
44. After drains have been opened or improvements in

~~=:s~
Power of
drains made in pursuance of this Part of this Ordinance, it
shall be lawful for the applicant, his executors, adminis-
trators or assigns, or for the local autho~ty, as the case
may be,· and their successors in office for ever thereafter,
from time to time as it becomes necessary, to enter upon
the lands through which such drains have been opened or .
improvements made, for the purpose of clearing out,
scouring, ·and otherwise maintaining the same in a due
state of efficiency, and if such drains or improvements. in ;
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drains are not kept so cleared out, scoured, and mam.tained· : .:r.-·::~:::_
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in a due state of efficiency, the owner or occupier for the
time being of the lands through or on which ~uch drains
·or improvements in drains are made may clear out, scour,
and otherwise maintain t}J.esame in a due state ·of efficiency
and recover the expenses incurred in such cl~aring out,
· scouring, ·or maintenance as a .simple contract debt jn any
court of competent jurisdiction. from the appµcant, his ·
executors, administrators: or assigns.. ·
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Contribution 45. Whenever the_ adj(?ining 0'\Vllersl;tall use such. drains
by adjoining
owner who
or improvements in drains for his own purposes ~r for the
uses drain. benefit of any buildings erected the:r;~bn, such . adj~ining
owner shall contribute such proportio~ of the ~xpenses of
clearing out and maintaining. such drains as may be agreed
upon between· himself and·-~e applicant, ,or in defaul~ ·of ,' ··..
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such agreement as may be fixed by the local authonty: ······
Provided that in any case where the local ·authority is

directly interested, an appeal shall lie from their decision
to the Magistrate of the district; and the procedure relating
to appeals from the assessment to house and land rates in
the urban and rural districts, respectively shall g<?vemsuch
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appeals, and the applicant may recover from the adjoining ..'.i_:::\i}/·
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owner, his executors, administrators, or assigns, such
proportion of the expenses as a simple contract debt in any
court of competent jurisdiction. . · ;;~2
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PART IV. ··,.·, .
· BUILDINGS AND STREETS.

46. (1) ~t shall not be _lawful in any prescribed area to Buildings~
make an addition or alteration to any building (except that ~~m
of necessary repair not affecting the construction of any wi1;h:regu-
external or party-wall) or to erect a new building otherwise laiions.
than in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance
andany :r;egulationsor bye-laws made thereunder. · · ...
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(2) For the purposes of this Part- of this Ordinance
.and of any regulations or bye-laws made thereunder each of
the following operations shall be deemed to be the erection
a new building, namely.;.-.
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· (a) the re-e~ection, wholly or partially, of any
building of which an outer wall is pulled do~vnor burriJ
_down to or within ten feet of the surface of the ground
adjoining the lowest storey of the building, and of any
frame· buildin,g so far pulled down or burnt down as to
· leave only the framework.of the lowest-storey;
(b) the conversion into a dwelling-house of any
building not originally constructed for human habita-
tion, or the conversion into -more than one dwelling.:.·
house of a. building originally constructed .as_ one
dwelling-house only; - . . . · . . ·
(c) the reconversion into a dwelling-house of an;y ·
buildirig which has been discontip.ued as or appr9priated
• for any purpose other than that of a dwelling-house; .
·.,
.(d). the making of any addition. to an existing - - ..
buil~g by. raising any part of. the roof, by altering _
a wall, or making any projection from-the building, ·but · _
so far as regards the addition only; and : _
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·(e) the roofing or· covering over of an· open space
between walls or-buildings. -- _J ·
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· 47. (1) In any case where a new building is erected or exec~ t
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any work don¢ in or upon ru;iybuilding in contravention of ~ce~
,·
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any of the provisions of subsection (1) of the last preceding·

section, the local authority may, by notice in writing
served upon or delivered to the owner of such building,
require such owner, on or before a day to be specified in
such notice, by a statement in ·writing under his hand and ......
:; _.
addressed to and duly served upon the local authority, to

show cause why such building or such work shall not be .
removed, altered or pulled down, or require such owner, on
such day and at such time and place as shall be specified in
such notice, to attend personally or by an agent duly I!!
authorised in writing in that behalf before the local , ..·. :::..

authority and show sufficient cause why such building or ... ·..
such work should not be removed, altered or pulled down.

(2) If such owner shall fail to show sufficient cause-· ·_-'.\·
...... ··
why such building or such work should not be .renioved, .._·.,)_' .
. .·:._ ...
altered or pulled do~, ·the· local authority ·may remove,
alter or pull down the same, and the expenses incurred by
the .local authority ·io.removing, altering ··or pulling down .
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such building or such work shall be repaid -by such owner,

and shall be a debt_due_to the local authority by the owner, .. ·..
and, until repayment, shall be a charge on the premises on
which such building sh~ have been· commenced_ or.
completed, or such work executed, in contravention of the
provisions aforesaid.·_ .
(3) The power conferred _by this section shall be· in
adqition and without prejudice to any other remedy ·
provided_ by this Part of -this Ordinance ·or by any regula- · · :·, ..
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tions made thereunder for the recovery of ·any penalties for
breach of any of the provisions contained in this Part of this
'-i Ordinance ot any tegulc!,tions made thereun~er .. .· ...
. (4) The provisions of ·sµbsections, (1) and (2) of this . ... <C? ...
section shall not ·have effect with respect to anybp.ildµig · ·-.:_ · · .. :}>\/.·
.-.
· erected or any work done in ~r upon any building when
such ·erection_or such work, as the case may be, has been
completed prior to the 14th of September, 1944. ·
48. (1) Except with the sanction of the local authority, it
Filling up of
~:.ding
di.
•shall not be lawful to fill up or to raise the level of ariy land
to l?eused as a building site with refuse matte.r containing
12 • No.4-
1940, s. 47. ot: impregnated with faecal, animal, or vegetable matter.
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(2) It shall not be lawful to erect any-new building .:•::··::

on any ground which has been filled up with any such ·•-:-::..
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Pitblic Health~ [Ch. 12. No. 4. 355
refus~ matter or upon which any ~uch refuse matter has

•
been. deposited, unless and until such re!11se matter s1:all
have been properly removed by exc~vation or _otherwISe,
0.rshall have been rendered or become innocuous to the
.satisfaction of. the local authority.
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(3) No site which is below the level of the adjacent
streets or land and actually or liable to ·be in a swampy
-,,. -conc:itionshall be built upon until the same shall have bee!l-
filled in, l~velled, and drained to the satisfaction of the local
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alith9rity.
49. The local authority may, at ·all reasonable t~es '1:i;;Jf

_enter and inspect any premises for the purpose of carrymg local .
-out the provisions 0£this Ordinance and any regulations or
bye-laws made thereunder. 1940:
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50. ·(1) Every person--who shall erect a public buµdjng· Pu:tili<.
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shall cause the same to .be erected and maintained with ~~ns . . .. .
such precautions f?r the ,safety of· t~e public ·as,_h~~g f~~tt~
!egard to the special PUfPOSefor wl_rlchsuch bmlding 1s i2. 6i.
No.4-
.:mtended to be used, shall. be prescnbed or approved by · 1940, ss. 49 ·
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the local authority~ and so.
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· (2) No public building shall be used as such unless Public build- . ;.:.:.:?:"··
.and until the local authority by notice-~ writing aqdressed ::in.:_,:.be
. ·-··,·.·
to the owner thereof, shall have declar~d t~eir approval of approved. ·

.the construction thereof and of its suitability for ·the,
purpose for which it is proposed to be. used. . . . .. . · .
(3) After the· local authority shall have declaredtheir·
approval, no work affecting or likely· to affect such building, . ·.· .
shall be done to, in or on such building·without the approval ·

of the local authority. . · . . . .. . · ._ · .. _ .. .
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· · - . (4) Where it is proposed to .convert<ot· alter any ~onversio~

·.~uilding, er~cted _fo~a Pll!pose other.~han a pu~lic purpose, ie~a~n:'!,f ·
..L.""J.to
a public building, such conversion or alteration shall building
be- carried out, and such .building shall be cons~ructed, in :: for
s~ch manner as shall be approved by the local authority purposes.
and the provisions of this Ordinance and of any regulatio~
or bye-laws made thereunder shall apply to such alteration· ······-
. 23 (2) .
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or construction~ as if it yrere the construction of a public

building. -
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t.oca1
authority·
(5) Whenever _it appears to the local authority that
mayrequire any place used as a public_building is not so constructed or
alteratia~f maintained as to -afford necessary protection to all persons
:;:;8;lor who may resort thereto, the local authority ;may by notice
thepublic. in writing r~quire the· owner of such place, within a
reasonable time .to be specified in such notice, to make
such alterations therein or thereto as shall be approved by
the local authority. · ·
,•. ·.
(6) The local authority may, in lieu of such notice, or

concurrently therewith, or at any time thereafter, and.
·· without prejudice to the recovery of penalties for the non ...
compliance therewith, by notice in writing served upon the
owner of such place, requrre such owner on or.before a date- ·-·,..
to be specified in such notice, by statement in writing •under -:-...
..-.
his hand addressed to the local .authority, to show cause .· .'
·w~y such building should not cease tp be used as a public:

building, or require sl).chperson, on such date and ~t such
tin:ie and place as shall be specified in such notice, to attend · .. •:
personally or by an agent duly ~uthorised in writing in that

behalf before the local authority, and show sufficient cause·
why such building should not cease to be used as ~ public:
building. .
(7) If such owner shall fail to show sufficient cause-
why such building should not cease to :t,e used 8$ a public:
building, the local authority may, by orde_r.addressed to the
owner thereof, ·prohibit the use of such place as·· a public. .
btµlding. . · - · · -
Fencing of ·. · 51. In any prescrib.ed area the local authority may, by

lands. , '.
written notice to the ovvne:rof any land adjoining any
street or road, require such owner to fence such land to its
·sa:tisfaction, and, where the fence of any such !arid is allowed
to be-or to remain out of repair, to require such fence to .be _
--~~pairedto its sat~sfaction.. . _ . ·
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thoi::~:·:.
'(1) In ant prescribed,.ate.a, a~y person who, except
streets:
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· m ~ccordance with any regulations . or. bye-laws that. may ~---
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.jt- st~~-~~ ~~-;_J

Part
I
prescribed, eD.croaches on any . .
·.'·i ·.··
thereof by-
(a) erecting thereon any structure of any kind .
whatsoever, or ·
(b) erecting, planting, or digging thereon, any fence,
rt hedge, ditch, arch, bridge, or drain, or
I (c) in any other manner whatsoever,
.i shall be liable to the punishment itrthis Ord.il;iance provided.
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; for acting in contravention of the· provisions thereof.

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(2) It shall be lawful for the local authority to :i;-emove. .· ··.•·-:
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(. every su_ch obstructi~n or to .cause such structur~, fence,
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, hedge, ditch, arch, bndge, dram, or o~her encroachment to

filled ~p or opened at---~~e-e~ense oft~~ --......._/.....
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I ··53. (1) Notwithstanding the provisio_ns of Part II.

~-this Ordinance it sh~ be _lawful for a local authority, wi~h
of
T~over
f the apprc;,val or by direction of the Boanl, to take over m ?ther ·

I . any .prescribed area any existing street which is not :_~ve-
=n~~
! repairable by the local auth,ority, for th~ purpose of effected by
{- widening or e~ecting imptovements to the drainage _or ~~~es.
surf~ce of .such street and for such purposes to acquire
compulsorily in. accorq.ance with the provisions of the
Land Acquisition Ordinance· any land or buildings abutting
on such street,. · ·
· (2) Section 50 of the Land Acquisitiori. Ordihan~e
shall apply to a local authority and the Chab:?nan·thereof ·
in the· s~e manner, 'ffl,Utatis mutan4is,•as it applies to· a.
Local ~oad Boatd ~d a Road•Officer. · ·. < _·.·
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(3) For the purpos~of defraying· all ~r- any patj:

·of .·
· the e enses"..~ct:1!!~4- o~a!-~
or to }?eincurred- or £aid by .
a ocal 3:uthonty m exer~smg· the powers contamed ·in'------· ··
subsection (1) of this s~ction, the lo~al authority ,:µ1.ay,-
with
the approval or by direction of the Board, ley_ya rate withirr
!he presctjbed area-er a.ny part thereof affected by such
1mprovements, to pe called · the " Streets I:m.provement .
Rat~," in ~he s~e manner· as is provided for the
levy_mg of a_ General. Health Rate 'by section 171..of this.
Ordmance. · · :·
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Power of 54. {1) The local authority may make, alter and repe~l .
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~~ority to regulations or bye-laws for the better carrying out of ax.y
make regula.- of the matters contained in Parts III. and IV. of this .
l~~!s. Ordinance and, in particular and ·without prejudice to the: .. ' .
generality of the foregoing power, such regulations or by,~- .:.··:.
laws may provide for all or any. of the follo"'iAring matters-·: ,;
(a) the a~cess to areas to be used as building lots;

(b) the level, width, material, construction, main--
tenance and drainage of streets to be tormed in any
areas;
~ ~e :keeping of drains clean 0:B:el in repa:ir-;-
(d) the drainage of the subsoil of sit~s;
(e) ·the height of the ground floor of a _buildir-.~··
above ground; .
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(f) the ventilation of arid sufficiency of the spacf~ ::·'.-' ..·
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about buildings to secure a free circulation of air; . . ... ..
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f -{g) the F@~la tiou of ea:vesanEi.gi,rtt8tings; ·...
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(h) the paving of y~rds and ·open spaces for the-)>
purposes of health; . ·. · ;
(i) · the · structure of foundation walls and ·roofs o(l ·
new buildings for the purposes of health and safety; ..f.· .. -.-
(j) the· percentage of the area of building lots th;~t:
may be _coveredby buil~g&; . .. . . . .
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(k} the minimum dimensions of building kits; ·· ·:·,/\/:

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(l) the_line of buildings; ·•,• :•

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· • .(m) the· forms of-application for apprqval of the local · - ...
authority, the plans ;;c!obe acc~mpanied therewith and ·

F the details to be shown on such plans; · ·
la
· {n) the erection and construction of public buildings.;
~o} the- sanitary ai:r.2J.1:~mentsa:ttd eoftT:emenee cf
at1¥publi.e er other bttilamgB; · . · _·
'(P) the regulation and contr,ol of open spaces. ..
· (2) Regulations or bye-laws made by a local authority:· ·

:<)--:
Enc with respect to paragraphs(/), (g) and (h) of subsection (1) of.·
this section may' be made to apply to buildings and houses:
already in existence as well as to buildings and houses to be.
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· erected in the future. . ·..
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Public Health. [Ch~ 12. No, 4. .··.,·
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,. {3) Any such regulatiop.s or bye-laws may be applied

generally or to · specified · areas· or prescribed areas or ~o
specified parts of prescribed areas. · ·
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PRIVIES, DUSTBINS., AND DRAINS.

· 55. (1) Every dwelling-house shall be provided with a Ho~ to 1
sufficient privy and with proper drains for the efficient ~:1~~
carrying off of storm and slop water to the satisfaction of· and drains
the local authority. : · ~·~· .. ,.,:.
. · (2) No dwelling-house shall be erected or- rebuilt,
nor shall any building·be ~ccupied as, nor be converted by
alteration into, a dwelling-house, unless the same is provideq.
witp.a sufficient privy and proper drains for the efficient
carry~g off of storm and slop water to the satisfaction of
t_helocal authority.
"(3) Every person who doe.s or causes to be done .' ...
anything in co~travention of this· section shall, for every
such offence, be liable to a fine of ninety-six dollars ..
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56. It shall be the duty o~ the local authority to provide Main drains ... ··-•-:,·-·
•'
and maintain the necessary street drains for the carrying off :· .-
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of all storm and (except within a sewered district) slop ._ :.:·:.'·{/:{::.::.-.-
water flowing from buildings and the lands occupied
therewith.
57. A privy shall not be deemed to be sufficient within When pnvy1

the meaning of this Ordinance unless it is of such class orsufficient. I
description, and is furnished with such. covering, :fittings, ( ..
and c?nnections, <;5the local authority, by bye-law, may 1
1
prescnbe,. or as, 1n the absence of bye-laws, the Board :i
may direct. . · ~
· 58. It s~all ~e the duty of the local authority to p~vide

to_t~e satr~fac~10~of the "Board that all privies and-~ains ~-t.9.1>- •
~ -1
Wl.thin their distnct are so con,structed and maintained .a.-C,·
p_
~ot to be or likely to become a nuisance or injurk ·
liealth. · . . . ·
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Public
privies and
?9. The local uthority may, and shall when so d:rected .. .-~ . ·:~.
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dustbins. by the Board, p vi4e and maintain in proper and con-

venient situations · their district ~ufficient privies and
dust~ins for the pub ·· use.
~ · 60. (1) If a.house wi~ the district of a local_autho~ty

appears to such authonty by the report of their Medical
may enforce
Officer of Health or Sanitary Inspector to be without a
Jll"?visionsof ..· ,·:· .·
~o7aJ';;m-
sufficient privy, the local ailthority shall, by written notice,
require the_ owner or occt!i.~ier of. the house, within a ·..:..~·... .
reasonable time therein speyified, to provide a sufficient . .·- .... .
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pnvy.
·(2) If such nqtice is n\t complied with, the local
authority may, at the expirat\on of the time specified in
the notice, do the work thereb~ required to be done, and·
may recover as a simple cont~ct debt in. any court of
competent jurisdiction from the o~ner the expenses incurred
by them in so doing: Provided "t!hatwhere a privy has been
and is used in common by the ~ates of two or more . ·.. ·:··.
houses, or if in the opinion of the lpcal authority ·a ·privy . .::..::.-
·,.··
may be so used, they-:p.eed not requite a separate privy to . ~•~'{/"•
be provide~ for.each house. \ .
(3) Every b~ding used a wptkshop or factory, or as
when~ persons are employed or intende~ to be employed in
any trade or business. shall be provided \with sufficient a.µd··
suitable accommodat,ion in the way ·of sa~tary conveniences.
having regard to the number. of persons ~ployed in or-~ .... ,i
attendance at such building, and ~so whet~ perspns·'ofbotb.

sexes are employed or intended to be employed, or .in
attendance, with pr6per.·separate ~ccomm.odct\ti?nfor per~~~s
of each sex. · . ,. · .. .
(4) If it shall appear to a loc~l ·aut}\ority by the . ~·

r~port of their ~edic~ Officer of Health o:rSani~ ln'spectq:r · ~
..:irot . ,f
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that the provision~ of the foregoi;ng subseci\on ··are:•

complied with in the Gaseof any building, ~he loc\I'authority ~ ·~' ~-:. .
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may, if th~y think fit, require the owner or occupier.of ..any )j· ·.., ~•.' .
...•.~'·. .
such building to make such alterations and additidµs therein: . t ..·
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as ·~ay be required to give suah sufficient sui'f\J,~le~nd :i- :
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P!<?Pe!ac~ommodation as aforesaid. · . · ·.\ · X
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(5) Any person who neglects or refuses to omply

with any such notice. shall be liable for each default a fine .,
to
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of one hundred dollars and to a further fine of ten dollars
for. every dar dnring which the default is continued.
· (o) The expression "sanitary conveniences,, in this
section shall, include urinals, waterclosets, earthclosets, .. ,
privies, ashpits, and_any similar convenience. .
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61. (1) If it shall appear to the local authority by the Fz?vision tor :-. -:,
report of their M-edical Officer of Health ~>r Sanitary

Inspector that any cesspit or other receptacle used or wens.·
formerly used as a receptacle for excreta or other offensive
mat~er or for the whole or any part of the drainage of a ' -·'.
house, or that any well or disused well belonging to any ·: ·..
such house or part of a house is prejudicial to health, or
otherwise objectionable for sanitary reasons, and that it is
desirable that the same should be filled up or removed or
so altered as to remove any such objection as aforesaid, the ••: ·,._
local authority may, if they thinK fit, by notice in writing, ·•·.·

require t];i.eowner or occupier of such house or part of a ~. ,.,.·
.I. •..
house, within a reasonable time to be specified in the notice,

to cause such cesspit, receptacle, or well to be filled up or ,;;
removed, and any drain communicating therewith to be . -_, .·-
effectqally disconnected, destroyed, or taken away, or to

cause such cesspit, receptacle, or well to be so altered as to
remove any such objection as aforesaid. _ ·
(2) Where it appears that any such cesspit, receptacle, •
or well is used in common by the occupiers of two or more
i
· houses, or parts of houses, the notic~ for :fillingup or rein.oval I
of any such cessp~t,receptacle, ·orw~llmay be served on any .!

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one or more of the owners or occupiers of such houses-,·and
it shall not be _necessary to serve _suchnotice· ori all such
owne:ts or occupiers. . '. . ~
· . (3) If default is made in complying with the requisi-- Defaul~ in .
tions of a notice urider this section,,the local authority may :_:~of. ..
themselves carry out t~e reqµisitio_ns,8:Ildmay recover the notice. ··- .
..·.. ,· .
expenses incurred by them in so doing from the owners or ' '·: ...
_occupiers in ~efault-as a simple contract-debt 'iri any court · · · --.:)?:·
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person who, within a quarter of a mile of any ·DepositiJlt!
62. AJ,1.y ·. ·-.:·
occupied building in any distri<:t, deposits human ·excreta def~~

-or defecates any-where except -1n a properly constructed ~~p~in · _
privy shall be liable to a fine of -twenty-four dollars. :· prlvy.
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Bye-laws. -63. A local authority may make bye-laws for the whole,
or any part :of their district with respect to pri,vies,_drains,.:
and ashpits, and the proper accessories thereof in connection
with buildings, whether constructed before or after the ·.· . ...__:·:··
commencement of this O;rdinance. _ .. · . .:_.::;
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PART VJ_/; ·.,.::·
SCAVENGING AND CLEANSING.
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Local
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64. (1) A local authority may, and shall when and ·as the
Board _may dir~ct, un~ertake ~r con~rc1:ctfor_th~ e~cient
. .scavenging · ,execution of the following services within their distnct, or
:~g. any spec~ed part of their district, namely-
.(a) the rem~val of house refuse and other rubbish,.
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from any premi~es; ,•·
.·. .
(b) the supply orsale ofdisinfectantsforuseinprivies

or in any spe~ified class or description of privy;
{c) the deansing and disinfection of buildings or parts
thereof, the cleansing and disinfection of privies,
dustbins, and ~ains 1 and the collection, ·t~oval, and
disposal of night soil, upon such charges as the local·
authority may from_tiJ;neto time fix; ·
• (d) the sweeping, cleansing, and watering of streets;
. • . . ~ . . . . . ' t
(e) the provision and maintenance in ·sanitary ·con""'.

dition of suitable places, buildings, ruid appJi,ances fqr
the deposit or destruction of refuse, rubbish, and
. night soil. · ·
Disposal of . (2) ,All refuse, rubbish,· night soil, an<J.waste matter
refuse. collected by the local authority or their contractor _in :t:p.e
execution of any of tp.e services in this section ~~ntioned .....
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s~all be destroyed, sold, or otherwise disposed of fr+_such
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manner as; with the approval of the Board, the local . :_.-:··
authority think fit. · .
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Application ·· (3) All moneys derived therefrom shall be carried to_

of fund. the fund applicable to such services, or, if there is no such
fund, then shall form part of the funds of the local authority
applical;)le for the general purposes of this Ordinance.
Obstruction ... · .. (.4) Every person shall be liable to a :fine o{twep.ty-
. four dollars if he in any . way obstructs or hinders the local-·. ,
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autho:rity of their contractor in the e:xecution·of any services -: ·.·•.·::

under this section. ·
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65. In every case where the local authority have Procedure

the;::ns:I?•~sund~aken or cont!acted for the execution of ;:~~ 1 .
any .o! ::rre sel'Vlcesreferred t_om paragraphs {a) and (c) of undertakes
subsection (1) of section 64, the following provisions shall work.
apply-
(a) the service shall be executed promptly, efficiently,
and at regular and prescribed intervals to the s_atis-
faction of the Board; ·
(b) if, in respect of any premises, default is made in
executing any such service efficiently, --or . at the .-
prescribed intervals, and by reason -thereof refuse ;· .. ,.
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rubbish, or night soil has accumulated or. any privy,·. ..
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dustbin, or drain is offensive or is not cleansed:, the ·.·•.:·.•.··.
occupter of the house qr an -qfficerof the Boar_dmay
serve notice there9f on the local au.thority;
(c) if the ·notice i? served as aforesaid, the ~ocal
authority shall forthwith ~~9~ the _contractor(if any); .,
(cl) if such notice is served on :the local authority,
then, unless within forty;-eight hours after .the notice ~ ·...
has been ·served the requisite service is dorie and the ..· .
cause of the ·complaint is· removed, · the per~on in .-:·::·:::
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default shall be liable to a fine of five dollars for each ..... : .

· day thereafter until the requisite service is efficiently.
done and the ~a.useof c;omplaint is·removed: frovided
that for .the purposes· of this paragr~ph, the perso_n_ in
default means the contractor if tp.e service _is being
ex~cuted by contract, or the officer in ·charge·of the
service if it is being executed b.y the local authority,:,
66. Where the local authority do not th$seltres u~derlaJ{e Bye-.hiws

-or contract for _theservice of cleansing privies, dustbins, ·or :f~
drains belonging to any premise~, _removing-house'refu.se, ~upi°:~
rubbish, or night soil from any pr~[)eS, or cleansing foot- ..
ways or pavements adjacent to ·any premises and ch;ains·. . ·
under footways or pavements, they may, and shall whenever ··.:· ..
the Board so _recommend~make bye-laws imposing on the .
owner or occupier of such premises the duty. of effectually
doing such service · in such manner and at such. regular
intervals as are prescribed by such bye-laws: · · ···
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-Bye-laws.· . 67. The local authority may, and shall if directed by the ..
Board, make bye-laws for the whole or any part of their
district as to all or any of the following matters, that is
~~- . . ..
(a) preventing the accumulation of dust, :filth, ashes
and refuse on premises, ~nd the duties of owners ·or
occupiers with regard thereto; · ,._,-
(b} for prescribing the size, material, and make of

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dustbins or movable receptacles for refuse to be
provided by ovvners or occupiers of premises, and the
places where, and the times at which, such dustbins or
receptacles shall be deposited for facilit~ting the
removal of their contents by the local authoriti~s; ....·
(c) the-duties of owners or occupiers in connection

with house refuse, so as ·to facilitate. the removal of it
by the sea vengers;
{d) rt:gulatll!g the keeping of swine in rural districts; · . ...
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(e) regulating or preventing the keeping _of live or .r·
dead animals where the keeping of them (although not . ·... ·
prohibited by law) is or i$ likely to be a nuisance or

injurious to health; .
(f) regulating the situation, construction, drainage,
and use of $tables, and disposal of manure;
(g) for prescribing the times for· the rem.oval _or
carriage through the streets of any faecal (>r_offensive .. •
matter or liquid, whether such ;matter or liq~d shall
be in course cif removal or carriage from within -or
without or through their district; .·
(h) for providing ·that the vessel, receptacle, cart, or. '
carriage used therefor shall be properly constructed
·and covered so as to prevent the escape of. any such
matter or liquid; . .. ·
(i) for compelling the cleansing of any place whereon
. such niatter or liquid shall have been dropped or spilt
in such removal or carriage; · . :_._ ..._.·.
·(i) for prescribing that no person shall engage in the . -,:_
busi.t7.essof carrying or removing faecal or .offensive
matter. or liquid except with a permit from the local
authority; · · _
.(k) £qr prescribing that the owner or occupier of any
premises from . w~ch faecal or off~nsive matter or
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liquid is at any time carried or removed by a person . ...
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·who has not a permit from the local a~thority shall be
guilty of. an offence.
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68. (1) -No offensive matter, whether animal or vegetable, Thro~ of ·. ·. ·:,_·.,
shall be thrown or placed or allowed to flow or fall·on any :_:vin'.

street or other public place, or in any riv1~ drain, Qr ·:•u-..,H:-: ?l.?-
..:e;: 1·,
watercoµrse.
'' Offensive matter". in this section shall i-·1,::. 11.id-:; :l,:::;:~.<l
anim?}s, offal, S\~Jl, brine, drainings from sr.k fisb. :➔.nd
garbage. ·
· (2) No dead anin:rnl, offal, garbage,. or puirid fiish or :-~;.;;i:;w~
fl h ,;1-..an
. s :;,.u b e t h rov.,..-n.
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mto .
a:p_ypnvy or cessp1 ·t . dead anunaJ.s.
in cesspits.
(3) · Any person contravenir.i.g the provisions of this etc.
:f
: section ·shall be liable to a :fineof five dollars.
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PART ffl-. IX
NUISANCES: .. "· ~ - ·
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69. It' shall be the d1:1-ty

: of every l~cal authority to cause Local
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to be made from time to. time inspection of t~eir district to-
..· ! with a view t.9..3:~rt~~y.{b,~t. nuis_an9e~..~zjst., calling for clistrie!=tor
abatement uncl,er the powers of this Part of this Or<:finance, !!8:~n of·
. _a_11dto·enfor~e the provisions of this P~ of this Ordinance · .
~ ·'. fo;rth~ purpose of abating the same, and otherwise to put in
· _,;_fore~ the powers vested in th;em relating to public health,
:·. : so· as to secure the proper sanitary cqndition of all premises
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70. (1) For .the -purp9ses of this Ordinance- \\'hat

f\ · (a) any premises, or part thereof, of such constniction :_~ce$
f. or in such decayed, ruinous, filthy or unwholesome state_abated. ·.
or co~dition..as tq be ip.juri~us or !J.~e}yto be iz+jurio11s
s~ar.il~-~
to safety or health, ·
(b} any street, ditch, sink, cistern, _pool, borrow-pit,
watercourse, drain, .gutter, privy, dustpin, or ma.nu.re
I pit so foul or in such a state or ~o situated as to be a . '.
I nuisance orinjurious to health, ,,

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(c} any stable, cowshed, pig-sty, or other building in•
which aµy animal or animals are kept in such a mann~r
·th
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or in such numbers as to be a nuisance orinjuriou ;:,..•:

health, . . ·
(d) any arum.al so kept as to be · a nuisance _:;f· i
injurious to health,
(e) any accumulation or deposit of any mat~:.-fo.L
wherever situated, which is a nuisance or injuriou ,, to . _ .....
hecltb, ·
·uYar.r.y work, manufactory, trade, or business in.-~
jurious to the health of the neighbburhood - or sq
c-:-,~in~tecl'as to be a nuisance or injw-ious to hea_:_':h, :-:.·::·.·., .
:·. ·····
house or part of a house or other struct c.::·,""
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used fr,r · human habitation so overcrowded as to ·;:•c
injurious to the health of the inmates,. whether or r ...:t
members of the same family, -
(h) any schoolhouse, workroon1: shop, office, factc.ry.
workshop, warehouse, or other place of busines_s-
(i) so :unclean as to be a nuisance or injuri,;1:~, ···...·-~\·:..
to health, or :a:- ,•(<·:'.'.·
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(ii) not so ventilated as to t-~~der h~.ess, ,:~s.\'-,
~ar as p~acticable, all ~~.§.~S,_
vapg_~rs,d_p.st:or oif:;.::,r c.·,
rmpunties generated ip., the course of the WGt ·: . ·
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carried on. therein that ~ea nuisance-or injmi):1s ... .. •::, ..
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to health, or .. · , . .:::·..
(iii) so overcrowded as to be injurious to ·;>~

health of the persons therein employed, or
(iv) not provided With sufficient privy ·acco!r:-
modation,. .
(i) any;offensive:trade or
busine?s so carried on aJ t(_: . :,
be .injurious to heaith or unnecessa_rily.offensiye to th.,:· ·
· public, . _
(J) the drainage, refuse, or
washlngs of any· tc ,.-·11;
village, or building· falling into an.y harbour, ri:,1;r.!
watercourse, ravine, pond or ditch or on to .:ff~:,
. foreshore so as to be a.nuisance or injurious to heEYt ... •' .,
{k) any churchyard, cemetery~ or.·place of s~puit:J' · /:,. . ~:•...

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so situated or so crowded or otherwise so conducte<: ·t:? · :.1

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to be a nuisance or.injurious to \eilth . _ :;} . :·· ...
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(l) any well or water supply ~.r1.jurious-~;j health. ~1
(m) any chimney emitting.' black,' smoke in f:-..:•t:.i•, J:~
quantity as to be a _nuisance, ,: ~~:..-.:::-:··.::::::· :f
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shall be deemed to be nuisances liable to be dealt with

,~1-:mmarily in manner provided by this Ordinance.
· (2) Provided that-
(a) any accumulation or deposit necessary for the Savingfor.·
effectual carrying on of any business or manufacture 6r~'!;~tion
shall not be punishable as a nuisance under this section, n~ to
if it is proved to the sa~isfaction of_the court that the business ..
accumulation or deposit has not been kept longer than
is necessary for the purposes of the business or manu-
. facture, and that the best available means have been
taken for preventing injury to l+ealth ther~by; and
(b) in considering whether· any dwelling-house or
part of a dwelling-house which is used also as a factory,
., .•·
workshop, or workplace, or whether any factory,
workshop, or workplace used also as a dwelling-house,
is a nuisance by reason of overcrowding, the court shall •I.•
hav~ regard to the circumstances of such other user.

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71. Information of a nuisance liable to be dealt with Information
.summarily under this Part ··ofthis Ordinance in the district fofo°:~ .
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of a local authority may be given to that authority by any authority. · ..·.
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and it shall be the duty of every officer of that
a.uthority to give that information .
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·. 72. (1) On the receipt of any information respecting the Notice
-existence of a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily rt!.=t of ,(· :
under this Part of this .Ordinance, the local authority shall, !l.US8.Ilce.
· if satisfied of the existence of a nuisance, serve-·anotice on . . : .
iJ1e person by whose act, default, or sufferance the_nuisance. 2nd Soh~ule
adses or continues, or, if such person cannot be found, on Form A.
the occupier or _ownerof the premises on which the nuisanc_e
a.:-ises,requiring bj.m to ab3:te the same within the time
~pecified in the notice, and to execute such works and do
such things as may be necessary for that purpose, and, if
the local authority .think it desirable (but not otherwise),
specifying anyworks to be executed. . · .
· (2) The local authority may also, py the -same o.r •,'
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ano~er notice served on such occupier, owner,. or person,· :·~-~:
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reqwre him to do what iS: necessary- for preventing the
· re~rence of the nuisance, and, if they think it desirable,
specify any works to be executed for that purpose, and may
~erve that notic.~notwithstanding that the nuisance may for
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the time have been abated, if the local authority consider
that it is likely to recur on the same premises.
(3) Provided that-
(a) where the nuisance arises from any want or defect
of a structural character, or where the premises· are
unoccupied, or consist of a barrack yard, the notice shall
be served on the owner; . . ..,...-::
(b) where the person causing the nuisance cannot
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be found, and it is clear that the nuisance does not . .
arise or continue by the act, default, or sufferance of

the occupier or owner of the premises, the local
authority may themselves abate the same and may do
what is necessary to prevent the recurrence thereof;
·(c) where the Medical Officer of Health certifies to.
the local authority that any house or part of a house in , ...
... .
their district is so overcrowded as to be injurious to .. ,•
the health of the inmates, whether or not members of the

same family, the local authority shall take proceedings. ·.·.·,···.···
. ·.. ·
under this section for the abateme;nt of such nufaance. .·..
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(4) Where a notice has been served-on a person un9,er ··.. ·:·.-·/::::/·.
·:··.
this section, and either- · . · . ·.

(a) the nuisance arose from the wilful act or default
of the said person, or ·
. (b) such person makes default in complying with anf
of the requisitions of ·the notice within. th~ time
specified, · .
he sh~ be ·liable to a fine of forty-eight dollars for each·:
offence, whether any such nuisance order a~ in this Part of .
this Ordinance mentioned is or is not made upon him~
Abatement • (5) Provided that in the event of immediate action. ·
of nnisance
.. in urgent becoming, in the opinion of the chairman of the local
cases. authority, necessary to deal with a nuisance the abatement
of which is certified by the Medical Officer of Health to be . . . .
urgent, the chairman of the local authority may take· all. . •.···
:-···.·., .
such steps and do all such things as the local· authority is
emp·owered ~o do for the purpose of abating a nuisance under
this Part of this Ordinance. ·
On.non- 73. (1) If either-

compliance
with notice, (a) the person on whom a notice to abate a nuisance
order to be . has been served as aforesaid makes default in complying
made.
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with any of the requisitions thereof within the time
specified, or
(b) the nui~ance, although abated since the service
of. the notice, is, in the opinion of the local authority,
likely to recur on the same premises,
. ....... ~ .· ... :
the local authority shall make a complaint before the 2ncischedule.
Magistrate of the district, and such Magistrate may make .Form B.
on such person a summary order (in this Part of this Form c. :•:-:_·..
:- ·.·... ·..
· 0:rdinance refer!ed to as a nuisance order). . ••,· ..·
(2) A nuisance order may be an ~batement order, a Nuisance .. : .......

prohibition order, or a closing order, or a combination of order.
such orders. - -. ...
:::..·.-·:'.:.
(3) An abatement order may require a person to Abatement
comply with all or any of the requisitions of the notice, or order.
. otherwise to abate the nuisance within a time specified in ... -..
the order. '. --<~-
·::--.~-
- ....
.. .
· (4) A prohibition order may prohibit the recurrence Prohibition :·
of a nuisance. . . . . order .
. (5) An abatement order or prqhibition order _shall,
:if-the person on whom the order is ma.de so requires, or the
Magistrate considers it desirable, specify the works to be
executed by such person for the purpose of abating _or
preyenting the recurrence of the nuisance.
· (6) A closing order may prohibit a .dwelling-house Closing order.
-from being used for human habitation. · · ·
·--------· · (7) A closing order shall only be made where it is
proved to the satisfaction -of.the Magistrate that .by reason
of .a nuisance a dwelling-house.Js unfit for human habitation~~ ..·' :
and if sue~ proof is given the Magistr~te shall make a closl.Ilg _ ..

··,,.
order, and ~ay impose a :fineof ninety-six_dollars. . _ · .

· ·· (8) T}J.eM~gistrate, when sati~tle4 ~hat !he !1welling:
~tion: _
house' has been rendered :fit for J1uman hab1tat10n, may ~;~~g ·
I ol,
., '·.
declare that he is so satisfie and can~el the closing_or~er~

_j,
. ·· (9) If a person fails to comply with the provisiqns ·Penalties:

of _a nuisance order with respect to the abatement -of. a · .·,:..
nuisance, he shall, unless he satisfies the Magistrate that he
has used all due_diligence to carry out such order, be liable
to a :fine bf :five'clollars·a day during his default; and if a
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person knowingly and wilfully acts contrary to a prohibition ....

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or closing order, heshall be liable to a fine of ten dollars a :

_
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•·:·
_
- day during such contrary action; moreover, the local -.·

authority may enter the premises to which a nuisance order > '\
relates, and abate or remove the nuisance, and do whatever ·_:-'..:.
:·
: ..-:~:
:·._·,:: .-_may be necessary in execution of such <?rder.
=
nuisance
or.aer-.-
4 74. {l) · Where_ a person appeals to the Supreme Court
against a nuisance order, no liability to c;l.penalty shall arise, ·
nor, save a~ in this section mentioned, shall any proceedings ... •·
be taken. or work done under such order until after the
· determination or abandonment of such appeal.
(2) There shall be no appeal to the Supreme Court
against a nuisance order, unless it is or includes a prohibition
or closing order, or requires the execution of structural.
works. · ·
i.
(3) Wp.ere a J;luisariceorder "is made and a person do~s
not comply ·with it .and appeals against it to the Supreme
Court, and such appeal is <;fismissedor is abandoned, ~e .·--·--
......
appellant shall be liable to a ;fine of five dollars a day
during the non-compliance with the order, unless he.
satisfies the Court before which proceedings are taken for .
imposing a penalty that there was substantial ground for
the appeal, and tha_t the appeal was not brought merely for
the purpose of delay; a:nd where the appeal is heard by
the Supreme Court, that Court may, on dismissing th~
appeal, impose the penalty as if_the Court were that of the
Magistrate. ·
· Abatement _ · · (4) Where a nuisance oide! is made on any person ·
of nuisance
pending and appealed against, and· the court which made the prder
· appeal. is of opinion that the continuance ·-of the nuisance ·will be · ..:
•,.-.-
injurious to· health, and that the 4nmediate -abatement- · -· .. _•i-'·'·
thereof will not cause ~ny in.jury which cannot be ~omp~-: . ·._.··-:_
sated by damages, tne court may aut:b.orise the local ..-:·.-_.
. ~;_
authority immediately to abate-the nuisance;. but the local . ',. -._
authority, if they do so, and the appeal is successful, sh~.

pay the cost of such abatement and· the damages (if any)
sustained by the said person by reason of such abatement;
but if· the appeal is dismissed or abandoned, the local
authority may recover the cost of the abatement from the.
said person. · ·
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PubUc Health. [Ch. 12. No. 4. 371··
75. vVhere it appears to the satisfaction of the Magistrate W.h.en order

that the person by whose· act, default, or sufferance a ~l~e-1
nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under this Part to local c_
of this Ordinance arises or the owner or occupier of the auth ority.
premises is not known or cannot be found, then the nuisance !::.~~edule.
,order may be addressed to, and if so addressed shall be ~-
executed by, the local authority.
· 76. Any matter or thing removed by the local authority Sale of

in abating,· ·or doing what is necessary to prevent the :fn~er or
recurrence of, a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily rem~ved in ·
under this Part of this Ordinance may be sold by public !~~e
auction, or, if the authority think the ·circumstances of the · .... .
,case require it, may be· sold otherwise, or be disposed of
without sale; and the money arising from the sale may be
retained by the local authority, and applied in payment of . . ..
the expenses incurred . by them with ~efe;ence to such . :::_:·:·:·-_,:
.
nuisance, and the surplus (if.any) shall be pa.1d,on demand,

to the owner of such ;matter or thing. . .
·· 77. The· local authority ·s11a11have the right to enter any Power of
_premises-_ · · . . . .. · .. ~try.
(a) for th~ purpose of examining as to the existence
thereon of any nuisance liable to be dealt with sum'"
marily under this Part of this Ordinance, at any hour
by day, or· in the case of a nuisance arising· in respect
.-of any business, then at any time when that qusiness
is in progress or is usually <;arried on; and
(b) where, under this .Part· of. th~s Ordinance, a
nuisance has beeg ascertained to exist, or a· nuisance .. -..
order has been made, then at·any such hour as aforeszjd; :j~:-.
. ··:····_. ,.
·until the nuisance i$ abated, or the works ordered···toi
be done are completed, or the closing order is cancelled; ··
as the case may be; and .. ·
(c) where a n¢.sance order has l.')Ot_been complied
with or has been infringed, at all reasonable hour~.,
including~ hours during which business therein is in
progress or is usually carried on, for the purpose of
executing the order. · . _ · ·. ·
78: ·All costs and expenses incttrre~l: in serving notice, ~coovery
of
ma...\:Inga compl~t~. or oh·~aining.a nuisance order, or in ~~~
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.... ·,::
Ch.· 12. No. 4.] Public Health. :. . ·,

...... :.
carrying the order into effect, or in abating or suppressing

any nuisance, shall be deemed to be money paid for the use
· and at the request of the person on whom the order is made,
or if the order is made on the local authority, or if no order
is made but the nuisance is proved to have existed when
the notice was served or the· complaint made, then of the
person- by whose act, defa~t, or sufferance the nuisance· .··.1 .:.. ·.
was caused; and in case of nuisances caused by the act or :

:.-:_ •;
.·... , ...
default of .the owner of premises, such costs and expenses .·• ..-... :
may be recovered from any person who is for the time ......
being owner of such premises in any court .of competent/
jurisdiction. . · -.· ·
Power of 79. (1) Con1plaint of the existence of a nuisance liable to
individual to
complain to be dealt with summarily under this Part of this Ordinance
Magistrate on any premises within the district of any local authority ,' ·..·
of nuisance. ../:·-_.:
may be made by any person, and thereupon the ~e ...
·-.··:·-
proceedings shall be had, with the like intjdents and
consequences as to .:making of orders, penalties for cµ.s-
obedience of orders, _appeal, and otherwise,. as in· the· case
of a like complaint J:>y the local authority.
(2) -Provided· that· the Magistrate may, if he thinks .
fit- . .
(a) adjourn the hearing or further ·hearing_ of the_ ...•
.•
complaint for the purpose of .having an examination ...
of the premises where the nuisance is-alleged to exist,, ·
and niay authorise the entry into such premises of-any.
constable or other person for that purpose; and -: .·
(b) ap.thorise any constable or other person to do

all necessary ac;ts for executing an order made ·on a
complaint under t];iis s~ction, and to recover the. ··,·.
expenses from the person on whom the· order is made ID: '\•.
a _summary manner.
-.(3) Any constable or other person authorised under ..'·.'.•: ..
this section shall have the like_powers, and be· subject to
the like restrictions, as if he were an officer of the -local
authority authorised under the· foregoing provisions of this
Part of. this Ordinance to enter any premfae~ and d<;>any
acts thereon. - · _ _·
Pena.ltv for
~j~rain. . 80. If a person causes any·drain, privy., or dustbin to be
a nuisance or injurious to health by·wilfully destroym·g .or
. or ~ustbin so
as to cause ··
nuisance. ·<.-/:·· . .···'.
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Public H ea/,th. [Ch. 12. No. 4~ 373 ' .. . .
. ··. ·.
d8:lll-agingthe same, or any water supply, apparatus, pipe,

or work connected therewith, or by otherwise wilftilly
stopping up or wilfully interfering with or improperly using
the same, or any such water supply, apparatus, pipe, or
work, he shall be liable to a :fine of twenty-four dollars .
. PART ¥Hf. r-,.

OFFENSIVE TRADES.
81. (1) It shall not be lawful to establish or carry on an Consent of
offensive trade anywhere within the district of a local ~~ority.
authority unless with the e:o:11s~nt in writing of such local
authority.
(2) Every person who establishes or carries on an Penalty.
offensive trade in contravention. of this section shall be
liable to a fine of two hundred and forty dollars, and to a .
:
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: '
:fineof twenty-four dollars for every day on which he carries

it on, whether ther~ has:: or has not been a conviction in. . ... . , ..
r~pect of the establishin~ of the trade.
82. With respect to offensive trades heretofore or here- Bye.Ia.ws. · •

after lawfully established within their -district, the local
authority may make bye-r~ws as to the conditions subject
to which and the places in which such trades may be_carried ,' •·:.
on, in order to prevent or diminish the offensiveness of the
tr~des and to safeguard the public health. ·· · ·
PART Bir
. '
XI
SALE QF M:o:,K.
83. (1) Every local authority may make bye-Iaw:s for Bye-ia.W$.
the following ·purposes or any of them, that· is· to say,- ••:
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(a) fot the registration. of all persons keeping ~ows;· ··. :.::·-:.-
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(b) for· the licensing of all places in which cows are' '·._ ·.
kept. for the sale of ~' ·and·. for preyenting the· ·
keeping of tub~rculous cows in such places;_. ;.,
(c) for the licensing of dairymen and the fixing of :- :·:-;::.

the fees ·payable in respect of such licences_;. · .
(a) for the inspection by the local authority, or any
pe:59nauthorised by the local authority, of cattle in
dames, and for prescribing
.
and regulating
. the cleansing
374 Ch. 12. No. 4.J P·ublic Health.
and drainage of dairies and other places in the occu-

pation of persons carrying on the trade of dairymen,.
and of any pasturage used for the grazing of cows kept . --··
-· _._-.·,:.
for the sale of milk; · .
(e) for the situation, construction, water supply,. .•• ..·,
·•.·.
.
and regulation of dairies and cowsheds; :
. ·...
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(/) for prescribing places for the milking of cows;
(g) for the precautions to be taken for protecting
:QJ.ilkagainst infection or contamination;
.(h) for _sedning the -cleanliness of vessels used for
..;
keeping milk for sale and of the milk therein;
I'
,. "(i) for the issue of-licences to persons selling milk to
· carry on such business and to sell, hawk for sale, or ...
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?- -
:1 deliver milk, and for the issue of badges for persons
1t
' actually selling or carrying milk on behalf of such-~
i~
licensed persons;
(j) to compet all persons selling or delivering .milk
to carry and exhibit, when lawfully thereto required,
badges denoting.the issue of such licences; to be supplied
as in paragrB:ph (i) provided;
·(k) to charge fees for the licences and badges ·.•, ·--·-·.-..
mentio:ried in par~agraphs-(i) and (j) hereof, such fees _·-:
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\)·:/:~•-<::
·-·-:·-.·.·••' .
to be paid to the local authority: Provided that .
-'-:•:-·::··.·
· - .:· ·paragraphs (~) and (j) shall only apply to such part or
· parts of a district as the local authority may, by bye-
laws, defin~; . :.•.• ·.
(l} for the prohibition of the sa)e, within thek
disfrkt, of milk supplied from cattle, dairies, or other
·places in the occupation of persons carrying -on the .-
trade· of dairymen with respect to which cattle~ dairi~,
or places the bye-laws made under this .s:;ectionare not
.·,••·.
observed, whether such· cattle, dairies)' _or places ·are.· -·· :
.. .-
kept .or sit~ted_ within ·or with,;mt their district; or ...
in the case of cattle, dairies~ or places kept or situate<!_ ·: . ·,
,..
-'::_::;Witho:u.t their .district, with respect t9 which, ·such·· ·--.:-
.
person~ do ·not ·allowinspection thereof by the Jocal ·. /:{.).(_;-_

:-;:~~-~
:·.-'.: _. :.
·authority; . . · . ·.-·,::.-··..
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;.
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· (m) for the cru;icellation of licences for breaches of ::.: .
bye-laws. ·:-:)\)>
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(2) Every such licence shall be under the hand of :.:::~'.:'-::·::
:-:..
._.... ·..
·.:~-.:~·::::.
a duly authorised officer of the local authority, and. shall,
·.. -:..
..._.·-•-•,··:·· •,··
.,. :
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in the case of a Municipal Corporation, be under. the hand

of the Town Clerk, or other officer of the Corporation duly
a_uthorised by the Council -in that behalf.
(3) Every licence granted under this Part _of this
:-·.··· .
"Ordinance shall, unless cancelled under the provisions . . .•, .....
hereof,· be andcontinue in force from the date of its issue ··. ,.·
··:·:···•<
../ ..·
· until the 31st of December next thereafter. ··.•'.:•.• ..
84. The local authority may at any time enter upon any Power of
premises- entry. .. \)\:-_.
· {a) for the purpose of inspecting cattle, and of . ···:/•.
. . ·.:·.:.r
inspecting the cleansing and drainage of all dairies and
other places in the occupation of persons carrying on
the trade of dairyrp.en, and otherwise for making such
inspection as may be necessary to give eff~ct to this
Part of this Ordinance; and . ·
.. ::;-.:•.··.t
(b) to enforce obedi_ence to all bye-laws· made under . ~':- .·
the last preceding section. · . ··: ...
. · 85. (1) If at any time disease exists atnong the cattle in Pre~tion
':./)f.··
a dairy or cowshed, or other building or place, the milk of ~ig:~ot
a diseased· cow therein- . . disease~m
(a) shall not be 1ni.xed 'V\tithother niilk; and cows;
(b) shall nqt be soid or u$ed for human, food; and -: .·
(c) shall not be sold or _used for food of swine or
oth~r. animals; unless and until it has been boiled.
(2) Any. person contravening,· or -counselling or
procuring the contravention of, any of the pro~sions of _
this section shall be liable for a :first offence . to a fine of
forty-eight dollars, and for a- second or subsequ~nt ·offence
to a :fuie of ninety-six dollars, or to.imprisonment for three .
months.
. .
(3) For the purposes of. _this· se_ction,- "disease~,• ·::·

<·.
. ,'·,.
includes · cattle plague or rinderpest; contagious ·pleura;. • . ·
pneumonia, anthrax, splenic fever, foot and mouth diseas·e,..
rabies, tuberculosis, cowpox, trypanosomiasis, strongylosis,
Texas fever, and mange: and any other· disease- specified
by the Governor in Council by proclamation in the Royal
Gazette. ·
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PART XJt
. UNSOUND ----
Foon.
86. (1) An Inspector may, at all reasonable times, enter
:·
... -:.-.:.
.. . . ~
any premises and inspect and examine, and may in ·any

street or other public place inspect and examine-:- ·=- · ·: ·..
Inspection (a) any article, whether solid or liquid, mtendel for ., ·,:·
and destruc-
tion of un- the food of man and sold or exposed for sale or
sound food. deposited in any place, or in course of transmission for
the purpose of sale or· of prep~ation for sale·; ot
(b) any live animal or dead anin1al or part thereof '.·.:.
intended for the food of man which is sold or exposed .. ·....·.
for sale, or deposited in any place, or is in course of

transmission for the purpose of sale or of preparation
for sale. ·
·._.. , ..
Onus of . (2) The proof that any article or live q11imalor dead
·proof.
animal or part thereof was not sold or exposed or deposited
or in course af trru;ismission for any purpose in the last
,;·: .
preceding subsection mentioned, or was not intended for
the ·food of man, shall rest upon the person alleging the
..··.··
same.
Unsound· (3). If any article or live animal or dead animal or
food maybe part thereof as aforesaid appears to the Inspector to be
., destroyed.
diseased or unsound or unwholesome or unfit for the food
of m~, he may seize and carry away the same himself oi
by his assistants, and may cause the same to ·be destroyed ·
or-may order the same or any part thereof to·.]?ekept apart .. ·•:.r,.
and dealt with according to his directions: Provided· that ·.•·.
-:.·,:/:
if th~ Inspector be not a medical practjtioner or veterinary . •.·
.. .'_:· ...
~urgeon, _he shall have no power to order· the destruction .:·:··.-.'·.
of any such article or live animal or dead .a,n.imaJ or part ..... '
. · ··..··
.
thereof. . ·· . · · . · · .· ·
Expenses of (4) The expenses incurred in destroying- anysuch·
· destruction.
article or ijve animal or dead ~al--or· part thereof as
aforesaid, or in having the same kept apart and ·aealt wit~
according to the directions of the Jnspector; shall be a debt ,
due by the' owner and may be recovered on the-info~ation
·of the ·Inspector in a summary manner from the owner or
frcim the person who is in possession of such article or live
animal or dead animal or part ~hereof.
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(5) If it appears to a Magistrate that any article or

Penalty._
.live animal or dead animal or part thereof which has been
seized or is liable to be seized under this section is diseased .. '... ·•.•.·
-or unsound or unwholesome or unfit for the food of man,
the person to whom the same belongs or did belong at the . _...,:
..
time of sale or exposure for sale, or deposit or transmission . ·.-{}::- .
for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale, or in whose
possession or on whose premises the same was found, shall ·.. _,: :•:·
:. .
be liable to a fine of two hundred and forty dollars for every

.such .article or live animal or dead animal or part thereof,
or if the article consists of fruit, vegetables, corn, bread,
or flour,· for every parcel thereof.
(6) \Vhere it is shown that any article or live animal Liability of
-or-dead animal or part thereof liable to be seized under veu dor.
this section, and found in the possession of any person, was
purchased by him or consigned to him from another person
for the food of man, and when so purchased or consigned
·was in such a condition as to be liable to be seized under
this section, the person who so sold the same shall be liable
to the. penalty above mentioned, unless he proves that,
at the tune he ·sold or consigned the said article or live
animal.or dead animal or part thereof, he did not :Jmowand
had ~o reason to believe that it was in such a condition. ·
· (7} Where a. person convicted of an offence under Pre~o~s
this section has been witlili;i twelve months_. previously conviction.
-convicted of. an offence under this section, the court .may,
if it thinks fit,. and finds that he knowingly and wilfully
. -committed such offences, order that a· notice of the facts ·
be affixed, in. such form and manner and for such period .
not exceeding twenty-one days as the court may- order; t<? • •.•• ··1
any business premises or to any stall in any market occupied

by that person, and that the person do. pay tJ:ie co~t· of
such· affixing; and if any person obstructs the affixing of ·
such notice, or removes, defaces, .or conceals . the D.Qtice
affixe9- during the said period, or: assaults, -ob~tructs, or
. resists any person duly authorised to affix su~ notice, h~--~.·...
shall be liable to a fine of twenty-four dollars~ · : · ··
J) · · · (8) If any person licensed to se_Ilmeat with.hi .the ~cellati911
// limits of t~e City of Port-of-?P~ or of. any borough, or of~ce.
y any butcher or seller of meat m any ·public market, or any .
·1 person licensed under Part XXII. of this. Ordinance, is . ·
/ convicted of an offence under this section, the court
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378 Ch. 12. No. 4.] Pub-lieH eatth.
convicting him may cancel his licence for the sale of meat,.
or suspend the same for such time as the court may deem fit,.
and, in the case of butchers and sellers of.meat in the public· ·.-:.- ,,
marke~ay order that such butcher or seller of meat ,-:.
••,
shall be disqualified from selling meat in any public .-.:.•.,:
market .. · ·
If any person after cancellation of his licence or dis-
qualification as last aforesaid shall sell or keep or expose
for sale any meat, such person shall be liable to i.i--nprison-
ment for six months.
Removal of (9) Where a person has in his possession any article •·. -
··-
........
··
unsound
food. which is diseased or unsound or unwholesome or unfit for ·.·.-.;:.,
-·•:,
the food of man, he may, by written notice to the local '·, .-..
auJJ,1ority,specifying such article and containing a sufficient
iden~ifi.cation of it, request its removal, and the local
~µthority: sh~ cause it to l)e removed; and such person.
shall '!>ayto the local authority a. reasonable SUlD. for such
i:~moval.
Obstruction · ._,-·. _. (10} Any .person -who r_-efusesor fails to allow an
ofInspector. In~pector t9 ente! any premises or place 'for the purpose of
~aking an inspection or ex;amination under thjs secti~n ·
shall~p~ liable• to a -~e of forty-eight dollars; and the
provisions of sectiollS' 163 and 164 shall apply to an
. _ I.D$pector as if he had been expressly named in those
:.. , ·, sections. · ·
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i · !?jtiniti:O:t '.:~. (11) In this section, "Inspector" includes~ M:edical··
1· · nsp · · Qffi.ce.rof Health and a S~tary Inspector appointed under
this ·ordinance, and .an Inspector of Meat appointed under
i the .provisions of any Ordinance relating ·to· a _Municipal · .. .
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~orporatio:r;i authorising such appointment. · . · ·•· .
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IMPORTATION oF Foon AND DRINK..
Importation
of food and
87. (1) The. Board may .i:uak_eregul~ions authorising -
drink. measures to be taken for the· pr~oT'danger arising.
to public health from t~e importation into the Colony of · .-:-.:Y·
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articles of food and drink (other than drugs or· water) .... . ...
intended for sale for human consumption. ·.-:. :,..
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(2) There may be attached to the breach of any such
regulations a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty :._;:.~-.- :-- . .. ·_:
dollars.
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(3) For the purposes of regula~ions. made under this

section, articles commnoly used for the food ~d drink of
man shall be deemed to be intended for sale · for hum.an
consumption unless the contrary is proved.
· (4) .No compensation shall be payable to any person
in respect of any article of food or drink destroyed under .
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any regulation made under·this section, nor shall any person
acting under the authority of any such regulation be liable
to any action at law in respect of such destruction. ,.,:._,,.
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PART ~-- ,?<.\ i/ . ,•,·.:.
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·SALE OF 01:=s~:!f~s
A:tfD·OTHERS$LL :F1s:a-~
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88. (1).,No,:perspn slia'.u,·

except ..tvith·.the·. liceric~: of-,the Sale of · ·
local authority, ~eUoyster-s· and ·other shell)ish in- any-~C1"8sh~d
urban district. .
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fish.
·: (2)· The local authqrity ;may: ma):e bye-laws wf~h · .
regard to the issue of .such licences~·with regatd .to t~~ pl~ces
··from which oysters orother shell fish may be collected~ and
with regard ·to the transporl, storage an·d sale · (wheth_~r:
wholesal~ or retail) thereof: .
. . ·.. . (3) Any- person ,ooµtrav.e.ning the proyisions -of. the ' .. :
· seption or of ·~y. bye.-la~rniade t~ereund:er shall be· li~ble
to a ,fine offorty::.eight. dollars. " •.
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_.~9.-_(1) .t,.iocalauthority may ;1I1. bye.:laws for se~~g _Bye-,~ws·_.· ..
.
the- cleanliness and freedom -from ollution · of. wells -and ·

tanks for storingwater ·.used_ uF·likel to be used by·-m_a:n:
.· ·.
fo~ · drinking_ or domesti~ · purposes or or ~antifact~dng .
dr!-fik for the use·of ~an; and in su~h,b . -law~·-may_.pres-: - ·
cnbe the means by which-such wells ~d tan s shaU be made · /· b .
:i .,
and kept clean and free from pollution.· ·· · {,-
. . (2) In this Part of this Ordinance, · the expres~ion . j .
" tank " includes any receptacle, whether m able or
fixed, and whether. made of . wood, .metal, stone, brick,
concrete, or other n1aterial. ·
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Polluting 90. _Every person wh in any way-

,vatersupply.
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(a) defiles or poll es any well, watercourse, strea~,. .
lake, pond, or res oir forming part of the water

supply of the district fa local authority, or
(b) permits or suffe · drainage or refuse froin hi~
land or premises to :fio into or be deposited in such
well, watercourse, stre , lake, pond, or reservoir,
shall be liable to a :fine of f y-eight dollars, and in case
_of a continuing offence.to a fi e of ten dollars for each day
during which the offence con inues.
Sole control 91. In any case where, on e report of the Board, the
of specified Governor thinks it expedient i the interests of the public
watercourse.
health to do so, he may, for the oses of this Part of this
Ordinance, by notice in the oyal Gazette,_place any
specified well, watercourse, stre , lake, pond, or reservoir,
or any specified portion thereof, under ·the sole control_ of
any one specified local a:uthorit notwithstanding that it
:niay not •be _within the district o such local authority or
on land belonging to such local au hority; and every such ·
notice shall, until revoked by t Governor, have fpll ·
· effect~
General .92 .. Subject to the provisions f the last preceding ·.·.·
control
secti9n, the local authority shall, r all the purposes of
this Part of this Ordinance, be dee ed to have control of
all wells, waterfflurses, streams, lakes ponds, and reservoirs ....:·;.·._. )\·
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within their district. . ...
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Bye-Jaws. 9~.. Any local authority having ntrol of any ·well,

watercourse, stream; lake, pond, . or eseJ;Voir may make
bye-laws to enforce the cle~nsing an prevent the pollu-
ting or defiling_of such wells, watetcou ses, streams, lake~t
ponds, and reservoirs, and to require t discontinuance of_
any conditions (including the residence of persons) in the· : . ... : .
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vicinity of such well, watercourse, stre , · lake, pond, or
reservoir, likely to expose. the same to k of pollution or
defilement. · · ... .- ..
Obligation 94. (1) A local authority may,and sh when reqUited

on owner of
. building to by the Board, give notice that, with respe to a particular
maintain area to be named in such notice, the owner ·o every building
tanks.
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not being on a plan tion, and the owner of every plan-
tation, shall erect and maintain in good order tanks for the
storage of rain water, d capable of storing the quantity : : ::\~
of water prescribed u der the provisions of this Part of ..•..·
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this Ordinance, and in ·s ·Part of this Ordinance referred ·....
to as the prescribed qua tity, unless he can satisfy the local
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authority that there is sufficient supply of wholesome
-fresh water available for the_ premises~ '.:·:.·_.\::·
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{2) The Board ma direct what shall be the pres- '.:.-·1
. ·:::•
cribed quantity, and, wh _made, may alter or revoke any

such direction.
(3) trntil the Board therwise directs, the quantities
specified in the Tables con ained in the Third Schedule 3rd Schedule.
hereto shall be the prescrib quantities for the buildings
and plantations therein de~ bed.
95. A local authority :rp.ay ake ·bye-laws- Bye-la.vs ~ . ....~ .

to tanks. ·(
(a) for the· ~leansing off · ,. ~:. ~·; .
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(b) for prescribing-the siz and method of connecting
to the roofs, of the gutters and- pipes of such tanks,
the apparatus-for drawing o ·water, and the appliances
for discharging the ov.erfiow. ·
96. (l} It shall not be.lawful, ex ept :with the permission ·Provision for:
of the Board, Jor any person hav g the control ·'of any securing
school-house, or of any· building b · t for the- purposes of ;;~~Iy
public entertainment, to _permit t e sam~ to be used, houses, etc.
unless-
(a) a sufficient tank has· been ected to the satis-
faction of the local _authority; an .. •...
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(b) such tank has .been connect with such-school- · ·
h9us·e or building by proper guters a,nd pipes, ·of
sufficient size. to_ receive all the r · fallirig on the
roof and to convey the same to su h tank. ·
{2} Every person who acts in con avention of this
section shall be liable to a ~e of ninety- . dollars.
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·- · .(3) This section shall not apply to y school-house · ·
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or building bu,ilt for the pµrposes of.publi ·entertainment . •.· ...
·which is situated in a district in which ther is an adequate _ . ;.•,.:

-_~ipe~bome·water -supply. - '.
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Penalty ~or
not erecting
97.• (1) Every . of any building or plantation
-0r niain- reqmred under this P of this Ordinance to erect and
-taining tank. maintain a tank, who ails to erect a tank capable of
storing the prescribed q antity of water, or who fails to
maintain such fank in go d order, shall be liable to a fine · ....-·
of two cents for each g . n of the_prescribed quantity of
water for which he was b und to provide storage, and to
a further fine of five doll for each day during which such
failure may continue after onvictio~. . .....
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. (2) In any proceedin against any person under this

section, the burden of pro · g that a tank capable of
storing the prescribed quan ty has. been erected, or that
such tank is maintained in ood. order, shall be on the
person proceeded against.
:Mode of 98. (1) When there has bee any failure to erect or
:enforcing
.obligation to maintain any tank required der this Part . of this ' :
erect or
main.ta.in
Ordinance to be erected or aintained, and wheth~
-;tank. proceedings have be~n or are to e instituted for recovery :·:: ..
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of any penalty for such. failure, he local authority may,
by a written notice, require the o ner, within a reasonable
time therein specified, to erect a ank· capable of storing
the prescribed quantity, or to do such work as may be
necess_aryto put the t~ in good rder. ,, ·
· (2) If such notice is not co plied with, the local ,.
authority -may, at the expU1:Ltiono ·the time specified ·in . . .. ··:•·,

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the notice, erect such tank, or do the work specified_in such ·
notice, and may recover the expense incurred by· them in
so doing as a sµnple contract debt in a y- court of competent :·< ...
jurisdiction.
-power to 99. Every local authority may, and ~hall when ·:req$ed.
·1oca.I
.authority to by th~· Board, construct .and. D,1.aint such. tanks and
.erect and
maintain
reservoirs £or the storage of ra.J,ttor fre · water as may: be
-tanks. necessary, and may sell the water so st ·red or perni.it the
free use thereof.
Po ...ver.to .
·=~
:local
.authority to 100. (I) Any ·local authority may, fo the pttrpose of
use roof of cdllecting· and stopng rain water, attach tters to the.roof
or of any church, chapel e>rschool, or any· · ding used for
bu;1i~
~ public entertainment, within their district, d convey the .
:n:a
}ir er water collected thereby by pipes to tank:f or reservoirs
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maintained y·them, unless there is_a tank connected with .. ··:.:·
such church, chapel, school, or building of sufficient size .{\::'

·to contain :five allons of water for every square foot of the
:horizontal area overed by t~e roof thereof.
(2) The cers of every local authority may, at 1•' .. :• ..
·,··
.all reasonable t· s, enter on ·the land whereon is such

-church, chapel~ sc ol, or. building, or on the land used . ... .
-therewith, and may ect tanks thereon, and may so attach
.such gutters ·and lay own such pipes over, or on, or under
:such land, and may, a all reasonable ti.mes, enter on such -
.land and examine and r air such tanks, gutters, and pipes:
Provided always that, b fore proceeding to erect any tank
on any land belonging to r un,der the control of the persons
·having the control of such 11:rch,chapel, school, or building, ·
the local authority shall ply to a Magistrate for per- .
'lnission to do so; and the ·strat_e, after having afforded
:such persons full .opportum y of being heard, is hereby
.required to grant such pe ssion, unless it is proved to
·his satisfaction that the gfan g _of such permission would
,cause such an injury to_the p sons owning or ·having the
-control of such land as could not e compensated by money;
and if the Magistrate ·considers that a substantial injmy
·would be occasioned to suph p ons by the ·erection of
such tank, but that the same c uld. be compensated in
:money, he shall determine what .s ought to be paid by
the local authority to such perso , and thereupon shall - ::.•.·:
,grant p~nnission to the local autho 'ty to erect -such tank_

-on· conditioµ. that such sum is so paid; and the ·-local ... · .·
.authority shall not commence to· erect such tank tlntil such
:sum is so paid. No permission shall requiretl ..to attach "
:such gutters or lay down such pipes: · ' =·
_ Provided that no tank shall be - pl ed by ~ny locai .·./_{{f:~\-

:autho~ty under the provision~ of_this se tion on any land .. ·. ··..·
·belonging to or under the control of the p ~op.shaving the ' : .
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-control of such. church, chapel, sche>ol,or building within
one hundred and fifty feet of such church chapel, school
-or building, except with the consent of su persons, and .·. _. ..
-that the loc~ authority shall be bound to p ce their pipe
. ·underground if such persons so
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require. .
(3)_Every p~rson who obstructs any officer entering
:as aforesaid for any such purpose shall be liable to a fine
-of twenty-four dollars.
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384 Ch. 12. No. 4.J • Public Health.
Bye-la'l'-S 101. Every local authority may make bye-laws for .·

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relating to
issue of regulating the issue f water from any tank_ or reservoir
water. under their charge or n a plantation~ ·•; ..·-·.
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Penalty on 102. Every p~rson wh -
pe~ons
fouling or (a) wilfully fouls an water in a tank ~r reservoir, or . ..::.: ~-
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wasting
water, etc. (b) wilfully wastes a y water stored in a tank or
reservoir, or
(c)·wilfully damages a tank or reservoir or any
guttering, pipe, cover, pl form, roof, tap, or pump
connected therewith,
shall be liable to a fine of forty,..eig t dollars; and shall, in . - ..
addition, be .ordered by the Magi trate to pay to the .....
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person aggrieved such sum, not _ceeding. ninety-six

dollars, by way of compensation for so fouling or wasting- .·.·:.-·:;=
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such water as the Magistrate may consi r adequate, and, .. ..
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in the case of dam~ge, to pay to such p son the cost of . .·.. -~~
repairing the same, ·and such cost shall b~ertained and
determined by the Magistrate; and all SUil!-S ordered to . ;,
be paid may be recovered in the same m er as the

penalty. · .
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• PART :=¥:7'.V
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Declaration 103. rhe Governor may, by proclamation, declare any·..
of infectious
disease. disease (in _addition to the diseases spe~cally ~ention~d :
in section 2 of this Ordinance) to be an infectious disease
or a dangerous. infectioµs .disease within the meaning of
this Ordinance, and so:long as the proclam~tion remaini; _
unrevpked the- disease ·spe~ifiedth~ein ·shall be ·deemed _to _·
be c:tninfe~tious-disease .or a dangerous infectious disease,
as the case may be. · _ ·
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Pow-erof 104. The Governor sha.Il have power-_, . . _ _ ....

_Govern.orin
certain (a) to cause to be provided, in. such parts of the
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cases. Colony as he may deem :fit, one ot more hospitals· or
camps for the reception and isolation of persons
suffering from infectious ·dis~ases; 'i:"•·.:
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(b) to expend from the public funds of the Colony
such sums of money as may be necessary for the :,•-:.:·:-~.:
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purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Part

of this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder;
{c) to do all such ~ther matters and things as the
Governor in Council may deem necessary for the
protection of the public health.
105. (1) The Board shall have the direction of all=~
measures dealing Vvith dangerous infectious diseases, and deal with
may make regulations with regard to the contr9l of any ~:°us
dangerous infectious disease for all or any of the following dis::S~s . :. . . .
purpose$-· ....
(a) the restraint, segregation, and isolation of persons
suffering from any dang~rous infectious disease, or
likely from exposure to infection to suffer from any
such disease;
(b) the removal to hospital and the curative treat-
ment of persons suffering from any dangerous infectious
disease; .. · . . ...
(c) the removal,. disinfection, and destruction of
personal effects, goods,. houses, -an4 other properly
exposed to infection from·. any dangerous infectious
disease; ·
· (d) the speedy burlal or cremation. of the dead, and .
in such last mentioned ca.:sethe provision of crematoria; ·
(e) house to house visitation and inspection; .
(f) the provision of medical aid and accommodation; .'
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(g) the promotion of cleanliness, ve~tilation, ..and
disinfection; · . . ..... :
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(h} the prevention of ~h~ spread of dangero1:1s

infectious diseases as well on the -seas arid.rivers and .
waters of the Colony, and on ·the high seas ~thin three
miles of the coast thereof, as on land; · · .· · · ·
_(i)°the _doing of any such matter _or thing .as.may
appear advisable. for preventing .or checking sue~
diseases: . .
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_Provided that with respect to any ho~pffal or. asylum·, or.

to any institution for· the relief of the. sick and destitute
poo! under the· control of the ·Government, or to ~y
patient therein, the powers given by this section shall not
be: ·exercisable by·· the Board, but ·such powers shall be
ex~rcised by the _·Govetno_rin Councjl:
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Provided further, that in the event of immediate action

becoming, in the opinion of the Governor, necessary to
deal with any dangerous infectious disease under the
provisions of this section or of any regulations made
thereunder, and of its not heing practicable, in the opinion
of the Governor to have a meeting of the Board forthwith,
the Governor may, pending the holding of such a meeting,
take all such measures, do all such things, ex~rcise all such
powers, and enjoy all such privileges and immunities as
might be taken, done, exercised ·or enjoyed by the Board,
and all such measures and things and the exercise_of such
powers shall be as effectual, valid, and protected in all
respects as if they had been .taken, done, or exercised by
or under the authority of the Board.
(2) The provisions of sections 132 and · 133 shall
apply to all t~gulatio!}s made under this section. I •: ·.::· .·.;.: '.-
(3) There may be attached to any breach of any

·regulation made under this section, a :fine not exceeding
four hundred and eighty doflars, or a term of imprisonm~nt,
with or witho~t hard labour, not exceeding six months.
Boa.rd to 106. For the purposes of this Part of this Ordinance,

:1:Ution of th~ Board m~y, if they shall see. fit, order that 8-J;Y wor~ or _:.·,• .. _
w.orksin nUisance, which any local authonty or any person 1srequired

certain cases. by· this or any other Ordiuance-relating to the, public health ·.-•· ·1
to execute .or remove,· be executed and removed at the

charge of the public- revenue by any person, ·who:rp,they
may for that purpose- appoint, a,.nd the expenses incurred
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in the executiori of such work and in the removal of such
. nuisance shall be a ·debt due to-.the .Crow.n by such local
. authority or person as aforesaid. _i ·· · · ·
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N otifica.tion 107. (1) Where an inmate of any· prerrnses us~d-}o~

of infectious humap. habitation is suffering from -any infectious disease,.·
disease.
or any disease the symptoms of which may raise a suspicion .
that it may. be an infecti01,1sdisease, then tp.e following
provision shall have effect, that is to say,-·-·
(a) the head of the family to whicl:i such inmate (in
this Part of this Ordinance referred to a~ the patient)
- belongs, and in his default the nearest relative of the
patient present in the premises or being in attendance
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on the patient, and in default of such relative every ..,•;.·
person in charge of or in attendance on the patient,
and in default of any such person the occupier of the
premises, shall, as soon as he becomes aware that the
patient is suffering from any infectious disease or a
disease suspected to be infectious, send notice thereof
to the Medical Officer of Health of the district where .·.-..:·
such patient resides, and such Medical Officer of ', :.\·./".
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Health shall forthwith send a copy of such notice to
the secretary. of the Board;
(b) every medical practitioner attending on or called
in to visit the patient shall forthwith, on becoming
aware that the patient is suffering from infectious
disease or a disease suspected to be infectious, send to .•··-·.·.
the Medical Officer of Health of the district where such

patient resides, a ~ertificate stating the name of the
patient, the sit~ation of the premises, and the disease
from which, in the opinion of such medical pra.ctttioner,
such patient is suffering or suspected to be suffering, •,•'• ..
and such Medical Officer·of Health shall forthwith send
a copy of sucp certificate to the.secretary of the Board.
(2) Every person requited by this section to· give a
notice or certificate; who··fails to give the same, shall be
liable to a fin~ of ten dollars.
. .
(3) In this section, the expression " occupier " .in- Meaning of
_eludesa pers~n having the charge, .management, or control "occ~pier."
9£ any premises or of any part th~reof in which the patient ·· ..
is, and in the case of a house the whole or any part of which ..~- ..
. -•··;·
is let to 'lodgers, the person receiving the rent payable by · . ·-~·
· the· tenants or lodgers either on his own account ·oras 'the ·
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agent of another person, .and in· the case of a ship, vessel;

or boat, the master o:r other person in charge thereof.. ·
108. The Board may prescribe forms for certificates under 11'~ of
this Ordinance, and any forms so prescribed shall be used certuioa.~
in all cases to which they apply. ·
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109. (1) The local authority of every: district shali Fees for · '
· gratuitously supply such forms for certificates to any ~otifica.tion. ...

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medical practitioner residing or practising in their district ·
who applies for the same, and shall pay to every medical
practitioner for each certificate duly sent by him in
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accordance with the provisions of section 107 a fee of twenty-

four cents, whether the case occurs in his private practice or
in his practice as a GoverTu--nentMedical Officer.
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Non-dis- (2) A payment made ·to any medical practitioner in ·. '.·
qualification
of medical pursuance of this Ordinance shall not disqualify that .-.·.·
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officer by practitioner for serving as a member of a local authority or ~. ,·.
·, ..
receipt of
fees. Municipal Council.
(3) Where a medical practitioner attending on a
patient is himseli the Medical Officer of Health of the district,
he shall be entitled to the fee to which he would be entitled • . ·; :·
if he were not such Medical Officer.

Power of . 110. (1) The Medical Officer of Health or a medical
entry by
Health practitioner authotj.sed by the local authority may at any
Officer. time enter and inspect premises in the district in whi~ he
has reason to believe that any infectious disease exists, or
has recently existed, and may.examine any person found on.
such ·premises with a·· view to ascertaining whether such
person is . suffering or has :recently suffered, from any
infectious disease, and may also examine ·any dead _body
found on such premises; and in the event of adtnission,
inspection, or examination being refused, the Magi$trate
of the district may grant a warrant authorising such entry,
inspectjon, and· examination, and, on such warrant being -
exhibited, any person refusing to admit ·su~h Medical .
Officer of Health or medical practitioner to such premises~ •,
or obstructing him in making the inspection ·or examination ,·, · ..
· aforesaid, shall be liable to a :fine of ten dollars for every .
such offence. . · . ·. .· . · -· · · ·
(2) -Such · Medical Officer of :Uealth - o~ D;1e4foal
practitioner may, for the purpose of examination, ora;etthe ·
removal of the body of any person suspected to have di~d-
·of any infectious qisease. ··
Removal to 111.· (lf. Where any suitable hospital or place f9r· tpe_
:isolation· ·
hospital. reception of the sick, established and maintained ·;from
public f~ds,. is providea within · the djstrict of a local._
authority, or within a convenient distance of such district, . -
· any person who is suffering or is suspected to be suffering .
.from any infectious disease, and is without proper lodging": ...
or accommodation, or is so lodged that proper precautions
. ...
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No. 4. 389 . :-:··::
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cannot be taken for preventing the spread of the disease, or .

is lodged in any ~ommon lodging-house, or is on board a
ship or vessel, may, on a certificate signed. by the Medical
Officer of Health or by any medical practitioner authorised -
by the local authority, and with the consent of the persop.~~~
in this section mentioned, be removed, by order of any_ .··. ·•
Justice, to such hospital or.,place at the cost of the local

~uthority; and such person may be detained in such
hospital or .place so long as he continues in an infected .. ·. ,•
condition. ·
(2) An order under this section may be addressed to
any member of the Police Force or officer of a local authority;
and any person who wilfully disobeys or obstructs the
execution of such order shall be liable to a fine of forty-
eight dollars. · ... ·.~. -·.:: . .
. ..
· {3) In the case of the Colonial Hospitals in Port-of-

Spain · and San Fernando, the consent in this sectio~
mentioned shall be th3:t of the respective Medical Super-
intendents thereof, and in the case of any hospital or place
for the reception of .the sick established and maintained
from public funds, that of the medical officer or medical.
practitioner_ in im.mediat~ charge thereof.· ·
. .
. 112.. (1) If the Medical Officer of Health certifies to the Po~ to
local ~utho!ity--t~at any ~~rsoJ;lin th~ dis~rict is suffering ~ to
· from mfect1ous disease which the Medical Officer of Health :furnish list
has reason to suspect is attributable to _milksupplied-within :;;~ of ·
. the district, ~e lo~~~uthotj:~y may require the dairyman · ·
supplying the m.i1k to furiiisli' t9 the MedipalOfficer of Health,
within. a reasonable time fixed by them, a .complet~ list of .
all the farms, dairies~ or places· from which his .supply of
milk is derived, or has been derived during the last six weeks, . .. ; ..
. ,:·,:_{ -....
:
and if the supply or any part of it is obtained through qny
other dairyman, may make a similar ·requisition .upon
that dairyman. .. . - · '· ·: · . : :- ..
(2) The focal ·authority shall pa.,y·to the dairyman·

for every list furnished by him under this section -the sum
of twelve cents, and, if the list contains not less than . ·
twenty-five -·names, · a further sum · of twelve cent$ . for
every twenty-five nam(;S·contairied ih the list.
(3)-Every dairyman shall comply with the· requisi-
tion of the local authority under this section, and, if he
390 Ch. 12. No. 4.J Public H.ealth.
fails to do so, shall be liable, in respect of each offence, to a

fine of twenty-four dollars, and to a ~ally fine of ten dol1ars.
. ':'
·D~ymen
. to no:tify
113. (1) Every dairyman supplying milk within the
infectiOU$ district of a local authority from premises w~ether -within
diseases
existing
or beyond such district shall notify to the Medical Officer of
among their Health all cases of infectious disease among persons engaged
servants. in or in connection with his dairy, as soon as he becomes
aware or has reason to suspect that such infectious disease
exists. . ...
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(2) Any dairyman who fails _to comply with this .. /•····
- section shall, for every such offence, be liable to a fine of . -•::, ::·
ten dollars. -' .·. ,,•· ..·

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i
Infected 114. (1) A person who knows himself to be suffering from .·.',!-
person not .. ·.. ·:-·.
to carry on an infectious disease, or who is nursing or attending on a
occupatiop.. case of infectious disease, shall not milk any animal or
engage in any occupatlon connected with food, or carry on
any trade or business· in such a manner as to be likely to
spread the infectious disease, and if he does so he shall be
..·.:.
liable to a fine of ten dollars:
(2) If any persoh- ··,,.
(a) whil~ suffering from any infe~tious disease,

wilfully exposes- himself ·without proper precautions
against spreading the disease in any street, public_
·pl~ce, shop, hotel, or public conveyance, -or
· (b} being in charge of any person so -suffering, so
exposes such sµfferer, or causes such sufferer to be so-
exposed,
·he shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars~
Infected
clothes not
115. (1) No p~rson shall give, lend, sell, transmit, qr
to-be sent expose, without previous disinfection, any bedding, clothing,
to laundry. rags, or other things which have been exposed to infection ·,: .:·:. : :.· ...·..
·etc. •.,•·::_:
.
. from ·any infectious or -communicable disease. ·_· -·
(2) No person shall take, send, or deliver to any

public washhouse or to any laundry, or give· to any person, ·-
for the purpose of being washed, any bedding, clothes, or·
other things which he knows to have been exposed to ·
.infection from any infectious or communicable disease,
. ··.\--~.. .
·.·.~... :. ..~..·: . ..-:.: ..
unless they have been disinfected by or to the satisfaction

. of the local authority or their Medical Officer ·of Health.
(3) If any person acts in contravention of the fore-
going provisions of this section, he shall_be liable, in respect
of each offence>_toa fine of forty-eight dollars.
(4) The local authority may, on the application of
any person, pay the expenses of the disinfection of any such
bedding, clothes, or other things, if carried out by them or
under their direction.
. .
· 116. (1) Where the local authority, on the certificate of Filthy a.nd
.....
the Medical Officerof Health, are satisfied that the cleansing,
purification, or destruction of any article in a dwelling-
~:-s 0
:
be purified.·
:·
house is, by reason of the filthy condition of the ·article, ·

necessary to prevent injury or to remove or obviate risk of
~jury to the health of any _person i:p.the dwelling-house,
the local authority may cause the article to be cleansed,
purified, or destroyed· 'at .their expense.
(2) Where·a person sustains d~age in consequence
of the exercise by the local authority of their powers under
this section, and the condition of -the article with respect to
which those powers have been exercised is not attributable
to his act or default, the local authority shall inake reason-
able compensation· to that person. . .. ·•:,·.:
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117. (1) Where the local authority, on the certificate of D~tion
the ¥~dical_Qfficer of Health~.are satisfied that the cleansing ~~~: .
=~
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or 91-sinfectionof any prermses oi part thereof _or of any prevent · -

articles ther~in lik~y· to· :i;-etaininfectio!l, or_the d~struction 0~ .
of. such articles, would tend to prevent or che~k any
.infectious disease, the local authonty shall serve· a· notice
on the occupier, or, if the premises _are unoccupied, ~n the
owner 9f the premises, requiring the cleansing or disinfection ·
of the premises or part thereof ot the disinfection ··or
destruction of any articles therein to the ~atisfaction of the
Medical Officer of Healt4 within a time to· be specified in ·
· the notice.
(2) If -the· occupier or owner fails to have the
pr~ises .or· pa.rt_ thereof cleansed or disinfected or the
articles disinf~ct~d-Qr .destroyed within the_ time spe~ifi.ed
in the notice, the ~s~~ may be cl~ansed, _disinfected, .or _
,: .
-.. :
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:,_:··.··..
destroyed by the local authority at the .cost of such owner

or occupier:
Provided always, that if, in the opinion of the Medical
Officer of Health, the owner or occupier is unable effectually
to cleanse or disinfect the premises or any part thereof or _
to disinfect or destroy such articles, the saip.e may, without
such notice, be cleansed, disinfected, or destroyed by the ·
local. authority at .the cost of the local authority.
Child suffer- 118. (lj No person, being _the parent or having the care
ing from
infectious or charge ·of a child within the district of the local authority,
disease not · who is or has been suffering from infectious dif;ieaseor has
tiiattend been exposed to infection ·shall, alter a notice from the
school.
Medical Officer of Health that the child is not to be sent
to school, permit such child to attend school without having
procured from such Medical Officer a certificate (which shall
:! be granted free of charge upon application) that in his .
.i
ll opinion such child rp.ay attend without undue risk of
communicating such disease to others.
(2) Any person who shall offend against this section .... '
shall, for every such offence, he liable to a fine of forty-eight

dollars. · · ·. · ·
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!· List of 119. (1) The principal of a school m·:which.any scholar is ._:..

.... ·-,
scholars to suffering from an infectious disease shall; if required by the
'
; .
' be ftll'Irished
where local authority; furnish to !hem within a .reasonap1e ti,m.e• .
scholar.in ·a .fixed by them a complete list of. the names ·and add.resses_
school is
suffering of the scholars in or attending at the school or any specified ·
from an department thereof other than boarders; · · · ·. ·
infectious
disease. _. (2) The local authority of the district' sh.ail°pay t~ ·
the principal of the school for every list furnished by him ·
under this section the sum of twelve cents,. and, ·if•the list
contains _not less than twel).ty.:.fivenames,. a furthe_r sum ·of · ·.
twelve cents for every twenty-five names co;ntai~ed 'in the
list.·
(3) If the principal of a school ,fails to comply with .
any of the provisions of this ~ection, he shall. be ·liable,_.in '
respect of ea.(?hoffence, to a_fine of ten dollars: · .
. (4) I~ this section, the expression '' .the principal/'
used in relation to a school, means the person~ charge of·
the school, and includes, where the .school is diyided into
.,,
Public H ea/th. [Ch. 12. No. 4. . 393 :•:.·{_··.,
:- ::, :.· ...
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departments, and there is no single per~on at the head of ..•..·
the whole school, as respects each department, the head ·,-·:·
·.·:,-.·:_,·._
of· that department.
120. (1) If any person knows that he is suffering from Pr~visions as

an infectious disease, he shall not take or use any book or ~ 0 ~. . ...·
cause any book to be taken for his use from any public or -.
,•.
:.~:)
-.:-·-
..:_.:.:.:
circulating library. . .
·:.-?·:~--
· (2) A person shall not permit any book which has .·:\rt··
been taken from a public or circulating library, and is under
his control, to be used by any person ~hom he knows to be
s~ering from an infectious disease.
(3) A person shall not return to any public or
circulating library any book which he knows to have been
.'. ;--
exposed to infection from any infectious disease, .or permit '
·'•
.....
any such book which is under his control to be so returned, .. •.
,
but shall give notice to, the local authority that the book
has been so exposed to infection,· and the local authority
shall cause the book to be disinfected and returned to the .•
·-·'
·--'
library, or to be destroyed.
(4) The local authority _$hallpay to the proprietor
of the library from which the book; is procured the value
of any book destroyed under the power given by t4is section. ·
(5) If any person acts in contraventioD: of or fails
to ·comply with this section, he shall be liable; in respect of . ·:-: .
each offen_ce,to~ fine of ten doll~s.

(6) In this section, the term· "book" includes
i;1e~spapers, magazines, an4 other periodicals. · · ...
121. The owner Of driver of a public vehicle. vv.ithin.the ~ohib~ting

district of the local authority, used for the carrying of:~~
passengers at separate fares, _sh,allnot ;knowingly.convey, p~ µi. · . •'
'
or any other person shall not knowingly place, in any such ~~.
.
public vehicle, a person suffering .from any infectious

disease, or a person suffering from any such disease. sh~.
not enter any such vehicle, and every .person who shall
offend ag~st this sectjon shall; for ·every such offence, be
liable to a fine of ten dollars. · · . • · ··-···.: •:_,_.-_
.. . Penalty . ,. .;·
~=on
()D.
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~~2. Every owner or driver of a ·public vehicle shall ~~~!1or' ··.·:>--~::-.·.,·-:--

. ... ·::· -~:..
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immediately provide for the .disinfection of such vehicle : ···:·• ....

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vebicle. .._.,... ··.·.·-: .· ....
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394 Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public H eatth.
after it_has to his knowledge conveyed any person suffering

from an infectious disease, and if he fails to do so he shall
be liable to a fine of twenty-four dollars; but no such
owner or driver shall be required to convey any person ·, '.-·
so suffering until he has been paid a sum sufficient to cover
any loss or expense incurred by him in carrying 4lto..effect -
the provisions of this section.
.· ..,. ·- ..
.,·:.
Driver or 123~ (1) If any person suffering from -any infectious .. •·.
owner of
vehicle dis~ase is conveyed in any public vehicle within the district
· conveying of the local authority, the owner or driver thereof, as soon • ••• 1·
infected
person to as it comes to his knowledge, shall give notice to the Medi~
give notice. Officer of Health, and shall cause such vehicle to be dis-
infected, and if he fails so to do he shall be liable to a fine of
· twenty-four dollars; and the owner or driver of such vehicle
shall be entitled to recover in any ·court of competent
jurisdiction frqm the-person so conveyed, or from the person
causing that person to be so· conveyed, a sufficient sum to
.- cover any loss and e?Cpense_
with ·such disinfeGtion.
incurred l;>yhim in· connection
- . (2) It shall be the duty of the local authority, when

so requested by the o~er or driver of such public vehicle,
to provide for the ~sinf ection of the same free of charg~~.
except in cases where the owner or driver conve~d a person
knowing that he was suffering from infectious disea~e. .
.
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. . . . •·:,_
·.
Disinfection
of public
124. Any person who hires or uses a public vehicle, other ,·,
vehicles if than a hearse for· the conveyance ·of the body of· a person ·:·-.
used for who has died from anyinfectious diseas~, \vi.thout-previously · · - _.
can-ying
corpse. notifying to the. owner or driver ·of $uc;npublic: ve~cle th~t ..·_·-·-.·
the person whose body is or !s_intended .to· be so· conveyed . _..· ..
has -died. from infectious-- disease.; · and, -after- -~Y: si).ch · ·
-notification as aforesaid, ariy .owner or. driver of a.publi~ _ ·
·vehicle which has been ·used for conveying _the· body ·of -a.
person- who has died -fro:tninfectious disease., who shall not · .
immediately afterwards provide for t~e disinfection ofsuch_ ,•.
•.
vehicle to the satisfaction of tp.e local· authqrity, ,shall. be . .· l
liable to a fine .of twenty-four dollru;s. · . · . ··
=Penalty on
occupy
houses-with-
to
125. Every person wh9 shall cease to occupy any house;
room, or part- of. a house in whj,ch any person has, _within
six weeks previously, .been. suffering from ~y mfoctious
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disease, without having such house, room, or part of a house, ~~~i&:tus

and all articles therein liable to retain infection, disinfected or giving on
to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, as notice to
testified by a certificate signed by him, or without first ;~ °:
giving to the owner of such house, room, or part of a house, making false _
notice of the previous existence of such disease; and every answers.
person ceasing to occupy any house, room, or part of a
house, and who, on being questioned by the owner thereof,
or by any person negotiating for the hire of such house,
room, or part of a house, as to the fact of there having, .. ·. ·.·-,;--:--..-.
within six weeks previously, been therein any person
suffering from any infectious disease, knowingly makes a
false answer to such question, shall be liable to a fine of
forty-eight dollars.
126. Any person who knowingly lets for hire any house, Penalty on
room, _or part of a house in which any person has been i~in
suffering from any infectious disease, without having such whlch
house, room, or part of a house, and all articles therein ~:::- have
liable to retain infection; disinfected to the satisfaction of a been lodging.
medical practitioner, as testified by a certificate signed by
him, shall be liable to a fine of· ninety-six dollars, or to
imprisonment for one month.. ·
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. 127. Any person letting for hire, o;r showing for the- Penalty on
purpose of letting for hire, ~y house ·or part of a houseT• r:=-
who, on being questioned by any person negotfat,ing for. making false
the hire of such house or part of a house as to the fact of !sta~ts
there being· or within six weeks, preyiously having been ~ectious · ·_
therein any ·person su,ffering frqm. any_ infectious -disease,.~· ·.
knowingly make$ a false answer to .such qtiest_ion;shall :bt · : .
·\'
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liable to a fine of ninety-six dollars, ·or to- -i,w.prisonment·

for one month. . · . · . . _. · · .
128. (1) Where either- ..· Powerof

. . . . • " Magistrate .
. f(a)t_the_Pd<?dYof~ a_ per~ond~ho has __.die~ _9f·-h~y·:m_~~~~f
m ec Iou~ Isease Is. retame In .a -room ·-m w 1ch dead body.
persons live or sleep, or
(b) the· body of a person who has died of any
infectious disease is retained, without the sanction in
writing o~the ¥edical Officer of Heal~h or any medical
.,.,.
..396 Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public H eal,th.
i.
. r·-·:
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practitioner, for more than forty-eight hours, elsewhere ...:_.;,
than in a room not used at the time as a dwelling-place,

l'•
.... sleeping-place, or workroom, Qr ._

(c) any dead.body is retained in any house or room ·
or ship under circumstances which, if continued, may.
endanger the health of the. inmates thereof, or of any . ::..~ ~~:.
··..._:;• .
adjoining or neighbouring house or building, or .. :· ..
' -·-·-··
(d) any dead body found within the district is un- -. ·.··-.
'·.-<:~-
-~~--
claimed or no sufficient person undertakes to bury ~t, . ·:'·)/_:·
a Magistrate may, on a certificate signed by a Me<Ucai
Officer of Health or other medical practitioner, direct that
the body be removed, at the cost of the local authority, to ..
any available mortuary, and be buried within the time
...:·:_."{··
limited by the Magistrate; and m~y, if it is the body of a ., ...
person who has died of an infectious disease, or if he con-
siders immediate burial necessary, direct that the l;>odybe
buried immediately wjthout removal to the mortuary.
· (2) If ~ny person obstructs the execution of .any
direction given by a Magistrate under this section, he shall
pe-liable to a fin~ of forty, ..eight dollars. · . : ·J .
,._ ..
1.29~ if any person shall die from any infectious di~ea.se
:nsofintheanysick,hospital
Bodies of
infectious
or· place of temporary accommodation "for
and the !!edical Officer of Health or the medical
~~~tc practitioner in charge of such hospital or place certifies that
to be .• · •• "in his opinion it is desirable, in order to prevent the risk of
=::!z~D:!Y
~oID..ITI:unicating
. any _· infectious disease . or of. spreading
mfect1on, that. the _body shall not be ·removed ,from sµch ..
_hospital or pl~ce except for the purpose of being forthwitb . - ·
buried, it shall not be lawful f9t any persqn __ or pers9n~·to.
. remove such. body from such hospital or· place ~xcept for ·
the last mentioned .purpose; an<;lwhen the· body Js taken,· . '•'
out of such hospital for that purpose it ·shall be_forthwith· ·.··.. ' . ,· .. : ....
· carried or taken dir~ct to some cemetery :or·place ofburial, •. . .
.•.. ::
... ·
and ~hall be . forthwith there burie_d.; .·and any per~on _
wilfully offending against this s~ctio~ -shall be liable ·to a ..
fine of forty-eight dollars= ·Nothing_in this .Ordinance shall ..
· · prevent the removal of any dead body from any hospital .
or temporary place of accommodation for the sick to any-
mort-µary, and such mortuary shall, for the purposes of this
section, be deemed part of such hospital or place as aforesaid..
·. ",,
.· ,•·,
...
Public Health. (Ch. 12. No. 4. 397
130. (1) The local authority may provide nurses for Pro~on of
attendance on patients suffering from any infectious disease !~ce
......
in their district who, owing to want of accommodation af byJi~tr ·
the hospital, or danger of infection, cannot be removed to au 0 ~ •

the hospital, or in cases where removal to the hospital is
likely to endanger the patient's life.
(2) The local authority may charge such re~onable · ..
.. ,·
sums for the services of nurses provided by them as they
..
think :fit. ··-·
131. ·It shall not be lawful to hold any wake- over the fatenot~
body of any person, who has died of infectious disease, and
the occupfor of any house or premises, or part of a house or
premises, who permits or suffers any such wake to take place
in such house or premises, or part of a house or premises,
and every person who attends to take part in such wake
=t
~dy~1;:r~
~ri d¥fng of.
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$hall be liable to a :fineof te;indollars. ·

. . . . ..
132~ All regulations made under this Part of this Ordin- Publication
~ce.-shall be published in the Roya/. (?azette,and when so
published shall thenceforth have the same effect· and
~e:.~£
. -::.. ..
operation as if they were enacted by and fo~d part of this · .. ·•;.•,:
·.··.
.-:
Ordinance. · /
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133. ·For the purposes of this Part of this: Ordinance; any. General.
person authorised to .act under th~ ·provis_ionshereof .or of
. any regulations mad~ in pursuance_ of. any authorlty-~out
:d ·.:·\
contained in this· Part of this Ordinance may at any time, ._W<?rk..

with or without assistance-,- · · ·
(a) enter on lands ·and .buildings ~d inspect \,nd --
examine the same and all things thereon or therein; .
. (b) do on any land.o~- in any- buildi~g any s~tary. ...
or_other work authorised or directed; - .· _.. · . .
·· .(c) generally . do, with respect to persons, places,
land, buildings, animals, or things, whatever-is ri.ecess~
o~ ~xpedient. in order to.carry. out the fo.t~going·pro~
visions of this Part of this Ordinance or any djrection
or requirement given or arising thereunder.
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398 Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public.Health.

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PART~
COMMON LODGING-HOUSES AND BARRACK YARDS.
.Return by 134. (1) The owner of a barrack yard shall, immediately
owner of
ba.rra.tjt. upon the commencement of this Ordinance, make a return .··. .
in writing to the local authority, signed by him or his
authorised agent, giving the situation and area of such
yard, the number. of rooms therein, and his name and
address, and the name and address of his agent, if any.
(2) The owner shall cause every room in his barrack
yard to be distinctly and separately numbered.
Penalty. (3) The owner of any barrack yard who shall fail to
comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to
a :fine of five dollars in respect of every day on which he
fails so to comply.
Register of 135. Every local authority shall keep a register in which -·-.-.
common
lodging-
shall be entered the names and residences of the keepers of :-'.:\-
houses a.nd all common lodging-houses and owners of barrack yards
ba.rra.ck
yards.·
within the district of. such authority, and the situation of .·...
every such house and barrack yard, and the -number of·
lodgers authorised un~e:r'this Ordinance 1;>ysuch authority
to be received in any such lodging;..house.
- Evidence. 136. A copy of any entry.in the regist~r in the last pre-
ceding section mentioned, certified by.an officer of_the local··•
authority to be ·a tru~ copy, shall be received in all ;c~urts '
and on all occasions as evidence, and shall _be sufficient •
proof of the matter registered, without. production_ of the · ··
r~gister or of any ·document. or thing .on which the :entry is _ .. . .
founded.· · · · · ,::=./-'··.·
Lodging- 137. A person sh~ not keep a common lodging;.house ot ·

house or
barrack not receive a lodger therein· or suffer any room in a barrack to _-
to be' be occupied unless the house or barrack iS.-:registere~ in · -.__:-.:"·· :.·,.-.·.
'occupied
unless · accordance with the provisions of this Orcf.iriance,and unless · ·
.registered. hisname as the keeper or owner thereof is registered under
thi~ Ordinance: Provided that ·when the registered keeper ,
Death of
keeper of
of a co~on lodging-house dies, his widow or any member
l6dging- of his family may keep the house as a common lodging-
h9use. house for not more than four weeks after his death without
being registered as the keeper thereof.
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138. A house or barrack yard shall not be registered as a Premis~ to .. ,.::•.· ·:
common lodging-house or barrack yard, as the case may be, ~inspected

until it has been inspected and approved for the purpose by -tion.
the local authority. ·
139. Any keeper of a common lodging-house who receives Penalty tor

any lodger in such house, and any owner of a barrack yard · ea
who lets or suffers to be occupied any room or rooms in such
barrack yard without registering the same under this·
::~r
using.
Ordinance, shall be liable to a fine of twenty-four dollars,

and in the case of a continuing offence to a further ftne of .. •:•. -·
·., ...
ten dollars for · every day during which the ·offence ..is ,' . :~:
...
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continued. .-:·:.-·:-...
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140. In any proceeding under the proV1S1onsof this

Ordinance relating to common lodging-houses and to =:
Burden of
barracks or barrack yards, if the inmates of ~y house, or b~ofsame

to
barrack, or room, or oth~r part of a house .or parrack allege family.

that they are members of the ~ame family, the burden of
proving such allegation shall lie on the person making it.
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141. The local authority may, arid shall if directed by the Bye-Ia.ws.
Board, ·make bye-laws as· to all or any of the following -
matters To.relation. to 'common lodging-houses, barracks,· - ·
and barrack yards, that is to say,- · :
(a;) the fixing and from time to time varying of the
number of persons who may be received as lodgers in ·:· ·
. . ' ·,.
each common lodging-house and in each room thereof,
and the separation ·of .the ._sexes in_ such. common
lodging-houses; ·- .. . . · .·. · -·· ::· .
(b} the promoting of cleanlin~s and ventilati~:Q;_·-:·· _
. (cJ the sufficiency of the water supply·.·an,f privy, _· · -
shower bath, washing, drainage, and dustbin accommo- · _· .
dation and other appliances and· m~ans of_cleanliness• .
in proportion to the number of lodgers and oc.cupiers;:·.
(rl) the giving of notices and the taking of precautions ·
in the case of any infectjous disease; .
(e) the inspection and the time of inspection th~of;
(f) the ·collection and removal of refuse; .~-:, ~ ·...
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(g) the painting ·or 1imewashing of walls and . . . . ··.·:· ...: ..
buildings; . .' ·. . : :··-\_~(-' ._. ·.
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{h) the keeping by the owner in proper condition of

all drai?s and sanitary_ arrangements;
(i) the paving· of yards;
-(J) .generally, the keeping and well ordering of such
houses and barrack yards.
Default in 142. -(1).If it appears to the local authority that, in the

complying
with bye- case of a common lodging-house or barrack yard, default is
laws or made in complying with any bye-laws made under the last · ...-·
Ordinance. .·.,.
Recovery of
preceding section or with any of the provisions of this
expenses Ordinance, the local authority may, by 1+oticein writing
incurred by specifying the default, require the keep~ of such comm.on
local
· authority. lodging-house or the owner of such barrack yard to remedy
the default vv:ithln such time as may be specified in such
notice. ·
(2) If., within the time specified in the notice, the
default is not -remedied to the satisfaction of·· the local
authority, they may tl;temselves do the work required to be
done, and the expenses incurred in so doing may ·be re-
covered in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and until paid
shall be a charge on the premi$es in respect of which the
work was done. a
· (3} Where -a local · a~thority have incurred any

expens~ in doing any .work a~ aforesaid, such ex_petJ.Ses
may be recovered by the local authority, together with
· U1terest thereon at the rate of five per "centuID;:per annum
co:i;nputed from the date·. of- the completion .of the work,.
under_ the Rates and Charges Recqvety Ordinance· or by
action in· the Petty Civil Court of -the district, without
· limit ·of amount, at the discretion of the-local authonty. -_-
. . (4) Whenever-it' ~~11 be "made'to appear t~-'the .. ·
·local authority on any represent~tion by "the keeper ·of a ·
common lodging-house or the owner _ofa barrack yard, (md
ondue investigation of the circumstances, that su,chkeeper or
owner is from poverty.or other inability unable to defray-the_
· expenses of any work done by ~he local authority under This
section, the local authority mayby· o:rder or in agreement .-·. :·
with such keeper or owner declare such exp~nses to be
payable by annual instalments within a period not
exceedi~g fifteen years with interest at. five :per ·centum
per ~um until the whole is paid; and _such mstaJments
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or ·interest or any part thereof may be recovered by _the

local authority in the maiµier provided by the _last
preceding subsection.
(5) If at any time any of the instalments or the ...
interest thereon or any part thereof respectively· shall be ,•.
in arrear and unpaid for the period of three months afte~

the time appointed for the payment thereof, the whole
amount of the expenses charged on such common lodging-
house or barrack yard r~aining unpaid shall forthwith
become payable, together with interest thereon computed
from the date of the payment of the last instalment, or
if no instalment has been paid fto:rn, the date when the
expenses charged on such· common lodging-hou,se or
barrack yard first became due and payable by the keeper
or owner, and may be recovered by the local authority
·-·in the manner provided by subsection (3) of this section.
143. The local autho:(ity, if ·at. any time they are of ~~g . .
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opinion that any person registered as the keeper of a regis .::',:',·:
common lodging-house is not a fit -person for the purpose, ..-:-..-:.~
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may cancel the registration. ·.
. 144. (1) No person sha1I take any steps to establish a Con~ons

barrack yard, or to convert any p~emises into a ·barrack~ yard
yard, or to reconstruct or rebuild any existing barrack yard, may~ ~
except wj.th the consent of the local authority, which ~~ed.
consent shall only be granted on the conditions following, · ·
that is to say,- ·
(a) that the barrack ~d shall be establkhed and·
constructed in conformity with a · model ·plan ~d
specification to be drawn up by the Board; . .
. (b) that each room shill.be_·sufficiently ventilated
directly to the outside air on at least two •Sides,and .
that sufficient pr:ovision shall be made. for the access ·
o~ light thereto; -_ . _
(c) that no rooms shall ventilat~ into .another; ·
(d) that the roofs of all roo;cnsshall be close boardea
and ventilated, and that every .room .shall be .rat
proof;
(e) that the whole or such part of any yard as the-·
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local authority may direct shall be paved to the
satisfaction of the local authority; .
(f) that the privy accommodation and the provision
for the collection of refuse shall be such as may be ··::···:
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prescribed in each case by the local authority.
P,efinitionof (2) For the purposes of this section, each of the·
reconstruc-
tion and . opera t.ions, narn ely-
foll· owmg -;.,
rebuilding." {a) the re-erection, wholly or partiaJ.ly, of any
building of which an outer .wall is pulled down or.burnt . :::·-·
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down to or within five feet of the ground floor,
(b) the making of any addition to an existing
building by raising any part of the roof, ·by altering a
wall, or making any projection from the building, but
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so far as regards the addition only: and
(c) the roofing or covering over of an open space
between walls or buildings,
shall be deemed to be the reconstruction or rebuilding of a
barrack yard. ; ~-'·! '.
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Penalty. {3) _Any person taking any steps to establish a.
barrack yard or to convert any premises into a barrack
yard or to reconstruct or rebuild any existing barrack yard,.
except with the consent ·of the local authority, shall be . : ...
. ....
liable to a fine of two hundred and forty dolla~s..
Existing. 145. (l) With regard to _barrack yards. existing at .Jhe'

barrack commencement of this Ordinance, the local authority shall.,.
yards.
in any case in which a Medical Officer of Health reports
·that a barrack yard is in such a condition as to be unfit for
human habitation or injurious to the health of the occupants · · · ·
or to the public health, or that the premises should be made
·/ . , ..
rat proof, take such pro~eedings as may be necessary to :
have the same put in proper sanitary condition or· µiade

rat proof, or, where the· premises"·are incapable of being .. ; •, . .
put in such condition _ormade rat proof, to have the same ..
.-.-·
closed: Provided that the local authority niay at any time

order the whole or any part of any barrack yard to be paved ·.
to their satisfaction.
(2) In case of non-compliance with the provisions of
this section the procedure provided by'section 73 shall apply .
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PART ~iHJs. __, · .....·
BAKEHOUSES.
146. For the purpos"es of this· Part of this Ordinance- Interpreta.- .·.·-·_.
" bakehouse" means any place in which ate com- ~on of terms
I{lonly baked~ or exposed or offered for sale, or ·
deposited for the purpose of sale or of preparation for
sale or have been recently sold for human consumption,
bread, biscuits, cakes, or. confectionery, in the baking
or selling of which a trade is carried on; ·•,.
· " employed," as applied to any person, includes any

person working in a. bakehouse, whether he receives
wages or not ; .
" occupier " includes any person in_possession.
147. (1) Every person who intends to use any place as a Application
bakehouse shall make application. in writing to the local ~ b~~:!..
authority, setting out his full name and a:correct description
of the premises so used or intended to be used. If the local
authqrity are satisfied that the premises specified in the "·;.
applicati9n are such as ca.n properly be used as .a pakehouse

under this Ordin~ce; they shall issue to the ·applicant a . ',, ·,:/
certificate to that effect. · '' .· ·-
(2) The particulars of such ·application and certifi.,.

cate shall be entered in a book to .be kept by the local
authority and to be called "Th~ Bakehouses Register."· ·
~rr!ilf·
.
. (3) .Any person who shall use -any place as a bake-
i-~
house without having first obtained a certificate asherein- .
~·•e\f
before shall be liable to a fine of.
.·~·"l'/Y
.
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The walls of a bak~use ,,._,,. ..;,,
a°:~ the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls,.
ceilings, or tops be plastered or not, and all passages ana. P
w::=:s.
· .
staircases of such bakehouse, shall either btf painted. with
oil or varnish or be limewashed; when painted with- oil or
varnis~, then~ shall be thr~e Goats of paint or vaqrish, and ·
the paint or varnish shall be renewed once at least in every. · .
three years ~d shall be_washed with hot :-vater and soap
once at least !n every six months; when hmewashed, the
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limewashing shall be renewed in ·each of the months of

April, August, and. December in every-year.
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(2) The occupier of any bakehouse who fails to keep ·
the same in conf?rmity with~.,:s s~cti ha}J.~e liable i~_
a.
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Conditions 149. (I) It shall not be lawful to let or suffer to be
of use of
bakehouse. occupied as a bakehouse or to occupy as a bakehouse any
room or place unless the follovv.ingregulations are complied
with-
(a) no privy or dustbin shall be within or communi-
cate directly with the bakehouse;
(b) any cistern or pipe for supplying water to a
bakehouse shall be separate and distinct from a.ny
cistern or pipe for supplying water direct to a privy;
(c) no drain or pipe for carrying off faecal matter or
sewage shall have an opening within the. bakehouse;
(d) .every bakehouse. shall be efficiently ventil~tect··--· ·_
to the satisfaction of the Medical Offic~r of Health.·
(2) Any person who let-s or suffers to be occupied or
. who _occupie~any :oom or pla~e as a bakehous~ a ...
· .on of tb,1set~;:o~ii~ 11-be lia to a fine ·of ~-----4-~ r.llJ/
. .. _· c"'.<.ito~~~~e~~ ·· .
· unn ~ any room~ pfa~is s occupied after a
conviction under this sectior;i.. ·
Bye-laws. 150. Tl;i.elocal authority ID:aymake bye-:Iaws as·to all or· . ·

any of the following matte~, that_is t~ say- . _ ·
. (a). the ·structure of. floors and walls of p~ehouses; · · · .·:··
.(b) the keeping .ofbakehouses in.a cle~n arid-sanitary · .-:. i· .:
condition; . · · .. · ·· · ·
(c).the prevention of the accumulation ofdu.st, ·ashes .... · i:\\: .
.:! re:Said~e::O~uties of occupiers of.the preIJ}ises ··•··
·.·..· );i)il:{
. .
P~ty for .151. (lY Where a Magistrate is satisfied, on the_prosecu-
::;,g
insa?i-tion of the local, authority, that any room. or:plac;;eused as ·
premises a:bakehouse is in s~ch· a state as to be, on saru,tary grounds,
unfit for use or occupation.as a bakeliouse, the occupier of
iow doilG.FSf.
the bakehouse shan ,:_~iable to a fine of t1-.v&t3:r
~-so p, --zo ;'MtT . .M ctYl~ t, ·.
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and on a secon<!J!'!.Su~.!l.quent conviction to a fine of t.e.t;,.

eigM d-eHa.rs.~ ~ oO . .
}-£-Y-/J?J~
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. (2) The Magistrate, in addition to or instead of . :-··.<'...
inflicting such fine, may order means to be adopted by the

occupier within the time named in the order for the purpose ,- •· ..
of removing the ground of complaint. ..::::.-

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(3) The Magistrate may, on application, enlarge the ·,,··.
time so named, but if, after the expiration of the time so

originally named or enlarged by subsequent order, the
.ai> order is not complied with, the o.ccupier shall be liable to a S-V.~,,..,.
,o fine of~dollars for every day that such non-compliance ff, .· .. :•-·.·
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continues.
152. (I) No room or. place on the same level with the sleeping .... . ..::-.
bakehouse- and fonning part of the same building shall be places.
used as a sleeping place or living room unless it is effectually
separated from the bakehouse by a p~tion of wood,
masonry, or other substantial material extending from the
floor to the ceiling, and .unless it ha~ an external window of
at least nine super.ficiaf .feet in area made to open for: . :~ .:~·
.,
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ventilation.
.
· . . . .
(2) Any person who lets or occupies or knowingly · ..
suff~rs to be occ1:1piedany room or place contrary to this· ,(I.. ,.. .a'\l
section shall be liable to a_fine of-4Fv7e aollars for t~e ·first fl'.~.$ 0 . (!tt
aeRaFSfor any subsequent .offence.~e:Scro
offence, and Pnteftty .E6ttt" ... ,
153. (1) No person· who shall be suffering from ari.yPersens· • <·: .. •:'
infectious or communicable disease shall· be employed in :;:eri.ng .

any bakehouse. . .. dis:S:~·
(2) If the owner of any b~eho-µse sh~ knowingly:
employ ariy per~on in contravention o! this section, _sµch . : · ~.n : ,..
.. '
owner shall be lable _to a :fi~e of larty c,:ght dollars for the ~re. a""O·
first offe:D.c~,and maety ~ aeill:M"-S ·for a:n.y·subsequent ~,.rao · · • : .. ....
~{:·-:.-:.·
.. _
offence. ..
154. (J) The Medical Officer of :Health or Sanitary Po~ of .

Inspector ~hall, _for the purposes of the execution of this. ~~~ ·
Part ~f th1s_Ordmance,-·have power to do all o;r any·of tb:e
followmg things, namely- ·
. (a) to ent~r, inspect, and examine, at all reasonable
times by day or night, any bakehouse; · .. ::- ··:.:: .··
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(b) to take with him a constable into_,a bakehouse .•.··

in which he has reasonable cause to apprehend any
obstruction in the execution of his duty;
(c) to make such examination and enquiry as may .....
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be necessary to ascertain whether the enactments for
the time being in force relating to public health are
complied with so far as respects' the bakehouse and the · .. ·,
persons employed therein.
..
(2) The occupier of any bakehouse, his agents and •,• ;•
servants, shall furnish the means required by the Medical
Obstruction.
..
Officer of Health or Sanitary Inspector for entry, inspection,
examination, and enquiry in relation to such bakehouse .
(3) Every person who wilfully delays the Medical
Officer of Health or Sanitary Inspector in the exercise of
any power unde~ this section, or who fails to comply with
any requisition of such Medical Officer of Health or Sanitary
Inspector in pursuance of this section, shall be deemed to
obstruct the Medical Officer of Health or .Sanitary Inspector
in the execution of his duties under this Ordinance. •,· ..
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PART XVIII
.
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· MOSQUITOES.
Bye-Ia.wsfor 155. For the purpose of preventing the breeding of
-:;te~:,tr:ol
· mosquito~s, a local authority; may make bye-laws _relating
quit~. to all or anyof the following matters, that is to· say,-·:· : ·
. (a)°the protection of receptacles for storing water by
• wire gauze. or other e:f;ticientmeans;. · · ·
.. (b) the keeping of 'premises free from stagnan.t'.~atir : : ·
liable to breed mos·quitoes, and from articles· appliances, ·
·trees, or plants which may retain stagnant wat~r liable
to breed ;mosquitoes; ··. · · ..... ·.. ·. - .· _ ... · .
. -(c) the 'disinfecting and o:ilirig of cesspits~ '.anq.:·tJ.le- : - ·:
cleaning out bf catchpits; · · · · ···: .·. ~-..-.:.~ ··
(d) the keeping in repair and free of 'o:t>struction__. of.
eaves-gutters and down-pipes_; · ·
(e) the cutting down of bush or .undergrowth liable
to harbour mosquitoes.
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~(X
PART XVIII.
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, SHOPS WHERE FOOD IS SOLD BY
RETAIL, AND HUCKSTERS.
156. (1.) A local authority may make bye-laws for all or Hotels.
any of the following matters, that is to say- . ~::.S
(a) the inspection bf hotels, restaurants, retail shops,
and places where any article, cooked or uncooked, and
intep.ded for human consumption, is sold, exposed or--
offered for sale, or deposited for the purpose of sale or
of preparation for sale;
(b) the cleanliness and disinfection of the premises
and of all instruments, appliances, furniture, utensils,
fixtures, and accessories used in connection with the
business carried on in any hotel, restaurant, retail shop,
or oth_er such place;
(c) the prot~ction from contamination by dust, flies,
and otherwise oj all articles intended, exposed, or
offered for sale for human, consumption in such .hotels, ..... ·
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restaurants, retail shops, and other places;
(d). the precautions to be taken against the spread of
infection or communication of disease from, to, or
amongst persons on such pr~ise.$, whether occupiers,
employees, employers, guests or customer$;
. .
(e) the painting, varnishing, distem..pering· 9r· lime-

washing of the inner and outer walls, and of all fixtures,'
:. :,:::.
counters, shelves, doors, wirid9ws, and· -partitjo;ns of ,:::.:-.
••,:
such hotels, restaurants, retail shops, and other .pla<;es; . :-..:-:-::.-,
.. : ..
(/) the duties of owners and occupiers with regard to
the removal and dispos·al of all refuse and waste matters
from such hotels, restaurants-, -retail shops, .and other
places; · ·· .. · · · · ··
. (g) the registration of retail shops and places where
any article of food, whether solid or liquiq, cooked or·
uncooked, intended· for hu~an cons~ption, is .sold,
expos~d or offered for sale, or deposited for the purpose
of sale or of preparation ;for sale; ·
(h) the .registration of all persons conveying or
delivering from house to house, for purposes of sale,
selling or offering fa~ sale outsi<;leof any building or in
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any street, square or other public place, any foodstuffs,

bread,· cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked
food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refresh- · ··:··.·•.::·
.. ·. :.
ments; and the issue of badges denoting registration .. ..::::.~·-: '
·- .·.·:,
to such persons; ... ·•-•;
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(i) the cancellation of registration for breaches of ' . ·:·~)t~:·

bye:-laws;
..(j) the providing that any person registered under
any bye-laws :made under this section shall carry and
exhibit his badge of registration when lawfully required;
,:·
(k) the charging of fees for the badges mentioned in . ;.
.• ....
. ..: ::
this section; ' .
(l) the securing. of the cleanliness of all persons

registered under this section, or employed in retail ...
'· .
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shops registered under this section;

(m) the securing of the cleanliness of all appliances,
utensils, instruments, vessels and accessories used in
connection with t_hebusiness described in.paragraph (h)
. hereof;
(n) the prohibition of the sale within. the district of
·any local authority; of any article of food whether solid
or liqui,d, cooked or uncooked, intended for human
consumption, supplied from any retail shops or places
outside the district of ·su-chlocal authority with respect .
to which any bye-laws made under this section.are Iiot. ·. . .
observed. · . . . . - · ·. · · -··_:
· , _.
D~tion of (2) Every regis~ration· u~der subs.ed:ion_(1) of this
. registration. . section shall; unless cancelled~ be and continu~ in fqrce ·from
the date of its issue until the. 31st of December next
. thereafter. .....:;;:··.·.· .. · ..
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Hucksters.
Hucbters. 157. A local authority may make bye-la~ for- the pro- . ':.
.tectiontiom contamination by ·dust, flies~ o-,:otherwise of .

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all foodstuffs, cakes, pastry,· and_ ot.her confectionery kept, ..··~·
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sold or offered for sale, outside of any' building, or in any
street, square, ·or other public place; ·
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. . ' ~
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158. (1) A local authorit_y may make bye-laws as. to ~ Bye,-Ia.ws.

or any of tte"-:rol!owing matters relating to. factories and .
workshops, that is to say-
(a) the cle~ess o~ rooms and freedom from ....,·.,
effluvia;
(b) the removal of refuse;
(c) ventilation and light; .:·: :
(d) sufficiency, type, and position of sanitary con-
veniences;
(e) precautions against the contamination of any
article of food or drink manufactured or in the course
of manufacture for human consumption;
· (/) precautions against the spread of infection;
(g) the registration of .
factories and workshops.
.
· (2) Iri. this section- . -~\J·
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'.' factory " means -any premises wherein, or within ..·.. :.•:
the close or curtilage of which, mechanical power is used ·.-
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to move· or work any machinery;·
. H workshop" means any premises, room, or place,
not being a factory wherein, ..or. within the close or
curtilage of which, any manual labour is exercised ·by
way of trade or for the purposes of gain, and to or over·
which premises, room, or place the employer of the
persons · working therein. has. the right of access or
. control.
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'PART xxJ·
. BARBERS' · AND SIMILAR SHOPS.
. . . .
.· 159. (1) ~ local auth,_otjty._maymake bye"'."lawsas to all ·:sar1>e:rs·
a.nd
or any of the"1ollowing matters !elating to shops, that is to similarshops.
s~- . . . .. . .
(a)-the cleanliness and disinfection of the premises,
and of all u;i.struments, appliances, furniture, utensils,
:fixtures, and accessories used in· or in- connection with
the -business carried on in such premises;
(b) precautions against the spread of infection or
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communication of disease from, to, or -amongst persons , ...
on such premises, whether occupiers, employers,

employees, or customers;
(c) the entry on and examination of such premises
by the local authority.
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(2) In this section, the term " shop " includes ·· .. >: ·:\· ..:~-.:::·.:-·
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"barber's shop" and any room in_any shop used for the
purpose of carrying on the business of al barber, and
also any other shop or room, or class of shop or room, which,
by proclamation, the Governor in Council may declare to . :::~-
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be included in such term.
PART XXII
SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
Slaughter-
hcrilses.
160. (1) The locaj. authority of any urban or rural district
may, if they think :fit, provide one or more slaughter-houses
for the whole or fo,r any special area in such district, and;
from and after the provision of any such slaughter-house, · ..' .. ..
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it shall not be lawful for any person to slaughter any animal

intended for the food of man in any pl~ce within any such
area e~cept in the slaughter-house provided therefor; and
any person.acting in contravention of th~ provisions of this
section shall be liable to a fine of forty-eight dollars for each
_animal slaughtered. . , . • .,
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Definition of (2) In this section, the term f' animal "* ·means any -:::./:._.
,c animal.1, : :-//·.:_:_:
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bull, cow, ox, steer, bullock, heifer, c.alf, she~p, lamb, pig~
or goat, and any other animal which, by proclamation:~ the
Governor in Council m~y declare to be included within such·
term. ·
Bye-laws. (3) Any su~ local authority as aforesaid may make·
bye-laws for regulating the use of any slaughter-houses pro-
vided by them, and of all buildings, stalls, pens-,slaughtering· :-:-··:.. ·
places, or other parts thereof, and the approaches thereto,
and any pastures attached thereto, and specific~y for all
or any of the following purposes, namely-· ·
(a) for fixing the tolls, r~nts, and other charges to be
paid thereat, and for regulating the rights and liabilities
of owners of any-animals broug~t therein, and the right
"' Turtle included in the term " animal "-see R.G. 22.5.1941.
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of access to such sla.ughter:-houses, and appUJ:i:enant

grounds or any part thereof;
(b) for regulating the manner of occupying and using
such slaughter-houses, and the inspection and slaughter-
ing of animals therein; ·
(c) with respect to the licensing of slaughtermen and
the suspension, revocation, and cancellation of such
licences;
(d). for fixing the hours at which such slaughter- ..... : .
houses shall be opened and closed; . ...· .•.
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. (e) for fixing the hours when, and prescribing the

conditions and requirements under and subject to·
which, animals are to be slaughtered therein; ·.·•, .
(j) for ft.xing the times when, and prescribing the
conditions and requirements under and subject to
which, ..:;carcases and other parts of any animals
slaugk.tered in such slaughter-houses shall be removed
therefrom; ·
(g) for prescribing the description and make of th~
·carts to be provided by the owners of carcases of
animals slaughtered in such slaughter-houses for the
removal of such ·carcases therefro:r.n;.
(h) for c:Iealingwit~ any animal which may be fo-µnd
to be diseased; · . -
. (i) for reg~ating the- feeding arid watering ·of
animals brought therein and for preventing cruelty
therein; .·- ·
(j) for regulating the la:o.ding of animals intended to
be takeri direct from the' landing-place to ·any: ~uch
slaughter-house, ap.d prescribing the precautions to be · ··: .,• . .:
observed by the 9wners of such animals- in bringing
such animals into the .slaughter-house or any part ..
. .· :··.· . .·
thereof; · . . · . ·· · ·
(k) for regulating and fizjng the charges for the us_e
of any scales pro~ded by the local authori~y; ..
(l) for preventing nuisances and obstructions· in any ·
such slaughter-houses or any part thereof, -or the .
approaches thereto, or the grounds around the·.
slaughter-house buildings, and for the summary
eje~tion_ from such s1aughter-houses, approa~hes, or
grounds of any person or persons found fighting or ·.
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behaving in a· disorderly qr riotous manner or creating

any disturbance therein.
Default of (4) Where any owner makes default in complying
owners in
complying with any bye-law made under this section imposing any
with bye- duty on him with respect to any animal belonging to him.,
laws.
it shall be lawful for the local authority, without prejudice
to their right to institute summary- proceedings for the
breach of such bye-laws; to undertake the execution of such
duty, and the expenses incurred for the purpose shall be a
debt due from such owner to th;e local authority. ' .·
Defanltin (5) Where default is made by any owner in payment

.payment of
expenses. of any expenses due to the local authority under this Part
of this Ordinance or under any bye-laws made thereunder>.
~t shall be lawful for the local authority to recover the
expenses due by summary proceedings before the Magistrate
or by sale 0£any animal of the owner .then in the -slaughter-
·house. ·.• .
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Sale and .(6) Any sale under this section shall be by public . .:_, :.',
proceeds
.· thereof. ·auction, after seven dayf advertisement thereof. The local
authority shall apply the proceeds of such sale in or towards
the payment of the costs and expenses of such sale, and>
· sec<;>ndly,in or towards payment of the sums due· by the
owner to the local authority; and· the surplus, if ~y, shall
·be paid to the person entered as the owner of. the animal
in the_books of· the local authority. ·
PART XXIIf
SALE OF FRESH ME~T IN PROCLAIMED ·ARE.As.
· ··
Control of.· .161. '(1) The Governor in Council may, by_ptoclamation~.
:1:i.~fr~ _declare any area, to be defined in such proclamation ..·
defined area. (hereinafter referred to ~s ·a " defined area ")., being ·out~ide -.· ·
the limits of the City of Port-of-Spain, the Boroughs_ of . :
$an Fernando and Ari.ma, and of Princes Town as de~~d ·
4thSchednie, in the Fourth Schedule hereto, to be an area in :~yhichfyesp · ·
meat shall not be sold except in premises or _placesapproved ···
· · and by persons licensed · for the purpose by · the local• ;_:.?-:.·-
authority. .~-
. (2) On the coming into; operation of any such pr(?- · ·

damation, it shall be lawful for the local authority of the
,district in which a de.finedarea is situate to approve premises
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or places in such area in which fresh meat may be sold or

offered or exposed for sale, and to grant to any person or
persons-licences to sell or offer or expose for sale fresh meat
in such premises or places. . _
(3) Every such licence shall be issued free of charge
to the applicant, shall (unl~ss cancelled under subsection (5) .. . .
of this-section or µnder subsection (8) of section 86) expire .....-.·::;':
.· '.·
on the next succeeding 31st of December, and shall be

granted on such term~ and conditions as the local authority
may from time to time determine. . ·
(4) No licence. under_this sectio~ shall be granted to
a person suffering from any communicable or infectious
disease, or to any person whose state of health is, in the
opinion of the Medical Officer of Health, such as to render
him unfit to be concerned in the sale of meat. ...:·.-.·.· ?(
(5) The local authority may cancel any licence on a
breach of any of the terms and conditions thereof, .and shall
cancel any such licence if· the y.olo.erthereof is found to be
suffering from any communicable or infectious disease or ..
. whose -state of health is, in the opinion of the .Medical .. ..
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Officer of Health, such as to unfit him to be concerned in the ... )'.{(_\i

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sale of meat.
(6) Any per~on who sells or offers or exposes for sale
any fresh meat in a defined area, except on premises_or in a
.place approved by the local authority, _or not _being_the
holder of an une.i..'Pir~dlicence granted under this section,.
shall be liable to a fine. of forty-eig}?.tdollars! · ··
(7) In this section, " fresh meat " means fresh meat
-ofany bull, cow, ox, steer, bullock, heifer, calf, sheep, lamb,-.
_pig, goat, or turtle slaughtered for . sale, · and ·inclt1,des
imported fresh meat. ·
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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En.try/ _a_nd
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obstruction.
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16~. Vf!1ffe the Btar.dbra localauthority have, ·byvirtue Delegation

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of this .Qr£i.man~e
or any regulations or bye-laws thereunder, of powers. .' ·--:··.
pow~r to examme or ~nter any premises, they may examine .·: ~
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,or enter by any of their members, or by any .offi;ceror person .,

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authori~ed by them, either generally or in any particular ·,,.··
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General 163. (1) Except in cases otherwise specially provided for '-::•:_:·
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rules as to by this Ordinance, where the Board or a local authority, 9r _.·.· ..·.·.·
entry.
tl;t.eir officers or any persons acting undet the Board or
authority, have power to examine or enter as aforesaid,. ' ...•:··
the following provisions shall apply, that is to say-
(a) the person so claiming the right to enter shall, if
required, produce some written document, properly
· authenticated on the part of the Bqard or local
authority, showing the right of the person producing
the same to enter;
(b) any person refusing or failing -to admit any
person who is authorised and claims to enter t~e
premises shall if- _
(i} the entry is for the purpose of carrying iI1to·
effect an order of a Magistrate, and either is stated.
in the said document to be for that purpose or is.
claimed by an officer of the Board or of a local ·•:.·:. ·..
authority to be for that purpose, or .. -·._:
(ii) it is provtd that the refusal or failure is with.·

intent to prevent _the discovery of s01ne contra-
vention of this Ordinance or any r~guJation- or-
. bye-law under this Ordinance, or
(iii) the refusal or failure is declared -by_ the-· ,•.
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enactme11t conferring the right of entry to ·render •,
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the person refusing or failing subject to a p~alty,. .:~.::. . ~. ' ·... ' .;
be liable to ~ fine of_twenty-four
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do;Ilars; . . . .
(2) If a Magistrate ·is satisfied, by information- ·on.·. - ·· -
· oath- · · · ·
(a) that there is -reasonable ground for such entry: · . ~- •,• .
and that there has been ·a refusal or. failure to admit .to. ..?. ,>\·\·:_.
such premises, and either that reasonable notice· of the: .. ..... :: ·:
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intention to apply to a :Magistrate for a' warrant has.
been given or that the giving of notice wo~d defeat. ·
the object of the entry, or ·
(b) that there is reasonable cause to be~eve that--_
there is on the said premises some contravention· of
this Ordinance or of any regulation or bye--1awunder· ·•.-.•.
this Ordinance, and that an application· for admission""
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or notice of an application for the warrant, would

defeat the object of the entry,
the Magistrate may, by warrant under his hand, authorise 2nd Schedulo-
the Board or the· local authority or their officers or other Form E. ._
persons, as the case may require, to enter the premises,
and if need be by force, vvith such assistance as they or he
may require, and there execute their duties under this
Ordinance.
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(3) Any person obstructing the execution of any
such warrant shall be liable to a :fine of ninety-six dollars,
or, where the offence is a continuing one, to a fine of ten
dollars for every day that the offence is continued.
(4) The warrant shall continue in force until the
purpose for which the entry is necessary has been satisfied.
164. (1) Subject to any express provisions of this Obstruction.

Ordinance, whosoever hinqers or obstructs any person in
the discharge of a duty imposed on him. by or under any · .. _.' ·,
authority conferred by this,Ordinance or ~y any regulations ~lt'7? -

--~~~}A¾e ther@n.f!eJ Ahall be 2_iabJe_tQ a. fin~~ 7'i J
.1,,1,1,,1~""'~e-w~r~)1eofte:6e'e1s
fmt!H:l:ttt~~-b-.b~~- a'eo~°'6~, ~ c."O
to a fine of ten dollO:FSfor every day that- the· offence is . /,/!>/_<TO-'. · ·
continued. .
· .
. (2) Whosoever by any gratuity, bribe, promise, _or·Bribery, etc.

other inducement prevents, or attempts to prevent, the
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due execution by any person of any .duty imposed on him
by this Ordinance or by any·regulations or bye-laws made·.
'·,Joel · - ~. . · .
_ .q~ence to, a !Jn~11
fpr ..afj.J:stoff(W~eto,..,a fine of. ~
li.P:ble_.
,..er ·anysiio~°€qu~nt
, 'ftna. fo"'f~a,··seC'Onci.
o~ t--,vohnndrea. eftd forij1 d:otl-Ms ..~A :
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165. (1) vVhere the occupier of premises prevents ,:the Obstruction
own~r. thereof ~om ~beying or car~ying_.into effect any ~f 0
provis10n of this (?rdmance, · a Magistrate, on complaint, Y · .P
=: ier.
shall by order, require such occupier to permit t:µe ~xecution

of any works which appear to him necessary for the purpose
of_o~eying or carrying into effect the said provision; and if, ·,·.
within twenty-four hours after service on him of the order
such occupier fails to comply therewith, he· shall be liabl~
to a. fine of twenty-four ¢iollars for every day during the
continuance of such non-compliance.
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· (2) If the occupier of any premises, when requested

by or on behalf of the local authority to state the name and
address of the owner of the premises, refuses or wilfully
omits to disclose or ·wilfully mis-states· the same, he shall be
liable to a fine of twenty-four dollars.
Regulations and bye-laws. ~

Penalties for 166. Except as in this Ordinance expressly provided,·
breaches of
· bye-laws. regulations or bye-laws made under this Ordinance may
provide for the imposition on offenders against the same of~ .
penalties not exceedin~~T~~~~_ for each offence,Jk"--o•.,-o
and in the case of a continuing o ence a further penalty
not exceeding t@n dolla.n; for each day during which _theP®· flO
offence continu·es. ·
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Confinna:tion 167. (1) Regulations or bye-laws made by the Board . :·· .·
of ;regula-
tions and under this Ordinance shall not take effect until they have
bye-laws. been confirmed by the Governor in Council. ·:·..- _.
. (2) Regulatiop.s. or bye-laws made by a local

-authority under this· Ordinance shall not take effect unless
and until they have been approved by the Board, and ·
- confirmed by the Governor in Council.
Effect and 168. When confirmed by the Governor in· Council, ·all
.publication
of bye-laws. such regulations or bye-laws shall. come. immediately into
.effect ap.d have the force of law, an.d shall be published in . _.
the Royal Gazette. · · ··
Recovery of costs and expenses. ·

Recovery of "169.vVhere any
local _authority have incurred. ~xpenses,_ ..:
:~~~ . for_the payment whe:r~ofthe owner of the premises _for
. '. :
or· · ~ . :. ·-.' '
in respect of which the same a.re incurred .is made liable
I•,•
. under this Ordinance· or by any agreement with the loca;t _

authority, s~ch expenses may ~e recovered_, together ·wj_th-_ ·
interest at a rate not exceeding :fiveper cent-um per a.nnl.im · .
from the date of service of a demand for. the same till
payment thereof, from any ·person who is the owner ·of such ,.
premises when the works are complettd for which. such- ·
expenses have been incurred, and, until recoyery of such
expenses and interest, the same shall be a charge on ··the . -·- ..
premis~s in respect of which they were. incurred. Such ..
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charge shall be deemed to be prior and preferential to all ---\i{

existing or future charges or encumbrances thereon, save ·•,•
and except charges for debts due to the Crown and charges •,, .'
thereon in respect of other rates, charges, or sums of money . ~ .·: .

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due to the Corporation of any City or Borough.
· Offences.
170. (1) All offences under this Ordinance may be Recov~of .,
prosecuted, and all penalties, fines, forfeitures, costs, and ~ti~,
expenses incurred under this Ordinance or any regulations procedure.
or bye-laws made thereunder may be imposed or recovered
in the manner provided by the Summary Courts Ordinance.
(2) Any information or complaint for any offence
against the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations
or bye-laws made thereunder, for the breach whet~of the
Board or any local authority may institute proceedings,
may be laid· or made :in,th~ name oLt1!:_eBo~2, or local
authority by any officer' or officers 9f .suchJ'.io.@:!d
or local - •,:
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authority authorised in, that behalf by resolution of the •'·'.
Board or local authority, either generally or in respect of

offences against certain pr9visions of .this Ordinance or
against certain regulatio:qs or bye_-laws to be -named in
such resolution; and any officer or officers of the Board
or any_ local authority, authorised m· that behalf ·by
resolutiqn of such Board or local authority; may conduct"·
the proceedings before_ the Magistrate in all cases where
the B?ard or local authority are complainants or defendants. :.·•,.
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·(3) All penalties and- -costs- recov~re¢1 from :any . ,.

persons under this Ordin.arice or any regulations or bye-laws. ··: .. ·:···.·.
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made thereunder, in cases where any local authority are . · .
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either c~mpl~ants or de.fen<l:ants,shill be recovered by ·:~ :;·~
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the Magistrate for the use of such Io~al authority~ _ -
(4) Any person.who does any act iri contraventio-n -Penalti~.
of any of the provisions 9f this Ordinance·, or of -any bye- ·
laws made _under_this Ordinance, or who fails, neglects, or · ·
refu~es to execute any ·work or to .do anything which he is
req1:rred to do by virtue of ·any of the provisions _of this
Ordinance or of any such bye-laws or of any order or notice
serv~d upon him by a local authority by virtue of this _ _
Ordinance, -s~all, unless some · other penalty is provided . . .-c
_therefor, be liable to a fine of .~erty eight dolla:rs~_and, in /J"dD
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case of a continuing offence, to a further :fine cf,cf&.Hars,..
for each day that such offence is -continued after written
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notice thereof from the local authority.
General Health Rate.

General
health rate. 171. (1) It shall be lawful for the local authority, with
the app~oval or by direction of the Board, from time to
time as occasion may require, to levy a rate .to be called
the "·General Health Rate" for the purpose of defraying
any expenses incurred or paid or to be incurred or paid by
such local authority under this Ordinance, which rate shall
be assessed in the urban districts· in like manner and with
like powers as a rate under· Part V. of the Port-of-Spain
Corporation Ordinance, and in the rural district~- in like .•,·-
manner and with like· powers as a tax ·under the Lands . : ....
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and Buildings Taxes Ordinance, may be assessed, levied,
and recovered.
"" (2) Where any local authority is, by direction ottbe
Board, required to· levy a health rate under this se9tion, it .
shall be lawful for the local authority to make the Govemor -:,
in .Council such representations in regard thereto as ·such

loc_alauthority may>think proper, and no such directio~s
of the Board shall be binding .on a local au,thority unless
and un.til the same shall have been approved and confirmed
by the Governor in Council.
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Moneys 172. All moneys received or recovered by ariy such locai .

recovered to
be carried to authority in respect ·of any such general health rate, o~
• separate from the author of any nuisance, or the owner o~ any .
account.
premises, or in respect of any penalty under this Ord.inane~;
shall be _carried by such lqcal authority to ·a .separate ·
account; and it. shall not be lawful for any_local authority ·
. to apply ·~y · such moneys to any. purpose . except the
carrying of this OtdinaJ.?-ce.
~nto execution.. · . ·. · . . -
General,.
Authenti- 173. (1) Subject to the express provisions of this Ordi- .
cation of
notices, etc. nance, notices, authorities, orders, and other such documents
under this .Ordinance shall be in writing; and notices, : :-.::~:·.
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authorities, and documents other than ord~rs, when issued
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or given by the Board or a local authority, shall be suffi.-

dently authenticated if signed by the chairman or secretary
.of such Board or local authority, or if the local authority
-consists of one person, then by such perso~.
(2). Orders· shall be under the seal of the Board or of
.any incorporated local authority duly authenticated, and·
in the case of an unincorp9rated local authority, shall be
under the hand of the chairman thereof, or if such authority
-consists of one person, then under the hand of such person.
174. It shall be sufficient in all cases where any notices, Service of

-orders, accounts, or other documents are required to be notices, etc.
given to or served on or delivered to the owner or occupier
of any premises to address the same to such· " owner " or
"occupier" (as the case may be) of the premises (naming
them) in r~spect of which such notices, orders, accounts~
or other docun1erits ar_eto be given, served, or delivered,
.without further ·name, or description; and if required or .
authorised to be giy~n, served, ..or delivered under this
_Ordinance, may be given,.served, or delivered by delivering
the same or a true copy thereof to or at the residence of
the perso11 to whom they are respectively addressed, or,
where addressed to· the ~" owner " or " occupier " thereof,
to some person on the premises, or; if there is no person
on the p:r:emiseswho' can be so served, by fixing the·same on
.some conspicuous part of the premises; and they may also
be . served by sending the· ?ame tm:-ough the ,p~st by ..
registered letter, and such registered letter shall be deemed .
to have been received in the ordinary c·ourse·of post as if
there had been· delivery thereof. . ·
175. Where· any nuisance shall be caused by· the j'oint

act or:-default of two _ormore persons, or shall exist on .the
·premises of _two or more owners, it shall be sufficient to
proceed agamst one or more of them without· proceeding
· t th e ot hers or other of
.aga~~ · them; .but nqthing herein
~.~=~es
Nuisance:
ca.u~ '!>Y·
of two or
more owners.
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,contamed shall prevent the persons so proceeded against

from recove~g contributi?n i;11any case··in which they
·would be entitled to contnbution by law. . ·"
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-~76. P~oceedings under this Ordinance against several Proceedings

·:persons_included in .one complaint shall not abate by b;\:_s~a:
27 (2) ·death.
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reason of the death of any of the persons so included, but.·

all such proceedings may be continued against the survivors
or survivor as if such deceased person or persons had not
been so included ..
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Owner of . 177. Whenever in any proceeding under this Ordinance,.
premises
need not be ·whether written or .otherwise, it shall become necessary to
otherwise _mention or refer to the owner of any premises, it shall be
designated.
sufficient to designate him as the owner of such premises
without name or further description.
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Proceedings 178._No order or other ·proceeding,. matter, or thing
not
removable made or done in the ex~cution of this Ordinance shall be
by cerliorari. removable by certiorari, or by any other writ or process
whatsoever, into any Court, or be vacated, quashed, or
set aside for want of form. · ·
Right of 179. Any person·:who deems himself aggrieved by any
appeal.
order made by a Magistrate under this Ordinance may; .-.
subjec.t to the provisions of the Summary Courts·Ordinance ·~ ,• ..
r~lating to appeals, and save as otlierwise provided in this. }.:·
Ordinance, appeal therefro~ to the Supreme Court.
Protection pf 1slYThe Board, ; local auth~rity, a Medical Officer_ of

:tt!es Health, Sanitary Inspector, or other person acting --µnder
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. servants. the authority -or in execution or intended execution of this

Ordinance, shall be entitled to such protection and privilege
in actions and suits as any Justice is entitled to under the'
-Magisa,:te 7.~rotectiori ·Ordina~~e. · _._ · ·. . ......... _ ....;_:,.- ..
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Forms. 181. The forms contained in the Second Schedule hereto.
or any :forms to the like effect, varied a~--circumstaiices . '··-.- ..
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may require, may be used for the ptµposes of thi~ Ordinance~ .. ·• ... .-..
!l and shall be sufficient f<;>r_
the .purpqses fu.terided. _ ·
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182. N otbing in this 0.rdinahc~- contai.D:ed shall: be ,,;

construed- to take away, affect; or diminish any ri,ght of• '
-action, or remedy" by criminal proceeding, to which any

person would be entitled in respect of ~Y nuisance_if j:his.
Ordinance had ~ot been passed.
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SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Offensive Trades. (Sections2
and 81.)
:Blood or offal.boiling or treating. . .
:Bone boiling or CIU$hing.
'Candle making, where tallow is rendered on the premises.
•Chemicalor acid making. ·
Fellmongering.
Slaughtering.
Soap boiling.
Tanning.
Gut scraping.
Gut sp~g. . •,•' ·,
Glue making. ,
Manure manufacturing. - .
The collection of house and street refuse. _
SECOND SCHEDULE.
FORM A.
: Form of Noti~e requiring ..~batement of Nuisance.
To [ptWsqn causing the nuisance, or ownev 011 oct11,pievof the pvemises at wliich the
11,uisanceexists, as the case may be]. · . •
Take· Notice that under the provisions of the· Public Health Ordinance, the
[describe ths local authority] being satisfied of the existence at [descvibepvemises wheve
:the nuisance exists] of a nuisance being [describe the nuisance] do hereby require ..
you within [specify the time]. from the service of this notice to abate th:e same [and ·
-to execute such works and do such things as may be n~cessa.ry for that. purpo.se,
<W and for that purpose to [specify any wwks to be eNecuted], [and the said [authority]
do hereby :require you within the said period to do what is necessary for preventing
the recurrence of the nuisance, and for that purpose to, etc.]. · ·
Whiwe the· nuisance has been abated, but is likely to Yecur, say, being satisfied that
at, etc., there existed ·recently, to wit, on or about the ·. .. . day of.. - ,
19 , the following nuisance, nan;i.ely [describe nuisance], and'that 'although the.
said nuisance has s:ince the last mentioned day be~n abated, the same is likely to
7ecur at the said premises, do hereby require you within [specify time] to do what
IS necessary for preventing the recurrence of the nuisance an_d for that purpose ·
to, etc.· ·
~f you inake default in complying with the requisitions of this notice, or if the said·
nuisance, though abated, is likely to recur, a summons will be.issued requirlng ·your
attendance before a Magistrate to answer a complaint•,which will be made for the
purpose of enforcing the abatement of the nuisance, or prohibiti;ng the recurrence· . ~··' .
thereof, or both, and for recovering the costs and penalties 'that ma.y M incurred . :·:..:./·.
thereby .. · · _ . · . · · ,;t.
Dated this day of , 19

422 Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public Health ..
FORM B.
-.(Section 73.) Form of Summons.

To A. B. of [or to th.e O"ll--neror occupier ofj [describe premisesl situated
[inserl such description of the situati'on as may be sufficient to identify the premisBs].
You are required to appear before Magistrate for at on
the day of , 19 • next at the hour of to answer
the complaint this day made to me by that at the premises above mentioned
[ol"at certa.i:n premises situated at · ] in the district of the [describB the local
authority] the. foll9wing nuisance exists [describe. the nuisancB and add, whel"e the
p81"son causing the nuisancB is summoned,] a.nd that the said nuisance is caused
by the act, default, or sufferance of you A. B. ·
Whwe the nuisance is discontinued, but is likely to bB repeated, say, to answer the
complaint, etc., that at, etc., there existed recently, to wit, on or about the
day of ,. 19 , the following nuisance [describe the nuisance, and add, when,
the person causing tbs nuisancB is summoned,] and that the said nuisancl') was caused~
. etc., and although the said nuisance has since the said last mentioned day been.
a.bated or discontinued, that the same or the like nuisance is likely to recur at the
said· premises.
-Magistrate.
FoIW C.
··' '(Section 73.) Form of Nuisance Order.·

To A. B. of [M to the owner O'Y occupier of] [describe p,.emises] situated
[in.sen· such description of the situation as may be sufficient to identify the premises].·
WHERE.As th~ said .A. B. [or the owner or occupier of the said premises within the
meaning of the Public Health Ordinance] ~s this day appeared before me to answer .
the matter of a com_plaint made by, etc., that at, etc. ffollow the words of complaint in
summons] [or in case tke party -1;kargeddo not appear, say, Whereas it has been now
proved to. my •satisfaction that a summons has been duly served according-to the·
Public Health Ordinance; requil;ing the said A. B. [a,, the owney er occl?-pier of the·
said premises] to appear this day before me to answer the n:ia:~-t;er: of a,-6omp4tlnt.: ·
made by, etc., that at, etc.]. · · · .
[Any- of the following OYders·may be made or a combination of.any ef them as tk~ case
. seems to require.] · .. · · ..
•Now on proof h~e had before ~e :that the nuisance so com.plained of does e$t at.
the said premises [add, wheys the OP"der is made on the person causing tke n~isance; :and.·.·
that the same is caused .by the act, default, or sufferance of A. B.], I, in ·purs:uance ·
of the Public Health Ordinance, do order the said .A. B. [or the said owner or accupierJ •.·
· within [specify the time] from the service of this order according to the said Ordina.Ii.ce. ·
[here specify the nuisance to be abated] [and state any ·works to be exec°"ted]. · .
Prohibition . And I, being satisfiecj'.that, notwithstanding the saidnuisance may be "temporarily ..
Order No. 1. abated :under this order, .the same is Iilcely to recur, do therefore prohibit _the said
A. B. [o,. the said owner OY occupier] from allowing the recurrence of tll~ said or:
a like nuisance [and for that puxpose I direct the said" A. B.; or.tlie said.owner o,:
occupier, here specify any wo,-ks to be e;e-ecuted]. . . .. ·
Prohibition . Now, on proof here had before me that at or recently before the. :t;ime 6£-ma.k:irig-'·
Order No. 2 the said complaint, to wit, .on the nuisance so complained of did exist at the .
said premises, but tha.t the same has since been abated [adlil, where the onl81"is made- .
on 'the person causing the nui$ance, and that the nuisance was ca-used by the act,
default, or suffera.Dce of A. B.] yet, ·notwithstanding .such abatement, I, being:·
satisfied.that it is likely that the same or the like nuisance will recur·at the said
premises, do therefore prohibit [continue as in Prohibition O,-der No. l] ..
Closing No,v, on proof here had before me that the b.uisance is such a.s to render the
Order. .
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dwellinghouse [rleseribethe house] .situated at [inserl such a dsseription of the_situation

as may be sujftdent to identify tks rlw~llinf-houss] un:fi.t~ my judgment for hu~
habitation, I, in pursuance of the Public Heal'l:h (?rdinance, do hereby prohibit
the use of the said dwelling-house for human habitation.
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Magistrate.· ·
FORM D.
Form. of Nuisance Order to be Executed by Local Authority. (Section 75.)
To the [desmbe tks local authDf'ity].
WHERE.AS a complaint has been made by that a certain premises situated
at in the district of [deseribe tks loeal authority] the following nuisance exists
[describe the nuisance]. _
And it has been. now proved to my satisfaction that such nuisance exists, but
that no owner or occupier of the premises, or person by whose act, default, or
sufferance the nuisance is caused, is known or can be found [as tks case may be]:
Now I, in pursuance of the Public Health Ordinance, do [conµnus as ~n any of the
orders in Fom,, C with the substitu_tion of the name offhe l(!cal authority for that of
A. B. or the own1JYor oteupier]. ·-·
Magistrate.
Fo~ E. ,.;· ..... , .. ·-·.
Warrant of Justice for Entry to. Pr~ises.. (Sectionl63.) ·

WHEREASA. B.; being a person authorised under the Public Health Ordinance to
enter certain premises [describe the premises] has made application to me to authorise
the said A. B. to enter the said premises, and whereas I, C. D.,_ atn satisfied by
information on oath that there is reasonable ground for s~ch entry, and. that there·
has been a refusal or failure to admit to such ·premlses, a.nd [eitksr "that reasonable·
notice of the intention to apply to a Magistrate for a warrant·ha.s been -given, or
that the giving of notice of ·the_inteD;tion i;o apply to a Magistrate· for a warrant . :. .
· would defeat the object of the entry]. . ·· · .· · - .. · - ...
. . [Or am satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable cause to believe . ->:_:.-:/.)(.·
that there is on the said premises a, contravention of the ~blic Healtl). Ordfu.l:!,llce,
or of a bye-law made under that Ordinance, a.nd that a.n ·application for admission
or notice of an application for ~ warrant would defeat·the obj~ct of the entry,]- . ·
Now, therefore, I, the said C. D., do hereby authorise the said A. B. to.eJJ.ter
the said premises, and if need be by force, with such assistants as he may require,
· and there execute his duties under the said Ordinance.
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{Section 94.) THIRD SCHEDULE.

Tables relating to the Storage of Water in Buildings
· and Plantations.
-The owner of any building or plantation described in the first columns
of the following Tables shall provide tanks to store the quantity of
water specified in the second columns of the said Tables in relation to
the said buildings and plantations respectively:-
TABLE I.
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Quantity of ... ··:-·,.
Buildings in. Village water in
and Country Districts. ImJ?erial
gallons. . ·.... ·-:.
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Each house used as a dwelling-house of more than one storey and ,. ':- ..
the rent or annual value of.which exceeds $48 1,600
Each house used as a dwelling-house of one storey only, or, if of
more than one storey the rent or annual value of which does not
~ceed $48, for each room th,erein · 100
Each house of which the different rooms are occupied by different
families or different persons not members of the same family, for
each room so occupied · • , .. 100
TAB:r.:E II.
Quantity of
Description of ' .water·m·
Plantation. Imperial
gallons.
Ea.ch plantation on w!µch anyquantity.of sugar exceeding fifty tons

in weight and not exceeding five hundred tons has been· Ilia.de·
during the preceding year · 2s;ooo.
Each plantation on which any quantity of sugar of or exceeding :tiv.e
· hundred tons has been so made, then, for every additional quantity
of one hundred tons of sugar or less so m:3-de,an i!,dditicil:181· · _. .•. . 2,500.
Each plantation on. which anyquantity- of cocoa ex~eding 1.00 bags
of 168 lbs. net weight and not.e;icceeding 250 bags has bee-!l ma.de_
during the· preceding year .·•·. . ..... ,.. · · · 11600
Each plantation on which any quantity of coco~ exceeding250 bags
of 168 lbs. net weight and not exceeding 600 bags has been made_
during the preceding year _ . ••. · 3,()QO·
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E~ch plant_ation on which any quantity of cocoa of ·or exceeding
· 600 bags of 168 lbs. net weight has been so made, then, for each · •
additional quantity of 100 ..bags or less so made, an additional •. • 400
Each plantation on which any quantity. of coconuts exceeaing 200,00Q
in: number and not exceeding 500,000 have been picked during the
preceding year .. . • l;ioo
_Each plantation OI_lwhich any quantity of coco1.1utsexceeding 500,000 . -::·
and not exceeding 1,000,000 has been so picked, then, for ·every
additional quantity of 100,000 nuts or less so picked, an additional 150
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FOURTH SCHEDULE.* (Section 35.)

• R.G. 9.5.35.
PART ,; A." ,, 26.9.35.
1. Nariva-1\.fayaro District. :: ilJ~:·
(a) D'Ades Settlement:- ,, 2.9.37.
All that area starting from a point a quarter of a mile ~orth :;
of the Junction of the Tabaquite-Rio Claro Road and D Ades ,, 6.4.39:
U.il~38
Local Road, thence in an easterly direction a quarter of a mile ,, 2.11.39.
noz:th of and parallel to the Tabaquite-Rio Claro Road to th!:l " f~-!"~· ..
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western boundary of lands formerly of Adrien de Verteuil thence dk 247.:.._ •

in a southerly direction along the western boundary of lands of 1945. ..... _. ~::r:::·
Adrien de Verteuil to the north-eastern.corner of the lands of G.N.114- .
Andre de Verteuil thence in a westerly direction along the G 94.ii3- 'k ..
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northern boundary of the lands of Adrien de Verteuil, thence. '194 9, •
by a north-wes.t line to the -Government Railway, thence along R.G. 29.6.50.
a north line to. the Tabaquite-Rio Claro Road, thence by a
straight north-east line to .the starting point.
(b) Guayaguayare Village:-.. .
The area bounded by a quarter of a mile on either side of the
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l\fayaro-Guayaguayare Road from the. 64½ mile post to the ·. ,--.-:·
67¼ mile post. ·
(c) Fonrose Village:- ..·
The area bounded by a quarter of a mile on either ~de of the
N aparima-Mayaro Road from the 19½mile post to the 20th mile
post. ·
(d) Lower Charuma:- •
The area bounded by a quarter of a mile on either side -of the
Cunapo Southern Road from the 17! mile post to the 20¼mile
post. ·
{e) Mayaro:- :
· The area bounded by a qu~er of a mile on either side of the ·
Napar~a-Mayaro Road from th~ M~ekmg Junction at !h,e
38½mile post to the 40½mile post on the Beach. . · ·
(J) San Pedro Village:-.
The area bounded by·a quarter of a mile on either side "9.f the
San Pedro Road from its junction with the ·Tabaquite-R.fo
. Claro Road to the northern boundary 9f the Trinidad Govern..
ment Railway Reserve. · ·
(g) Ecclesville Village:-
_Thearea bounded by a quarter of~ mile o:riei~er side.of the
~o Claro-Mayaro_Road from the Partingan Crown Trace to the
·Mile-End-Local Road. '
(h)_The area_comprised by a quarter of a mile on each side of the
Tom?-Tabaqmte Road from the T~dad Government. Railway
Crossmg on the North to the Poole River on the South. ·
(i) The area comprised by a quarter of a mile on each side of the
~rothers Railway Station Road from its junction: with. the T~Jirib-
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Tabaquite Road to Brothers Railway Station including Brothers.

. Road Village. --·-:
(j) The area bounded as follows:-
N orth-A line quarter mile south of and parallel to the-
N aparima-Mayaro Road.
South-The Grande Lagoon River.
East-The Sea.
West-A line parallel to and a quarter mile west of the new
Guayaguayare Road.
(k) Biche Village:-
The area comprised by a quarter of a mile on either side of the
Cunapo Southern Road from the 16th_mile post to the point
where this road crosses the Nariva River.
(l) The area included within- the following boundaries-known as
Brickfield Village:- .
North-By the southern bounc!.ary of the· Central Range ,.
Reserve. ·
South-By the Trinidad Government Railway Reserve.
East-By ~ straight line running in a mor-e or less south-
westerly direction-from a point on _thesouthern boundary of the
Central-Range Reserve a quartet of a mile east of the Torrib-
Tabaquite R6ad to the northern boundary of the Trinidad
Government Railway Reserve. ·
West-By a straight line running in a more or le_sssouth- _.__.:;;_;··
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westerly direction from a point on the ·southern boundary of ......~.:
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the Central Ri:tnge Reserve a qµarter of a mile west of the
Torrib-Tabaquite Road to the northern boundary of the Trinidad ......:· ,•
Government Railway Reserve. ·

(m) T-?-earea including the Deep Ravine and Agostini Settlement -··-·:·:·
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and bounded as follows:- · · · ... · ...
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North-By the line north of, parallel to and -i:i.quarter of a mile ·
from the Naparima-Mayaro Road, beginning from the ppint dµe:
north of the 28th mile post and termin11,tingat the point due
north of the 30th mile post.. ··
South-~y the line south· o~.parallel to and a quarter of a mile
from the Naparima-Mayaro Road, beginning from the.point _due·· .
south o_fthe 28th mile post and terminating at. the p<;>intdue - . -_.· .
south of-the 3oth mile post. . . . · · · .
East-. By the North and S<?uthline th~ough the 30th ·mile
post joining · the eastern extremities · ot. the· Northern and '· ...
Southern boundaries. . ,
West-By the North: and Sc.mth line through the 28th mile
post and joining the western extremities of the Northern and,
Southern boundaries. ·
· (n) Lassalle Village.-Area bounded as follows:-
N orth-Crown Land. .. .. : .. -•
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South-Lassalle Road.
East-Crown Land, Lands of Soogea and Lassalle Road.
West-Cro:wn Land.
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(o) Ecclesville Road Settlement:-

Bounded on the north and west by lands now.or formerly of
Ludwig Schoener comprising parc~s of 274a. lr. 34p. and
272a. Or. 37p. On the east and south by lands now or formerly
of Francois Agostini comprising parcels of 249a. lr. 5p. and
251a. 2r. 4p. and intersected by the Rio Claro-Mayaro Road.
· (P) Cushe Village bounded as follows:-
North-Crown Land. ·
South-Lassalle Road.
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West-Crown Land. .·.. :.•:
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(q) La Savanne Village bounded as follows:- -
North-Lands of Victor Noel now heirs of Janvier.
South-Lands leased to Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd. ,. :,_
East-Reserve for Extension of Settlement, lands leased to

Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd., and lands of London John. _
West-Lands leased to Trinidad Leaseholds, Ltd., and is
shown on a plan dated 27th July, 1934, of a survey made by
C. E. Laurie under Survey Order No. 57 of 1934 and filed in
the office of ~he Director of Surveys.
(r) Boos Settlement, situated on the Old 1viayaroRoad.
North-Wilhelm Schoener's 328 acres, 3 roods, 10 pe;ches,
now estate of J. E. Boos. ·· ...~?:"
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South-Wilhelm Schoener's 243 acres, 6 perches, now estate
of J. E. Boos. ·
East-WilheJm Schoener' s 243 acres, 6 perches, now estate of ·
J.E. Boos. • ·
West-WilheJm Schoener's 328 acres, 3 roods, 10 perches, now
~tate of]. E. Boos.
(s) The area bounded as follows:-:-
North-Tabaqmte-Rio Claro ·Road,
South~Trinida.d Government Railway Reserve, .. lands of •
Mahomedally now heirs of Th6s, Nelson, lands of Sakina~ _
and Hasnally. · · · • . ·. ·. · · ··..
East-Road reserved running in a southerly direction from.
Allotment 200A to Allotment 213A Brothers Road Settlement.
West-Tabaquite-Torrib Road and Brlcl¢.eld Village.'· · ·
(t) Th~ area bounded by a line I11Dllingdue north from the -26th
mile post on the N aparima-:-Mayaro.Road to a_point a guarler·of a mile
fro'i:n the .said mile post, thence running eastwards in a dir~ction
parallel t_oand a quarter of a mile ·from the said road to a point a
quartet of a mile due north of the 27½mile"post thence :nmning due.
south through. the 27½mile post' to a point a quarter of a mile south
of the road, thence running westwards in a direction pa:railel to !llld
~ quarter of a mile from the road to a point a quarter of a mile south
of the 26th mile post, thence running due north to return to the said .. ·...:,
mile post.
- (u) The area bounded by a line running due north from the 29¼mile
post on the Naparima-Mayaro Road to a point a quarter· of a·mile ': ••:=
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from the said mile post, thence running eastward in a direction -·-.
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parallel to and a quarter of a mile from the said road to a point a _·_//{}.;:::-
quarter of a mile due north of the 37! mile post, thence running due
south through the 37!-mile post to a point a quarter of a mile south ..
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of the road, thence running westward in a direction parallel to and -
a quarter of a mile from the road to a point a quarttr of a mile south
of the 29¼mile post, thence running due north to the said 29¼mile post.
(v) All .that area situated in the Nariva-Maya,ro District starting
from a point on the 28½ mile post on the Cunapo Southern Road,
thence in an easterly direction an eight of a mile from the said road, .
thence iJ?.a south-westerly direction and parallel to the ·cunapo
Southern Road to a point on the Tabaquite-Rio Claro Road an
eighth of a mile from its junction with the Cunapo Southern Road,
thence across the Tabaquite-Rio Claro Road in a south-westerly
direction an eighth of a mile from the said road, thence in a north-
westerly direction and parallel to the said road to a point an eight of
a mile south-west of the 30½ mile post, thence in a north-e~terly
direction to the 30½ mile post, thence in the same direction and
parallel to·the Cunapo Southern Road to a point an eighth of a mile
west of the 28½ mile post, thence in an easterly direction to the
starting point at the,28½ mile post.
2 . .Cedros District:-
(a) The area comprised by an eighth of a mile on both sides of the
Fullerton Road.
3. N apa.rima .District:-
(a) All that area sitpated in the Naparima District starting from
a point at the junction of the San Fernando-Siparia-Etjn and the
Dumfries Roads, thence in a southerly direction a quarter of a mile
south of the last mentioned junction thence in a north-westerly
direction parallel to and a quarter of a mile from the Dumfries Road
to the sea, thence fa a north-easterly direction along the coast to a
point a quarter of a mile north of Dumfries Road, "!hencein a south- •
easterly direction-parallel to ~d a quarter of a mile from the Dumfries .
Road to the western side .of the San Fernando-Siparia-Erin· Road, :
thence in a southerly direction along the last mentioned Road.to the
starting point at the junction of the_ Dumfries and_San, Fernando- .
Siparia-Erin Roads. · .
(b) Jo:o.esVillage partly in the Ward of _Nap~a and p~Ttly in-·
the Watd of Savana. Grande areabounded as. follovy-s:-.·. . · ... :· .·..
~orth-By_lands of Koob~e riow Sirju. . ·
South-By a road reserved.
East-By lands of Samaroo~ .
West-By lands formerly of. Oree now of Sh-ju..
(c) All that area situated in the Naparima: District starting ·from .
a point on the Guaracara-Tabaquite Road half of~ mile east qf its ·
junction with the Southern Main Road, thence in a north-westerly ..··.-.-
direction a three-quarters of a mile ftom the junction, .thence in a
north and easterly direction parallel to ·and a quarter of a mile from
the Guaracara-Tabaquite Road to the western side of the Harmony
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Hall Road, thence in a southerly direction to ·a point a quarter of a
mile south of the Guaracara-Tabaquite Road, thence in a south-
easterly direction parallel to and a quarter of a mile from the
Guaracara-Tabaquite Road to a point a quarter of a mile from the
starting point, thence in a north-westerly direction to the :first
mentioned point on the Guaracara-Tabaquite Road.
(d) Duncan Village, Canaan Village, La Romaine Village and
Plaisance Village. The area bounded as follows:-
N orth_:_Aline beginning from a point. a quarter of a mile due
north-west of the 35 mile post on the Southern Main Road and
running in a direction parallel to and a quarter of a mile from
the Southern Main Road to a point a quarter of a mile north of
the 38.06 mile mark on that Road) thence in a due west direction
to meet the Southern Main Road.
South-A line beginning from a point a qu.µ-ter of a mile due
south-east of the 35 mile mark on the Southern Main Road and
running in a direction parallel to and one quarter of a mile from
the Southern Main Road to meet the Concord Road.
East-A line running due north-eal;lt and south-west through
the 35 mile mark on the Southern Main ;Road. ·~
West-The Concord :Road, and the Sou.them Main Road. . .·..: •: ..
·(e) Debe Village. The area bounded as follows:-_.
North-A line passing through the 3f mile mark on the San
Fernando-Siparia-Erin Road and running on the western side
of that road· in a direction parallel to the Debe -~race, and on
the eastern side of the said road in a direction parallel to the
Trinidad Government Railway Line. ·-.: •'
South-The Suchit Trace and the Mohess Trace.

. East-A line running southwards from the northern boundary :· :·· ..,·......
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in a direction parallel ·.to· and a half of a mile from the San .• .,,:
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Fernando-Siparia-Erin R9ad to meet the Mohess Trace.
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. Wes~-A. line running southwards from the n?rthem boundary ·:-· :-:- :;
m a direction parallel to and a ·half .of ·a mile from the San·
Femando-Siparia-Erin Road to meet the ·suchit ·_Trace.
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_(f) Esper~ce Villa~e, Mowasee Village, D~amond Village, Picton· ·.. :;:'=\·:
V~age, Wellington Village, Monkey Town_Village-and Barrackpore
Village. The area bounded as follows:- ·
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North-A line beginning from a-point. a quarter of a mile .,: ..::,.-·
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n':rth of. the junction of the S~ Femru:,ido-Siparia-:ErinRoad
wi~ the Papoure Road and rµnning parallel to and a quarter of
a mile from and north of the Papoure Road to meet the Cipero
Road. · . . . . · ·
: South-A line beginning from a point on the San Fernando-
Siparia-Erin Road a quarter of a mile from its junction with
the Papoure Road and running parallel to and a quarter of a mile
from and south of the Papoure Road to meet the St. Croix Road.
East-The Cipero Road and the St. Croix Road.
West-The San Fernando-Siparia-Erin Road and a line a
quarter of a mile long I'llnr1:ingin a due·north direction from the . . . ..
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· junction of the San Femando-Siparia-Erin Road with the

Papoure Road.
4. Point Fortin District:-
(a) Point Fortin Private Road-The area comprised by a quarter
of a mile on either side of the road from.its junction with the Guapo-
Cap-de-Ville Road. _
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(b) Parry.Lands Road-The area comprising an eighth of a mile on ''·;,
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either side of the Parry Lands Road from its junction with the ··.-.-,.·
Southern Main Road to the Eastern boundary of the Crown Lands
leased to the Trinidad Central Oilfields, Limited. .
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Road (United British Oiliields of Trinidad Limited) a half mile from
the junction with the Parry Lands Road and bounded:- .
On the North-By Crown Lai;i.dsunder lease to the Trinidad
Central Oilfields.
On the South-By Crown Lands under lease to the United
British Oilfields of Trinidad Ltd.
On· the East-By Crown Lands under lease· to the United
British Oilfi.eldsof Trinidad Ltd., in the Mame L'Enfer Reserve.
On the West-By Crown ·Lands under lease to· the United
British Oilfields of Trinidad Ltd.
(d) Point Ligoure.-All that area enclosed by· an imaginary line
starting from a point an eighth of a mile in a southerly direction from
the 2 mile post on the Guapo-Cap de Ville Road and measured at
right angles to the said road, thence by a straight line in a northerly
direction through the sa;id mile post and projected- to the sea coast; ·
thence in a north-easterly. direction to a point, which ;if a straight ..
line were drawn from it through the 3¼mile post the said line would . .·-
be ·at right angles to the said road, thence from the ~t mentioned
point by a straight line through, the 3¼mile post in a south-easterly
· · direction and projected to a point an eighth of a mile from the Guapo- •
Cap de Ville Road, thence in a south-westerly direc:tionan eighth of ·
a mile from the said road to th_estarting point. · ·
(e) Vance River.-All ~t area.enclosed by an imaginary line
starting from a point a quarter of a milejn an eastefly direction froni
the 52¼mile post on the Southern Main Road and measured at right
angles to the said road, thence .in a· westerly direc,tion through the
said mile post and projected to a point an eightl:t of a mile from the-
said road, thence in a northerly direction an eighth of a mile from the
Southern Main Road to a point, which if a straight line were drawn
from it through: the 51! mile post, the said-line would be at right
angles to the said road, thence from the last mentioned point by a
straight line through the 51£. mile post and projected to a point a
,quarter of a mile from the Southern Main Road, thence in a southerly
-direction a quarter of a mile from the said road to the starting point.· .. ...
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(f) Gonzales.-· All that area enclosed by an ~ginary line starting

. ·from a point an eighth of a mile in a westerly direction from the 54¼
mile post on the Southern Main Road and measured at tight angles
1:othe said road, thence in an easterly direction through th~ said mile
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post and projected to a point an eighth of a mile from the said road, ~ .·_.-.·.. .
thence in a southerly direction an eighth of a mile from theSouthern :i:{}Y-i}

l\!IainRoad to a point, which if a straight line were drawn from it .:_,
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through the 55¼mile post, the said line w?uld be 8:tright angl~ to .•·
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the said road, thence from the last mentioned pomt by a straight
line through the 55¼mile post and projected to a point an eighth of a
mile from the Southern Main Road, thence in a northerly dire.ction
an eighth of a mile from the said road to tile starting point.
(g) Guapo Village.-All that area starting from a point on the sea
.coast thence continuing in a north-easterly direction along the coast
to a point a quarter of a mile east of the La Retraite Road, thence
in a south-easterly direction a quarter of a mile and parallel to the
last mentioned road to the Southern_ Main Road, thence along the
last me:qtion.edroad to the junction of the Southern Main Road and
the La Retraite Road thence continuing in a south-westerly direction
.along the Squthern Main Road a quarter of a mile from this junction,
thence in a north-westerly direction a quarter of a mile and parallel ·, -.,-
to the La Retraite Road to the ·starting point on the sea. '••··
(h) Cap-de-Ville.-All that area starling from the 2nd mile post to
.a point a quarter of a mile south of the said mile post, thence in a
.south-westerly direction a.quarter of a mile and parallel to the Cap-de-·
Ville Road thence in a south-easterly 'direction a quarter of a_mile
.and parallel to the Erin Road, thence in a south-westerly direction
through the junction of the Southern Main Road and.the Erin Road
io a point a quarter of a mile west of the junction of the Southern
:Main Road and the Erin Road, thence in a north-westerly direction
.a quarter of a mile and farallel to the Erin Road to the coast,
·thence along the sea coast to a point due north of the 2nd mile post
io .the starting point. . · · .·._\·)~}?:
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(i) Salazar Trace._:__Allthat area startfug from a point a quarter .-:-·=::·::-.:::·:·
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,of a mile from the junction of the Southern Main Road and ·Salazar ·:_:::<::-::•.·:
·Trace, the:11cein a north-easterly direction to a point a quarter of a
·mile distant from ·the Salazar .Trace, thence in a south-easterly ·-
-direction a quarter of a mile and parallel to the_Salazar Trace to a ·
·point a quarter of a mile from the 2nd mile post, thence in a southerly
--directionthrough the 2nd mile po$t to a point- a quarter of -a· :tnile
;g~uth.of the last mentiom~d mile pqst, thence in a nor:tp.-wt:sterly .
-direction a quarter of a mile and parallel.to the Salazar Trace in a
-north-easterly direction to the starting .point. . .
(j~ Sou:t.hem Main Road.-All that area·starting from a point·at
·the Junction of the Southern Main Road and the Erin Road thence·
in a north-easterly direction to a point of a quarter of· a mile from ':·. ,:-; .
·the ?outhern Main Road, thence in an· easterly direction a quarter of
.a ~ile and parallel to the Southern Main Road to the Point Fortin ;. •·:. -.
~vafe Road,_ thence along the l~t mentioned road through the.
:Jll;lction and along:the ~outhern Ma.J.?Road to a point a quarter of a
mile east of t~e Junction, thence m a south-easterly direction a
-quarter of a mile and parallel to t:p.eSouthern Main Road to a point
a quarter ?f a mile from the junction of the Southern Main Road
0an~ _theEnn Road to the starting point. ·
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5. Brighton-La Brea District:-

(a) Old La Brea Village comprising the area in the Rural District
of Brighton-La Brea exclusive of the New La Brea Village, No. 16
of Part "B."
(b) Cochra:ile Village comprising the area a quarter of a mile on
each side of the Southern Main Road from the 53rd mile post to its
junction with the La Retraite at the 54th mile post.
6. Ortoire-Moruga District:-
(a) The area bounded by a quarter of a mile on either side of the
Naparima-Mayaro Road from the junction of the Moruga to the
junction of the Torrib-Tabaquite Road, comprising the Village of
New Grant, partly in the Ward of Savana Grande and partly in the
Ward of Ortoire.
(b} The area bounded by a qu~er of a mile on either side of the·
Naparima-Mayaro Road from its junction with the Torrib-Tabaquite
Road to the Poole River including the villages of Elswick, Tableland
and Roberts.
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(c) The area bounq.ed by a quarter of a mile on .either side of the . •,•. '
Moruga Road from its junction with the N aparima-Mayaro Road to,
the 7½mile post in.~uding the villages of Indian Walk, 3rd Company,.
5th Company and·St. Mary.
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(d) The area bounded by a quarter of a mile on either side of the .
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Moruga Road from the 13th to the 15th mile post including tp.e . :.·•·~·
villages of Basseterre and Jhan Jan.
(e) The area bounded by a quarter of a mile on either side of the:
Moruga Road from the 16½ mile post to the sea comprising the-
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Motuga Village. . .
(f) Guarapiche Village in the Ward of Ortoire, area bounded as. .. ·· .· ·.·••:.. ·.
follows:- . -·.·.·.":····
N orth-By lands of Koobee now Sirju.

South-By a r9ad reserved.
Eq.5t-By lands of Samaroo.
West-By lands formerly of Oree now ofSirju.
7. Erin-Siparia District:- . ·,;,
(a) Penal-Rock Road-The area comprised by an eighth of a mile-
on either side from its junction with the ~rin Road to the 8--?mile post ....
(b) Fyzabad Branch Road-The area comprised by an eighth of a.
mile on either side from its junction with the Fyzabad-Guapo Road.
to its junction with the La Bre~-Sipa.ria Trace:
(c) Guapo-Cap-de-Ville Road-· The area co;r:p.prisedby an eighth.
of a mil~ on either side from the sea to its juncp.on with the Erin Road. ,, ...
(d) Erin Road-The area comprised by an eighth of a mile on_either- . ,r,·
side of the Erin Road. · .:·:··•

(e) Palo Seco Village-The ~ea recently surveyed by the Govem-- . ·.•·, ••·-:.
ment and known as the l?alo Seco Village Reserve, intersected by the:
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Palo Seco Road and bounded on the north, south, east and west by
Crown Lands.
(j) The Fyzabad Branch Road-The area comprised by a half of a
mile on either side of the Fyzabad Branch Road from its junction
with the Fyzabad-Guapo Road to its junction with the La Brea-
Siparia Trace.
(g) The Trinidad Leaseholds Private Road-The area comprised
by a half of a :mile on either side of the Trinidad Leaseholds Private .....
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Road from its junction with the Fyzabad Branch Road and the
Fyzabad-Guapo Road to its termination in the Morne L'Enfer . ,'
Reserve.
(h) The area included by a line beginning from the southern
boundary of the Siparia Village with the lands of Concession Rangel
and running due east till it reaches a point a quarter of a mile from
the Coora Road, then turning southwards and running parallel to and
a quarter of a mile from the Coora Road till it meets the Coora
Branch Road, then turning westwards and running along the Coora
Branch Road till it reaches the junc~ion of that road with the Coora
Road then running due west till it teaches a point a quarter of a mile
from the Coora Road then turning northwards and running parallel
to and a quarter of a mile from the Coora Road till it reaches a point
due west of the boundary between the Siparia Village and the lands_
of Concession Rangel, then running due east to the starting point
on the Coora Road.
(i) The. area an eighth •of a mile on either .side
. of. the following
roa ds, viz. :- . . - .. · · ·
1. Southern Main Road-from the 41! mile post -to the 5Qf
mile pos~. . _· · . . .
~- S~nFernan<l:o-Siparia-Erin Road from the 5½ mile post
the Enn Road. · . . . . .
to
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3. Siparia Road-from St. Maxy's Village Oropuche to tlie.
Siparia Village. . · . . ·
4.- Fyzabad Road-from the Siparia Road to the Fyzabad-
Guapo Road. . . . · · .
5. Fyza,bad-Guapo Road from the Siparia Road .to the .
Fyzabad Branch Road. · . · · ·. ·.· ·
(j).San Franciqu~ ·-Ro~d. All that area -s~ounded. by · ,li;ne . a
s~~g from the Junction of the San Franctque Road and the
S1pana Ro~d,. ~ence in a no~erly direction .ari eighth of"·a lr!ile
alo:rwthe Sipana Road, thence m. an easterly direction an eighth of
a_mil7 and_parallel to the San Francique Road to the San
Fernando-
S1pana-Enn Road, thence in a south-westerly direction along the
last me?-tioned_road past its junction with ·the.San.Franciqu,e ·Road ··-. . ·-:..
. to a pomt _an ~ghth of_a mile south of the said junction, thence in a .. ;_.·;.
weste~ly direct19n an ei~hth of a m~e s?uth and parallel to· the Sari
F!an~que Road to a pomt on the S1pana Road thence in a northerly
direction to the starting point. ·
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(k) Morne Diablo Road.-All that area surrounded by a line starting

from the junction of the Morne Diablo and Penal Rock Roads, thence
in a north-easterly direction to a point an eighth of a mile along the
last mentioned road thence in a southerly direction an eighth of a mile
east and parallel to the Mome Diablo Road to a point on the
northern boundary of the Southern Watershed Reserve thence in a
.westerly direction along the said Reserve across the Morne Diablo
Road to a point an eighth of a mile west of the said Road, thence in
a northerly direction an eighth of a mile to the west and parallel to
the last mentioned road to a point on the Penal Rock Road, thence
in. a north-easterly direction along the last mentioned road to the
starting point.
(l) Scott's Trace.-All that area surrounded by a line starting from
a point at the first mile post on the Scott's Trace, thence in a northerly
direction to a point an eighth of a mile north of the said mile post.
thence in an easterly direction an eighth of a -mile to the north and
parallel to Scott's Trace to a point on the Mome Diablo Road area ..
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thence in a southerly direction along a portion of the western boundary
of the Marne Diablo Road area across Scott's Trace to a point an . -:·'.•::·:~}:
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eighth of a mile south of the said Trace, thence in a westerly direction .....
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an eighth of a mile to the south and parallel to the la.st mentioned . •.·:.·
Trace,-to a point an eighth of a mile south of the first mile post, thence
in a. northerly
. . direction to the starting point.
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8. Ste. Madeleine District:-

Ste. Madeleine Village:
North-By lands of Ne Plus Ultra Estate.
South-By the'"Cipero River and Corinth Estate.
East-By lands of Ste. Madeleine Estate.
West-By lands of C_orinthEstate.
9. Savana Grande District:-
(a) The area bo-µnded bya quarter of a ·mile on either side of the ·
Naparima-Mayaro Road from the 3¾ mile post to· the western·
boundary of Princes Town, comprising the villages of Mount ;,tewart, '\.· ·.
Cleghorn, Friendship, Iere, N:agir and Malgretoute, partly in the :·
Ward of Naparima and partly in the Ward of Sayana Grand~--
(b)"The area bounded ·by a quarter of a mile on either side of the
Naparima-Mayaro Road, from the· ·ea.stem boundary of .Princes
Town to the junction of the Moraga_Roa~, comprising the .villages
of Broomage, Fairfield, Craignish and St.· Julien in ·the W~d of
Savana Grande.. ·· · ·
(c) The area boun4ed by a _qri.a.I1:er
of a mile on either side-of fu.e : I.:,•
Manahambre Road, from the Junction of the_·st. Charles'.-LocalRoad
to the Western boundary of Princes Town, comprising the villages
of St. Charles, Chirkoot and .Cedar Hill in the Ward of Napa.rima. • •• ·n
·(d) All that area in the Savana Grande 'District s.tarting from ~. ·:..
point at the junction of the ·Guaracara-Tabaquit~ and Garth Roads,
' thence in"'a westerly direction 1¼ of a mile from the first mentioned
ir.
,. point, thence in a northerly and easterly direction a quarter of a mile
' from and parallel to the Guaracara-Tabaquite Road to .a point a
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.quarter of a mile from the junction of the Sisters and Guaracara- ·.:'
Tabaquite Roads, thence in a southerly direction to a point a
quarter of a mile south of the last mentioned junction, thence in a
westerly and southerly direction parallel to and a quarter of a mile
from the Guaracara-Tabaquite Road to a point a quarter of a mile east
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of the junction of the Garth,and Guaracara-Tabaquite Roads, thence . ·.•,
in a westerly direction alo:ng the northern side of the Garth Road to ·.· ·.
the first mentioned point at the junction of the Gu.aracara-Tabaquite
and Garth Roads.
(e) The area comprised by a quarter of a mile on each side of the
Manahambre Road from St. Charles Junction to Ste. Madeleine
Village, and from Ste. Mad~eine Village to the junction of Manah-
ambre Road with the N apanma-Mayaro Road.
(f) Jones Village partly in the Ward of N.aparima and partly in
the Ward of. Savana Grande-Area bounded as follows:-
North-By lands of Tahu! and Rantjloo.
South-By Kanhai Trace and Laurious Trace.
East-By lands of Ramgerib.
West-By Kanhai Trace.
(g) All that area situated. in the Savana Grande District starting
from a point at the junc~Jon of the Sisters and Guaracara-Tabaquite
Roads, thence in a p.ortherly direction a quarter of a mile from the
last mentioned point, thence in a south-easterly direction parallel
to and a quarter of a mile from the Sisters Road to a point a quarter
of a mile from the junction·of the Guaracara-Tabaquite and Intento
Branch Roads, thence in a south-westerly direction to a point a ...
quarter of a mile south of tke Sisters Road thence in a north-westerly · . ~ ·.;~...-:.:_X.
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direction parallel to and a quarter of a mile from the Sisters Road,
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thence to a point a quarter of a mile from the junction of the

Guaracara-Tabaquite and Sisters Roads, thence in a· northerly
direction to the starting point at the last mentioned junction. ·
(h) All that area situated in the Savana. Grande District starting
from a point at the junction of the Harmony .Hall Road and the
Boll!1e Aventure. Roa~, then_cein a northerly dire~tion a quarter of
a mile from the Junction, thence in an easterly direction parallel to . . ·,,_:.
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and a quarter of a mile from the Bonne Aventur~ Road to a point . ·- ··.
a quarter of a mile north of the junction of th~ last mentioned Road
and Lumsd~ Street. thence in a southerly direction to the said
junction, thence to a J>Ointa qt'.!-arterof a mile.from the said junction
~ong. the western side of Lumsden Street, thence in a westerly
direction parallel to and a quarter of a ·mile from the Bonne Aventure .
Road to the Harmony Hall Road, thence in a northerly direction .
along the eastern side of the last mentioned Road to the starting
point at the junction of the Bonne Aventure Road and the Harmony
Hall Road. . · ·
10. Scarborough (Tobago} District:-
Th:e ~ea surrounded by a line beginning frorri. the sea
and
runnmg m a due north direction thro~gh the Bridge on the ·Milford
Road over the Lambeau River to a point 50 chains away from the
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Bridge; thence running in a straight line to the junction of

Providence Road and N orthside Road which is about a quarter of a
I . mile north of Government House; thence running in a straight line
to a point quarter mile du~ east of the junction of the -Calder Hall
and Friends:6.eldRoads; thence running due south to the sea; thence·
running along the sea to the starting point south of Lam.beau
Bridge-save and except the Town of Scarborough as defined at '
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11. Pointe-a-Pierre District:- '.'•
From. the junction of the Cedar Hill Road and the ·Southern
Main Road, by a line due west to the Sea coast to the mouth of the
Gua:racara River, thence by the right bank of the Guaracara River
to a point a half of a mile due east of the Southern Main Road and
thence by a line running northwards parallel to and a half of a mile
east of the Southern Main Road to the Cedar Hill Road, and thence
by the Cedar Hill Road to the :firstmention~d point.
_12.St. Andrew District:-

(a) Sangre Grand Village:-
. North-The Eastern Main Road from Cunapo River.bridge
to the north-w~tem corner of James ·Park (10 acres, 0 roo(js,
6 perches), then along the northern boundary of Jam.es Park,
and along parts. of the western and northern boundaries of lands
of Antonio Mieres (10 acres, 0 roods, 14 perche~). George Farley
(10 acres, 1 rood, 36 perches) and Charles Crump (10 acres,
0 roods, 22 perches) to the Sangre Grande River.
East-along the Sangre Grande River to the bridge on the
Eastern Main Road. ·
South-From the Sangre Grande River bridge on the Eastern
Main Road by a line running in a westerly direction along the
so1+thernboundary of lands of J. H. Martin ,(64 acres, 2 roods,
23 perches} to the south-western 'comer of this parcel. . . ·
West...:.._Fromthe last mentioned point along the -~_a,stem
boundary of lands ..of Antonio Mieres· (28 .acres) ~d thenc~. by
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. a straight 'line to :the Cunapo Riv~r Bridge. ·. . · ·.· .. : :-.:.·r .
{b) ·Guaico Village:-
N orth-The Railway line.
South-The Cunapo River. .
East-By the Picton Trace to the ·Eastern Main Road and ·
thence by a line due soui;h to the· Cunapo River.: ·..
West-The western boundary of lands ol J. H: Damroa _and . ,: •,••
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(c) Ramoutar Village:-
·North-By the street running parallel to and 525 feet north
of Ramoutar Village Street. · · ·. . · .
South-By Ra..inoutar Village Street,
· East-By Sellier Crown Trace.
West-Picton Crown Trace.
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(d) All th~t area enclosed by an imaginary liri.e starting from a

point in the middle of the Sangre Grande River a quarter of a mile
in a north-easterly direction from the intersection of the Sangre
Grande River Bridge and the Eastern Main Road thence from the
said point in a south-easterly direction and ~ quarter of a m1;1efr9:i:p_
the Eastern Main Road to the sea, thence m a southerly db;-ection
alona the sea coast to a point a quarter of a mile south of the Eastern
Mai; Road, thence in a north-westerly direction a quarter of a mile
from the said road to a point in the middle of the Sangre Grande .
River thence in a north-easterly direction along the middle of the
. Sangre Grande River to the :first mentioned point.
(e) All that area enclosed by an imaginary line starting from a
point a quarter of a mile in a south-easterly direction from the 2¼mile
post on the Plum Mitan Road and measured at right angles to the
said road thence by .a straight line in a· north-westerly direction
through the said 2¼ mile post and projected to a point a quarter of a
mile from the Plum Mitan Road, thence in a northerly direction from
the last mentioned point a quarter mile from the said road to a point
a quarter of a mile from the Eastern Main Road, thence in an easterly
direction a quarter of a mile from the Ea.stem Main Road to a point
quarter of a mile from the Plum Mitan Road, thence from the last
mentioned point ii:t a stjutherly direction a quarter of a mile from the
Plum Mitan Road to the :firstmentioned point.
(f) All that area enclos~d by an imaginary line· starting from a
point a quarter of a mile in a south-easterly direction from the
three-quarter mile post on the St, Isidore .Road and i:µeasured at
right angles to the said road thence by a straight Hne in a north-
westerly direction thro~gh the said three-q~er mile post and
projected to a point a quarter of a mile from the St. Isidore Road
thence in an easterly direction a quarter of a mile from the St.
Isidore Road to a point a quarter mile from the Plum Mitan Road,
thence in a southerly direction a quarter of. a mile from the last ·
mentioned :i;-oadto a_point a quarter of a mile fro~ and measured ·at.
1;ightangles to the s~d road_at_the 2¼mile post, thenee in a straight ·
line towards the said 2¼ mile post on the ;Flum Mitan Road to a
point a quarter of a mile from the St. Isidore Road, thence iri a·
· westerly direction a quarter of a mile from the St. Isidore Road to
the starting point. · · · . . . ·.. ''•:·:
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(g) All that ar~a ~nclosed by an ~ary_line starting from a point

·a quarter of a ~e m a south-easterly direction from the 10 mile post·
on the '.foco Mam Road and measured at right angles to the said
.road t~ence b~ a straight line in a north-westerly direction through
the said 2* mile post and projected to a point a quarter of a mile
fi:omt?e said toad thence from the last :tnentioned point in a northerly
direction a quarter of a mile from the said road to a point' in .the ·,
ct:ntre of the Matura River where the said line intersects the Matura . --•-\·.·,·
Riyer nearest the ~atura River Bridge thence from the last mentioned .
~omt along the nuddle of the Matura River in a south-easterly direc-
tion to a point a quarter of a mile from the Toco Main Road
thence from the last mentioned point .in a south-westerly direction ..
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a quarter of a mile from the Toco Main Road t.o the first mentioned
point. . ..
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(h) All that area enclosed by an imaginary line starting from a
point a quarter of a mile in an easterly direction from the 3 mile post
on the Toco Main Road and measured at right angles to the said road
thence by a straight line in a westerly direction through the said
3 mile post and projected to a point a quarter of a mile from the said
road thence in a south-westerly direction a quarter of a mile from the
said road to the boundary o~ the Town of Sangre Grande as defined
in Proclamation No. 14 of 1927 thence in a southerly direction along
the town boundary to a point a quarter of a mile from the Toco
Main Road thence in a north-easterly direction a quarter of a mile
~om the said road to the first mentioned point.
(i) All that area enclosed by an imaginary line starting from a
point a quarter of a mile west of tlie 1st mile post on the Cunapo
Southern. Road and measured at right angles to the said road thence ·:::- :- .
by a straight line in an easterly direction through the said mile post ,/_:::.-::_•
and projected to a point a quarter of a mile from the said road thence
from the last mentioned point in a ~outherly direction a quarter of
a mile from the said road to a point which if a straight line were .. . .. .-.-:~ ,• . .
projected at right angles to the said road the said line would pass
through the 21 milepost thence from _the last mentioned point by
a straight line through the 2f mile post and projected to a point a
quarter of a mile in a westerly direction of the said road thence from
the last mentioned point in a northerly direction a quarter of a mile
from the said road to the first mentioned point.
(j) _All that area eh.closedwithin a line starting from a niom.1~nt
marking .the north-eastern comer of the El Carmen Estate on the -
Eastern Main Road about the one-sixth part of .a mile west ofthe
junction of the ·Eastern Main and the Valenda Roads thence due .
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north for little over half a mile along ·the ~tern boundary of the ·
area knovm. as the Cumuto Area leased. to· the -United -States · • ·
Government to a point due west of the north-western corner of th~ _ -··. ·.....
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Valencia Village Reserve thence due east to the said co~ei:. and-
along the northern bouno.~ -·of the said Village ~es~e and
proceeding due east across the Quare Road to the right_bank of :the; ..
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Qua.re River thence in a southerly direction_along the right bank of ·._ ~\/~·..
the Quare River to the Valencia Road therice along the· south side
of this road to the north-eastern comer -of the 4 :acres 3· roods and
33 p(;rches parcel originally grant.ed. to Bernadina· BoneQ, thence·. ....... . .....
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- ·along the eastern and southern. boundaries of _the said par9el to the .
boundary of the Long Stretch Reserve thence in a w~terly-direction : · . 1\~
along the boundary of this Reserve across ·the.Oropouche· Road to - .
the Eastern Main Road thence following the boundary of the s~ ·-
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Reserve in a south-easterly direction along the ·Eastent Main. Road .
and along the south-westerly boundaries of the 18. acres 2 roods· -
27 perches parcel originally granted to Clarence Jacelon and the
18 acres 1 rood 31 perches parcel originally granted to John F. Wallen
and thence in a south-westerly direction along the southern side of
th~ Ea.stem Main Road to the starting point. i:•:· .'.
13. St. David District.

(a) Redhead Village:-
N orth-By Anglais Road and lands of Aanensen.
South-By lan_dsof J. Arthur, P. Magloire and M. Abraham.
East-By Old Toco Main Road. _ '.· ·.·
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West--,-By lands of M. Douglas, M. Abraham and S. William.
(b) Matelot Village:- -
The area bounded by a line running from the North-western
corner of the parcel containing 19 acres, 1 rood, 7 perches,
originally granted to Santiago Salavaria, along the western
boundary of this parcel to a point an eight of a mile south of the
Paria Main Road thence by a line running parallel to and an
eighth of a mile south of the Paria Main Road to the Matelot
River thence by the right bank of this river to the Sea and thence
by the Sea to the :first mentiop.ed point. ·
(c} Grande Riviere Village:-
The area bounded by a line running due south from ·the
north-eastern corner of the parcel containing 4 acres, 0 roods,
6 perches, originally granted to Charles Fabien, for a distance
of 26 chains thence·'by a mile running due east to the Mapepire
River thence by the le.ft bank of the Mapepire River and the
Grande Riviere River to the Sea thence by the Sea to the first ·_·,;::
mentio~ed point.
(d) Sans Souci Village:- _
-The area bounded by a line running from the north-western_
comer of the ·Woodford Valley Estate along the western and
southern boundaries of this Estate thence by a line IJJDDing
due east from the south-eastern corner of .this Estate for a
distance of five chains thence by a line mnning d,ue noith to
the Sea and thence by the Sea to_,the :first mentioned point. ·
(e) L'Anse Noire Village:- _
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. The area bounded by ~ line running from the north-eastern ·;·.
comer of the parcel containing 13 acres, 3 roods, 19 perches

originally ~te_d to Ro~e- Guzman_. along the east~
boundary of thi$ parcel to a pomt one-tenth of a mile south of the
Paria Main Road. thence by a line ninriing __parallel to · a.nd ..
one-:-tenth of a mile south of the- Faria Main Road to the· · ··
eastew boundary of the parcel containing 16 st~es · originally
~tea._ to Luc -Bruno, ·thence by ·the eastern boundary of :·
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t?i-8 pare~ to the Sea and thence by the Sea to the first men- ·· ... · ;,,·.
tioned pomt. - · ·
(/) To~o Village:- .
The area comprised wj.thin and bounded by a line starting
from the ~ou~ of the Toco River and proceeding in a north-
easterly direction along the coast line to the mouth of the ravine
passing through lands of E. Moniquette, thence along ~ ravine
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to the eastern boundary of E. l\foniquette, thence in an easterly

direction through lands of Heirs of_E. Moniquette ~o the north-
western corner of lands originally granted to John A. Barker ....:.-. ~ ..
thence eastwards along the northern boundaries of John A.
Barker, Jones T. Berna.rd, Philip Simeon, V. E. Desormeaux -
and A. N. Desormeaux, thence along the eastern boundary along
the northern, eastern and southern boundary of Petit Trou
Village to the north-eastern boundary of McLean SameI"Sonand
along his western boundary, thence westwards along the
southern boundaries of Mary Ann Ottley and ClemenceHay and
across the lands of the Heirs of Moniquette and Solitude Legere
in a straight line to the south-east corner of John T. Jameson
10 acres, 1 rood, 18 perches thence proceeding west along the . : :-:?:~:-·.-:.:
southern boundary of this parcel and along the southern boundary ·-:~:~_f/:·_:
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of the parcel containing 11 acres, 35 perches originally granted . ..... •.,
to J.E. Redhead and along a line due west to the Toco River · -::.;\\v
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and thence along the Toco River to the Sea. ·
14. Chaguanas' -District:-

(a) Area bounded as follows:-
- North-11:te Honda River.
East-A line running·north and south 360 feet east of the
bridge· on ili.e Southern Main Road over the Honda River.
West-By a line starting from the 1unctj.on·of St. Yves and
Rene Streets, Chaguanas, running due north to the Biljah Road,
thence in a westerly direction along the Biljah Road to its
junction with ,.the Ca.roni Savannah Road, thence running in a
southerly direction along a straight line from the last mentioned .
junction to the north-west corner of the most westerly part ··
of the Burial Ground at St. Thomas' Village, thenc~ in a
southerly direction along the estate. trace bounding on the west
of the said Cemetery to the Caparo River, thence in ~ easterly
direction along the Caparo River to a point due ·sguth of ..the_
· starling point, thence in a straight line to the starting point.
South-A ~~ ·running east and west..·north ·of the 13t.mile
· post on·the Southern Main Road. . · . . ·
(b) Montrose Village:-·. _
North-By a line drawn from a point .on. the boundary line ·
between Endeavour and Montrose Estates; 500 feet north of the .
Ghaguanas Main Road. in ~ ~terly direction to a· Trace_·
passing through lands of John Langton (48 .acres). ·
· East-·By a line from the eastern end o:(the northern boundary ...
in a southerly direction along a Trace passing through lands of .. ·, ··..
John: Langton to the Caparo River.
. South-The northern bank of the Capa.ro River.
West-By a line drawn from the Caparo River in a northerly
direction alqng the.boundary between Endeavour and-Montrose •.:." .
Estates till it meets the northern boundary at a point 500 feet .. :·...
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(c) Longdenville Village:-

North-By a line starting at a point 500 feet north of the
Caparo Valley Road in a Trace in the lands of John Langton.
and running eastwards parallel to the Caparo Valley Road and
terminating at the point where it meets the Railway Reserve.
East-By a straight line running from the last mentioned point
to the· Bridge on the Caparo Valley Road near the north-eastern .
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corner of the lands originally granted to Fermin Carrera, thence

by a line due south to a point 500 feet from the Caparo Valley
Road.
South-By a line ru.ru:ringfrom the last mentioned point in
a direction parallel to and at a distance of 500 feet from the
Caparo Valley Ro.ad to a point in the lands of Henry Carraciolo
(32 acres, 1 rood, 11 perches) parallel to and 500 feet south
of the Caparo Valley Road, thenc~ along a line parallel to and
500 feet south of the Caparo Valley Road to the Caparo River.
West-By a line running along the Caparo River for a distance
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of 500 feet, and thence in a northerly direction to the starting .. .
point of the northern boundary, 500 feet north of the Caparo ' ··:··~
Valley Road. ·
(d) Cunupia Village:- ···-·
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North-By a line r:umring fro;m the south..:western comer ot
George Thomas {10 acres) along the southern boundary of that
parcel. to a point 500 feet ·west of the Southern Main Road,
thence by a line running in a northerly direction parallel to and
500 feet west of the Southern Main Road to a point in the
northern boundary of the lands granted to St. Luce Bellony,·
thence along the northern boundary of the said. lands to the
junction of the Southern Main Road and_the ·chm· Chin Road;
and from this junction by the Chin Chin Road to a pc;>int500 feet
east of..the said junction. · · . · · ...
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East-From the last ·mentioned point by. a line running in a. . ·,···..
southerly direction parallel to the Soutp.ern Main R_oad~ough
lands originally granted to Andrew Pierre, John Rickson and
Lucien Joseph, and terminating in, the southern boundary of
Lucien Joseph. · ·
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So~th-F'rom the ~t me~tione4 point ·by a straight line ... ·. ····'
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runnmg along the southern l>oundary. of the lands 9£ Luci~
Joseph across the Southern Main ·R,oad and extend,ed_to_·the·
western boundary or lands. originally granted to Baboo Ram-. · :
densing (41 acres, 2 roods, 36 pe;rches).· . . ·::-;
.West-By lands iunning in a so~therly .direction from, the.: ... ·:-,_· .....
south-westei:n c_omerof lands of George Thomas' (10 acres} to .
the north-western corner of Baboo 'Ram.densing's lands (41 acres,
2 roods, 36 perches) and thence along the western boundary of
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(~) The area b?unded by a line starting at a point on the Southern
Mam Road an eighth of a mile from and west of its junction with
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the Caparo Valley-Brasso Road and running in a· northerly direction
parallel to and an eighth of a mile from the Southern Mam Road to
meet the Warren Road thence running in an easterly direction along
the Warren Road to its junction with the Southern Main Road and
continuing due ·east to a point an eighth of a mile from the said
junction, thence running in a southerly direction parallel to and an . ·..,
eighth of a mile from the Southern Main Road to meet the Caparo
Valley-Brasso Road, thence running in a westerly direction along the
last mentioned road to its junction with the Southern Main Road,
thence along the Southern Main Road to the starting point an eighth
of a mile west of the last mentioned junction. ·
(!) All that area situated in the Chaguanas District surrounded
by a line starting from a point on the Caparo River an eighth of a mile
west of its junction with the Sou~ern Main Road, thence in an
easterly direction along the left bank of the Caparo River to a
point an eighth of a mile east of the said junction, thence in southerly
direction and paraJ.Iel to the Southern Main Road to a point an
eighth of a mile east of its junction with the Freeport Road, thence
in a westerly direction along the northern side of the said road to its
junction with the Southern Main Road to a point an eighth of a mile
west of its junction with the Freeport Road, then~ in a northerly
direction and parallel to the Southern Main Road to the first men-
tioned point on the Caparo River.
(g)- All that area ·situated in.·the Chaguanas District surrounded
by a line starting from a point on the Southern Main Road an eighth
of a mile west of its junction with the Freeport Road, thence in a
north-westerly directi~ along the northern side of the Waterloo Road
straight to the sea, thence in a northerly direction a ·quarter of a mile · ·
along the coast, thence in an easterly direction a quarter of a nriie
north and parallel to the Waterloo Road, to a point a quarter of
a mile north of the junction of the Waterloo and Orange Field Roads,.
thence in a southerly direction to a· point aneighth of a •mile north
of the junction of the Waterloo and Orange Field Roads, thence an
eighth of a mile north and parallel to the last mentioned road to a
point an eighth tif a_mile west of the Southern Main R,oad, thence in
.a southerly direction an eighth of a mile west and parallel to the ·said_
· road to· the :first mentioned point on the .Southern Main Road.'. _·.
(h) All th~t area situated in the. Chaguanas· District starting from
a point on the south side of the Southern M$ ·Road at its junction
with the Caro¢ River; thence in a south-easterly direction along· the
southern side of the Southern. Main Road and the Carom Road to
a point an eighth ofa mile east of the junction of the.Southern Main·
Road and the Caroni River, thence in a southerlydirectio;n an-eight}:i
of a mile east and parallel to the Southern Main Road to a point an•
eighth of a mile east of the junction of the Southern Main.Road and
the Warren Road, thence in a westerly direction to the last Il}.en-
tioned junction, thence in a westerly direction along the northerp.
side of the Warren Road to a point an eighth of a mile from the :- :-. ::-...
Southern Main Road, thence in a northerly direction .aneighth of a •·, :·'..
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westerly direction an ·eighth of a mile south and parallel to the
Southern Main Road to a point an eighth of a mile south of the junction
of the Southern Main Road and the Caroni River, thence in a northerly
direction to the first mentioned point.
(i) All that area situ_ated in the Chaguanas District starting from
a point on the southern side of the junction of the Southern Main ...
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Road and the Caroni Road, thence in a northerly direction along
the right side of an estate trace to the left bank of the Caroni River .. ; . :.
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approximately 1,250 feet, thence eastwards along the left bank of
the Caroni River to a point a quarter of a mile east of the Golden
Grove Road, thence in a south-westerly direction to a point a quarter
of a mile south of the Caroni Road, thence in a north-westerly
direction and parallel to the Caroni Road to a point an eighth of a .•.·.....
mile east of the Southern Main Road, thence in a northerly direction
_parallel to and an eighth of a mile from the Southern Main Road to
the Caroni Road, thence in a westerly direction along the southern
side of the Caroni Road to the first mentioned point at the junction
of the Southern Main Road and the Caroni Road.
(j) All that area bounded o;n the north by the northern boundary
of the County of Caroni, on the south by the Caparo River, on the
east by the Southern MainRoad, and on the west by ~e sea.
15. Diego Martin Districf:-

(a) The area along the Western Main Road extending in a--yvesterly
direction from its junction with the Diego Martin and Mame Coco
Roads at Four Roads to th~ 8th mile post and l;>oundedon the . -:-·:,..
North by a line running parallel to ~d a quarter of a mile from the :~:' .
Western Main Road and on the South by the sea to include· Point
Cumana and Carenage Villages; , .. ..
(b) The area comprised by a line. runningpara,llel.to and a quarter
of a mile on either side of the Diego Martin Road from its junction
with the Western Main Road and the Morne Coco .Road to the
3½ mile post to include Crystal Stream, Sierra Leone, Rich ·Plain;
Diamon_d and Congo Villages. . _ . _
(c) The area comprised by a line running parallel to and an eighth
of_a ·mile on either si~e of the Morne Coco Road froi:nits junction·
with the Western Mam Road and the Diego Martin Road to the
half mile post to include Petit Valley·~d Cameron Junction Villc1;ges.
(d) !he are_acomprised by a line running parallel. to and an eighth
• -ofa mile on either side of the St. Lucien Road from its junction with
_the Sierra Leone Road to its junction with the Diego Martin Road
at River Estate. · ·
(e) All_that area contained within a mile running due west from
the 9! ~ile post on the Saddle Road to the ridge forming the Eastern .•--:...,:.--
watershed of the La Ceiba River, then along the crest of this ridge in
.a northerly direction to its junction with the Northern Main Ridge
at Morn~ Mal D'Estomac, thence along the crest of t~e N orthem
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M~ Ridge in an easterly direction to its junction with the ridge
forming the eastern boundary of the Ward of Diego Martin thence
along the crest of this ridge in a southerly direction to a point due
east of the 9! mile post on the Saddle Road, thence by the line
running due west to the said mile post.
16. Couva District:-

(a) The area bounded by two lines parallel to and a quarter of a
mile on either side of the Southern Main Road from the 22f mile ,,.•
post to the 23½mile post~ ...
{b) Dow Vtllage:-
N orth-By a line parallel to and a quarter of a mile north · .. :
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of the California Station Road.
South-By a line parallel to and a quarter of a mile south of
the California Station Road.
East-The Trinidad Government Railway reserve.
West-· By a line parallel to and a quarter of a mile east of
the Souili;ern Main Road.
(c) Freeport ·villa..ge and part of St. Mary's Village. The area
bounded as follows:-
N orth-By a line running north of, parallel to and 200 yards · ..
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from the La Cuesa Road, the Freeport Village Road, the Freeport
Mission Road and the Waterloo Road .. ···/<}::
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South-By a line running from the Calcutta Settlement Road
to the Freeport Mission Road in a direction parallel to, and at
a distance of 200 yaids from the Neilson Road. ·.-
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East-By a due north line running from the eastern end
of the southern boundary line to meet the riorthern. boundary ,
line. ..
_ ·west-By a line starting from the ·western end oHhe southern .
bound~ line and running in a north-west~rly direction to meet ., .. ·,.•·
the 22! mile mark on the Southern M~ Road -arid contim;rlng
in the same direction-to a point 200 yards away from ~at road.-
thence running in a nor.th-easterly direction parallel · to and -. -
200 yards from the Southern Main Road to meet the Waterloo
Road; th~nce continuing in the same north-easterly ~cti~n
to meet the norther:n boundary. _ · . · · . .. _ . 't .. :•·
(d) B~ Village and Carapichaima. _ .

All that area situated in the Couva District starting ·from the
junction of the Southern Main Road and the Waterloo (otherwise - . ····-..
called St. Mary's) Junction thence in a north-westerly direction
along the side of the Waterloo Road to the Sea,·-thence in a
southerly direction a quarter of a n;rlle along the coast thence
in an easterly direction a quarter of a mile south and parallel
to the Waterloo Road to the Southern Main Road; thence in
a northerly direction to the first mentioned point.
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(e) McBean.
The area comprised by a quarter of a mile on either side of the
Southern Main Road from the sixteen and a half (16j) mile
post to the twenty and three-quarter (20!) mile post, Curepe
Junction being zero mile post.
(f) St. Andrew and Perseverance.
The area bounded by a quarter of a mil,e on either side of the
Couva River Bay Road from its junction with the Southern
Main Road to the Couva Bay, comprising the villages of St.
Andrew and P~sevei-ance in the Ward of Couva.
(g) Claxton Bay, Friendship, Savonetta and Providence.
All that area situated in the Couva District starting from the
junction of the Southern Main Road and the Cedar HiI!-Road,
thence in a westerly direction along the coast to a pomt due
west _ofthe junction of the Southern ~fain:Ro~d on th_eMonkey
Point Road, thence in an easterly direction to a pomt half a
mile due east of the junction of the Southern Main Road and the
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Monkey Point Road, thence in a sou~erly direction parallel !o
and half a mile from the Southern Mam Road to the Cedar Hill
Road and thence in a westerly direction along the Cedar· Hill
Road to the first me_l;1tioned point.
(h) Balma:in and Spring.
The area bounded by a quarter of a mile on either: side of the
Couva Main Road from the first mile post to the two and a half
(2½) mile post, comprising the villages of Balmain· and Spring
in the Wards of ~OUVIJ. and Montserrat. . .
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(a) Five Rivers Village, Arouca-The area comprised by a line
running due north for a quarter of a mile from the point where the
Trinidad Govetnment Railway line crosses the Eastern Main R<;>adat
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Garden Village, thence by a line running in westerly direction to
· a point on the Entrance Road to Five Rivers Estate a quarter of a
mile from its juriction with. the Eastern Main Road, thence by the
Entrance Road to the Five Rivers Estate fo the Trinidad Government
· Railway line and thence by the Trinidad Government Railway line
to the Garden Crossing. . · . · · · . _. . . .
(b) District between Tunap~a and Arouca-The area bounded _:
by a line starting from the point where the Trinidad Government·
Railway crosses the Eastern Main Road near the Five Rivers Estate
Entrance Road and ninning along this latter road for a quarter pf a
mile, thence by a straight line to the junction ·of the St. Michael's
Road and Gittens' Street, thence by a ·line proceeding·.westwards
along Gittens' Street.to its junction 'with Thavenot Street. thence
by a straight line to the north-eastern point of the Tunapuna. area
on the El Dorado Road, thence by· a line running along the El .......
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along the Eastern Main Road to its junction with Back Street thence
South along Back Street and the El Dorado Estate boundary to the
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Trinidad Government Railway, thence along the Trinidad Govern-

ment Railway in an easterly direction to the first mentioned point.
(c) Ward of Tacarigua-Area bounded as follows:-
North-By a line commencing from the northern end of the
western boundary of Streatham Lodge Estate and running
eastwarq along the Government Railway Line to the northern
end of the western boundary of Arouca, that is to say the point
at which the Trinidad Government Railway Line crosses the
Eastern Main Road. . :>(:\.::
East-By a line beginning at the above-mentii;med point anti . _.. >...-:,
running along the western boundary for the distance of a
quarter of a mile.
West-By a line from the north end of the western boundary
of Streatham Lodge Estate along the western boundary of
Streatham Lodge Estate for the distance of a quarter of a mile ..
South-By a line joining the southern extremities of the
eastern and western boundaries.
(d) The area surrounded by a line running along the eastern
boundary of the suburbs of Port-of-Spain from tne Trinidad <~bJ~):
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Go,rernment Railway_ to the Laventille Road; then running along _· .\\}{/:_
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the Laventille Road to its junction with the Caledonia Road, then --._ ..
running southwards along the Caledonia Road and then along its
-western branch to meet the Eastern Main Road, then running ·-.)\{\:;·.
eastwards along the Eastern Main Road .to the western boundary of .. :-:.: .
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Barataria Estate, then southwards along the sa:ic;lboundary to the
Trinidad Government Railway line to the starting point on the
eastern boundary of th~ suburbs of Port-of-Spain.
(e) All that area situated in the StL Ann's-Tacarigua District
starting from a point on the south side of the Southern Main Road
at :its junction with the Caroni River, thence in an east~rly direction·
along the left bank of the Caroni River to a point app,i-0ximateiy -. . :··:•-?
1,150 feet north of the junction of the Southem':Mairi Road_.and the·
·caroni Road, thence southward to the· southern ·side o{ the said . . ..
junction, thence ·in a westerly direction along the southern. ~de· .of ·· · . ,,
the Southern Main Road to ~e first mentioned point.· ._ . _ · .. ,.

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(f) Ail that area surrounded bya line st~g fro,.n
~.'pofut ·en--th~
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ridge dividing the St. Ann's and Diego Ma,rtin Wards a quarter of a
mile north of the Saddle in an easterly ·and southerly direction ...
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parallel to the Saddle Road to a point ori _the northern boundary

of No. 10 of Part "B "; thence in a westerly· direction along the
aforesaid boundary to a point a quarter of a mile west -of the Saddle
Road thence in a northerly and westerly direction and parallel to
the Saddle :Road to a point on the ridge between -the St. Ann's and ·.,_ ..
·····.:._..
Diego Martin Wards a quarter o{ a mile south of the Saddle; thence .
along the aforesaid ridge crossing the· Sa¢1.dleto the starting p9int. .
. .
(g) All that area situated in the St. Ann's-Tacarigua District
starting from a point on the south side of the Southern Main Road
at its ju:nction with the. Caroni RiverJ thence in an easterly direction
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along the ieft bank of the Caroni River ·to a point approximately
eleven hundred and fifty feet north of the junction of ~e Southern
Main Road and the Caroni Road, thence southward to the southern
side of the said junction, thence in a wester-ly direction along the
southern side of the Southern Main Road to the :firstmentioned point.
(h) All that area surrounded by a line commencing at .a point
a quarter of a mile from and to the west of the Southern Main
Road on the southern boundary of the area defined as No. s · of
Part " B " and following that boundary in an easterly and northerly
direction to the western side of the Trinidad Government Railway
Reserve thence in a south-easterly direction along the Trinidad
Government Railway Reserve to the Caroni River; thence along the
right bank of the Caroni River across the Southern Main Ro~d to a
point a quarter of a mile west of i;he Southern Main Road; thence
in a northerly direction and parallel to the Southern Main Road to
. the starting point on the southern boundary of the above mentioned
area No. 5 of Part" B."
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(i) All that area situated in the St. ¾m's-Tacarigua District .. ~ '._'.. .::~
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starting from the north-west corner of the Soconusco Settlement
a.'ld running along the northern boundary of the said Settlement in
an easterly and north-easterly direction across the Cutucupano
Road to a point quarter of a mile east of the said Road, thence in a
southerly direction and parallel to the Cutucupano Road to a point
where this line meets No. 17 (f) of this Part, thence westwards
along the northern boundary of the said area No. 17 (J) to a point · .-.:·.·:,.•·
a quarter of a nµIe west of the Cut:ucupano Road, thence· in a
··,··
northerly direction parallel to the Cutucupano Road to a point on
· the southern boundary of the Soconusco Settlement, thence in a
westerly direction to the south-western corner of the Soconusco
Settlement, thence north and east along a portion of the western
boundary of the Soconusco Settlement to a point quarter .of a mile
from the Cutucupano Road, thence in a north-westerly direction.
. and parallel to the Cutucupano Road to a point ·on the Soconusco
Settlement, ·thence in a north-w~terly. direction along a portio~ of
the western boundary of the Scic9nusco Settlement· to the starting'·
point. ·
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(j) All that area in the St. Ann's-Tacarigua Distri~t sta.i;ting at . ·,••..:.
the north-east~;"Il ~orner _ofthe suburbs of Port-of-Spain (defined as .

No. 1 of Part B of thIS Schedule) thence due east to the western
boundary of No. 17 (!) of this P~, thence southwards along the
western .boundary of the last mentioned area to the point where it
joins the northern boundary of No. 10 of Part '' B " thence westwards
along the northern boundaries of No. 10 of Part " B " and the.
suburbs of Port-of-Spain as defined in No. 1 of Part "B" here-
to to the point where this line joins the eastern · boundary of
No. 1 · of Part " ~ ''. ,!hence north~ards 3;:longthe easte~ boundary
of No. 1 of Part B , to the starting -pomt. ·
18. (a) Arima District:- .· -.:.!-_..-.·
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North-By a line running due east and west and a q~er ofa . _.__ -_.,. · .
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mile north of the junction of th.e Heights of Guanapo Road with

the Eastern Main Road.
East-By the Heights of Guanapo Road from ·the point where
the above northern boundary meets it to the junction of that
road with the Eastern Main Road and by a line running due
south from this junction to a point-a quarter of a mile south of it.
South-By a line running due west from the southern.-end-of
th~ last mentioned line to the Arirna River.
West-By the Arima River.
(b) The area bounded as follows:-
North-By a line running parallel to and a quarter of a mile
north of the Old Arima Road.
South-By a line running parallel to- and a quarter of a mile
south of the Eastern Main Road. -
East-By the Mausica River.
West-By the Arouca River.
(c) The area bounded by a line beginning on the Tumpuna Road
where it crosses the southern boundary of the Borough of Arima
and running in -an easterly direction along that boundary to the
south-eastern COJ"D-er of the Borough of Arima, then continuing irr
the same direction to a point a quarter of a mile from the Tt;u;npuna
Road, thence running in ~ southerly direction parallel to and a ·
quarter of a mile from the following roads: The Tumpuna Road to
its junction with the Cumuto-Tumpuna and Caroni Roads, the
. Caroni Road from the last mentioned junction to its junction
with the Talparo Road, the Talparo Road from ·the last mentioned
junction to a due east and west line _crossing the said road at -a
point a quarter of -a mile from and south of its junction with the
Tamana Road;· thence runn.i:Pg-west along the last mentioned line
and crossing the Talparo Road to a point a quarter of a mile from -
the said road, thenc~ running in a northerly direction parallel to -
and a quarter of a mile ·from th~_-following r9ads, the Talparo·
Road to its junction with the Ca.roni Road ..ari.d the Carom Road
from its junction with _the Talparo Road to its_ junction with the_ .. · ;.,
Tumpuna and Cutnuto-Tumpuna Roads; then ·parallel to ..the
i Tumpuna Road and a quarter of a mile therefrom to a point on the
I
:! southern boundary of the Borough of Arir;na, thence •running· in an .
easterly direction along the southern boundary of that Borough back
to the starting point. ·
(d) Blanchisseuse War<i:- __
All that area situated iri the Ward of Blanchisseuse starting
from a point at High Water Mark on the sea coast due from:the
south-western corner of the 4 acres, 3 roods, 21 perches, originally
granted -to George McLean, thence in a northerly and then
easterly direction along the sea coast to the mouth of the
Marianne River, thence along the left bank ·of the. Marianne
River to a point a quarter of a mile away rrom the· Faria Road, ·
thence in a westerly direction runningparallel to and a quarter ·
of a mile away from the south side of the Paria Main Road till
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it intersects the northern. boundary of 19 acres, 0 roods, 0 perches,

originally granted to John Sandy, thence along the northern
and western boundaries of this parcel and along the western
boundary of 4 acres, 3 roods, 39 perches, granted to John Guerra
and the southern boundary of 4 acres, 3 roods, 21 perches,
granted to George McLean, thence by a line due west to the
starting point. .
(e) All that area bounded on the nort~ by_Crown Lands leased to
the United States Government, and runmng m more or less a south-
easterly direction along the Cumuto Road to its junction with the
Little Cora Road including an area lying within one-eighth of a
mile on either side of the said Cumuto Road-also the area-within
one-eighth of a mile on either side of the Caratal Road commencing
from its junction with the Cumuto Road and proceeding in a more
or less south:-westerly direction along the said Caratal Road to its
junction with the Cumuto River.
19. Gran Couva District:-
(a) Flanagin Town:-
N orth-A line running due east and west through the north•
western comer of Andrew Manho's 2 acres, 0 roods, 19 .perches.
South-A · line beginning on the .Trinidad Government·
Railway Line and running in an easterly direction along the
Mary Ayoung Trace; the Manjaria Crown Trace. the Talemaque
Trace and the Cipero River. ·
East-The Caparo River.
• West-A due north ljne beginning on the Trinidad Government
Railway and running through the north-western comer of the ' t ••
Burial Ground 2 acres, 0 roods, 0-perches, to meet the east and

west Hne forming the northern bound~· of' the vill~ge. .··· ::-
(b) P1;eysal Village:-
The area bounded by a line beginning at a point on the Couva
Road, a half 9f a mile measured in an easterly ~irection, along •
the road from the junction of the said road with the Freeport
M:is,sionRoad, and running in a north-westerly direction· along
the Couva Road to a poin:t ·on the· said road a half of a mile
beyond the said junction, thence runningin a.due ·north-east
direction to a point due west of the Freeport Mission Road. and . ·. : ,•.•
Lower Couva Road, thence ru.p.riingin a due south-east .directio:n· · I\

through th~ last ~entioned junction to a point due north~east. · : ..
of the starting pomt on the Couva R-0ad thenc~ in a south-west
direction to tne said starting point. .·:i
(c) Tabaquite Village:-.:.. .
North-A line beginning on the Tabaquite-Brasso Road an
eighth of a mile from its junction with the Guaracara-Tabaquite
Road and running parallel to and an eighth of a mile from the
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Gu~a_cara-Ta~aquite Road to a point an eighth of a mile north
of its intersection by the western boundary of Tabaquite Village
No. 1, thence running in ru.1easterly direction in a straight line -, :
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to the south-western corner of the 4 acres, 3 roods, 33 perches,

granted to Jahuree and Sooknannan.
South-A line beginning from the junction of the Guaracara-
. Tabaquite Road from the Piparo Road and running in a straight
line to a point due south of and an eighth of a mile from the
junction of the Guaracara.:.Tabaquite Road .and the Tabaquite-
Brasso Road, thence running parallel to and an eighth of a mile
from the Guaracara-Tabaquite Road till it meets the southern
boundary of Tabaquite Village No. 1, thence running in a·
' straight line to the south-western corner of the Tabaquite
. iI
· Cemetery 5 acres, 0 ro~ds, 3 perches, thence in a due east
direction to the south-eastern comer of the 5. acres granted to ..•.-:··-..
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Herbert Seucharan. . . . ..- . . . ~ .... .
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. East-A straight line between the south-~tern comer of
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Herbert Seucharan's 5 acres and the south-western comer.~-- ·. ·.·:._:·-·..·-:;, ·.
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4 acres, 3 roods, 33 perches, granted to Jahu,ree and Soolm.anan. . . ...
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West-A line running along the Guaxacara-Tabaquite RQad
from its junction with the Tabaquit~Brasso Road, thence along
the Tabaquite-Brasso Road to a point an eighth qf a mile from
the last mentioned junction.
(d) Gran Coµva Village:-
The area bounded by a line beginning at the bridge on the
Couva Road over the Savonetta River and running due north
. to a point an eighth of a mile from the Couva Road, thence
running in an easterly direction parallel to and ·an eighth of a
mile from the Couva Road to a point an eighth of·a mil~ north
of the ·junction of the Brasso Caparo Station Road ·and the
Atagual Road, thence running due south to a point_an eighth
of a mile south of the said junction, thence_runnii-igin a westerly
I direction parallel to and an eighth of a mile from the Couva
Road to the Savonetta River, thence in anorth-westerly direction
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.i along the Savonetta River to the Bridge on the Couva Ro~d. .
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All that area· bounded on the north. by the ·northern .boun4ary
of the ·county of Caroni, on the south by the C~pru:o.River, on the
east by the Southern Main Road, and· ori the westby the sea ..
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1. .The Surburbs of Port-of-Spain comprise the area which is bounded:-. ._ ..._.

Suburbs of
Port-of-
Spain. East-A due north andsouth line through -the Laventille Chttrch.
Trigonometrical Station- drawn from the Sea and extended ·till it
~eets the St. Ann's River. ... .
North-A due west line drawn from the last mentioned point on ·
the St. Ann's River and extended to the Fort George Road. . ·
West-the Fort George Road to its junction with the Western
Main Roa,d and thence by a line due south to the Sea.
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South-The Sea.
And also the area comprised by a quarter of a mile on either
side of the Eastern Main Road from the eastern boundary of
Port-of-Spain to the western branch of Caledonia Road. But
save and except the area contained within the City of Port-of-
Spain as the same is from time to time defined in or under the
provisions of the Port-of-Spain Corporation Ordinance, and
also the area comprised by a quarter of a mile on either side
of the East~ Main Road from the eastern boundary of Port-of-
Spain to tlie western branch of Caledonia Road.
which said boundaries are delineated and shown on a plan signed by
Mr. J. W. Dumanoire, Deputy Surveyor-General, dated the 29th of
May, 1933, and filed in the office of the Director of Surveys.
2. The Borough of San Fernando comprises the area which is bounded San
as follows:- . Fernando.
North-By a line starting from a point on the Sea coast inthe
projection of the southern :boundary of Vistabella Estate, and
running in a more or less easterly direction along this projected
line and along the southern boundary of the Vistabella Estate to a
point one hundred and~ty feet from the Pointe-a-Pierre Road, thence
running parallel to and one hundred and :fifty feet from Pointe-a-- . :. ,.
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Pierre Road, Cane Street and the Circular Road to the point where· •·,";
it intersects London Street. · -~:-.)\:-:

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East-From the last mentioned point by a line running -parallel

to and one hundred and fifty feet from and to the east of the Circular
Road .till it crosses the 'Naparima-Mayaro Road, thence in an
easterly direction along the southern side of the Naparima-Mayaro
Road to a point two hundred feet from Torrance Stre_et, thence
running in· a more or less southerly direction parallel to .and two
hundred feet from Torra:p.ceStreet, Skinner_Street,·Jones Street and ..
.· {:
South Street to t.he w~stem boundary of Felicity Estate at a point ..... •:
two hundred feet sou;th of South Street, thence _in a southerly direc.,.•
tion along the westernhoundary 0£Felicity Est~te to a·point two ··.·i::
hundred feet south of its junctio:n with the· northern boundary of ·

Les Efforts Estate.. .. · · :
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South-By a lil?-erunning from the fast mentioned point .parallel
to and two hundred feet from Rush.worth Street to the western
b?un~ary of Les Efforts Estate, thence in ~ ~putherly and westerly
direction along the boundaries of the Les Effprts Estate to the Sea.
West-By the Sea.
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The Borough of Arima comprises the area· whi$ is boundecf asAnma.". ...;.;,
North-By a straight due east line from the branch of the .

~fauxiquita Ravine (shown on the plan of the s~d Borough deposited ·
m the officeof the Director of Surveys) crossing the eastern boundary
o.f the Calvary land at a point. 243 feet _and 6 inches south of its
northern extremity and e1.'i:endingto the Arana River; thence
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following the right bank of the Arona River downwards until met
by the eastern boundary.
South-By the boundary line between Mr. de Gannes' land and the
Railway Reserve produced in a westerly direction to meet the
Mau.xica River, and from the north-eastern corner of Mr. de Gannes'
land by a straight line bearing East 11 degrees 31 minutes North to
a point about 188 feet to the eastward of the Cucurite or Tumpuna
Road.
East-By a due southern line from the Arima River crossing ·the
Eastern Road exactly at the top of the hill known as the Pijiguau
Hill and produced to meet the southern boundary of the Borough. ··.·::::-:::.-··
West-By the branch of the Mau.xiquita Ravine and left bank of :-:•···•:
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Mauxic~ River as far as the western extremity of the southern

boundary.
Princes 4. Princes Town comprises the area which is bounded:-
To-.,,'D..
North-By the southern boundary of the Malgretoute Estate from
the point where it leaves the eastern boundary of the Cedar Hill
Estate to the old Cipero tramline, thence along the old C.ipero
tramline to the Glenroy Estate boundary in the Naparima-Mayaro
Road, thence along the southern boundary of the Glenroy Estate
to the north-western comer of the Birken Hill ·Estate which now
forms part o~the ~uen Intento Estate. ., ·..
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Ea,st-By the western boundary of the said Birken Hill Estate to • •• :
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the north-west comer of the Knollys Recreation Ground, thence ' ... ·, ·.
along the northern and eastern · boundaries of the said Knollys
Recreation Ground, ~d the southern boundary of the said Birken
Hill Estate to the. westen;1 boundary of the Craignish Estate and
along the western b9und.ary of the said Craignish Estate to the
Naparima-Mayaro Road and along that road in a south-westerly
direction ·to the \Yestem boundary of th~ Brooma.ge __ Estate and
along that boundary .to where it meets tlie ·easterri boundary of the
Lothians Estate, th~ce_ in a 'straight line running in a inore -or less •
south-westerly direction to the south-eastern comer of the Navette
Public Burial Ground. . · -
· South-By the northern bpundary of the Lothians Estate from
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the south-eastern corner of the Navefte Public Burial-Ground to-the
southern-eastern ·comer of the ·Cedar Hill F..state. · _ _
West-By th~ eastern boundary of the Cedar Hill_.Estate ;from its·
south-eastern comer to the point where it meets: the MalgretoQ.te.
Estate. · · ....
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St. Joseph 5. St. Joseph and Tunapuna comprise the area ~hich -~-boundeq..:-
and
~apmia; North-By a line beginning at the junction of the eastern-boundary
of St. Ann's Ward with ·the north western comer of Buen Vista.
Estate and, running east along the northern boundary of t4e said
estate across the St. Joseph River to the fylaracas·Road;·. thence
south-east along the Maracas Road to its junction with Riyersid,e _
Road thence along Riverside· Road to tlie north-em b0un.dary'· .
line of lands of heirs of J. Boneo; th~nce in a straight line due e8$t·
through Crown·lands, lands of Abdul Gany, Crown lands and lands
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of Deenoo to the southwestern. comer of lands of Hoosaynee; thence
along the southern boundary of lands of Hoosaynee; northern
boundary of lands of Jharee now Catherine Dimouth; Chatoorie;
and Jharee now Catherine Dimouth (4a. Zr. 28p.) ; thence eastwards
through lands now of the Incorporated Trustees of the Mount St.
Benedict Monastery in Trinidad to a point on the St. John Savannah
Road where it joins the entrance road to the Mount St. Benedict
::.\fonastery; thence by a line due east to the Tunapuna Rive:r; thence .· ..
south along the Tunaplma River to a point north-west of the
Tunapuna Reservoir, thence along a line running east and passing .-·..
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north of the Tunapuna Reservoir through lands originally granted -.,.•,
to Jowaheer ·and Madroo to the El Dorado Road. .. ·.: ..
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South-By a line beginning on the eastern boundary of the St.

Ann's Ward at a point south of ·the Valsayn Farm ;Buildings and _. .. _··:·- : -~
.. ·.. . ..
running east across the St. Joseph River to a point on the Southern
Main Road about 740 feet south of the 7th mile post· thence south
along the Southern Main Road to the north-western boundary of the .. ...
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Curepe Estate; thence east along the northern boundary of the ... · ··t·_:::
Curepe Estate, thence south along the western boundary of lot 87,
thence east across lot 87 in a line with the southern boundary of
lots 83, 78, 75, 46, 45; thence north along the western boundary
line of Streatham Lodge Estate to the Government Railway; thence
east along the Government Railway to the western boundary of
El Dorado Estate and Back Street. ·
East-By a line commencing from the point where the northern
boundary of the· district meets the El Dorado Road, proceeding
south along the El Dorado Road to its junction with the Eastern
Main Road; thence east along the Eastern Main Road to its junction
with Back Str-eet; thence south along Back Street and El Dorado
Estate boundary· to the Governmen,t Railway.
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West-By the eastern boundary of the St. Ann's Ward.
6. Couva comprises the area which is bounded:- Couva.
· North-By a line rtlill,llD.gfrom the north-western comer ·of .the ·
Anglican Church land running in an easterly direction to the sign-
board or monument on the Southern Main Road near the 27th mile •
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· _South-By a line from the sign-board or monument near tb.e.28½ · . :.,...

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~e I;>OSton the South~ Main Road running in a south-easterly ·
direction to the Couva River. -. ' .
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_East-By a line from the sign-board or m~nument near the 27th .·-·•.•:
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mile post on the Southern Main Road running South along .Isaac .._..
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Street, thence to Couva River.
· West-By a lin~ from the north:westem com~ of. the Anglican
Church lands runmng south to the sign-board or monument near the·.
28½mile post on the Southern -Main Road.
7· Sangre Grande comprises the area bounded as follows:-:- Sangre
North-By a line dra\.vnfrom the north-eastern boundary of block Grand e,
. of 15a. lr. 8p. of land, the property of the Heirs of C. F. Sellier,
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crossing -the '\i\iarner or Cuare Road and running in a westerly
direction along the northern boundary of the said block and the
north:rn boundary of lands of Rampersad, Jeebodh and Sookaie· to
the Picton Trace.
South-By the Cunapo River.
East-By a line drawn from the Cunapo River along the eastern
boundary of a ten-acre block of land formerly the property of
A. Brooks, now of the Heirs of C. F. Sellier, crossing the Sangre
Grande-Oropouche Road and along the eastern boundary of a
six-acre block of land formerly the property of P. Ojoe,-now of the
Heirs of C. F. Seller, and thence in a northerly direction to the
northern boundary of the lands of J. Ojoe now F. Cumberbatch, .·..•.·_.-:.
thence in a westerly direction to the south-eastern comer of a
3a. Or. 37p. block of land the property of the Heirs of C. F. Sellier,
thence running north along the eastern boundary of the said
3a. Or. 37p. block of land and lands of M. Warner, now of Philip
Acham, and lands of Heirs of C. F. Sellier (15a. lr. Sp.) to the north-
eastern boundary of the said block of land.
West-By a line drawn along the Picton Trace to the E~stern
Main Road, and thence in a straight line running south to the ......
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Cunapo River. ~-
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Scarborough. 8. The Town of Scarborough comprises the area which is delineated
in the plan signed by Edward R. Smart, Esquire, Engineer-in-Charge of _
Surveys, dated the 5th day of August, 1910, and deposited in the office
of the ·warden of Tobago and the Crown Lands Office, Port-of-Spain, and
comprised within the boundary lines marked th~reon by the letters·A to 0
running in alphabetical order from point A to point O and from A to A,
and is bounded .as follows:-·
TheSouthern boundary shall cbmmf;mce at the junction .of the
Fort Main Road and Mackay Hill Street at a point marked A on plan,
thence run along the south side of Mackay Hill S~ee~ to point B, ,
thence to point C, thence along a line_through Sans Souci to-the
Windward Main Road at point D, thence to point E and. thence ·
along the centre of the ravine to the sea at point F. '
The W estein boundary shall commence at the sea at point F and
run in a north-westerly direction along-th~ s~a coast to poip.t G:,_.
thence along the ·_south-western boundary of the custo~ premises
and the jetty to point H, thence along the sea tQ the west of the .
Customs premises to· the point I, thence along the sea coast to the
junction of the Plymout~ Main Road at point J, thence along the
eastern side of the Plymouth Main Road to point K. _
· The Northern boundary shall commence at point K and run in a
straight line to point L at the northern side of the :first·bridge on the
Northside Main Rqad, and thence along the North bank of Cook's·
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·River to the point 1\:1.,

thence in a south:-east~rly direction to meet ·
Rose Hill Street f,tt point N, and thence along .the North side of
Rose Hill Street to its junction with the Ca!-derHall Main Road at· :·: -.:··~-
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the point 0. · .-~;~-::._._.
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The Eastern boundary shall commence at point O and :rwi in a

southerly direction along the western side of the Calder Hall Main
Road, and the eastern side of the old Park and Fort Main Roads
terminating at point A. ·
9. Cocorite and Four Roads Villages bounded as
follows:-
N orth-· By a line running due east through the junction of ~he ... . .-:.: •, ~ ' .
_·western, Diego Martin and Marne Coco Roads.
South-By the Sea. ----:)//(.!.:.:.-::
East-By a line running parallel to and a quarter of a mile East
of the Western Road and by the Fort George Road. .
West-By a line running due South from the junction of the
·western, Diego Martin and Morne Coco Roads to the ·sea.
10. Area including San Juan, Aranguez, Barataria, Concord and
Champs Fleurs :-
North-By a line running north of and parallel to the Eastern.
Main Road from the junction of the Caledonia and Laventille_Local
Roads in an easterly direction to the boundary between the Wards
of St. Ann's and Tacarigua. . ·,-...
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East-By the boundary _linebetween the Wards of St. Ann's and ··..
Taca.rigua. .
. South-By the northern bank of the Caroni River to the western
boundary of Barataria Estate. · .
West-By the western boundary of the Barataria Estate to the
· Eastern Main Road and by the Eastern Main Road to the western
branch of the Caledonia Local Road and by this·Road to its junction
with the Laventille Road.
11. Arouca :- . .
North-By the Trinidad Government Railway line from the level .
crossing at Laurel Hill to a point 100 yards before it crosses the
· Eastern Mafo Road at Garden thence .by a line due east fo the
1 Arouca River.
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East-By. the Arouca River. ·
South-By the Arouca: River to its junction with the Golden ·Grove;.
Road and thence by a· line due west to a point due south. of· the
Trinidad Government Railway level crossing -at Laurel HilL ·
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West-~:y a line running. due north from the last :ilientloned_point
to the '.fnmdad Government· Railway level crossing at LalJ!el Hill. ··
12. Chaguanas :-.
South-The Caparo River. . ,
West-a line running from.the Caparo River in a due north direction .· ....-
through the junction of Taitt and Cmnberbatcb Streets to a point"
due west to the junction of Biljah Road and Caroni Sava.hI+ah;Road.
N?rth--:--BiljahRoad and a line running in a due west direction froru
. the Junction of the Biljah andCaroni Savannah Roads to meet the
western boundary line. · ·
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East-a line running from the Caparo River to the Biljah Road in
a due north direction through the junction ·of St. Yves and Rene
Streets.
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13. N aparima District:-
AJl that area situated in the N aparima District from a point at
the mouth of the Guaracara River, and running in an easterly ;·.:··---·-,.
direction along the left bank of the said River to a point half of a .. . .•,'·-:
mile east of its junction with the Southern Main Road, thence in a .· -·.··· .
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south-easterly direction to a point a quarter of a mile north of the -· ....
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junction of the Naparima-Mayaro Road and the Corinth Road, thence
in a westerly direction to a point a quarter of a mile west of the last ' : ' ~ ·.·..•,... .•.
mentioned point, thence in a southerly direction a quarter of a mile .. ·· ..·::.':
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west and parallel to the· Corinth Road to the Cipero River, th~nce ...
along the right bank of the Cipero River to the sea, thence along the -·.. ; .-..
sea coast in a northerly direction to the southern boundary of the
Borough of San Fernando, thence along the southern, eastern and
northern boundaries of the Borough of San Fernando to the sea
coast, thence along the sea coast ·in a northerly direction to the . ·.:~-::_--
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:first_mentioned point at the mouth of the Guaracara River. . .;:._:.
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14. The area east of San Fernando bounded as folloVv-s:- . '••'
North-By the Naparima-Mayaro Road and the boundary of the

Town of San Fernando.
. South-By iandsof Felicity-Estate. _
East~By Torrance Street and then by a line from the comer of _
Torrance and Skinner Streets running due south to meet land
of Felicity Estate. • .• · :·. \~: ··
West-_By the eastern boundary of the Town of San Fernando;
15. Siparia· Village:- ,• .·
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The a,rea comprised within two miles running parallel to the , ·

San Fernando-Siparia.:.Erin Road and being respeci;ively a quarter .
.of a mile north and a quarter of a· mile south of the said roa:d from
the 11th mile post to the 12½mile po~t. · . ,' .
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16. New La Brea:- •, . .--.
N orth-· By the Sea. .

East-By the Pitch Lake Ravine, lands of the New·Trinidad °Lake.
Asphalt Company and Brighton Estate. ·
South-By Brighton Estate.
· West-By Brighton Estate. - ·:! ·•·\·
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17. Bonasse Village, Cedros :- .... _.}_ -\(·_.-
North-By the Sea starting from the eastern boundary of the·
.Perseverance Estate and running along the sea coast in a more or
less easterly direction for the distance of 4,800 feet.
East-Thence by a line running in a more or less southerly direction
for a distance of 2,500 feet. ·
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South-Thence by a line running in .a more or less westerly direction

until it meets the eastern boundary of the Perseverance Estate at a
point 1,320 feet from the sea.
'\Vest-By the eastern boundary of the Perseverance Estate to the
Sea.
18. Roxborough Tobago:-

N orth-By a line IUm?,ingdue east from· the quarter mile post ·on -
the Roxborough Parlatuvier Road to a point on a line running due
north from the Sea through the eastern boundary of the Steamer's
Depot to the Sea. ·
East-Thence by a line tunning due south through the eastern
boundary of the Steamer's Depot to the Sea.
South-By the Sea.
West-By a line running due north from the Sea to the junction
of the Windward and Roxborough-Parlatuvier Roads and thence by
the latter Road to the quarter mile post.
19. Nariva-Mayaro District.

(a) Church Village:-
The area comprised in an area a quarter of a mile on either
side of the Naparima-Mayaro Road from the western boundary
of Church Village to the Guayanapa River.
(b) Rio Claro Village:-
All that area starting from a point at the junction of the '"
Tabaquite-Rio Claro.. Road on the Cunapo Southern Road, .:.·(

thence in an easterly direction along the- last mentioned road
to and in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of
lands of Adrien de Verteuil (449a. 2r. 28p.) to the Naparima-
Mayaro Road, thence due south to and in a westerly_cµ:rection
along the Guayanapa River to its junction ·with the Naparima-
Mayaro Road, thence in a north line to the starting point.
20. Point Fortin District:-.
All that area starting from the terminus of the Guapo-Cap-de- •
Ville Road on the sea coast, thence continuing· alpng the coa_.st.
in a north-easterly direction to the Guapo River, thence along
the left bank of the-said river to a point due east of the junction
_of the Point Fortin Road and Southern Main Road, thence.
through the· said junction alo·ng the Point Fortin Road to. the
junction of the Guapo-Cap-d~:-Villeand Point Fortin R.oads,
thence along the former road to the starting ·p0int..
21. St. Patrick District:-
. All. that area·bounded by a. line starting from a point at the
Junction of the .Southern Mam Road and the United British .
Oiliiel~ of Trinidad ~vate Road (kno~ as Point Fortin Road)
proceeding thence m a south-westerly direction along the
western boundary of the said Southern Main Road for approxi-
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matcly two-fifths of a mile _·to a point; thence fo general
north-westerly direction a quarter of a mile from and parallel to
the United British Oilfields of Trinidad Private Road (known as
Point Fortin Road) crossing the present Guapo-Cap-de-Ville
Road and the _abandoned portion of the said road now granted
to United British Oilfields of Trinidad to the sea coast, thence
in a north-easterly direction along the sea coast to a po~t at
the south-western comer of a strip of land leased to United
British Oilfieldsof Trinidad; thence in a north-easterly direction
along the southern boundary of the said strip of land to the
south-eastern comer; thence in the same direction along the
southern boundary of the abandoned portion of the Guapo-Cap-
de-Ville Road to its junction with the United British Oilfields
I
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of Trinidad Private Road (known as Point Fortin Road); thence
i. in a general south-easterly direction along the southern boundary_
I of the last mentioned road to the point of commencement.
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CHA.l'TER 12. No. 4.
PuBLIC HEALTH.
AERATED 1\'ATER FACTORIES AND \VORKSHOPS (PORT-OF-SPAIN)
BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws made under section 158 of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G.
11.12.24.
CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND FREEDOM FROM EFFLUVIA.
I. The walls and floor of every aerated water factory or workshop shall be built
of good cement concrete, smoothly rendered so that such walls and floor may be
capable of being effectively washed down and cleansed,
2. The owner or occupier shall cause every part of the interior of an aerated
water factory or workshop to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often .
as may be necessary to secure that such factory or workshop shall be at all times
clean and free from effluvia. He shall cause the walls of such factory to be thoroughly
washed at least once every day, and the floor of such factory or workshop to be
thoroughly swept and washed at least once in every day.
REMOVAL OF REFUSE.
3. The owner or occupier shall cause all refmw and waste matter to be forthwith
removed and disposed of in a covered metal or metal-lined receptacle.
VENTILATION AND LIGHT.

4. The owner or occupier shall cause every room to pe supplied with sufficient
windows or other openings for ventilation and light to the satisfaction of the Local
Authorit}'·
SUFFICIENCY, TYPE AND POSITION OF SANITARY CONVENIENCES.

5. Every aerated water factory or workshop shall be provided with sufficient
privy accommodation. The type and position of every privy provided in pursuance
of this bye-law shall be subject to the approval of the Local Authority.
PRECAUTION AGAINST CONTAMINATION OF AERATED WATERS MANUFACTURED

OR IN COURSE OF MANUFACTURE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, .
6. No aerated water factory or workshop shall be built or established in any

barrack or barrack yard. ·
7. Th·e owner or occupier shall take steps to the satisfaction of the Local Authority
to ensure the thorough cleansing of bottles, measures and other receptacles used
in the manufacture of aerated waters.
8. He shall cause all bottles, jars or other receptacles in which sugar, syrups,
essences or any other ingredients. or articles used in the manufacture of aerated
waters art'l stored, to be kept at all times clean and securely covered or protected
. from fi,.iySand other vermin, dust and dirt.
9. F(~- shall take proper precautions to 'the s~tisfaction of the Local Authority
to ensure that only filtered clean potable water free from impurities, dust, dirt
and other extraneous substances shall be used in the manufacture of aerated waters.
Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public Health.
10. The owner or occupier shall take steps to maintain and shall at all times
maintain all bottles or syphons containing aerated water manufactured for human
consumption in a clean and wholesome condition, and the type of all such bottles
and syphons shall in each case be subject to the approval of the Local Authority.
11. He shall not use or suffer or permit any aerated water factory or workshop
to be used as a sleeping place or living room, nor shall any sleeping place or living
room directly ventilate by means of any doors, windows or other openings into an
aerated water factory or workshop.
12. The owner or occupier shall not stable or keep, or suffer or permit to be
stabled or kept, any horse, mule, ass, or other animal in any aerated water factory
or workshop.
13. The position of any stable, cowshed, animal pen, kennel or other place in
which animals are kept or are intended to be kept in any yard or place within the
curtilage of the premises of any aerated water factory or workshop shall be subject
to the approval of the Local Authority.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTION. _,:s;,;,.,..,_

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14. The owner or occupier shall not suffer or permit a person suffering from
infectious or communicable disease or from any sores to be employed in any part
of the process of manufacture of aerated waters, or to be at any time on th~ premises
of an aerated water factory or workshop.
PENALTY.
15. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of t;he foregoing
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case
of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice
from the Local Authority. ·
BAKE-HOUSES (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. Bye-laws made under section 150 of the Public Health Ordinance.
18.10.17.
STRUCTURE OF WALLS AND FLOORS.
I. The owner of every bake-house shall cause the walls of such bake-house to
be constructed with a smooth surface.
2. The owner of every bake-house shall cause the floor of such bake-house to
be. constructed of good cement concrete or of other impervious material, .srnoothly
rendered.
CLEANLINESS AND SANITARY CONDITION.
3. The keeper of every bake-house shall at all times keep such bake-house and
every part thereof in a clean and sanitary condition. He shall cause the floor of
such bake-house to be thoroughly swept and washed <1,tleast once every day.
PREVENTION OF AccUMULATION OF REFUSE.

4. The occupier of any bake-house or of any part thereof shall take all necessary
precautions for the prevention of the accumulation of dust, ashes and refuse, and
shall cause all offensive matter and refuse to be forthwith collected into suitable
vessels or receptacles furnished with closely fitting covers.
PENALTY.
5. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing
thereof from the Local Authority.
BARBERS' SHOPS (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LA\VS.
14.10.20.
1. In these bye-laws the expression " occupier " includes the person to whom
the business carried on in any barber's shop belongs, and the employer of any
barber or barber's assistant in a barber's shop and ctny person in charge of a barber's
shop.
2. The occupier of every barber's shop in the City shall at all times keep the
floor, sides, and ceiling of his barber's shop clean and free from hair, dust, dirt and
other impurity.
3. He shall at least twice a day and as often as may otherwise be necessary sweep
or mop the floor of such barber's shop and collect the sweepings and other refuse
in a covered metal or metal~lined receptacle for daily removal by the Local Authority,
For the purpose of preventing the raising of dust and other impurities he shall
at all times before sweeping sprinkle the floor of such barber's shop with water
or some suitable liquid disinfectant.
4. Every_barber;or barber's.assistant shall, immediately after their use on any

customer, carefully sterilise. all razors, scissors, clippers and other cutting tools
by boiling or by immersion for at least fi.ve minutes in a solution. of formalin of
a strength of one part of formalin in not more than 40 parts of water.
He shall also after each shave carefully cleanse all shaving brushes by rinsing in
running water and afterwards dipping in a solution of formalin as aforesaid.
_He sh<1ll cleanse all shaving mugs immediately after use by rinsing in running
w_ater. · ·
5. Every barber or barber's assistant shall thoroughly wash and cleanse all
hair brushes and combs at least once in every day and as often as may otherwise
pe necessary to keep them in a clean state.
6. · Every barber or barber's assistant shall use clean towels for each person
shaved and it shall hot be lawful fo use any powder puff or sponge on any person·.
7. Every barber or barber's assistant shall cleanse his hands thoroughly with
soap and water immediately after serving each person.
8. Should it be necessary at any time to use alum or other solid substance to

prevent the fl.ow of blood every barber or barber's assistant shall use such alum
or other solid substance in powdered form only, and not in the form of a block,
and shall apply it on a clean towel.
9. No barber or barber's assistant shall knowingly attend in a barber's shop to
any person suffering from Barber's itch, Syphilis or any other cutaneous or
communicable disease.
10. Immediately after it has come to the knowledge of the occupier of any barber's
shop or of any barber or barber's assistant that such occupier, barber or barber's
assistant has used any shaving, cutting or other appliances on any customer suffering
from any cutaneous or communicable disease, such occupier, barber or barber's
assistant as aforesaid shall disinfect every such appliance by boiling in clean water
for at least 20 minutes.
11. The Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector may for the purpose
of inspection enter any barber's shop at any time while such shop is open for business
and inspect and examine the premises and every instrument, appliance, article of
furniture, utensil, fixture and accessory used in or in connection with the business
carried on in such barber's shop. The occupier of such barber's shop shall afford
every facility to the inspecting officer .
. 12. No person suffering from any cutaneous or communicable disease shall shave
·any customer in any barber's shop or shall carry on the trade of barber within
the District of the Local Authority. · ·
13. A copy of these bye-laws shall be exhibited in a conspicuous position in every

barber's shop within the District of the Local Authority. ·
PENALTY.
14. The occupier of any barber's shop and every barber or barber's assistant
who shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall be
liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of a continuing
offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice thereof Irom
the Local Authority.
BARRACKS AND BARRACK YARDS (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. Bye-laws made under section 141 of the Public _Health Ordinance ..
18.10.17.
1. (1) Tq.ese bye-laws may be cited as the· Port-of-Spain Barracks and Barrack
Yards Bye-laws. - . · ' · . ·
. (2) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
" occupier " includes ·the person to whom any room in a barrack ot ·barrack yard
is let and any other· person in actual occupation of such room. · ·
CLEANLINE~S AND VENTILATION.

l . .The occupier of every room in a barrack or barrack
yard shall, as often as
may be necessary to keep such room in a clean and wholesome state, cause such
room to be thoroughly cleansed and freed from vermin, and shall also cause the
floor of every such room to be thoroughly swept.daily before the hour of three in
. the afternoon, and to be well and sufficiently washed at least once in each week.
3. The occupier of every room in a barrack or barrack yard shall cause every
window and every fixture or fitting of wood, stone or metal, and every painted
surface in every such room· to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often
as may be requisite. · ·
4. The occupier of every room in a
barrack or barrack yard shall cause all solid
or liquid filth or refuse to 'be removed once at least in every day from every such
room, and shall once at least in every day cause every vessel, utensil cir other
receptacle for such filth, or refuse to be thoroughly .cleansed.
5. Every room or part of any building occupied as a living room in a barrack
or barrack yard shall be ventilated directly to the outside air where possible on
at least two sides -and shall be prqvided with such and so many openings as the
Loc,i1 Authority_ i,hall deem sufficient to ensure adequate ventilation· of and access
of light to every such room or part .of a building, and every such means of v~mtilation
shall be maintained at all times in good order and efficient action. · ·· ·
SUFFICIENCY OF WATER SUPPLY.

6. Every owner of a baq-ack or barrack yara,·shaU p:r;ovide the same with a_propi:ir
and suJficient water supply.
. PRIVIES,.
7. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall pr<:>videprivie~: therein in
the proportion of not less t_han-on.e privy for !=)veryfour r~>0ms. . ·::.,
. .. . . DUSTBIN. ACCOMMODATION; .. . . . ...

8. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall·provi4e at \(last o~e receptacle
for house refuse to every six rooms, and every such ·receptacle shall" be of metal or
·metal-lined, and such receptacle shall_pe of a capacij;y not e;xceewng.,two aµd a half
cubic feet, and shall be provided with a suitable cover, and .shall at a.ll_-1iine1? be
kept in good repair, and covered while in use. · .:..• c:,:. ·: ..•,,
PRECAUTIONS IN CASE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

9. In every case where the. occupier of any room in a barrack or a barrack yard
has. been informed or has ascertained or has reasonable ground for believing that
any person in any room in such barrack or barrack yard is ill of an infectious disease,
he shall forthwith give notice thereof to the owner of such barrack or barrack yard,
and to the Medical Officer of Health.
For the purposes of this and the four su~ceeding bye-laws, the expression
"infectious disease" means Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Typhoid or Enteric
Fever, 'Cholera, Plague, Yellow Fever, Small Pox and any other disease which
the Governor by notice in the Royal Gazette may declare to be an infectious disease
for :the· purposes of the Public Health Ordinance.*
10. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard, immediately after he has been
informed or has ascertained that any occupier of a room in such barrack or barrack
yard is ill of an infectious disease, shall give written notice thereof to the Medical
Officer of Health.
11 .. Tl\e owner of every barrack or barrack yard, immediately after he shall
have been informed or shall have ascertained that any occupier of such barrack
or parrack yard· is ill of any infectious disease, shall adopt all such precautions as·.
may be necessary to prevent the spread of such infectious disease.
12. Where, in consequence of the illness of the occupier of any room in a barrack
or barrack yard there may be reasonable grounds for apprehending the spread of
the infection through the lettin.g of any room or rooms in such barrack ·or barrack
yard the owner, after being furnished with the necessary instructions from the
Medical Officer of Health, and until the grounds foJ apprehending the spread of
infection have been removed, shall cease to let any such room or rooms.
13. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall, immediately after the
death, removal or recovery of any occupier of a room therein who may have been
ill of any infectious disease, give written notice thereof to the Medical Officer of
Health, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause every part of the room
which may have been occupied by such occupier to be thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected, and shall also cause every article in such room which may be liable
to retain infection to be in like manner cleansed and disinfected, unless the Local
Authority shall have ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall comply with
all instructions of the Medical Officer of Health as to the proper cleansing and
disinfection of the room and articles.
14. 'iVhen such room and articles shall have been thoroughly cleansed· and
disinfected in accordance with such instructions, the owner shall give written
notice thereof to the Medical Officer of Health; and un_til two days from the giving
of such notice shall have elapsed, and unless and until by such cleansing and
disinfection the necessary precautions for prf:)venting. the spread of infection shall
have been duly taken, such owner shall not cause or suffer any such room to be
let or occupied.
INSPECTION.
15. The occupier of every room in any barrack or barrack yard, and every other
person· having or acting in the care or management thereof and, in the case of
untenanted rooms, the owner of the barrack or barrack yard, shall at all times
when required by any officer of the Local Authority give him free access to such
room and to every part thereof.
PAINTING AND WHITEWASHING OF W'.ALLS.
16. The mvner of every barrack or barrack yard shall cause the walls of every
room therein and the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls, ceilings
or fops are plastered or not, to be either painted with oil or varnish or to be lime-
washed. When pai.nted with oil or varnish, there shall be one coat of paint or
varnish at least, and more when required by the Medical Officer of Health, and
the paint or varnish shall be renewed once at least in every four years, and shall
be washed with hot water and soap once at least in every six months; when
limewaslied, the limewashing shall be renewed once at least in every year, and
often~r when required by the Medical ·officer of Health.
*, For ·other infectious diseases proclaimed, see Vol. II, Ch. 12, No. 4, s. 2.
364 Public Health.
DRAINS AND SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS.

17. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall cause all drains and all
sanitary arrangements in such premises to be maintained at all times, clean and
in good repair and in efficient action.
PAVING OF YARDS.
18. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard in connection with which there
is any yard or open space shall, whenever required by the Medical Officer of Health
so to do for the prevention or remedying of insanitary conditions, forthwith cause
such yard or open space to be properly paved with good cement concrete or with
good asphalt on a proper foundation, and to be sloped to a properly constructed
channel so as effectually to carry off all rain and waste water therefrom, and shaU
at all times keep and maintain such pavement in good order and repair.
PENALTY.
thereof from the Local Authority. ·
COMMON LODGING HOUSES (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. 31.1.18. Bye-laws made under section 141 of the Public Health Ordinance. ·
I. In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
" Keeper " means the person registered as the keeper of a common lodging house
i,n the register of common lodging houses kept by the Local Authority under
section 135 of the Public Health Ordinance.
FIXING OF NUMBER OF LODGERS.

2. A keeper shall not at any one time receive or cause or suffer to be received
into a common lodging house or into any room thereof a greater number of lodgers
than shall be :fixed by the Local Authority and be specified in a notice according to
the form in Schedule I to these bye-laws,.which shall be duly served upon or delivered
to such keeper, and shall continue in f<:>rceuntil, in pursuance of the provisions of
the bye-law in that behalf, the number so fixed and specified shall be varied by the
Local Authorit}'.
VARIATION OF NUMBER OF LODGERS.
3. The LocalAuthority may in any case where they determine that it is expedient
to vary the number of lodgers :fixed by thein to be received into a common lodging
house or into any room therein, from time to time cause to be duly served upon or
delivered to the keeper of such house, a notice according to the form in Schedule II
to these bye-laws, and such keeper shall not at any one time after the date specified
in such notice receive or cause or suffer to be received into such house or into any
room therein a greater number of lodgers than ,shall be specified in such notice, and
such notice shall continue in force until in pursuance of the provisions of this bye-law
the number of lodgers so fixed and specified shall be further varied.
SEPARATION OF THE SEXES.

4. The keeper of a common lodging house shall not allow persons of opposite
sexes above seven years of age to occupy the same sleeping apartment., except in
the case of a married couple.
CLEANLINESS AND VENTILATION,

5. The keeper of every common lodging house shall, as often as may be necessary
to keep them in a clean and wholesome state, cause all rooms, passages, stairs, floors,
windows, doors and walls of a common lodging house to be thoroughly cleansed and
freed from vermin, and shall also cause the floors of every room, passage and staircase
to be thoroughly swept daily before the hour of twelve noon, and to be well and
sufficiently washed at least once in each week.
6. The owner of every common lodging house shall cause every room or part of
any building occupied as a living room in a common lodging house to be ventilated
directly to the outside air where possible on at least two sides and to be provided
with such and so many openings as the Local Authority shall deem sufficient to
ensure adequate ventilation of and access of light to every such room or part of the
building, and shall cause every such means of ventilation to be maintained at all
times in good order and efficient action.
7. The keeper of every common lodging house shall cause all solid or liquid filth
or refuse to be removed once at least in every day from every room therein, and shall
once at least in every day cause every vessel, utensil or other receptacle for such
filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.

8. The keeper of every common lodging house shall provide the same with a
proper and sufficient water supply.
PRIVIES.
9. The owner of every common lodging house shall provide privies therein in the
proportion of not less than one privy for every sixteen lodgers.
DUSTBIN ACCOMMODATION.
10. The keeper of every common lodging house shall provide at least one receptacle
for house refuse to every sixteen lodgers, and every such receptacle shall be of metal
or metal lined and such receptacle shall be of a capacity not exceeding two and a half
cubic feet, and shall be provided with a suitable cover, and shall at all times be kept
in good repair and covered while in -use.

11. The keeper of every common lodging house, immediately after he shall have
been informed or shall have ascertained that any lodger in such house is ill of any
infectious disease, shall adopt all such precautions as may be necessary to prevent
the spread of such infectious disease.
For the purposes of this and the four succeding bye-laws, the expression "infectious
disease " means diphtheria, membranous croup, typhoid or enteric fever, cholera,
plague, yellow fever, small pox and any other disease which the Governor by notice
in the Royal Gazette may declare to be an infectious disease for the purposes of the
Public Health Ordinance.*
12. Such keeper shall not, at any time while such lodger is suffering from such
infectious disease, cause or allow any other person, except th_e wife or any other
relative of such lodger, or except a person in attendance on such lodger, to use or
occupy the same room as such lodger.
13. Where, in pursuance of the statutory provision in that behalf, the Local
Authority make order for the removal of such lodger at the cost of such Local
Authority to a hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, such keeper
on being informed of such order, shall forthwith take all such steps as may be
requisite on his part to secure the safe and prompt removal of such lodger in
compliance with the order of the Local Authority, and ·shall, in and about such
removal, adopt all precautions as, in accordance with any instructions which he
may receive from the Medical Officer of Health, may be most suitable for the circum-
stances of the case.
14. Where, in consequence of the iJlness of such, lodger t~ere may be reasonable
gro1mds for apprehending the spread of the infection through the admission of
lodgers to any room or rooms in such house or through the admission to such room
or rooms of the maximum number of lodgers authorised to be received therein, such
keeper, after being furnished with the necessary instructions from the Medical
* For other infectious diseases proclaimed, see Vol. II, Ch. 12, No. 4, s. 2.
·366 Ch. 12. _ o. 4.J Public Health.
Officer of Health, and until the grounds for apprehending the spread of infection
have been removed, shall cease to receive any lodger in such room or rooms, or shall
receive therein such number of lodgers, being less than the maximum number, as the
exigencies of the case may require.
15. Such keeper shall, immediately after the death, removal or recovery of any
lodger who may have been ill of any infectious disease, give written notice thereof
to the Medical Officer of Health, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause
every part of the room which may have been occupied by such lodger to be thoroughly
cleansed and disinfected, and shall also cause every article in such room which may
be liable to retain infection to be in like manner cleansed and disinfected, unless
the Local Authority shall have ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall comply
with all instructions of the Medical Officer of Health as to the proper cleansing and
16. When the same shall have been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in
accordance with such instructions, he shall give written notice thereof to the Medical
Officer of Health; and until two days from the giving of such notice shall have
elapsed, and unless and until by such cleansing and disinfection the necessary
precautions for preventing the spread of infection shall have been duly taken, such
keeper shall not cause or suffer any other lodger to be received into the room which,
in the case herei:q.before specified, may have been exposed to infection.
INSPECTION.
17. The keeper of a common lodging house and every person having or acting in
the care or management thereof, shall at all times when required by any officer of
.the Local Authority give him free access to such house and to every part thereof.
PAINTING AND WHITEWASHING OF WALLS;

18. The owner of every common lodging house shall cause the inside walls of
the rooms of such house and the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls,
ceilings or tops are plastered or not, and all passages and staircases of such common
lodging house to be either painted with oil or varnish or to be limewashed. \Vhen
painted with oil or varnish, there shall be one coat of paint or varnish at least, and
more when required by the Medical Officer of Health, and the paint or varnish shall
be renewed once at least in every four years and shall be washed with hot water and
soap once at least in every six months; when limewashed, the lime washing shall
be renewed once at least in every year, and oftener when required by the Medical
Officer of Health ..
DRAINS AND SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS;

19. The keeper of every common lodging house shall cause all drains and ail
sanitary arrangements in such premises to be maintained at all times clean, in good
repair and in efficient action.
PAVING OF YARDS.
20. The owner of every common lodging house in connection with which there is
any yard or open space shall, whenever required by the Medical Officer of Health
such yard or open space to be properly paved with good cement concrete or. with
good asphalt on a proper fomidation, and to be sloped to a properly constructed
channel so as effectually to carry off all rain and waste water therefrom, and shall
PENALTY.
21. Everv person who shall offend against any of the provisions of the for_egoing
bye-laws sl1all be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00 and in the case
of; a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written
notice thereof from the Local Authority.
SCHEDULE I.
NOTICE,-FIXING THE NUMBER OF LODGERS.

To
\Vhereas, in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf, you have been
duly registered by the Local Authority for the City of l"ort-of-Spain as the keeper
of a common lodging house, at No. Street, in the City of Port-of-Spain:
Nuw, I, ; Secretary to the said Local Authority, do hereby give you
notice that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them in that behalf, the said
Local Authority have fixed as the number of lodgers who may be received at any
.one time into such house and into the several rooms therein, the number specified
in respect of such house and of each of such rooms in the form hereunto appended.
FORM.
Common Lodging House.

Registered No.
Common Lodging House situate at No.
Name of Keeper
The number of lodgers who may be received at any one time into this house is
The number of lodgers who may be received at any one time into each of the
several rooms in this house is the number specified in respect of such room in the
appropriate column of the following table:-
No. of Room. No. of Lodgers who may be received in such

room at any one time.
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11
12
Ch. 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
SCHEDULE II.
NOTICE.-VARYING THE NUMBER OF LODGERS.

To
"\VHEREAS,in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf you have been
duly registered by the Local Authority for the City of Port-of-Spain as the keeper
of a co=on lodging house at No. , in the said City of Port-of-Spain.
And Whereas the said Local Authority have determined that it is expedient to
vary the number of lodgers heretofore fixed to be received at any one time into such
house and into the several rooms thereof:
Now, I, , Secretary to the said Local Authority, do hereby give you notice
that from and after the day of , 19 , the number of lodgers
who may be received at any one time into such house and into the several rooms
therein shall be the number specified in respect of such house and of each of such
rooms in the form hereunto appended.
FORM.
Registered No.
Name of Keeper
several rooms in this house is the number specified in respect of such room in the.

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FOODSTUFFS (PORT-OF-SPAIN), SALE OF, BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws made under section 156 of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 2.9.37.
,, 10.9.42.
REGISTRATION OF SHOPS, ETC.
I. (i) No person shall keep within the City of Port-of-Spain any retail shop or
place where any article of food whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended
for human consumption, is prepared, sold, exposed or offered for sale or deposited
for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale unless such retail i;;hop or place is
registered for the purpose by the Local Authority in a Register to be kept by the
Local Authority for the registration of such retail shops or places as aforesaid.
(ii) Every person keeping or intending to keep a retail shop as set forth in the
next preceding bye-law shall forthwith make application to the Local Authority
for the registration of such shop or place.
(iii) The application for registration as set forth in the next preceding bye-law
shall be according to the Form in Schedule I of these bye-laws. ·
REGISTRATION OF PERSONS CONVEYING OR DELIVERING FROM

HOUSE TO HOUSE, ETC.
2. (i) No person shall convey or deliver from house to house for the purpose of
sale,. sell or offer for sale outside any building or in any street or square or other
public place· any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked
food, sweet drinks, ices or other liquid refreshments un.less such person is registered
by the Local Authority in a Register to be kept by the Local Authority for such
persons as aforesaid.
(ii) For the purpose of being registered as provided in t..1.enext preceding bye-law
hereof every person employed in conveying or delivering from house to house, selling
or offering for sale outside any building or in any street, square or other public
place within the City of Port-of-Spain any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other
confectionery, sweet drinks, ices, or other solid or liquid refreshments shall forthwith
make application in that behalf to the Local Authority.
shall be according to the Form in Schedule III of these bye-laws, and must be
accompanied by a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health to the effect that
the premises are suitable for the purpose.
· (iv) It shall be lawful for the LocalAuthorit-yto issue badges denoting registration
to all persons registered under paragraph (i) of bye-law 2 of these bye-laws. ·
CANCELLATION · OF REGISTRATION FOR BREACH OF BYE-LAWS.

3. It shall be lawful for the Local Authority to cancel the registration of any
retail shop or place or any person registered under these bye-laws for any breach or
breaches thereof, or where the Medical Officer of Health reports that any person
registered thereunder is not free from any signs or symptoms of communicable
disease or from any sore, eruption, or other affection of the body, or that bye-laws 2
to 7 of these bye-laws are not observed.
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EXHIBITION OF BADGE BY PERSONS CONVEYING OR DELIVERING, ETC.

4. Every person registered under paragraph (i) of bye-law 2 hereof employed in
conveying or delivering from house to house for purposes of sale, selling or offering
for sale outside any building or in any street, square or other public place, · any
foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry, or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks,
ices or other solid or liquid refreshments shall at all times carry a baq.ge as provided
in these·bye-laws, and shall, whenever required to do so by any Officer of the Local
Authority or by any other person thereunto authorised by such Authority, exhibit
suc.h badge to such Officer or other person.
FEES FOR BADGES.

5. For eyery badge issued under these bye-laws there shall be paid to the Local
Authority a fee equivalent to the actual cost of the badge. ·
T.-VIII. 24
CLEANLINESS OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER THESE BYE-LAWS OR

EMPLOYED IN RETAIL SHOPS.
6. Every person registered in accordance with these bye-laws or employed in
retail shops registered in accordance therewith shall maintain his body in a clean and
wholesome state and be dressed in clean clothes and a pron at all times whilst conveying
or delivering for purposes of sale, selling or offering for sale outside any building or
in any street, square, or other public place any article of food or drink as set forth
in paragraph (i) of bye-law 2 hereof, or whilst attending to customers in any retail
shop or place as aforesaid, and every such person shall whilst so employed cleanse
his hands with soap and clean running water as often as is necessary to maintain
thP.m in a clean and wholesome condition.
CLEANLINESS OF APPLIANCES, UTENSILS, ETC., USED IN CONNECTION

WITH THE BUSINESS MENTIONED IN BYE-LAWS 1 AND 2 HEREOF.
7. (i) All appliances, freezers, churns, milk cans, instruments, bottles, eating or
drinking vessels and other utensils, containers, and accessories used in connection
with the business of a retail shop or place as set forth in bye-law 1 hereof or in
conveying, or delivering from house to house for the purpose of sale, selling or offering
for sale outside any building or in any street, square or other public place any article
of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked as set forth in bye-law 2 hereof
shall at all times be kept by the owner or every person having charge thereof in a
clean and wholesome state to the satisfaction of the Local Authority, and for that
purpose all such appliances, freezers, churns, milk cans, instruments, bottles, eating
or drinking vessels and other utensils, containers, and accessories as aforesaid shall
immediately after use and at all other necessary times be properly washed in clean
running water from a tap connected with the waterworks of the City or from a suitably
covered cistern or container fed therefrom or from a source approved by the Local
Authority; every such cistern or container shall at all times be kept in a clean or
sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
(ii) All vans, carts, barrows and other conveyances or receptacles used for the
purpose of conveying or delivering from house to house for purposes of sale, selling
or offering for sale outside any building or in any street, square or other public place,
any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks,
ices or other solid or liquid refreshments shall at all times be kept in a clean and
wholesome state, and all such vans, carts, barrows and other conveyances as
aforesaid shall be properly painted with oil or varnish and such oil-paint or varnish
shall be renewed at least once in every year and oftener when required by the Medical
Officer of Health.
PROHIBITION OF SALE OF ARTICLES WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THESE

BYE-LAWS ARE NOT OBSERVED,
8. No person shail convey, deliver from house to house, sell or offer for sale outside
of any building, or in any street, square, or other public place within the City of
Port-of-Spain any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked
intended for human consumption, supplied from any retail shop or place as set
forth in para.graph (i) of bye-law 1 hereof situated without the City of Port-of-Spain
with respect to which the foregoing bye-laws are not observed or with respect to
which the persons keeping such retail shop or place do not allow inspection thereof
by the Local Authority of the City of Port-of-Spain.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offe:µce to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case
of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written
SCHEDULE I.
Application for the Registration of a Retail Shop or place where Cooked
or Uncooked Food, etc., is Sold, Deposited, Exposed or Offered for the
Purpose of Sale for Human Consumption.
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To THE PORT-OF-SPAIN CITY Co.UNCIL, AS LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE
CITY OF PORT-OF-SPAIN.
I, of , do hereby apply, in pursuance of the bye-laws made in
that behalf for the registration of the place hereinafter described as a retail shop
or place for the sale, preparation, deposit, exposure or offer for sale of cooked or
uncooked food, etc.
PARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises and description of the proposed place.
2. Christian name, surname and address of the owner of the premises.
Signature of Applicant.
Address of Applicant.
SCHEDULE II.
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDINANCE.
Registration of Retail Shops or Places where Cooked or Uncooked Food is

Sold, Deposited, Exposed or Offered for Sale for Human Consumption.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN CITY COUNCIL, AS LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF
PORT-OF-SPAIN.
I certify that the place hereinafter described is registered as a retail shop or place
where any article of food whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended for
human consumption may be sold, exposed or offered ·for sale, or deposited for the
purpose of sale or of preparation for sale during the year ending 31st December,
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p ARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises and description of place.
2. Christian name, surname and address of owner of the retail shop or place.
SCHEDULE III.
Application for the Registration of Persons Conveying or Delivering from
House to House for Purposes of Sale, Foodstuffs, etc.
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To THE PORT-OF-SPAIN CITY COUNCIL AS LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE
CITY OF PORT-OF-SPAIN.
I, , of , do hereby apply in pursuance of the bye-laws made in
that behalf to be registered as a person employed in conveying or delivering from
house to house for the purpose of sale, selling or offering for sale outside any building
or in any street, square or other public place foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other
confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or Ii.quid refreshments.
24 (2)
372 Ch. 12. No. 4.J Public R-ealth.
SCHEDULE IV.
Registration of Persons Conveying or Delivering from House to House

for the purposes of Sale, Selling or Offering for Sale outside any Building
or in any Street, Square, or other Public Place, any Foodstuffs, etc.
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I certify that , of , is duly registered as a person employed in
conveying or delivering from house to house, for purposes of sale, selling or offering
for sale, outside any building or in any street, square, or other public place, foodstuffs,
bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other
.solid or liquid refreshments.
R.G. 26.4.23. HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws made under section 156 of the Public Health Ordinance.

INSPECTION OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS.
1. The Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector may inspect any hotel,
restaurant, retail shop or other place where any article of food cooked or uncooked
and intended for human consumption is exposed or offered for sale at any time
while such place is open for business, as well as all or any instruments, appliances,
furniture, utensils, fixtures and accessories used in connection ·with the business
carried on in such hotel, restaurant, -retail shop or other place.
The owner or occupier of such hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place
shall afford every facility to the inspecting officer. ·
CLEANLINESS AND DISINFECTION.

2. The owner or occupier shall cause the floors and walls of any hotel,. restaurant,
retail shop or other such place to be swept and cleansed and kept clean, at all tinies,
and all instruments, appliances, furniture, utensils-; fixtures and accessories used in
connection with the business carried on in such place to be cleansed and at all times
kept in a clean state to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
PROTECTION FROM 'CONTAMINATION OF ARTICLES OF FOOD.

3. The owner or occupier of any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place
shall take steps to ensure that all articles of food intended, exposed or offered for sale
for human consumption are at all times properly protected in cupboards, bins, boxes,
barrels or other containers by means of suitable covers or hinged lids or doors from
contamination by flies, dust or otherwise and all such cupboards, bins, boxes, barrels
or other containers shall at all times be maintained in a clean state to the satisfaction
of the Local Authority.
PRECAUTIONS AGAiNST THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

where any article of food is exposed or offered for sale shall not employ any person
suffering from any infectious or communicable disease, nor shall any such person
engage in any employment in any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place
where any article of food is exposed or offered for sale, and it shall be the duty of such
owner or occupier to report forthwith to the Medical Officer of Health the occurrence
of any infectious or communicable disease or of any disease the symptoms of which
may raise a reasonable suspicion that it may be an infectious or communicable
disease in any person entering in or occupied on such premises.
5. \Vhere in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf, the Local
Authority make order for the removal of any person suffering from an infectious or
Public Health. [Ch. 12.- No. 4. 373
communicable disease from any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place to a
hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, the owner or occupier on being
informed of such order, shall forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on his
part -co secure the safe and prompt removal of any such person in compliance with
the order of the Local Authority, and shall in and about such removal adopt all
precautions ar,d instructions which he may receive from the Medical Officer of
Health.
PAINTING, VARNISHING, DISTEMPERING OR LIMEWASHING.
6. The Local Authority may order the owner or occupier to paint, varnish, dis-
temper or lime,vash the inner and outer walls, ceilings, doors, windows, partitions
and all fixtures, counters and shelves of any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other
place, vvhen fri the opinion of the Local Authority, such painting, varnishing, dis-
tempering or limewashing is necessary to keep such premises in a clean and whole-
some condition.
DUTIES OF OCCUPIER \VITH REGARD TO REMOVAL OF REFUSE AND vVASTE MATTER.

7. The owner or occupier shall cause all refuse and waste matter to be collected
from any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place and deposited in a covered
movable metal receptacle or wooden box lined with tin not exceeding twelve cubic
feet in capacity and shall cause all such refuse and waste matter to be removed from
the prem ..ises as often as may be necessary to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
Bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case
of a continuing offence to a further penalty _of $10.00 for each day after written
HOUSE REFUSE (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws n1.ade under section 67 of the Public Health Ordinance. G.N. 236-
1946.
1. In the construction of these bye-laws the expression "House Refuse " means
dust and sweepings of a dwelling house, a common lodging house and a barrack or
barrack yard in the ordinary course of living therein, waste paper, broken glass,
crockery and includes kitchen refuse and :flower garden refuse when contained in the
prescribed refuse receptacle but does not include refuse of any other nature, or refuse
in excess of the quantity contained in such prescribed receptacle. The expression
"trade refuse" means the waste products of any trade or manufactory and includes
the refuse from hotels and business places when contained in the prescribed re-
ceptacles but does not include refuse of any other nature or refuse in excess of such
quantity.
2. The occupier of every dwelling house in the City, and the owner of every com-
mon lodging house and of every barrack_or barrack yard in the City shall not later
than 8 o'clock in the morning of every day deposit within the gateway of such
premises in a conveniently accessible position a movable receptacle in which shall
be placed the house refuse of such premises for the purpose of removal free of charge
by the Local Authority. The receptacle to be provided shall be of metal or metal-
lined of a capacity not exceeding two and a half cubic feet and such receptacle shall
be provided with a suitable metal or metal-lined cover; and shall at all times be kept
in good repair and covered while in use.
3. The occupier of every hotel, manufactory or business premises in the City shall
not later than nine o'clock in the morning of every day (except Sundays and Public
Holidays) deposit within the gateway of such premises or in some other conveniently
accessible position a movable receptacle in which shall be placed the trade refuse of
such premises for the purpose of removal free of charge by the Local Authority.
374 Ch. t o. 4.J Public Health.
The receptacle to be provided shall be of reasonable weight and be of metal or

metal-lined, of a capacity not exceeding twelve cubic feet and such receptacle shall
be provided with a suitable metal or metal-lined cover and shall at all times be kept
in good repair, and covered while in use.
4. In the case of all premises in the City, any refuse other than house refuse and
in excess of the prescribed quantity, shall be removed therefrom upon payment-try;.
the owner or occupier as the case may be of such premises of the cost of removing
such refuse at the rates fixed by the Council from time to time.
5. It shall be the duty of the occupier of premises other than barracks or barrack
yards, and in the case of barracks and barrack yards it shall be the duty of the
person using the receptacles, to see that they are at all times kept properly covered.
6. The proprietor or manager of every hotel, factory, workshop and other business
premises shall in every case in which the receptacle provided exceeds two and a half
cubic feet in capacity provide the necessary assistance to the sea vengers for emptying
the contents of such receptacle into the scavenging cart.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of
a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for every day after written notice
HUCKSTERS (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.
R.G. 26.4.23. Bye-laws made under section 157 of the Public Health Ordinance.
PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION BY DusT AND FLIES OR OTHERWISE OF FOOD-
STUFFS EXPOSED FOR SALE OUTSIDE OF ANY BUILDING, OR IN ANY STREET,
SQUARE OR PUBLIC PLACE.
1. Every tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle used for the purpose of
keeping, selling or offering for sale outside any building or on any street, square or
public place any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, shall be
provided by the owner with an efficient cover of wood, metal, or other suitable
material to protect such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery from
contamination by flies, dust or otherwise; and it shall not be lawful for ariy person
to sell, or expose for sale outside any building, or on any street, square or.public
place any such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, in any tray,
box, basket, breadcart, or other receptacle, unless the same is protected from con-
tamination as aforesaid by means of such cover. Provided that articles of food
such as vegetables, fruit, etc., which require to be peeled or pared or cooked before
consumption need not be kept so covered.
2. Every tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle, and every such cover,
shall at all times be kept by the awrier, and every person having charge of same in a
clean and wholesome condition.
3. All articles of food exposed in the same manner set forth in these bye-laws shall
be kept at a height of not less than two feet from the ground.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of a
continuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice
Pirblic Health. [Ch. _.2. No. 4. 375
MATCH FACTORIES AND \VORKSHOPS (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LA'IVS.
Bye-laws made under section 156 of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 21.1.26
CLEA:'sLINESS OF ROOMS AND FREEDOM FR0:111 EFFLUVIA.
1. The walls and floor of every match factory or workshop shall be built of good
cement concrete, smoothly rendered so that such walls and floor may be capable
of being effectively ·washed and cleansed; and the floor of every match factory or
·workshop shall have a proper slope towards a channel or gully leading to the public
· se1,ver or street drain as the Local Authority may approve.
2. The occupier of every match factory or workshop shall, if required by the

Local Authority provide a cesspool or intercepting chamber so situated and con-
structed as to prevent sand, ground glass or other solid matter from finding access
to the house or street sewer, and so ventilated that offensive eftluvia therefrom shall
not escape so as to be a nuisance or injurious to health.
3. The occupier of every match factory or workshop shall provide his premises
with a plentiful supply of pure water at convenient places for the purpose of keeping
the rooms in a clean and wholesome condition and cleansing the hands and other
exposed parts of the bodies of persons employed in every such factory or workshop.
4. He shall cause every part of the interior of the rooms to be thoroughly cleansed
from time to time as often as may be necessary to secure that such rooms shall be at
all times clean and free from effluvia.. He shall also cause the floor of such rooms to
be thoroughly swept and washed at least once in every day and shall not store in
any part of the premises empty boxes, drums, barrels or other containers soiled with
offensive matter unless they have been thoroughly cleansed and deodorized.
5. Every match factory or workshop shall be ventilated in such a manner as to

render harmless as far as possible any phosphorus fumes, noxious vapours, gases, or
effluvia., dust, powdered glass or other impurities generated in the course of the
work that are a nuisance or injurious to health.
6. The occupier of every match factory or workshop shall provide all necessary
appliances and otherwise take the best possible means to prevent any phosphorus
fumes, noxious gases, or effluvia, and any powdered glass, dust, or other impurities
generated in any process of his trade from becoming a nuisance or injurious to health,
and for the purpose of the better observance of this bye-la,v it shall n0t be la,vful to
use in any such process as aforesaid, the poisonous substance known alternatively
as ,vhite, yellow or ordinary phosphorus.
7. The occupier of every match factory or workshop shall ca.use all vats, tanks,
pits or other receptacles for holding glue, chemicals and other materials used in the
process of his trade to be so built and connected with one or more cesspools or
intercepting chambers that no solid matter therefrom shall find access to the City
sewerage system.
REMOVAL OF REFUSE.
8. The occupier of every match factory or workshop shall ca.use all refuse and
waste matters to be removed and placed in properly covered metal, metal-lined or
other suitable receptacles, or to be otherwise disposed of in such manner as to prevent
any fumes, efiluvia, vapour or gas from escaping into the external air. He shall
cause all such refuse or waste matters to be removed from the premises as often as
may be necessary to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.

9. The occupier of every match factory or workshop shall ca.use every room thereof
to be ventilated directly to the outside air and every such factory or workshop shall
be provided with such and so many openings to the outside air as the Local Authority
may deem sufficient to ensure adequate ventilation of and access of light to every
room or pa.rt thereof, and every such means of ventilation and light _shall at all times
be maintained in good order and efncient action.
SUFFICIENCY, TYPE AND POSITION OF SANITARY CONVE:N:IENCES,

10. No building shall be occupied as a match factory or workshop unless it is
proYided ·with sufficient priyy accommodation for the separate use of each sex, to
the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTION.

11. The occupier shall not suffer or permit a person suffering from infectious or
communicable disease, or any disease suspected to be infectious or communicable, or
from any sores, to be employed in any match fac_tory or workshop, or to be at any
time on the premises of a match factory or workshop, nor shall it be lawful for any
person suffering from any such disease as aforesaid, or from any sores, to be engaged
in any part of the process of manufacture or working· in any match factory or
workshop.
12. The occupier shall not suffer or permit any room or place in or forming part
of a match factory or workshop to be used as a sleeping place or living room. _
PENALTY.
bye-la,vs shall be liable for each offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of a con-
tinuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day that the offence continues
after written notice from the Local Authority.
MILK, SALE OF, (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE~LAWS.

\..G. 22.1.31. Bye-laws made under section 83 of the Public Health Ordinance.
1. For the purposes of these bye-laws the expression " licensed vendor of milk "
means any person to whom a licence to carry on the business of selling milk, and to
sell, hawk for sale, or deliver milk, has been granted by the Local Authority, pursuant
to the power conferred by section 83 (1) of the Public Health Ordinance.
REGISTRATlON OF PERSONS KEEPING Cows.

2. (i) No person shall keep cows in the City of Port-of-Spain unless he is registered
as a cowkceper in the Register kept by the Local Authority for the registration of
such persons.
(ii) For the purpose of registration all persons keeping cows shall forthwith
give notice thereof to the Local Authority.
LICENSING OF PLACES IN WHICH Cows· ARE KEPT FOR THE SALE OF MILK AND THE
PREVENTION OF THE KEEPING OF TUBERCULOSISCows IN SUCH PLACES.
3. (i) No person shall keep cows for the Sale of .Milk in any place in the City
unless snch place is licensed for the purpose by the Local Authority.
(ii) The application for every such licence shall be according to the Form in
Schedule I of these Bye-laws, and shall be accompanied by a certificate from or
approved by the Council's Inspector of Animals and Meat to the effect that every cow
in the proposed place has within a period of six months previous to such application
come from an accredited herd or been tested by the tuberculin test without reaction.
(iii) Such licence shall be in the form set forth in Schedule II of these Bye-
laws and after the date of the granting thereof it shall not be lawful to bring any
other cow into such licensed place without the permission in writing of the Medical
Officer of Health to be granted only upon production of a like certificate as is men-
tioned in subparagraph (ii) hereof in respect of each such cow.
LICENSING OF DAIRYMEN AND FIXING THE FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECTOF SUCH

LICENCE.
4. (i) :i'-Toperson shall be a dairyman ·within the City unless he has obtained a
licence as such from the Local Authority.
(ii) For every such licence ther(shall be:paid to the Local Authority an annual
licence fee of 60 cents.
(iii) The application for every such licence shall be according to the Form in
Schedule III of these Bye-laws.
(iv) Such licence s~all be in the form set forth in Schedule IV of these Bye-laws.
INSPECTION OF CATTLE IN DAIRIES.

5. Every occupier of a dairy wherein any cattle may be kept, and which the
Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector, or any other Officer of the Local
Authority specially authorised by them in that behalf may visit, for the purpose of
inspecting cattle, and every person for the time being having the care or control of
any such dairy, or of any cattle therein, shall afford such Medical Ofiicer of Health,
Sanitary Inspector or other Officer, all reasonable assistance that may, for the
purpose of the inspection be required by him.
CLEANSING OF DAIRIES.
6. (i) Every dairyman shall cause every part of the interior of every dairy or
other place in his occupation to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as
may be necessary to secure that such dairy or other place shall be at all times clean
and sweet, and not less than.once in every day.
(ii) Such person shall cause the ceiling or interior of tlie roof, and the ·walls of
every dairy in his occupation to be limewashed twice at least in every year, that is
to say, once during the month of lVIay and once during the month of October, and
at such other times as may be necessary.
Provided that this requirement shall not apply to any part of such ceiling, roof,
or walls, that may be properly painted or varnished, or constructed of or covered
with any material such as to render the limewashing unsuitable or inexpedient, and
that may be otherwise properly cleansed.
(iii) He shall cause the floor of every such dairy to be thoroughly swept, and
all refuse, dung or other offensive matter to be removed from such dairy as often as
may be necessary, and not less than once in every day. ·
DRAINAGE OF DAIRIES.
7. (i) Every dairyman shall cause the drainage of every dairy in his occupation
to be so arranged that all liquid matter which inay fall or be cast upon the floor shall
be conveyed by a suitable open channel to a _drain inlet situate in the open air at a
proper distance from any door or ··window of such dairy, or to some other suitable
place of disposal which is so situate.
(ii) He shall not cause or suffer any in.let to any drain o;f such dairy to be within
such dairy. ·
SITUATION OF COWSHEDS.
8. No cowshed shall be erected at a less distance than twelve feet from any part
of any house, or kitchen forming part thereof, or from any privy or cesspit.
CONSTRUCTION OF COWSHEDS.
9. (i) The floor of every cowshed shall not in any part be below the level of the
adjoining ground; it shall be so laid with stone, brick, concrete, or other material,
as to be impervious to moisture; and the surface shaJl be so graded that the liquid
matter shall flow towards an outlet communicating with a drain outside the cowshed.
(ii) Every cowshed shall be wholly or partly provided with a roof so constructed
as to be watertight.
WATER SUPPLY OF COWSHEDS.
10. Every dairy and cowshed shall be provided with an adequate supply of good
and wholesome water for the cleansing thereof and of any vessels that may be used
therein for containing milk and for all other reasonable and necessary purposes in
connection with the use thereof.
378 Ch. 12. _ ,o. 4.J P-ublic Health.
REGULATION OF COWSHEDS.
11. No cowshed shall be used for any other purpose than the stabling and the
milking of cows.
PLACES FOR THE MILKING OF Cows.
12. A person shall not milk a cow elsewhere than in a cowshed constructed and
kept in accordance with the Bye-laws made by the Local Authority in that behalf,
or in some other properly paved place adjacent to such cowshed.
PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR PROTECTING MILK AGAINST INFECTION OR

CONTAMINATION.
13. It shall not be lawful for any person to milk any cow in any place prescribed
by the Local Authority for the purpose, unless such place shall at the time when
any cow is being milked therein be thoroughly swept and cleansed and free from all
manure, dirt, dust, cobweb and any other matter liable to expose the milk to
infection or contamination.
14. (i) Every dairyman and every licensed vendor of milk by retail shall take
all reasonable and proper precautions, in connection with the storage and distribution
of the milk, and otherwise, to prevent the exposure of the milk to any infection or
contamina Hon.
(ii) He shall not deposit or keep any milk intended for sale-
(a) in any room or place where it would. be liable to become infected or
contaminated by impure air or by any offensive, noxious, or deleterious
gas or substance, or by flies, dust or dirt; or
(b) in any room or building or part of a building communicating directly
by door, window, or otherwise with any room used as a sleeping room, or
in which there is any person suffering from any infectious or contagious
disease, or which has been used by any person suffering from any such
disease and has not been properly disinfected; or
(c) in any room or building or part of a building in which there is any
direct inlet to any underground or covered drain or house sewer.
(iii) He· shall not keep milk for sale, or cause or suffer any such milk to be
placed in any vessel, receptacle or utensil which is not thoroughly clean.
(iv) He shall not cause or suffer any cow belonging to him or under his care or
control to be milked for the purpose of obtaining milk for sale-
(a) unless, at the time of milking, the udder and teats of such cow are
thoroughly clean; and
(b) unless the person milking such cow, is personally clean and his hands
have been thoroughly cleansed in water before milking such cow; and
(c) unless the person milking such cow at the time.of such milking wears a
clean outer garment. ·
15. No person shall use any milkpail or utensil for containing milk for sale by
retail unless such receptacle is designed or constructed to the satisfaction of the
Local Authority.
CLEANLINESS OF MILK VESSELS.
16. Every dairyman and every person selling milk by retail and every licensed
vendor of milk shall cause every milk vessel that may be used by him for cor.i.taining
milk for sale to be thoroughly cleansed with steam or clean boiling water, and shall
otherwise take all proper precautions for the maintenance of such milk vessels and
the milk therein in a constant state of cleanliness.
LICENSING OF PERSONS CARRYING ON THE BUSINESS OF SELLING, HAWKING FOR

SALE AND DELIVERING MILK.
17. No person shall carry on the business of selling milk or shall sell, hawk for sale
or deliver milk, without having previously obtained a licence for that purpose from
the Local Authority, in the form set forth in Schedule V of these Bye-laws.
Public Health. [Ch. lo. 4. 379
BADGES FOR PERSONS ACTUALLY SELLING OR CARRYING MILK.

18. No person shall sell or deliver milk in the City of Port-of-Spain to the customers
of any dairyman or of any licensed vendor of milk, unless the person so actually
selling or carrying milk has a badge supplied by the Local Authority bearing the
licence number of such dairyman or licensed vendor of milk.
EXHIBITION OF BADGE BY PERSON SELLING OR DELIVERING MILK.

19. Every person selling or delivering milk on behalf of any dairyman or licensed
vendor of milk shall at all times carry a badge as provided in these Bye-laws, and
shall, whenever required to do so by any Officer of the Local Authority or by any
other person thereunto authorised by such Authority, exhibit such badge to such
Officer.
FEES FOR LICENCES AND BADGES PURSUANT TO BYE-LAWS MADE UNDER SUB-
PARAGRAPHS (i) AND (j). OF SECTION 83 (1).
20. For every licence to carry on the business of selling milk granted under these
Bye-laws there shall be paid to the Local Authority a fee of 24 cents.
21. For every badge issued to persons actually selling or delivering milk on behalf
of any licensed vendor of milk there shall be paid to the Local Authority a fee of
24 cents.
PROHIBITION OF SALE OF MILK SUPPLIED FROM CATTLE, DAIRIES, ETC., WITH RESPECT
TO WHICH BYE-LAWS ARE NOT OBSERVED.
22. No person shall sell in the City of Port-of-Spain any milk supplied from
cattle, dairies or other places in the occupation of persons carrying on the trade of
dairymen with respect to which cattle, dairies or places the foregoing Bye-laws are
not observed, whether such cattle, dairies or places are kept or situated within or
without the City of Port-of-Spain or in the case of cattle, dairies or places kept or
situated without the City of Port-of-Spain with respect to which such persons do
not allow inspection thereof by the Local Authority of the City of Port-of-Spain.
CANCELLATION OF LICENCES.
23. Any licence issued under the authority of these Bye-laws may be cancelled
by the Local Authority for any breach of any of the Bye-laws. Such cancellation
may be effected in addition to or independently of, any penalty provided by Bye-law
24.
PENALTY.
Bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the
case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written
SCHEDULE I.
Application for Licence to use a Place for Keeping Cows for the Sale of Milk.
To THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE URBAN DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF
. PORT-OF-SPAIN.
I , of , do hereby apply for a licence in pursuance of the Bye-
law in that behalf to use the place hereinafter described for the keeping of cows for
the Sale of Mille And I hereby declare that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the several particulars hereunder set forth with respect to the said place are
true and correct.
PARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises and description of the proposed place
2. No. of Stalls
3. No. of Cows
4. Full name and address of owner of the premises
SCHEDULE II.
Cowshed Licence.
(Bye-law 19 .
3 (3).) , of , is hereby licensed to use and occupy as a place where Cows
may be kept for the Sale of Milk the Cowshed situated at , in the premises
No. , in the Urban District of the City of Port-of-Spain, during the year
ending 31st December, 19 .
SCHEDULE III.
(Bye-law Application for Licence as a Dairyman.

4 (3).)
To THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE URBAN DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF PORT-OF-SPAIN.
I , of , do hereby apply¥ob; licensed as a Dairyman. And I
hereby declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief the several particulars
hereunder set forth with respect to the premises which I propose to use as a dairy,
the persons employed by me in the dairy, and the persons from whom I obtain any
portion of the supply of milk are true and correct.
1. _Situation of premises
2. Description of premises
3. No. of Cows kept
4. Names of persons employed as milkers, vendors, hawkers or carriers of
milk
SCHEDULE IV.
(Bye-law Dairyman's Licence.

4 (4).) 19
, of , is licensed to carry on the business of a Dairyman in the
Urban District of the City of Port-of-Spain for the year ending 31st December, 19. ·
FEE PArn--6O CENTS,
Medical Officer of Health . . ·
This Licence does not authorise the hawking of milk by retail about· the streets
for which a further Licence must be taken out.
FEE-24 CENTS.
SCHEDULE V.
(Bye-law 17.) Milk Vendor's or Milk Hawker's Licence.

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of , is licensed to carry on the business of Milk Vendor or
Hawker within the Urban District of the City of Port-of-Spain during the year
ending the 31st December, 19
FEE PArn-24 CENTS.
MOSQUITOES (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under section 155 of tb.e Public Health Ordinance. R.G.
18.10.17.
PROTECTION OF RECEPTACLES FOR STORING WATER.
1. Ko ·water _shall be stored (except in small quantities for drinking purposes)
unless efficiently protected against mosquitoes by the following method:~All
tanks, barrels or other receptacles for storing ,vater shall have all openings except
the draw-off opening covered --with wire gauze (18 meshes to the inch) or with a
piece of cheese cloth or fine mosquito netting, and all fountains, pools, ponds, anti-
formicas or excavations made for any purpose whatever, in public or private
property, which may contain water, shall be kept stocked with mosquito destroying
fish, or shall be kept covered with a film of petroleum oil, or shall be mixed with
a suitable insecticide in sufficient strength to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
STAGNANT \V ATER.
2. The occupier or owner of any premises shall keep such premises free from
stagnant water liable to breed mosquitoes.
3. The occupier or- owner of any premises shall keep his premises free of all
articles, appliances, trees or plants liable to breed mosquitoes.
FOR THE DISINFECTING AND OILING OF CESSPITS AND THE CLEANING OUT OF
CATCHPITS.
4. The occupier or owner of any premises shall cause all cesspits in such premises
to be· disinfected and oiled periodically and as often as the Local Authority may
require, and all catchpits to be cleaned out ·as often as the Local Authority may
require. ·
EAVES GUTTERS AND DOWNPIPES.
5. The occupier or owner of any premises shall cause all eaves gutters and down-
pipes attached to such premises to be maintained in good repair and free from
obstruction so as to allow the ready passage of water from the roofs of houses.
BusH OR UNDERGROWTH.
6. The occupier or owner of any premises shall cut down all bush or undergrowth
liable to harbour mosquitoes.
PENALTY.
7. Every person who shall offend against any of the ptovisi~ns of the foregoing
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00 and in the case
of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for each da:y after written notice
OFFENSIVE MA'fTER, REMOVAL AND CARRIAGE OF, (PORT-OF-SPAIK)

BYE-LAWS.
18.10.17.
TIME OF RE.MOVAL.
( A person shall not within the City of Port-of-Spain remove or carry, or cause
to be removed or carried through the streets, any faecal or offensive or noxious
matter , r liquid whether such matter or liquid shall be in course of removal or
carriage from ,vithin or without or through the City except between the hours of
11 o'clock at night and 6 o'clock in the morning.
VESSELS TO BE USED.
2. It shall not be lawful for any person within the City to remove or carry, or
cause to be reinoved or carried through the streets, any faecal or offensive or noxious
matter or liquid, whether such matter or liquid shall be in the course of removal or
382 Ch. 12. 0, 4.J Public Health.
carriage from ,vi.thin or without or through the ·City in any vessel or receptacle
which is not properly constructed and covered so as to prevent the escape of the
contents thereof.
CLEANSii'\G PLACES WHERE FAECAL MATTER OR LIQUID FALLS.

3. If in the course of emptying any privy or cesspool, or removing nightsoil, or
faecal or offensive matter or liquid, any of such nightsoil, faecal or offensive matter
or liquid shall be dropped or spilt in any street, passage, highway or thoroughfare
within the City, the person or persons who are engaged in effecting such emptying
or removal shall well and carefully sweer, and cleanse the place on which such matter
shall have been dropped cor s,;1t '.', aforesaid, and shall effectually remove such
matter therefrom without dcla/.
PERMITS.
4. No person shall engage in the business of carrying or removing faecal matter

or offensive or noxious matter or liquid from any premises in the City without a
permit from the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24-.00, and in the case of
a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice
OYSTERS AND SHELL FISH (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.-

13.12.23.
1. The a,pplication for every licence to sell Oysters or other Shell Fish within
the City of Port-of-Spain shall be according to the form set forth in Schedule I
of these bye-laws.
2. Such licence shall be in the form set forth in Schedule II of these bye-laws.
3. For every such licence there shall be paid to the Local Authority an annual
fee of 4-8 cents.
4. Every person selling Oysters or other Shell Fish shall at all times while selling
carry his licence, and shall, whenever required to do so by any officer of the Local
Authority, or by any other person thereunto authorised by the Local Authority,
exhibit such licence to such officer or such other person.
5. Oysters and other Shell Fish shall be collected only from such places as may
be from time to time approved by the Local Authority.
6. No person shall keep for the purposes of sale or offer for sale any Oysters
or other Shell Fish collected from any place declared by any rural or urban Local
Authority to be a prohibited place for the collection of Oysters and other Shell Fish.
7. Every person who keeps or offers for sale any Oysters or other Shell Fish shall
whenever required to do so by any officer of the Local Authority or by any other
person thereunto authorised by such Local Authority, make a true statement of
the name of the place and the district from which such Oysters or other Shell Fish
shall have been collected. ·
PENALTY.
8. Every person offending against any of the prov1s10ns of any of the above
bye-laws shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty of $4-8.00, and in the case
of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for every day that such offence
continues after notice in writing thereof from the Local Authority.
Public Health. [Ch. No. 4. 383
SCHEDULE I.
Application for Licence to sell Oysters and other Shell Fish.

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To THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, CITY OF PORT-OF-SPAIN.
I , of :\I"o. , hereby apply for a licence as a Vendor of Oysters
and other Shell Fish within the urban district of the City of Port-of-Spain.
Signature of Applicant
Address
SCHEDULE II.
Vendor's Licence-Sale of Oysters and other Shell Fish.

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Licence is hereby granted to , of No. , to carry on the trade
or business of a Vendor of Oysters and other Shell Fish within the urban district
of the City of Port-of-Spain during the year ending 31st December, 19 , next.
FEE PAID-FORTY-EIGHT CENTS.
Secretary to the Local Authority for the City of Port-of-Spain.
PRIVIES (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

1. No privy except a water closet shall be nearer than 12 feet from any dwelling ,, 10.9.42.
or kitchen or 50 feet from any river or stream used as a source of drinking water
or shall be erected within 8 feet of the boundary of any lot except with the sanction
PRIVY BUILDINGS.
2. The varieties of privy may be pit, pail or water closet, and shall in each case
be subject to the approval of the Local Authority.
3. Every privy building shall be of such size and constructed on such design
and of such materials at the Local Authority may approve.
4. The access of flies and other insects to the contents of any pit or pail closet
shall be prevented, to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
5. The floor of the privy shall be at a height of not less than 12 inches above
the level of the surface of the ground adjoining the privy.
PITS.
6. Every pit shall be 4 feet deep and 4 feet by 4 feet for a small dwelling, or
such other size and depth as the Local Authority may approve; and shall be
constructed on such design and of such materials as the Local Authority may approve.
7. A raised concrete or tapia wall or properly rammed earth bank not less than
12 inches above ground level shall be built around the top of each pit so as effectively
to prevent the entrance of storm or waste water or other drainage.
8. The contents of any privy shall at no time be exposed to any rainfall or to
the drainage from storm or waste water, or liquid refuse on the premises.
9. Every pit shall be so constructed as to afford easy means of access for the
purpose of emptying, cleansing and removal of filth therefrom if necessary, without
such filth being carried through any dwelling house or public building.
10. Whenever any pit in use on any premises shall have been filled to within
18 inches of the surface of the ground, such pit shall forthwith __
q~tied, cleansed
and disinfected, and the contents carried away to a place of disposal approved by
the Local Authority; or, subject to the consent of the Local Authority, filled with
earth by the owner or occupier of the premises.
11. Before any pit shall be filled with earth as required by the last preceding
bye-law a fresh pit shall be provided by the owner of such premises, and the privy
building shall be erected over it and maintained in accordance with the provisions
of these bye-lav, S.
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PAIL CLOSETS.
12. Moveable receptacles such as metal pails or buckets when used shall fit
properly under the privy seat and there shall be ready access: from the back of
the privy to the pail for the purpose of removal and cleansing. In exceptional
· cases, with the approval of the Local Authority, access may be from the front.
Pails shall be provided with properly :fitting covers when not in actual use.
13, No pail shall be allowed to become full, but-shall be removed with the contents -
from the premises and replaced by a clean pail at such intervals as the Local
Authority may approve, and not less than twice in every week. Pails shall not
be cleansed or washed on the premises but only at the place of disposal.
14. The contents of a pail shall be disposed of by removal in ciosed receptacles
to the place of disposal and be there buried or burnt or otherwise disposed of, to
the satisfaction of the Local Authority,
WATER CLOSETS.
15. Vvhere there is a sufficient supply of water, the owner or occupier may construct
a water closet with suitable water closet basin, flush tank, soil pipe, traps or any
other necessary apparatus in connection with a dwelling-house.
16. Subject to the approval of the Local Authority in each case, the watc::r closet
shall discharge through the- soil pipe and underground pipe or drain into the sea
or into a ventilated cesspool or a soak-away pit with gravel bottom, or a septic
tank. Provid_ed that a privy building may be erected directly over the tank.
17. In the case of a septic tank or 2,ny modificati_on of a septic tank, arrangements
shall be made to the satisfaction of the Lpcal Authority for the provision of
underground or sub-soil drains for the absorption and soaking away of the effluent
or of a suitable catch pit or moveable receptacle for receiving the :effluent which
shali -be disinfected and safely disposed of in such a manner as the Local Authority
may approve.
18. The owner or occupier of any premises shall whenever required by the Medical
Officer of Health thoroughly cleanse every cesspool or soak-away pit belongi:p.g to -
such premises, and shall have such cesspool or soak-away pit and contents, if any,
regularly disinfected.
MAINTENANCE. AND REPAiR.
19. The owner or occupier of any premises shall keep every privy and every pit
and all fittings and accessories appurtenant thereto in or on such premises clean
and in a sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority, and for that
purpose shall cleanse the flooring, seats and internal walls or partitions of every
privy belonging to such premises and shall supply oil or other substance to every
pit belonging to such premises in such manner and as often as the Local Authority
may require. ·
20. Every privy shall be lime-washed internally and externally whenever necessary
to keep it in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
21. -The owner of any premises shall maintain in proper condition and repair
every privy and the accessories thereto belonging to such premises.
22. Privies shall be provided in the proportion of one for every sixteen persons
living in or employed at any house or building, and in the case of a barrack yard
or house let in lodgings one separate privy seat at the least shall be provided for
every four separate rooms.
PENALTIES.
23. Any person offending against any of the provisions of the foregoing bye-laws,
shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of
a continuing offence a further penalty of $2·40 for each day after written notice
of the offence from the Local Authority.
APPLICATION.
24. The foregoing bye-laws shall be applicable to the Urban Sanitary District
of the City of Port-of-Spain.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (PORT OF SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance, R.G. 23.2.39.
,, 21.6.45.
1. (1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Port-of-Spain Abattoir Bye-laws.
(2) In these bye-laws "animal" shall have the same meaning as it bears in
Part XXI of the Public Health Ordinance, and shall include "turtle."
2. (1) The Abattoir shall be opened daily at 6 a.m., and shall be closed at 6 p.m.
(2) Unless by special permission of the Council or their duly authorised office1s,
no animal shall be admitted into the Abattoir except between the hours of 6 a.m.
and 6 p.m.
3. No animal shall be slaughtered in the Abattoir unless such animal shall have
been brought into the Abattoir not later than 9 o'clock in the morning of the day
on which it is to be slaughtered.
4. Save with the express permission of the Council, or their duly authorised
officer, no ox, calf, sheep, goat or pig shall be slaughtered except between the hours
of 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Provided that on Saturdays the hours of slaughtering shc:11
be from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
5. Every person to whom permission shall be granted to slaughter any animal

at times other than those prescribed by the foregoing bye-laws, shall before
slaughtering such animal pay to the Council the follmviIJ.g extra charges:-
For every ox to be so slaughtered 12 cents.
For every other animal to be so slaughtered 6
6. No person shall slaughter any animal in the Abattoir before such animal has
been inspected by the Inspector of Meat on the day on which it is intended to be
slaughtered, and certified by him to be fit to be slaughtered.
7. No person shall remove from the Abattoir any carcase, or part thereof, or
organ of any slaughtered animal until the Inspector of Meat shall have inspected
and certified the same to be fit for food and to have been thoroughly cleansed.
8. Every owner of any cattle and every servant employed by such owner in
the slaughtering of cattle shall, before proceeding to slaughter any such cattle,
cause the head of such cattle to be securely fastened so as to enable such cattle to
be felled with as little pain or suffering as practicable, and shall in the process of
slaughtering any animal use such instruments and appliances and adopt such
method of slaughtering and otherwise take such precautions as may be requisite
to secure the infliction of as little pain or suffering as is practicable.
9. (1) Every owner of any animal -slaughtered in the Abattoir shall cause the
hide or skin of every animal to be handed over to the Manager or his assistant for
the purpose of being disinfected and shall cause every such hide or skin to be
removed forthwith after the completion of such disinfection.
T.-VIII. 25
(2) For the disinfection of the hide or skin of every animal there shall be paid
to the Council before such disinfection tJ:?-efollowing charges:-
For the hide or skin of every ox 24 cents
For the hide or skin of every other animal 12
10. The owner of any animal or of any meat in the Abattoir which shall be
certified by the Inspector of Animals and Meat to be diseased or unfit for human
food shall, upon the order of the Inspector, forthwith, at such owner's cost, cause
such animal or meat to be destroyed to the satisfaction of such Inspector in such
manner and at such place as shall be specified in such order; and the destruction
shall_ be carried out, if so required, under the supervision of the Manager of the
Abattoir.
I I. All butchers shall provide themselves with clean towels for dressing. the
carcases before taking them away from the Abattoir.
12·. No carcase, or portion thereof, no offal, liver, lungs, or other organ shall be
removed from the Abattoir except,
(a) in a vehicle provided by the Corporation;
(b) in a cart, truck, tray, or other receptacle approved by the Inspector of
Animals and Meat, or in his absence, by the-Manager of the Abattoir.
13. Any officer or officers duly authorised in that behalf by writing signed by
the Mayor may at all times inspect and examine all carts provided by the owners
for the purposes of these bye-laws in order to ascertain whether such carts are
kept in a clean condition and are provided with such appliances as the Council ,
may deem requisite to protect from contamination any carcase or meat conveyed
or intended ·to be conveyed in such carts. ·
14. Where any such cart or carts do not, in the opinion of the Council or any
such officer or .officers, comply with the conditions and requirements specified in
these bye-laws, the City Engineer shall give notice thereof to the owner of such
'carts and thereupon it shall not be lawful for any person to use such carts for the ·
conveyance of any carcase or meat until the conditions and requirements aforesaid
have been complied with.
15. All animals brought into the Abattoir, shall, while in such Abattoir be properly
and sufficiently fed and watered by the owner to the satisfaction of the Inspector of
Meat.
16. No animals shall be slaughtered unless all charges due for lairage, slaughtering
fees and otherwise in respect of such animal have been paid.
17. All animals stabled or kept in any lair, pen or other place in the Abattoir
. shall be stabled and kept at the risk of the owner of such animals.
18. No animal brought into the Abattoir shall be allowed to be taken away alive,
except by .order or special leave of the Inspector.
. .
19. No. person sh.all act as a slaughterman without having first obtained a
slaughterman's licence from the Council.
20. No licence to act as slaughterman shall be granted to any person under-the
age of 20 years. ·
· 21. Every application for a licence to act as a slaughten;nan shall be in writing
signed by the applicant; and shall, set forth the name and address of such applicant,
and be accompanied by a certificate of good character, and a medical certificate
'that the applicant is not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease.
22. Should the Manager of the Abattoir at any time suspect that any licensed
slaughterman is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, he shall at
• once report the fact to the City Engineer for the information of the Chairman of
· the Institutions Committee and any such sla:ughtermaii shall, if required by -the
Committee so to do, produce a medical certificate of his freedom from infectiotis
or contagious disease.
23. No person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease shall be allowed
in any part of the Abattoir, and it shall be lawful for the Inspector of Animals and
:Meat, the Manager of the Abattoir or his assistant or for any City Constable to
remove any such person from the Abattoir.
24. Every person taking out a slaughterman's licence shall be provided free of
-charge with a badge bearing the words " Licensed Slaughterman," and the
distinguishing number of his licence printed thereon, and no person shall be allowed
to slaughter any animal or otherwise act as slaughterman without having such
a badge on a conspicuous part of his body.
25. Every licensed slaughterman shall wear a distinctive overall and washable
,cap of a type to be decided upon by the Manager and approved by the Mayor.
26. Every such licence shall be granted free of charge for 6 months from the
elate of such licence.
27. In case· any sum or sums of money which may be due to the Corporation
for the use of the Abattoir or for feeding any animal insufficiently fed by the owner
thereof, shall remain unpaid for a period of 12 hours after a written demand for
payment of the sum or sums so due, the Council may in their discretion sell any
.animal or animals in respect of which such sum ol" sums are due by public auction
before the doors of the Abattoir, or at any other place specially appointed by them,
notice of such sale to be published in one local newspaper two days at least before
the day fixed for the sale. Upon such sale the proceeds thereof shall be applied
in payment of the costs of and incidental to such sale, and in or to,vards the payment
-of the sums due to the Corporation and the balance, if any, shall be paid to the
person who shall prove to the satisfaction of the Council that he is entitled to it.
28. No person shall be allowed in the Abattoir buildings or in the enclosed ground
around the buildings, or any part of such buildings or grounds, except the owner
of a.ny animals brought into the Abattoir, or his servants, or any licensed slaughter-
man, provided that this bye-law shall not apply to persons authorised by the Central
Board of Health or the Local Authority.
29. Except by leave of the Council or their duly authorised officers, no person.
:shall enter the Abattoir building or any part thereof except for the purpose of
slaughtering, or feeding or watering any animal, and only at such times as may
be fixed for those purposes, and no such person shall remain therein for a longer
time than is reasonably necessary for any of such purposes.
30. No person shall fight or assault any other person in the Abattoir buildings
or the approaches thereto, or in the grounds, or any part thereof respectively. Any
person who offends against this bye-law may, in addition to the penalty incurred
by him for the offence be forcibly removed from such buildings or grounds by the
-officer in charge or by a City or Police Constable.
31. No person removed from the Abattoir buildings or grounds for breach of
Bye-law numbered 30 shall be entitled to re-enter the Abattoir- buildings or grounds
or any part thereof during the remainder of the day on which he was so removed,
,except by the express permission of the Council, or their duly authorised officer.
32. Ko person shall in the Abattoir buildings or any part thereof, or in the grounds
around the same, curse or swear, or make use of any violent, abusive, offensive, or
indecent or obscene language.
33. No person shall by quarrelling or other noisy behaviour, cause any disturbance
in the Abattoir or any part thereof.
34. No person shall behave in an indecent manner in the Abattoir or in any part
thereof.
35. No person shall sing, or whistle, or play any musical instrnment in the
Abattoir or in any part thereof.
36. No person shall light any fire or cook any food in the Abattoir except in
snch part of the Abattoir as may be set apart for the purpose by the Corporation.
25 (2)
388 - Ch. 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
37. No person shall bring any intoxicating liquor within the precincts of the
Abattoir.
38. No person shall molest, hinder or obstruct the Manager or any Clerk or other
officer of the Abattoir in the performance of his duties.
39. No person resorting to the Abattoir shall at any time refuse, neglect or omit
to comply with any reasonable directions of the Manager or other officer, for the
maintenance of order or regularity or for carrying any bye-law into effect.
40. No person shall bring, or permit to follow him into the Abattoir, any animal
unless it be intended for slaughter for the food of man.
41. ::-;-operson shall by any contrivance or device, or in any manner whatever,
tamper with any scale, balance, beam, or weight whether or not the same is the
property of, or in the possession of or under the control of such person.
42. No person shall chop any articles, matter or thing on any table in the Abattoir
or shall in any way damage any part of the Abattoir or any table, bench or other
furniture, appliance, or thing therein belonging to the Corporation.
43. No person shall smoke in any part of the Abattoir.
44. No person shall spit on the floor of the Abattoir, or throw or drop on the
floor or ground of the Abattoir any offal, garbage, refuse, or any other matter
whatsoever.
45. The tolls, rents and other charges to be paid at the Abattoir shall be as set
out hereunder:-
CHARGES FOR LAIRAGE AND SLAUGHTERING.

For every ox :-Lairage per day 4 cents.
Slaughtering Fee (imported cattle) ... 72
Slaughtering Fee (Trinidad and Tobago cattle) 48
Or, in lieu of the above charges, an alternative charge of $1.00 inclusive of slaughtering
fee and lairage for any length of time in respect of imported cattle, or of 76 cents
in respect of Trinidad and Tobago cattle.
For every Calf:-
Lairage per day .. . 4 cents
Slaughtering Fee .. . 48
For every Pig:-
Lairage per day .. . 4
For every Sheep:-
Lairage per day .. . 2
:for everv Goat:-
Lai/age per day ... 2
For every Turtle:-
Lairage Fee 4
Slaughtering Fee up to 200 lb. 30
Slaughtering Fee over 200 lb. 60
Fees for use of Scales :-
For w.eighing one Ox 12
For weighing one Calf 12
For weighing one Pig 4
Ii'or ,,·eighing one Sheep . . . 2
For weighing one Goat . . . 2
For weighing Turtle-each 100 lb. or part thereof 4
For any quality of meat not exceeding 100 lb. 1
For every additional 100 lb. or part of 100 lb. 1
46. (1) The following overtime charges shall be paid to the Manager and employees
of the Port-of-Spain Abattoir by owners of cattle required to be landed or slaughtered
outside of working hours:-
To the Manager:
$1.50 for the first two hours or part thereof; 75 cents for each subsequent
hour or part thereof after the first two hours. Such charges shall be
payable in respect. of any period between 5 p.m. on any day and 6 a.m.
on the following day and in respect of any period on Sundays and Public
Holidays.
To labourers and boiler attendants:
Time and a half from 5 p.m. to midnight of any day, and from 6 a.m.
to 5 p.m. of any Sunday or .Public Holiday, and double time from and
after midnight of any day to 6 a.m. of the following day.
(2) Overtime shall be computed from the hour at which the Manager and men
are required to be on duty whether in fact the actual work of landing ot slaughtering
commences at once or not.
PENALTY.
47. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall
be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00.
SOAP BOILING (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

10.10.18.
1. Every person who shall apply for sanction to carry on the trade of soap boiler
shall prepare and submit with his application:-
(1) a plan and sections, to the scale of not less than one-eighth of an inch to
the foot, of the building or premises in which he proposes to carry on the same,
showing the provisions made or proposed to be made for the proper conduct
of such business, and for the drainage, ventilation and water supply of such
premises;
(2) a survey plan of the locality showing the streets, buildings and inhabited
houses within a radius of 100 yards of his proposed premises, drawn to a scale
of not less than 100 feet to the inch;
(3) a general explanation of the business, trade, or manufacture• to be carried
on and of the raw materials, processes and the product thereof;
(4) a description with drawings, if necessary, of the means proposed to be
adopted to prevent nuisance arising from (a) vapours; (b) fluids discharged
into sewers; (c) the disposal of solid .refuse; and
(5) any further plans which may be required by the Local Authority.
2. Every soap boiler shall cause the floor of every place in which any process
of his trade is carried on or in which any material is stored and the inner walls
of every such place to be built of brick, stone, concrete or of other impervious
ma1::erial smoothly rendered, and to be kept at all times in good order and repair
and to be thoroughly washed as often as may be necessary to keep the same in
a clean and wholesome condition, and he shall cause the premises to be provided
with an adequate supply of water for the purpose.
3. Every soap boiler shall cause all parts of the premises in which his trade is
carried on to be suitably drained, and shall connect the drains thereof with the
sewerage system or other system of drainage approved by the Local Authority,
and shall if required by the Local Authority, provide one or more cesspools or
intercepting chambers so situated and constructed as to prevent solid matter from
finding access to the house or street sewer and so ventilated that offensive effluvium
therefrom shall not escape so as to be a nuisance or injurious to health.
4. Every soap boiler shall cause every process of his trade in which any offensive
effluvium, vapour or gas is generated to be carried on in such a manner that no
offensive effluvium, vapour or gas shall escape into the external air, and he shall
cause all such offensive effluvium, vapour or gas to be effectually destroyed.
5. Every soap boiler shall provide his boilers, digesters, condensers, or other
apparatus in which any offensive effluvium, vapour or gas may be generated with
the best possible appliances for preventing the escape into the external air of any .
offensive effluvium, vapour or gas.
6. Every soap boiler shall cause every room, chamber or other place which may
be used on or ·in connection with the premises where his trade is carried on for
the purpose of receiving, _treating or storing any material manufactured product,
residue or other matter from which any offensive effluvium, vapour or gas may be
evolved to be furnished with suitable appliances so constructed and used as to
effectually prevent any such efil.uvium, vapour or gas from escaping into the external
air, and shall cause all such effluvium, vapour or gas to be destroyed.
7. Every soap boiler shall cause the :floors, ·walls and ceilings of premises in which _
any process of his trade is carried on to be kept thoroughly clean and in good repair,
and shall not store empty boxes, drums, or barrels soiled with offensive matter
unless they have been thoroughly cleansed ,vi.th steam or otherwise.
8. Every soap boiler shall at all times afford free access to every part of his
premises to the Ilfodical Of-ficer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector for the purpose
of inspecting the sanitary condition of the premises.
9. For the purpose of diminishing the offensiveness of the trade, and to safeguard
the public health by preventing or diminishing the breeding of flies, every soap
boiler shall, in cleansing the premises in which any process of his trade is carried
on or in which any material is stored make free use of such disinfectant and deodorant·
solutions as the Medical Officer may approve.
10. Every soap· boiler shall cause every inner surface and every ceiling in every
part of the premises in which his trade is carried on to be thoroughly washed \vi.th
lime wash in the months of April and October in each year, and at such other times
as may be necessary for the purpose of keeping the premises in a clean and wholesome
condition.
Provided nevertheless· he shall not lime wash the inner surface of any wall or
part of a wall where such surface is properly covered with hard, smooth and impervious
material.
11. Every soap boiler shall cause all material used and all refuse, residue or
other matter from which any offensive effluvium, vapour or gas is evolved or is liable
to be evolved, to be placed in properly closed receptacles, or to be otherwise dealt
with in such manner as to prevent any such effluvium, vapour or gas from escaping
into the external air.
PENALTY.
12. Every person who shail offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall
be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in case of a continuing
offence to a penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice thereof from the Local
Authority.
STABLES (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

13.12.23.
CLEANSING OF STABLES.
1. (a) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a Stable shall
cause the floor and the paved surface in front ·of such Stable to be thoroughly swept
and cleansed with a sufficient supply of clean water, and disinfected with an efficient
liquid disinfectant and deodorant not later than 7 o'clock in the morning of every
day, or such other hour as the Council may by resolution appoint.
(b) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a Stable shall
cause the drain leading from such Stable, together with the catchpit connected
thereto to be at one and the same time thoroughly :flushed, swept and cleansed
with a generous supply of clean water, and disinfected with an efficient liquid
disinfectant and deodorant not later than 7 o'clock in the morning of ever); day,
or such other hour as the Council may by resolution appoint.
(c) For the proper flushing and cleansing ofevery Stable the owner of the premises
shall provide a proper water supply from the waterworks on to the premises.
(d) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a Stable shall
cause the ceiling or interior of the roof and the walls and woodwork of every such
Stable to be whitewashed twice at least in every year, that is to say, once during
the month of May and once during the month of October, and oftener when required
by the Medical Officer of Health.
DRAINAGE OF STABLES.
2. The contents of the catohpit laid in the course of the drain c9nnected with
a Stable shall not be permitted to flow into the street drains except at the times
prescribed in the next preceding bye-law for flushing and cleansing the drain leading
from such Stable. ·
REGULATION OF THE USE OF STABLES.
3. No Stable shall be used for any other purpose than the stabling of horses,
asses or mules.
DISPOSAL OF MANURE.
4. (a) The owner of every Stable shall provide, above the ground, a water tight
receptacle. of good cement concrete smoothly rendered externally and internally,
or a suitable metal or metal-lined receptacle, in a suitable position outside such
Stable for the purpose of holding all refuse, dung or other offensive matter deposited
in the Stable or on the adjoining ground in the intervals between their removal
from the premises, and every such receptacle shall be fitted with a properly fitting
met-al or metal-lined cover, and shall at all times be kept in proper repair and
covered while in use.
(b) The owner or occupier of every premises in which there is a Stable shall cause ·
the contents of every such receptacle to be removed from the premises as often as
is necessary, and not less than once every day.
(c) Every receptacle as aforesaid ·shall be cleansed and disinfected daily after
the.removal of its contents from the premises.
, The following provisions shall apply to Stables erected after the coming into
force of these bye-laws, namely:-
SITUATION OF STABLES.
5. No Stable shall be erected at a less distance than 6 feet from any part of any
house, or of any kitchen forming a part thereof.
CONSTRUCTION OF STABLES.
6. (a) The floor of every Stable shall be properly paved with good cement conc:i;-ete
smoothly rendered and so graded as to cause all liquid manure and washings from
the Stable to flow directly in.to a barrel-shaped drain not less than nine inches deep
laid along the out.er edge of the floor and provided with an intercepting catchpit
in its course to the street drain, such catchpit being of sufficient size to hold all
liquid manure discharged in the Stable in the interval between the times hereinpefore
prescribed for the cleansing and :flushing of Stables in each day. Provided that
nothing in this bye-law shall prevent any person w4o desires to do so from laying
down moveable flooring of planks over the concrete. ,
(b) The ground adjoining the portion of the drain which lies in the front of every·
Stable shall be paved with good cement concrete, smoothly rendered for a distance
qf at least four feet from the drain, and graded so as to cause the splashings and
washings from the Stable to flow back into the drain.
PENALTY.
7. Every_ person who shall offend against any of the prov1s1ons of any of the
foregoing bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of .$24.00, a:i:J.d
in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for every day after
written notice thereof from the Local Authority.
TANNING (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.

10.10.18.
1. Every person who shall apply for sanction to carry on the trade of tanning
(1) A plan and sections, to a scale of not less than one-eighth of an inch to
showing the provision made or proposed to be made, for the conduct of such
trade, and the drainage, ventilation and water supply of such premises.
(2) A survey plan of the locality showing the streets, buildings and inhabited
of not less than 100 feet to an inch.
(3) A general explanation of the business, trade, or manufacture to be carried
on and of the raw materials, processes, and the product thereof.
(4) A description, with drawings, if necessary, of the means proposed to be
into sewers; (c) the disposal of solid refuse; and
(5) Any further plans which may be required by the Local Authority.
2. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall cause
the walls of his receiving room and :fleshing or scraping rooms to be built of good
cement concrete or other equally solid and impervious material, and shall cause
the floors thereof and any room where skins are stored to be properly paved with
good cement concrete, or other suitable jointless and impervious material, smoothly
rendered, having a proper slope towards a channel or gully leading to the public
sewer or drainage system approved by the Local Authority.
3. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall provide
his premises with a plentiful supply of pure water at convenient places for the.
purpose of keeping the premises in a clean and wholesome condition.
all parts of his premises to be suitably drained, and shall connect the drains thereof
with the sewerage system or other system of drainage approved by the Local
Authority, and shall, if required by the Local Authority, provide a cesspool or
intercepting chamber, so situated and constructed as to prevent solid matter from
finding access to the house or street sewer, and so ventilated that offensive effluvium
all lime or chrome or other pits or tanks for the treatment of hides or skins to be
so built and connected with one or more cesspools or intercepting chambers that
no solid matter therefrom shall find access to the sewerage system.
6. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall take
the best possible means to prevent the escape into the external air of any noxious
or offensive effluvium, vapour or gas generated in any process of his trade.
the :floors, walls and ceilings of premises in which his business is carried on to be
kept thoroughly clean and in good repair. He shall cause the :floors of the liming
and scraping rooms and of the place where fresh or unsalted skins are stored to
be thoroughly cleansed v1rith pure water and disinfected and deodorised with such
disinfectant and deodorant as the Medical Officer of Health may approve, as often
as may be necessary, and not less than twice in every twenty-four hours, and shall
cause every internal wall or part of a wall which is not perfectly smooth and hard
on the surface, and every ceiling which is not glazed or painted to be washed with
hot lime in the months of April and October in each year, and at such other times
as may be necessary to keep the premises in a clean and wholesome condition.
, 8. He shall at the close of every working day, cause all hair, :fleshings, and refuse
fragments of skin or other matters detached from any hide or butt to be collected
and_ placed in a suitable part of the premises, and if such hair, :fleshings, and refuse
fragments are not intended to be forthwith subjected to any further trade purpose
upon the premises he shall cause them to be removed therefrom forthwith, or

otherwise disposed of so as not to cause a nuisance or be offensive or injurious
to health.
the drains in connection with his premises to be thoroughly flushed out with water
and to be disinfected and deodorised with a disinfectant and deodoriser approved
by the Medical Officer of Health, whenever necessary, and at any time, if required
by the Medical Officer of Health or a Sanitary Inspector.
He shall also cause to be emptied at such times as the nature of his trade demands
or as the Medical Officer of Health may require any cesspool, intercepting chamber
or catchpit used in connection with his trade.
every vehicle, vessel, utensil, or instrument provided or used in connection with
the trade to be kept thoroughly clean.
11. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall prevent
the dust arising froin the grinding of mangrove bark divi-divi or other substance
used in the process of tanning from escaping into the outer air, and shall, if required
by the Local Authority, provide for the adequate ventilation of the grinding room
by mechanical means.
all wasfo lime, salts of chromic acid or other agent used in the treatment of hides
or skins which have been taken out of any pit upon the premises where his trade
is carried on to be forthwith disposed of in such manner as not to be a nuisance
or injurious to health.
13. The Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector may enter and
inspect any premises in which the trade of tanning is established or carried on at
any time during the hours within which such trade is being carried on, and the
owner or person in charge of such premises shall afford every facility to the inspecting
officer.
PENALTY.
14. Any person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall be
liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in case of a continuing offence
to a penalty of $10. 00 for each day after written notice thereof from the Local A uthorit:y.
VENTILATION OF AND SuFFICIENCY OF SPACE ABOUT BUILDINGS

IN (PORT-OF-SPAIN) BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws made under section 54 (I) (f) of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 28.3.40.
I. In these Bye-laws the term " dwelling house" shall have the meaning ascribed
to it in section 179 of the Port-of-Spain Corporation_ Ordinance.
2. No part of a dwelling house shall be at a distance of less than 8 feet from
any street or lane and the space between the dwelling house and the street or lane
shall be kept free from any erection above ground level except for the portico,
porch, steps or other like projections from such dwelling house or any gate, fence
or boundary wall.
3. At the rear of every dwelling house and exclusively belonging thereto, there
shall be a space of at least 12 feet between the said house and the 'boundary of the
land on which it is erected; such space shall be kept clear from any erection above
ground level except the kitchen, servants' rooms, bath room, garage, water closet
or privy appurtenant thereto, or other out-buildings, or the portico, porch, steps
or other like projections from such house.
4. Subject to the provisions of the two bye-laws next preceding no part of a
dwelling house shall be at a distance of less than 4 feet from the boundary of the
land on which it is erected.
5. In: cases where more than one d-welling house is to be erected on any single
lot the foregoing Bye-laws shall apply to any house built to the rear of the front
dwelling house, that is to say, there shall be an open space of at least 20 feet between
the front dwelling house and any dwelling house erected to the rear thereof; and
there shail be an entrance of not less than 6 feet in width to such rear dwelling
house from the street or lane.
6. Subject to the foregoing Bye-la-ws, -where dwelling houses are erected alongside
each other, there shall be left clear a space of at least 8 feet between such·houses.
7. The Local Authority shall have the same pov,Ter to dispense with these Bye-laws
as the Port-of-Spain City Council has with regard to the Building Regulations under
the provisions of section 184 of the Port-of-Spain Corporation Ordinance.
8. These Bye-la,vs shall apply to all dwelling houses to be erected as well as to
any additions to dwelling houses already erected within the limits of the City
of Port-of-Spain. ·
AERATED \VATER FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS (SAN FERNANDO)

BYE-LA,li/S.
CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS A~D FREEDOM FROM EFFLUVIA.
I. The floor of every aerated water factory or workshop shall be built of good
cement concrete or other impermeable material, smoothly rendered.
2. Every O',vner or occupier of an aerated water factory or workshop shall cause
every part' of the interior of such factory or workshop to be thoroughly cleansed
from time to time as often as may be necessary to secure that such factory or workshop
shall be at all times clean and free from effluvia. He shall cause the floor of such
factory or ,Yorkshop to be thoroughly swept and washed at least once every day.
REMOVA;L OF REFUSE.
3. The o-wner or occupier shall cause all refuse and waste matter to be forthwith

4. The owner or occupier shall cause every room to be supplied with windows
or other openings for ventilation and light to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.

5. Every aerated water factory or workshop shall be provided with sufiicient
privy accommodation of such type and situated in such position as may be approved
by the Local Authority.
PRECAUTION AGAINS.T THE CONTAMIN/1.TION OF DRINKS IN COURSE OF MANUFACTURE.

6. No aerated water factory or workshop shall be built or established in a barrack
or barrack yard.
7. The ovmer or occupier shall take steps to the satisfaction of the Local Authority
to ensure the thorough cleansing of bottles, measm;es, and other receptacles used
in the manufacture of aerated waters.
· 8. He shall cause all bottles, jars or other receptacles in which sugar, syrup;
essences or any other ingredients or articles used in the manufacture of aerated
waters are stored, to be kept at all times securely covered and protected from flies
and other vermin, dust and dirt.
9. The type of bottle or syphon shall in every case be subject to the approval
10. The ovmer or occupier shall not use or sutfer or permit any aE>rated water
factorv or workshop to be used as a sleeping place or living room and shall not
allow or cause any living or sleeping room to open directly by means of doors or
"Windows or other ventilating openings into any aerated water factory or vrorkshop.
11. No animals shall be kept in any aerated water factory or workshop nor in
any other part of the premises on which an aerated water factory or workshop is
situate, unless the position of the stable or pen is first approved by the Local
Authority.
12. No machine or filter shall be used in the manufacture of aerated waters
except it be of a type and in a condition approved by the Local Authority.
13. The ovmer or occupier shall take steps to ensure that only clean potable
or :filtered ,Yater shall be employed in the manufacture of aerated waters.
PRECAUTION AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTION,

14. The owner or occupier shall not allow a person suffering from infectious
or communicable disease or from any sores to be employed in any part of the
process of manufacture of aerated waters, or to be at any time on the premises
of an aerated water factory or workshop.
PENALTY.
BAKE-HOUSES (SAN FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.

18.10.17.
L The owner of everv bake-house shall cause the walls of such bake-house to
be constructed with" a smooth surface.
2. The owner of every bake-house shall cause the floor of such bake-house to
be constrL1cted of good cement concrete or of other impervious material, smoothly
rendered.
every part thereof in a clean and sanitary condition. He shall. cause the floor of
such bake-house to be thoroughly swept and" washed at least once every day.
PREVENTION OF ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE.

PENALTY.
of a continuing offence to a·further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice
396 Ch. 12. No, 4.J Public Health.
BARBER'S SHOPS (SAN FERXANDO) BYE-LAWS.

17.11.21.
I. In these bye-laws the expression "occupier" includes the person to whom the
business carried on in any Barber's shop belongs, and the employer of any barber
or barber's assistant in a barber's shop and any person in charge of a barber's shop.
2. The occupier of every barber's shop in the District of the Local Authority shall
at all times keep the floor, sides, and ceiling of his barber's shop clean and free from
hair, dust, dirt and other impurity.
3. He shall at least twice a day, and as often as may otherwise be necessary

sweep or mop the floor of such barber's shop and collect the sweepings and other
refuse in a covered metal or metal-lined receptacle for dally ren1oval by the Local
Authority.
For the purpose of preventing the raising of dust and other impurities he shall
at all times before sweeping sprinkle the floor of such barber's shop with water or
some suitable liquid disinfectant.
4. Every barber or barber's assistant shall, immediately after their use on any
customer, carefully sterilise all razors, scissors, clippers and other cutting tools by
boiling or by immersion for at least five minutes in a solution of formalin of a
strength of one part of formalin in not more than 40 parts of water.
He shall also after each shave carefully cleanse all shaving brushes by rinsing in
running water and afterwards dipping in a solution of formalin as aforesaid.
He shall cleanse all shaving mugs immediately after use by rinsing in running
water.
5. Every barber or barber's assistant shall thoroughly wash and cleanse all hair
brushes and combs at least once in every day and as often as may otherwise be
necessary to keep them in a clean state.
6. Every barber or barber's assistant shall use clean towels for each person shaved
and it shall not be lawful to use any powder puff or sponge on any person.
7. Every barber or barber's assistant shall cleanse his hands thoroughly with
soap and water immediately after serving each person.
8. Should it be necessary at any time to use alum or other solid substance to
prevent the flow of blood every barber or barber's assistant shall use such alum or
other solid substance in powdered form only, and not in the form of a block, and
shall apply it on a clean towe1.
9. No barber or barber's assistant shall knowingly attend in a barber's shop to
any person suffering from Barber's itch, Syphilis or any other cutaneous or
communicable disease.
10. Immediately after it has come to the knowledge of the occupier of any barber's
shop or of any barber or barber's assistant that such occupier, barber or barber's
assistant has used any shaving, cutting or other appliances on any custom.er
suffering from any cutaneous or communicable disease, such occupier, barber or
barber's assistant as aforesaid shall disinfect every such appliance by boiling in
clean water for at least 20 minutes.
11. The Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector may for the purpose
of inspection enter any barber's shop at any time while such shop is open for
business and inspect and examine the premises and every instrument, appliance,
article of furniture, utensil, fixture and accessory used in or. in connection with the
b11siness carried on in such barber's shop. The occupier of such barber's shop
shall afford every facility to the inspecting officer.
12. No person suffering from any cutaneous or communicable disease shall shave
any custom.er in any barber's shop or shall carry on the trade of barber within the
District of the Local Authority.
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No. -:. 397
13. A copy of these bye-laws shall be exhibited in a conspicuous position in every

barber's shop within the District of the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
14. The occupier of any barber's shop and every barber or barber's assistant who
shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing bye-laws shall be liable
for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00 and in the case of a continuing offence to
a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after ·wTitten notice thereof from the Local
Authority.
BARRACKS AND BARRACK YARDS (SA ...

"\J" FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.
18.10.17.
1. (1) These bye-laws may be cited as the San Fernando Barracks and Barrack
Yards Bye-laws.
(2) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
" occupier" includes the person to whom any room in a barrack or barrack yard is
let and any other person in actual occupation of such room.
CLEANLINESS AND VENTILATIOK.

2. The occupier of every room in a barrack or barrack yard shall, as often as may
be necessary to keep such room in a clean and wholesome state, cause such room to
be thoroughly cleansed and freed from vermin, and shall also cause the floor of every
such room to be thoroughly swept daily before the hour of three in the afternoon,
and to be well and sufficiently washed at least once in each week.
window and every fixture or fitting of wood, stone or metal, and every painted surface
in every such room to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as may be
requisite.
4. The occupier of every room in a barrack or barrack yard shall cause all solid
or liquid filth or refuse to be removed once at least in every day from every such
room, and shall once at least in every day cause every vessel, utensil or other
receptacle for such :filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
5. Every room or part of any building occupied as a living room in a barrack or
barrack yard shall be ventilated directly to the outside air where possible on at least
two sides and shall be provided with such and so many openings as the Local Authority
shall deem sufficient to ensure adequate ventilation of and access of light to every
such room or part of a building, and every such means of ventilation_ shall be
maintained at all times in good order and efficient action.
SUFFICIENCY OF •NATER SUPPLY.

6. Every owner of a barrack or barrack yard shall provide the same with a
PRIVIES.
7. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall provide privies therein in
the proportion of not less than one privy for every four rooms.
8. The owner of every barrack or barrack 1;ard shall provide at least one
receptacle for house refuse to every six rooms, and every such receptacle shall be
of metal or metal-lined, and such receptacle shall be of a capacity not exceeding
two and a half cubic feet, and shall be provided with a suitable cover, and shall at
all times be kept in good repair, and covered while in use.

9, In every case where the occupier of any room in a barrack yard has been
informed or has ascertained or has reasonable ground for believing that any person
in any room in such barrack or barrack yard is ill of an infectious disease, he shall
forthwith give notice thereof to the owner of such barrack or barrack yard, and to
the Medical Officer of Health.
For the purposes of this and the four succeeding bye-la,vs, the expression
" infectious disease " means Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Typhoid or -Enteric
Fever, Cholera, Plague, Yellow Fever, Small Pox and any other disease which the
Governor by notice in the -Royal Gazette may declare to be an infectious disease for
the purposes of the Public Health Ordinance.*
Officer of Health.
11. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard, immediately after he shall have
been informed or shall have ascertained.that any occupier of such barrack or barrack
yard is ill of any infectious disease, shall adopt all such precautions as may be
necessary to prevent the spread of such infectious disease.
the infection through the letting of any room or rooms in such barrack or barrack
Medical Officer of Health, and until the grounds for apprehending the spread of
13. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall, immediately after the death,
removal or recovery of any occupier of a room therein who may have been ill of any
infectious disease, give written notice thereof to the Medical Officer of Health, and
shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause every part of the room which may have
been occupied by such occupier to be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected, and shall
also cause every article in such room which may be liable to retain infection to be
in like manner cleansed and disinfected, unless the Local Authority shall have
ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall comply with all instructions of the
Medical Officer of Health as to the proper cleansing and disinfection of the room
and articles.
14. When such room and articles shall have been thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected in accordance with such instructions, the owner shall give written notice
thereof to the Medical Officer of Health; and until two days from the giving of
such notice shall have elapsed, and unless and until by such cleansing and
disinfection the necessary precautions for preventing the spread of infection shall
have been duly taken, such owner shall not cause or suffer any such room to be
let or occupied.
INSPECTION.
15: The occupier of every room in any barrack or barrack yard, and every other
person having or acting in the care or management thereof and, in the case of
untenanted rooms, the owner of the barrack or barrack yard, shall at all times when
required by any officer of the Local Authority give him free access to such room and
to every part thereof.
.PAINTING AND 1/VHITEWASHING OF WALLS.
16. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall cause the walls of every
room therein and the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls, ceilings or
tops are plastered or not, to be either painted with oil or varnish or to be limewashed.
When painted with oil or varnish, there shall be one coat of paint or varnish at least,
and more when required by the Medical Officer. of Health, and the paint or varnish
shall be renewed once at least in every four years, and shall be washed with hot
water and soap once at least in every six months; when limewashed, the limewashing
shall be renewed once at least in every year, and oftener when required by the

17. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall cause all drains and al 1
sanitary arrangements in such premises to be maintained at all times, clean and
in good repair and in efficient action.
PAVING OF YARDS.
at all fames keep anct maintain such pavement in good order and repair.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be -liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case
COMMON LODGING HOUSES (SAN FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.

18.10.17.
I. In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
" Keeper " means the person registered as the keeper of a common lodging house in
the register of common lodging houses kept by the Local Authority under section 135
of the Public Health Ordinance.

2. A keeper shall not at any one time receive or cause or suffer to be received
into a common lodging house or into any room thereof a greater number of lodgers,
than shall be fixed by the Local Authority and be specified in a notice according to
the form in S_chedule 1 to these bye-laws, which shall be duly served upon or delivered
to such keeper, and shall continue in force until, in pursuance of the provisions of
the bye-law in that behalf, the number so :fi._1cedand specified shall be varied by the
Local Authority.
VARIATION OF NUMBER OF LODGERS. ·

3. The Local Authority may in any case where they determine that it is expedient
to vary the number of lodgers fixed by them to be ;i:eceived into a common lodging
delivered to the keeper of such house, a notice according to the form in -Schedule 2
to these bye-laws, and such keeper shall not at any one time after the date specified
in such notice receive or cause or suffer to be received into such house or into anv
room therein a greater number of lodgers than shall be specified in such notice, and
SEPARATIOK OF THE SEXES.

4. The keeper of a common lodging house shall not allow persons of opposite
sexes above seven years of age to occupy the same sleeping apartment, except in
the case of a married couple.
CLEANLINESS AND VENTILATION.

windows, doors and walls .of a common lodging house to be thoroughly cleansed and
freed from vermin, and shall also cause the floors of every room, passage, and
staircase to be thoroughly swept daily before the hour of three in the afternoon, and
to be well and sufficiently waphed at least once in each week.
7. The keeper of every common lodging house shall cause all solid or liquid filth
or refuse to be removed once at least in every day from every room therein, and
shall once at least in every day cause every vessel, utensil or other receptacle for
such filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
PRIVIES.
proportion of not less than one privy for every sixteen lodgers.
9. The keeper of every common lodging house shall provide at least one receptacle
or metal lined or a wooden box, and such receptacle or box shall be of a capacity
not exceeding two and a half cubic feet, and shall be provided with a suitable cover,
and shall at all times be kept in good repair and covered while in use.
PRECAUTIONS IN CASE OF !?-rFECTIOUS DISEASE.

infectious disease, shall adopt all such precautions as may be necessary to prevent
For the purposes of this and the four succeeding bye-laws, the expression
" infectious disease " means diphtheria, membranous croup, typhoid or enteric
fever, cholera, plague, yellow fever, small pox and any other disease which the
Governor by notice in the Royal Gazette may declare to be an infectious disease for
the purposes of the Public Health Ordinance.*
infectious disease, cause or allow any other person, except the wife or any other
12. 'VVhere, in pursuance of the statutory provision in that behalf, the Local
Authority may order the removal at the cost of such Local Authority of such lodger
to a hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, such keeper, on being informed
of such order, shall forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on his part to·
secure the safe and prompt removal of such lodger in compliance with the order. of
the Local Authority, and shall, in and about such removal, adopt all precautions as,
in accordance with any instructions which he may receive from the Medical Officer
of Health, may be most suitable for the circumstances of the case.
13. \Vhere, in consequence of the illness of such lodger there may be reasonable
grounds for apprehending the spread of the infection through the admission of
or rooms of the maximum number of lodgers authorised to be received therein, such
receive therein such number of lodgers, being less than the maximum number, as
the exigencies of the case may require.
to the Medical Officer of Health, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause
every part of the room which may have been occupied by such lodger to be
thoroughly cleansed and disinfected, and shall also cause every article in such room
which may be liable to retain infection to be in like manner cleansed and disinfected,
unlr,ss the Local Authority shall have ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall
comply with all instructions of the Medical Officer of Health as to the proper cleansing
and disinfection of the room and articles.
accordance with such instructions, he shall give written notice thereof to the Medical
elapsed, and unless and until by such cleansing and disinfection the necessary
in the case hereinbefore specified, may have been exposed to infection.
INSPECTION".
the Local Authority give him free access to such house and to every part thereof.
PAINTING AND WHITEWASHING OF WALLS.

I 7. The owner of every common lodging house shall ca use the inside walls of the
rooms of such house and the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls,
lodging house to be either painted with oil or varnish or to be limewashed. When
be renewed once at least in every :five years and shall be washed with hot water and
soap once at least in every six months; when limewashed, the lime washing shall
be renewed once at least in every year, and oftener when required by the Medical
Officer of Health.

18. The keeper of every common lodging house shall cause all drains and all
sanitary arrangements in such premises to be maintained at all times in good order
and condition and in efficient action.
p A VING OF YARDS.
19. The owner of every cornmon lodging house in connection ·with which there is
good asphalt on a ,proper foundation, and to be sloped to a properly constructed
"-
PENALTY.
thereof from the Local Authority, and in default of payment to imprisonment for
any term not exceeding one month.
T.~vrn. 26
SCHEDULE I.
To
WHEREAS, in pursuance of .the statutory provisions in that behalf, you have
been duly licensed by the Local Authority for the Town of San Fernando to use
the premises known as ~o. , street in the Town of San Fernando for the
purpose of a common lodging house, and to receive lodgers therein;
Now, I, , Secretary to the said Local Authority, do hereby give you
one time into such house and into the several rooms therein, the number specified
FORM.

Licence No.
Name of Keeper
The number of lodgers who may be received at any one time into each of the several
rooms in this house is the number specified in respect of such room in the appropriate
column of the following table:~

10
11
12
Public Health. [Ch. 12. ~ Jo. 4. 403
SCHEDULE II.
To
·WHEREAS, in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf you have been
duly licensed by the Local Authority for the Town of San Fernando to use the
premises known as No. , in the said Town of San Fernando for the purpose
of a common lodging house, and to receive lodgers therein:
And Whereas the said Local Authority have determined that it is expedient to
house and into the several rooms thereof;
that from and after the day of , 19 , the number of lodgers
who may be received at any one time into such house and into the several rooms
therein shall be the number specified in respect of such house and of each of such
rooms in the form hereunto appended.
FORM.

Licence No.
N aine of Keeper
· The number of lodgers who may be received at any one time into each of the
appropriate column of the following table:~

10
11
12
26 (2)
FOODSTUFFS, (SAN FERNANDO) SALE OF, BYE-LAWS.
I. (i) No person shall keep within the Borough of San Fernando any retail shop
or place where any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked,
intended for human consumption, is prepared, sold, exposed or offered for sale br
deposited for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale unless such retail shop or
place is registered for the purpose by the Local Authority in a Register to be kept
by the Local Authority for the registration of such retail shops or places as aforesaid.
next preceding bye-law shall forthwith make application to the Local Authority
shall be according to the Form in Schedule I of these bye-laws and must be accom-
panied by a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health stating that the premises
are suitable for the purpose.
REGISTRATIOcs OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN CONVEYING OR DELIVERING FROM HOUSE

TO HousE, ETc.
sale, sell or offer for sale inside or outside any building or in any street or square or
other public place any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery,
cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments unless such
person is registered by the Local Authority in a Register to be kept by the Local
Authority for such persons as aforesaid.
(ii) For the purpose of being registered as provided in the next preceding
bye-law hereof, every person employed in conveying or delivering from house to
house, selling or offering for sale inside or outside any building or in any street,
square or other public .place within the Town of San Fernando, any foodstuffs,
bread, cakes, pastry or othe:t confectionery, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or
liquid refreshments shall forthwith make application in that behalf to the Local
Authority.
shall be according to the Form in Schedule III of these bye-laws, and shall be
accompanied by a certificate from a registered medical practitioner that the applicant
is free from contagious or infectious disease.
(iv) It shall be la,dul for the Local Authority to issue badges denoting registra-
tion to all persons registered under paragraph (i) of bye-law 2 of these bye-laws.
CA::'-!CELLATION OF REGISTRATION FOR BREACH OF BYE-LAWS.
3. It shall be lawful for the Local Authority to cancel the registration of any retail
shop or place or any person registered under these bye-laws for any breach or breaches
thereof, or where the Medical Officer of Health reports that any person registered
thereunder is not free from any signs or symptoms of communicable disease or from
any sore, eruption or other affection of the body, or that bye-laws 2 to 7 of these
bye-laws are not observed.
EXHIBITION OF BADGE BY PERSON CONVEYING OR DELIVERING, ETC.
4. Every person registered under paragraph (i) of bye-law 2 hereof employed

in conveying or delivering from house to house for purposes of sale, selling or offering
for sale outside any building or in any street, square or other public place, any
foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks,
ices or other solid or liquid refreshments, shall at all times carry a badge as provided
in these bye-laws, and shall, when required to do so by any officer of the Local
Authority or by any person thereunto authorised by the Local Authority, exhibit
such badge to such officer or other person.
FEES FOR BADGES.

5. For every badge issued under these bye-laws there shall be paid to the Local
Authority a fee equivalent to the actual cost of the badge.
CLEA?i"LINESS OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER THESE BYE-LAWS OR EMPLOYED IN

RETAIL SHOPS.
6. Every person registered in accordance v;ith these bye-laws or employed in
retail shops or places registered in accordance therewith shall maintain his body in
a clean and wholesome state and be dressed in clean clothes and apron at all times
whilst conveying or delivering for the purpose of sale, selling or offering for sale
outside any building or in any street, square, or other public place any article of food
or drink as set forth in paragraph (i) of bye-law 2 hereof, or whilst attending to
customers in any retail shop or place as aforesaid, and every such person shall whilst
so employed, cleanse his hands with soap and clean running ,vater as often as is
necessary to maintain them in a clean and wholesome condition.
CLEANLINESS OF APPLIANCES, UTENSILS, ETC., USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE

BUSINESS MENTIONED IN BYE-LAWS 1 AND 2 HEREOF.
drinking vessels and other utensils, containers and accessories used in connection
with the business of a retail shop or place as set forth in bye-law 1 hereof or in con -
veying, or delivering from house to house for the purpose of sale, selling or offering
for sale outside or inside any building or in any street, square or other public place
any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, as set forth in
bye-law 2 hereof shall at all times be kept by the owner or any person having charge
thereof, in a clean and wholesome state to the satisfaction of the Local Authority,
and for that purpose all such appliances, freezers, churns, milk cans, instruments,
bottles, eating or drinking vessels and other utensils, containers and accessories as
aforesaid shall immediately after use and at all other necessary times be properly
washed in clean running water from a tap connected with the water supply of the
Town of San Fernando, or from a suitably co-vered cistern or container fed therefrom
or from a source approved by the Medical Officer of Health. Every such cistern
or container shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition to the satis-
faction of the Medical Officer of Health.
any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet
drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments, shall at all times, be kept in clean
and wholesome state and all such vans, carts, barrows and other conveyances as
aforesaid shall be properly painted with oil or varnish and such oil, paint or varnish
shall be renewed at least once in every year and oftener when required by the
PROHIBITION OF SALE OF ARTICLES WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THESE BYE-LAWS ARE

NOT OBSERVED.
8. No person shall convey, deliver from house to house, sell or offer for sale outside
of any building or in any street, square or other public place within the Town of San
Fernando any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended
for human consumption, supplied from any retail shop or place as set forth in
paragraph (i) of bye-law 1 hereof situated without the Town of San Fernando with
respect to which the foregoing bye-laws are not observed or with respect to which
the persons keeping such retail shops, or place do not allow inspection thereof by
the Local Authority of the Town of San Fernando, or any other Local Authority.
PENALTY.
9. Every" person who shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing
of "'.' continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for every day after written
406 Ch Public Health.
SCHEDULE I.
Application for the Registration of a Retail Shop or place where cooked or
uncooked food, etc., is sold, deposited, expostd or offered for the purpose
of sale for human consumption.
19
To THE SAN FERNANDO BOROUGH COUNCIL AS LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE TOWN
OF SAN FERNANDO.
I , of , do hereby apply, in pursuance of the bye-laws made in
that behalf for the Registration of the place hereinafter described as a retail shop
uncooked food, etc.
PARTICULARS.
2. Christian name, surname and address of the owner of .the premises
SCHEDULE II.
Registration of Retail Shop or place where cooked or uncooked food is

. sold, deposited, exposed or offered for sale for h~man consur.aption.
SAN FERNANDO BOROUGH COUNCIL AS LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE TOWN OF SAN
FERNANDO.
where any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended for
human consumption may be sold, exposed or offered for sale or deposited for the
purpose of sale, or of preparation for sale during the year ending 31st December,
19 .
PARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises and description of place •
2. Christian name, surname and address of owner of the retail shop or place
SCHEDULE III.
Application for the registration of persons conveying or delivering from

house to house for purposes of sale, foodstuffs, e~c.
19
To THE SAN FERNANDO BOROUGH COUNCIL AS LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE TOWN
OF SAN FERNANDO.
I , of , do hereby apply in pursuance of the bye-laws made in
that behalf to be registered as a person employed in conveying or delivering from
confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments.
P1tblic Health. [Ch. :l2. No. 4. 407
SCHEDULE IV.
Registration of persons conveying or delivering from house to house for the

purposes of sale, selling or offering for sale outside any building or in
any street, square, or other public place, any foodstuffs, etc.
19
I certify that , of , is duly registered as a person e,nployed in
conveying or delivering from house to house, for purposes of sale, or offering for .sale,
outside any building or in any street, square, or other public place, foodstuffs, bread,
cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid
or liquid refreshments.
Medical Officer of H ealtli.
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SHOPS (SAN FERNANDO)

BYE-LAWS.
Bye-laws made under section 156 of the Public He!;llth Ordinance. R.G. 26.4.23.
INSPECTION OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SHOPS.
1. The Medical Officer of Health or Sanitary Inspector may inspect any hotel,
• and intended for human consumption is exposed or offered for sale at any time while
such place is open for business, as well as all or any instruments, appliances, furniture,
utensils, :fixtures and accessories used ih connection with the business carried on in
such hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other place.
The owner or occupier of such hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other place shall
afford every f~cility to the inspecting officer.

2. The owner or occupier shall cause the floors and walls of any hotel, restaurant,
retail shop or other place to be swept, cleansed and kept clean, and all instruments,
appliances, furniture, utensils, :fixtures and accessories used in connection with the
business carried on in such place to be cleansed, disinfected and kept clean to the
satisfaction of the Local Authority.
PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION OF ARTICLES OF FOOD.

shall take steps to ensure that all articles of food intended, exposed or offered for
sale for human consumption are at all times properly protected in cupboards, bins,
boxes, barrels or other containers by means of suitable covers or hinged lids or doors
from contaminatiqn by flies, dust or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

where any article of food is exposed or offered for sale, shall not employ any person
suffering from an infectious or communicable disease; and it shall be the duty of such
of any infectious or communicable disease, or of any disease the symptoms of which
disease in any person on such premises whether such person is an occnpier, employee,
employer, guest or customer.
5. Where in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf, the Local
communicable disease from any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place to a
408 Ch. 12. :To. 4.J Public Health.
~ospital or other place for the reception of the sick, the owner or occupier on being
mformed of such order, shall forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on his
part to secure the safe and prompt removal of such occupier, employee, employer,
guest or customer in compliance with the order of the Local Authority and shall in
and about such removal adopt all precautions and instructions which he may rec~ive
from the Medical Officer of Health.
PAINTIKG, VARNISHING, DISTEMPERING OR LIMEWASHING.

6. The Local Authority may order the owner or occupier to paint, varnish,
distem.per, or limewash the inner and outer walls and all fixtures, counters, shelves,
doors, ,vindows and partitions of any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such
place when in the opinion of the Local Authority such painting, varnishing, dis-
tempering or limewashing is necessary to keep such premises in a clean and whole-
some condition.
DUTIES OF OCCUPIER WITH REGARD TO REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.

7. The owner or occupier shall cause all refuse and waste matter to be removed
from any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place and disposed of in a covered
moveable metal receptacle or wooden box lined with tin not exceeding twelve cubic
feet in capacity as often as may be necessary.
PENALTY.
HOUSE REFUSE AND OFFENSIVE MATTER (SAN FERNANDO)

BYE-LAWS.
1. These Bye-laws shall apply to the Borough of San Fernando, as defined in the
San Fernando Corporation Ordinance.
DEFINITION.
2. In the construction of these bye-laws:
" House Refuse "includes dust and sweepings of rooms and business premises,
waste paper, broken glass and crockery, kitchen refuse, yard refuse, and flower
garden refuse, when contained in the prescribed refuse receptacles, but does not
include branches of trees, manure, building materials, the waste products of any
trade or manufacture, broken glass and crockery from business premises in
larger quantities than would be produced from a dwelling house in the ordinary
course of living therein, or any offensive matter.
" Offensive matter " includes any faecal matter, nightsoil, or the conte11-ts of
any cesspool, any offal, swill, brine, drainings from salt fish, any putrid flesh
or fish, and any other noxious matter or liquid. ·
TIME AND MANNER OF REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.

3. The occupier of every dwelling house not being a barrack and the owner of
every barrack yard and the keeper of every common lodging house shall not later
than 7 o'clock in the morning on every day except Sunday and the occupier of every
business premises shalT not later than 8.30 o'clock in the morning on every such day
deposit within the gateway of such premises in a conveniently accessible position a
moveable receptacle in which shall be placed all the house refuse of such premises
for the purpose of removal by the Local A 11thority. ·
Provided always that the Local Authority may in their discretion give notice that
in any street such refuse shall be deposited for removal only on the days named in
such notic.e. Such notice may be given by affixing same to some conspicuous part
of the street. ·
RECEPTACLES TO BE KEPT PROPERLY COVERED.
4. In the case of premises other than barrack yards it shall be the duty of the
occupier of the premises, and in the case of barracks and barrack yards it shall be
the duty of the person using the refuse receptacles to see that they are at all times
kept properly covered.
PERSON AUTHORISED TO REMOVE REFUSE.

5. No person save the owner or occupier or a person employed by the Local
Authority to remove house refuse, shall remove refuse from any such receptacle.
CONSTRUCTION AND CAPACITY OF RECEPTACLE.

6. The receptacle to be provided shall be of metal or metal-lined of a capacity not
exceeding, in the case of dwelling houses, two and a half cubic feet, and in the case of
business premises and hotels twelve cubic feet, and such receptacle shall be provided
with a suitable cover, and shall at all times be kept in good repair, and covered
while in use.
EMPTYING OF LARGE RECEPTACLES.
7. Where in any business premises or hotel the receptacle provided exceeds two
and a half cubic feet in capacity, the occupier of the premises shall provide the
necessary assistance to the scavengers for emptying the contents of such receptacle
into the scavenging carts. ·
TIME OF REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE MATTER.

8. A person shall not remove or carry or cause to be removed or carried through
the streets, any offensive matter whether such matter shall be in course of removal
or carriage from within or without or through the Town, except between the hours
of 10 o'clock at night and 5 o'clock in the morning.
VESSELS TO BE USED FOR REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE MATTER.

9. It shall not be lawful for any person to remove or carry, or cause to be removed
or carried through t:q.e streets, any offensive matter whether such matter shall be
in the course of removal or carriage from within or without or through the Town, in
any vessel or receptacle which is not properly secured to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority against any escape of the contents thereof and against any issue of
offensive smells therefrom.
CLl!:ANSING OF PLACES WHERE OFFENSIVE MATTER FALLS.

10. If in the course of emptying any offensive matter any of such offensive matter
shall be dropped or spilt in any street, passage, highway or thoroughfare, the person
or persons who are engaged in effecting such emptying or removal shall well and
carefully sweep and cleanse the place on which such matter shall have been dropped
or spilt as aforesaid and shall effectually remove such matter therefrom without
delay.
PERMITS FOR REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE MATTER.
11. No person shall engage in the business of carrying or removing offensive
matter without a permit from the Local Authority.
OFFENCE BY OWNER OR OCCUPIER.

12. The owner or occupier of any premises ·who allows the removal therefrom of
any offensive matter by a person who has not a permit from the Local Authority
shall be guilty of an offence.
410 Ch. 12. ~ fo. 4.J Public Health.
PENALTY.
13. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing·
bye-laws shall on summary conviction be liable for every such offence to a penalty
of $24.00, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each
day after-written notice thereof from the Local Authority.
HUCKSTERS (SAN :D'ERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. 26.4.23 . Bye-laws made under section 157 of the Public Health Ordinance.
PROTECTION FROM CONTAMIKATION BY DUST AND FLIES OR OTHERWISE OF
FOODSTUFFS EXPOSED FOR SALE OUTSIDE OF ANY BUILDING OR IN ANY
STREET, SQUARE, OR PUBLIC PLACE.
1. Every tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle used for the purpose
of keeping, selling or offering for sale outside of any building or on any street, square
or public place any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, shall be
provided by the owner with an efficient cover of wood, metal or other suitable
material, to protect such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery
from contamination, from :flies, dust, or otherwise, and it shall not be lawful for any
person to sell or expose for sale outside of any building or in any street, square or
public place any such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry, or other confectionery, in
any tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle unless the same is protected
from contamination as aforesaid by means of such cover:
2. Every tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle and every such cover
shall at all times be kept by the owner and every person having charge of same m
a clean and wholesome condition.
3. All articles of food exposed in the same manner set forth in these bye-la,vs
shall be kept at a height of not less than two feet from the sidewalk, pavement or
ground a):Jove which they are placed, and all tables or similar structures whether
fixed or moveable on ·which such articles of food are exposed shall be washed and
scrubbed as often as may be necessary to keep them in a clean and wholesome
condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a pei1alty of $24.00, and in the
MILK, SALE OF, (SAN FER::fANDO) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. 16.5.18. Bye-laws made under the Public Health Ordinance.
,, 20.12.23.
,, 15.12.27. 1. For the purposes of these bye-laws the expression "licensed vendor of milk"
REGISTRATION OF PERSON-S KEEPING Cows.
2. (1) No person shall keep cows in the Town of San Fernando unless he is
registered as a cowkeeper in the Register kept by the Local Authority for the
registration of such persons. .
(2) For the purpose of registration all persons keeping cows shall forthwith give
notice thereof to the Local Authority. ·
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No. 4; 411
LICENSING OF PLACES IN WHICH Cows ARE KEPT FOR THE SALE OF MILK.
3. (1) No person shall keep cows for the sale of milk in any place in the Town
unless such place is licensed for the purpose by the Local Authority.
(2) The application for every such licence shall be according to the Form in
Schedule I of these bye-laws.
(3) Such licence shall be in the form set forth in Schedule II of these Bye-laws.
LICENSING OF DAIRYMEN AND FIXING. THE FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT

OF SUCH LICENCE.
4. (1) No person shall be a dairyman within the Town unless he is licensed as

such by the Local Autherity.
(2) For every such licence there shall be paid to the Local Authority an annual
(3) The application for every such licence shall be according to the Form in
Schedule III of these Bye-laws.
(4) Such licence shall be in ~e form set f~rth in Schedule IV of these Bye-laws.
Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector, or any other Officer of the Local
Authority specially authorised by them in that behalf may visit, for the pu:i:pose of
inspecting cattle, and every person for the time being having the care or control
of any such dairy, or of any cattle therein, shall afford such Medical Officer of Health,
Sanitary Inspector or other Q_:ffi.cer,all reasop.able assistance that may, for the
purpose of the inspection; be required by him.
6. (1) Every dairyman shall cause every part of the interior of every dairy or
ot_her place in his occupation to be thoroughly_ cleansed from time to time as often
as may be necessary to secure that such dairy or other place shall be at all times clean.
(2) Such person shall cause the ceiling or interior of the roof, and the walls of every
dairy in his occupation to be limewashed twice at least in every year, that is to say,
once during the month of May and once during the month of October, and at such
other times as may be necessary.
oi: walls, that may be properly painted or varnished, or constructed of or covered
with any mate1ial such as to render the limewa:.shing unsuitable or inexpedient,
and that may be ot:\J.erwise properly cleansed. · . .
(3) He shall cause the floor of every sµch dairy to be thoroughly swept, and all
refuse, dung or other offensive matter to be removed from such dairy as often as
may be necessary, ·and not less than once in every day.
DRAINAGE OF DAIRIES,
7. (1) Every dairyman shall cause the drainage of every dairy in· his occupation
tp be so arranged that all liquid matter which may fall or be cast upon the floor
shall be conveyed by a suitable open channel to a drain inlet situate in the open air
at a proper distance from any door or window of such dairy, or to some other suitable
place of disposal which is so situate. ·
(2) He shall not cause or suffer any inlet to any drain of such dairy to be within
such dairy. .
8. No cowshed shall be e~ected at a less distance than Six feet from any part of
any house, or kitchen forming part thereof, or from any privy or cesspit.
CONSTRCCTION OF COWSHEDS.
9. (1) The floor of every cowshed shall not in any part be below the level of the
as to be impervious to moisture; and the surface shall be so graded that the liquid
(2) Every cowshed shall be wholly or partly provided with a roof so constructed
as to be watertight.
WATER SUPPLY OF CovYSHEDS.
10. Every dairyman shall cause every cowshed in his occupation to be provided
with an adequate supply of good and wholesome water for the cleansing thereof
and of any vessels that may be used therein for containing milk and for all other
reasonable and necessary purposes in connection with the use thereof.
REGULATION OF COWSHEDS.
11. Ko cowshed shall be used for any other purpose than the stabling and the
milking of cows.
kept in accordance with the bye-laws, or in some other properly paved place adjacent
to such co,vshed.
PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR PROTECTING MILK AGAINST INFECTION

OR CONTAMINATION.
by the Local Authority for the purpose, unless such place shall at the time when any
cow is being milked therein be thoroughly swept and cleansed and free from all
manure, dirt, dust, cobweb and any other matter liable to expose the milk to
14. (1) Every dairyman and every licensed vendor of milk by retail shall take
all reasonable and proper precautions, in connection with the storage and distribution
contamination.
(2) He shall not deposit or keep any milk intended for sale~
(a) in any room or place where it would be liable to become infected
or contaminated by impure air or by any offensiYe, noxious, or deleterious
gas or substance, or by flies, dust or dirt, or
(b) in any room used as a kitchen or as a living room; or
(c) in any room or buiiding or part of a building communicating directly
by door, window, or otherwise with any room used as a sleeping room, or 111
which there is any person suffering from any infectious or contagious
disease, or which has been used by any person suffering from any such disease
and has not been properly disinfected; or
(d) in any room or building or pa:rt of a building in which there is any
(3) He shall not keep milk for sale, or cause or suffer any such milk to be placed
in any vessel, receptacle or utensil which is not thoroughly clean.
(4) He shall not cause or suffer any cow belonging to him or under his care or
thoroughly clean;
(b) unless the person milking such cow, is personally clean and his
hands have been thoroughly cleansed in water before milking such cow, and
(c) unless the person milking such cow at the time of such milking wears
a clean outer garment.
15. No person shall use any milk pail or pan or utensil for containing milk for
sale by retail unless such receptacle is designed or constructed to the satisfaction

vendor of milk shall cause every milk vessel that may be used by him for containing
LICENSING OF PERSONS CARRYING ON THE BUSINESS OF SELLING,

HAWKING FOR SALE AND DELIVERING MILK.
17. No persons shall carry on the business of selling milk or shall vend, hawk for
sale or deliver milk, without having previously obtained a licence for that purpose
from the Local Authority, on Juch terms and conditions as may be expressed in
such licence.

18. No persons shall sell or deliver milk in the Town of San Fernando to the
customer~ of any dairyman or of any licensed vendor of milk, unless the person
so actually selling OF carrying milk has a badge supplied by the Local Authority
bearing the licensed number of such dairyman or licensed vendor of milk.
EXHIBITION OF BAPGE BY PERSONS SELLING OR DELIVERING MILK.

shall, whenever required to do so by any Officer of the Local Authority or by any
other person thereunto authorised by such Authority, exhibit such badge to such
officer. ·
FEES FOR LICENCES AND BADGES PURSUANT TO BYE-LAWS MADE

UNDER SUB-PARAGRAPHS (i) AND (j) OF (1).
SECTION 83
20. For every licence to carry on the business of selling milk granted under these
bye-laws there shall be paid to the Local Authority a fee of twenty~four cent'·
21. Any licence issued under the authority of these bye-laws may be cancelled
by the Local Authority for breach of any of the bye-laws.
Such cancellation may be effected in addition to or independently of any penalty
provided in Bye-law 23.
PROHIBITION .OF SALE OF MILK SUPPLIED FROM CATTLE, DAIRIES, ETC.,

WITH RESPECT TO WHICH BYE-LAWS ARE NOT OBSERVED.
22. No persons shall sell in the Town of San Fernando any milk supplied from
cattle, dairies or other places in the occupation of persons carrying on the trade of
dairymen with respect to which cattle, dairies or places the foregoing bye-laws are
not observed whether such cattle, dairies or places are kept or situated within or
without the Town of San Fernando, or in the case of cattle, dairies or places kept
or situated without the Town of San Fernando, with respect to which such persons
do not allow inspection thereof by the Local Authority of the Town of San _Fernando.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the
notice thereof from the Local Authority. ·
414 Ch, 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
SCHEDULE I.
Application for Licence to use a Place for keeping Cows for the
Sale of Milk.
To THE SAN FERNANDO BOROUGH COUNCIL, AS THE LOCAL AUTHORITY
FOR THE TOWN OF SAN FERKANDO.
I, , of , do hereby apply for a licence in pursuance of the bye-law
in that behalf to use the place hereinafter described for the keeping of cmYs for the
sale of milk. And I hereby declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief
the several particulars hereunder set forth with respect to the said place are true
and correct.
PARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises and description

of proposed place.
-------~-----·---------
2. Christian names, sun1arne and address
of owner of the premises.
SCHEDULE IL
(Bye-law Cowshed Licence.

3 (3).) 19
, of , is hereby licensed to use and occupy as a place .
where Cows may be kept for the Sale of l\Iilk the Cow Shed situate at , m
the premises No. , in the Town of San Fernando during the year ending
31st December, 19
Secretary to Local Authorit:y.
SCHEDULE III.
Application for. Licence as a Dairyman.

FOR THE TowN OF SAN FERNANDO.
I, , of , do hereby apply to be licensed as a Dairyman.
The premises which I propose to use as a Dairy are situated as follows:-
SCHEDULE IV.
(Bye-la,v Dairyman's Licence.

4 (4).) 19
, of , is licensed to carry on the business of a Dairyman in the
Town of San Fernan.do, for the year ending 31st December, 19
FEE }'Arn-60 CENTS.
Secretary to Local Authority.

This Licence does not authorise the hawking of milk by retail about the streets,
for which a further Licence must be taken out.-FEE 24 cents.
SCHEDULE V.
Milk Vendor's or Milk Hawker's Licence. ( Bye-law 17).

19
, of · , is licensed to · carry on the business of Milk Vendor or
Hawker :within the J;'own of San Fernando during the year ending the 31st December,
19
FEE PAID-24 CENTS.
Secretary to Local Authority.
MOSQUITOES (SAN FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.
PROTECTION OF RECEPTACLES FOR STORING WATER,
18.10.17.
1. No water shall be stored (except in small quantities for drinking purposes)
unless efficiently protected against mosquitoes by the following method :-All tanks,
barrels or other receptacles for storing water shall have all openings except the
draw-off opening covered :with wire gauze (18 meshes to the inch) or :with a piece
of cheese cloth or fine mosquito netting, and all fountains, pools, ponds, antiformicas
or excavations made for any purpose whatever, in public or private property, which
may contain water, shall be kept stocked with mosquito destroying fish, or shall be
kept covered :with a film of petroleum oil, or shall be mixed .:with a suitable insecticide
in sufficient strength to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
STAGNANT WATER,
3, The occupier or owner of any premises shall keep his premises free of all articles,
appliances, trees or plants ·liable to breed mosquitoes.
FOR THE DISINFECTING AND OILING OF CESSPITS AND THE CLEANING

OUT OF CATCHPITS.
to be disinfected and oiled periodically and as often as the Local Authority may
require, and all catchpits to be cleaned out as often as the Local Authority may
·require:
ipes attached to such premises to be maintained in good repair and free from
.:>bstruction so as to allow the ready passage of water from the roofs of houses.
BUSH OR UNDERGROWTH.
liable to harbour mosquitoes. ·
PENALTY:
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to~ penalty of $24.00.and iµ the case of
a continuing offence, to a further penalty_of $10.00 for each day after writte_n notice
416 Ch. 12. 4.J Public Health.
OYSTER AND SHELL FISH (SAN FER:'.'JANDO) BYE-LAWS.
LICENCE.
1. The application for every licence to sell Oysters or other Shell Fish within the
Urban District of San Fernando, shall be according to the Form set forth in Schedule I
of these Bye-laws.
2. Such licence shall be in the Form set forth in Schedule II of these Bye-laws.
3. For every such licence there shall be paid to the Local Authority an annual fee
of forty-eight cents.
4. Every person selling Oysters or other Shell Fish, shall at all times while selling,
carry his licence, and shall, whenever required to do so, by any officer of the Local
Local Authority, or by any other person thereunto authorised by such Authority,
exhibit such licence to such officer.
PLACES FROM WHICH OYSTERS, ETC., MAY BE COLLECTED.

5. Oysters and other Shell Fish shall be collected only from such places as may
be from time to time approved by the Local Authority.
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SCHEDULE I.
Application for Licence to sell Oysters and other Shell Fish.
FOR THE URBAN DISTRICT OF SAN FERNANDO.
I, of , do hereby apply to be licensed as a Vendor of Oysters
and other Shell Fish within the Urban District of San Fernando.
SCHEDULE II.
Vendor's Licence (Oysters and other Shell Fish).
19
, of , is licensed to carry on the business of a Vendor of Oysters
and other Shell Fish in the Urban District of San Fernando, for the year ending
31st December, 19
FEE PAID-FORTY-EIGHT CENTS.
Secretary to Local Authority, for the Town of San Fernando.
PRIVIES (SAN FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.
PRIVY BUILDINGS.
1. The varieties of privy may be pit, pail, or water closet, and shall in each case
be subject to the approval of the Local Authority.
2. The access of flies, mosquitoes, and other insects to the contents of any pit or
pail closet shall be prevented, to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
3. The floor of the privy shall be at a height of not less than 12 inches aboYe the
level of the surface of the ground adjoining the priYy.
PITS.
4. A raised concrete wall not less than 12 inches above ground level shall be built
around the top of each pit so as effectively to prevent the entrance of storm or waste
water or other drainage.
5. The contents of any privy shall at no time be exposed to any rainfall or to the
drainage from storm or waste water, or liquid refuse on the premises.
6. ·whenever any pit in use on any premises shall have been filled to within
18 inches of the surface of the ground, such pit shall forthwith be emptied, cleansed,
and disinfected, and the contents carried away to a place of disposal approved by
the Local Authority; or, subject to the consent of the Local Authority, filled with
earth by the owner or occupier of the premises.
7. Before any pit shall be filled with earth as required by the last preceding bye-
law a fresh pit shall be provided by the owner of such premises, and the privy
building shall be erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of these
bye-laws.
p AIL CLOSETS.
8. Moveable receptacles such as metal pails or buckets when used shall :fit properly
under the privy seat and there shall be ready access from the back of the privy to
the pail for the purpose of removal and cleansing. In exceptional cases, with the
approval of the Local Authority, access may be from the front. Pails shall be pro-
vided with properly fitting covers when not in actual use.
9. Ko pail shall be allowed to become full, but shall be removed with the contents
from the premises and replaced by a clean pail at such intervals as the Local Authority
may approve and not less than twice every week. Pails shall not be cleansed or
washed on the premises but only at the place of disposal.
10. The contents of a pail shall be disposed of by removal in closed receptacles
to the place of disposal and be there buried or burnt or otherwise disposed of, to the
WATER CLOSETS.
11. vVhere, in the opinion of the Local Authority, there is a sufficient supply of
water, the owner or occupier may construct a water closet with suitable water closet
basin, flush tank, soil pipe, traps or any other necessary apparatus in connection with
a dwelling house.
12. Subject to the approval of the Local Authority in each case, the water closet
shall discharge through the soil pipe and underground pipe or drain into the sea or
into a ventilated cesspool or a soak-away pit with gravel bottom, or a septic tank:
Provided that a privy building may be erected directly over the tank.
13. In the case of a septic tank or any modification of a septic t9-nk, arrangements
shall be made to the satisfaction of the Local Authority for the provision of under-
ground or sub-soil drains for the absorption and soaking away of the effluent or of a
suitable catchpit _or moveable receptacle for receiving the effluent which shall be
disinfected and safely disposed of in such manner as the Local Authority may approve.
Officer of Health thoroughly cleanse cesspool or soak-away pit belonging to such
premises, and shall have such cesspool or soak-away pit and contents, if any,
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
and all fittings and accessories appurtenant thereto in or on such premises clean and
in a sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority, and, for that pur-
pose, shall cleanse the flooring, seats and internal walls or partition,, of every privy
belonging to such premises and shall supply oil or other substance to every pit
belonging to such premises in such manner and as often as the Local Authority may
require.
T.-VIII. 27
418 Ch. 12 ro. 4.J Public Health.
16. Every privy shall be lime-washed internally and externally whenever necessary
17. The owner of any premises shall maintain in proper condition and repair every
privy and the accessories thereto belonging to such premises.
living in or employed at any house or building, and in the case of a barrack yard or
house let in lodgings one separate privy seat at the least shall be provided for every
three separate rooms.
PENALTIES.
19. Any person offending against any of the prov1s10ns of these bye-laws, shall
forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of a
contimiing offence a further penalty of $2.40 for each day after written notice of
the offence from the Local Authority.
APPLICATION.
20. The foregoing bye-laws shall be applicable to the Urban Sanitary District
of the Town of San Fernando.
SOAP BOILING (SAN FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. 7.10,26. Bye-laws made under section 82 of the Public Health Ordinance.
1. Every person who shall apply for sanction to carry on the trade of soap boiler
shall prepare and submit with his application:~
(1) A plan and sections, to the scale of not less than one-eighth of an inch
to the foot, of the building or premises in which he proposes to carry on the same,
showing the provisions made or proposed to be made for the proper conduct
of such business, and for the drainage, ventilation· and ,vater supply of such
premises.
(2) A survey .plan of the locality showing the streets, buildings and inhabited
of not less than 100 feet to the inch.
(3) A general explanation of the business, trade, or manufacture to be
carried on and of the raw materials, processes and the product thereof.
adopted to prevent nuisance arising from (a) vapours, (b) fluids discharged into
drains or sewers, (c) tb.e disposal of solid refuse; and
2. Every soap boiler shall cause the floor of every place in which any process of
his trade is carried on or in which any material is stored and the inner walls of every
such place to be built of brick, stone, concrete or of other impervious material
smoothly rendered, and to be kept at all times in good order and repair and to be
thoroughly .washed as often as may be necessary to keep the same in a clean and
wholesome condition, and he shall cause the premises to be provided with an adequate
supply of water for the purpose.
3. Every soap boiler shall cause all parts of. the premises in which his trade is
carried on to be suitably drained, and shall connect the. drains thereof with the
sewerage system or other system of drainage approved by the Local Authority, and
shall if required by the Local Authority, provide one or more cesspools or inter-
cepting chambers so situated and constructed as to prevent solid matter from
finding access to the house or street drain or sewer and so ventilated that offensive
effluvium therefrom shall not escape so as to be a nuisance or injurious to health.
4. Every soap boiler shall cause every process of his trade in which. any offensive
effluvium, vapour or gas is generated to be carried on in such a manner that no
offensive effluvium, vapour or gas shall escape into the external air, and he shall
cause all such offensive effluvium, vapour or gas to be effectually destroyed.
5. Every soap boiler shall provide his boilers, digesters, condensers, or other
apparatus in which any·offensive effluvium, vapour or gas may be generated with the
best possible appliances for preventing the escape into the external air of any offensive
effluvium, vapour or gas.
6. Every soap boiler shall cause every room, chamber or other place which may
be used on or in connection with the premises where his trade is carried on for the
purpose of receiving, treating or storing any material, manufactured product,
residue or other matter from which any offensive effluvium, vapour or gas may be
evolved to be furnished with sµitable appliances so constructed and used as to
effectually prevent any such effluvium, vapour or gas from escaping into the external
air, and shall cause all such effluvium, vapour or gas to be destroyed.
7. Every soap boiler shall cause the floors, walls and ceilings of premises in whkh
any process of his tra9-e is carried on to be kept thoroughly clean and in good repair,
and shall not store empty boxes, drums, or barrels soiled with offensive matter
unless they have been thoroughly cleansed with steam or otherwise.
8. Every soap boiler shall at all times afford free access to every part of his
premise~ to the Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector for the purpose
of inspecting the sanitary condition of the premises.
9. For the purpose of diminishing the offensiveness of the trade and to safeguard
the public health by preventing or diminishing the breeding of flies, every soap
boiler shall, in cleansing the premises in which any process of his trade is carried on
or in which any material is stored, make free use of such disinfectant and deodorant
solut~ons as the Me_dical Officer-may approve. ·
10. Every soap boiler shall cause every inner surface a·nd every ceiling in every
part of the premises in which his trade is carried on to be thoroughly washed with
limewash in the months of April and October in each year, and at such other tiines
as may be necessary for th.e purpose of keeping the premises in a clean and whole-
some condition.
Provided nevertheless he shall not Jimewash the inner surface of any wall or part
of a wall where such surface is properly covered with hard, smooth aml impervious
material.
11. Every soap boiler shall cause all material used and all-refuse, residue or other
•matter from which any offensive effluvj.um, vapour or gas is evolved or is liable to be
evolved, to be placed in properly closed receptacles, or to be other-wise dealt with in
such manner as to prevent any such effluvium, vapour or gas from escaping into the
external air.
PENALTY.
12. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall be
to a penalty of $10.00 for each day aftei: written notice thereof from the Local
. Authority.
STABLES (SAN FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under ~ection 67 of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G.
SITUATION OF STABLES. 15.12.27.
1. No Stable shall be erected at a less distance than 6 feet from any part of any
house, or of any kitchen forming a part thereof, or within_6 feet of any adjoining lot.
CONSTRUCTION OF STABLES •
. 2. (a) The floor of every Stable shall be properly paved with good cement concrete
smoothly rendered and so graded as to cause all liquid manure and washings from
the Stable to fl.ow directly into a barrel-shaped drain not less than nine inches deep
)aid along the outer edge of the floor and provided with an intercepting catchpit in
its course to the street drain, such catchpit being of sufficient size to hold all liquid
. . 27 (2)
manure discharged in the Stable in the interval between the times prescribed here-
under for the cleansing and flushing of Stables in each day. Provided that nothing
in this bye-law shall prevent any person who desires to do so from laying down
moveable flooring of planks over the concrete.
(b) The ground adjoining the portion of the drain which lies in the front of
every Stable shall be paved with good cement concrete, smoothly rendered for a
distance of at least four feet from the drain, and graded so as to cause the splashings
and washings from the Stable to flow back into the drain.
3. (a) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a Stable shall
cause the floor and the paved surface in front of such Stable to be thoroughly swept
day, or such other hour as the Local Authority may by resolution appoint.
(b) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a Stable shall
cause the drain leading from such Stable, together with the catchpit connected
thereto to be at one and the same time thoroughly flushed, swept and cleansed with
a generous supply of clean water, and disinfected with an efficient liquid disinfectant
and deodorant not later than 8 o'clock in the morning of every day, or such other
hour as the Local Authority may by resolution appoint.
(c) For the proper flushing and cleansing of every Stable, the owner of the
premises shall provide a proper water supply on the premises.
(d) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a Stable, shall
Stable to be limewashed twice at least in every year, that is to say, once during the
month of May and once during the month of October, and oftener when required by
4. The contents of the catchpit laid in the course of the drain connected with a
Stable shall not be permitted to flow into the street drains except at the times
prescribed in the next preceding bye-law for flushing and cleansing the drain leading
from such Stable.
REGULATION FOR THE USE OF STABLES.
5. No Stable shall be used for any other purpose than the Stabling of horses,
asses or mules.
6. (a) The owner of every Stable shall provide, above the ground a water-tight
receptacle of good cement concrete smoothly rendered externally and internally 1 or
a suitable metal or metal-lined receptacle approved by the Authority, in a suitable
position outside such Stable for the purpose of holding all refuse, dung or other
offensive matter deposited in the stable or on the adjoining ground in the intervals
between their removal from the premises, and every such receptacle shall be fitted
with a properly fitting metal or metal-lined cover, and shall at all times be kept in
proper repair and covered while in use.
(b) The owner or occupier of every premises in which there is a Stable shall
cause the contents of every such receptacle to be removed from the premises as often
as is necessary, and not less than once every day.
(c) Every receptacle as aforesaid shall be cleansed and disinfected daily after
the removal of its contents from the premises.
PENALTY.
7. Every person who shall offend against any of the prov1s1ons of any of the
foregoing bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24~.00,and
.in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for every day
after written notice thereof from the Local Authority.
TANNING (SAN FERNANDO) BYE-LAWS.

1. Every person who shall apply for sanction to carry on the trade of tanning
(1) A plan and sections, to a scale of not less than one-eighth of an inch to
showing the provision made or proposed to be made, for the conduct of such
trade, and the drainage, ventilation and water supply of such premises.
(2) A survey plan of the locality showing the streets, buildings and inhabited
of not less than 100 feet to an inch.
(3) A general explanation of the business, trade, or manufacture to be
carried on and of the raw materials, processes, and the product thereof.
into sewers; (c) the disposal of solid refuse, and
2. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall cause the
walls of his receiving room and fleshing or scraping rooms to be built of good cement
concrete or other equally solid and impervious material, and shall cause the floors
thereof and any room where skins are stored to be properly paved with good cement
concrete, or other suitable jointless and impervious material, smoothly rendered,
having a proper slope towards a channel or gully leading to the public sewer or
drainage system approved by the Local Authority.
3. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall provide
his premises with a plentiful supply of pure water at convenient places for the
purpose of keeping the premises in a clean and wholesome condition.
4. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall cause all
parts of his premises to be suitably drained, and shall connect the drains thereof
with the sewerage system or other system of drainage approved by the Local
Authority, and shall, if required by the Local Authority, provide a cesspool or inter-
cepting chamber, so situated and constructed as to prevent solid matter from
finding access to the house or street sewer, and so ventilated that offensive effluvium
5. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall ca,use all
lime or chrome or other pits or tanks for the treatment of hides or skins to be so
built and connected with one or more cesspools or intercepting chambers that no.
solid matter therefrom shall find access to the sewerage system.
6. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall take the
best possible means to prevent the escape into the external air of any noxious or
offensive effluvium, vapour or gas generated in any process of his trade. · ·
floors, walls and ceilings of premises in which his business is carried on to be kept
thoroughly clean and in good repair. He shall cause the floors of the liming and
scraping rooms and of the place where fresh or unsalted skins are stored to be
thoroughly cleansed with pure water and disinfected and deodorised with such
on the surface, and every ceiling which is .not glazed or painted to be washed with
hot lime in the months of April and October in each year, and at such other times
as may be necessary to keep the premises in a clean and wholesome condition.
8. He shall at the close of every working day, cause all hair, fleshings, and refuse
and placed in a suitable part of the premises, and if such hair, fleshings, and refuse
422 Ch. 12. 1 .o. 4.J Public Health.
upon the premises he shall cause them to be removed therefrom forthwith, or other-
wise disposed of so as not to cause a nuisance or_be offensive or injurious to health.
drains in connection with his premises to be thoroughly flushed out with water and
to be disinfected and dedorised ·with a disinfectant and deodoriser -approved by the
Medical Officer of Health, ,vhenever necessary, and at any time, if required by the
Medical Officer of Health or a Sanitary Inspector.
He shall also cause to be emptied at such times as the nature of his trade demands
or as the Medical Officer of Health may require any cesspool, intercepting chamber
or catchpii used in connection with his trade.
every vehicle, vessel, utensil, or instrument provided ci't used in connection with the
trade to be kept thoroughly clean.
11. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall prevent
the dust arising from the grinding of mangrove bark divi-divi or other substance
all waste lime, salts of chromic acid or other agent used in the treatment of hides
or skins which have been taken out of any pit upon the premises where his trade is
carried on to be forthwith disposed of in such manner as not to be a nuisance or
injurious to health. ·
13. The Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector may enter and
inspect any premises in which the trade of tanning is established or carried on at any
time during the hours within which such trade is being carried on, and the owner or
person in charge of such ·premises shall afford every facility to the inspecting officer.
PENALTY.
14. Any person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall be
to a penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice thereof from the Local Authority.
AERATED WATER FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS (ARilVIA) BYE-LAWS.
R.G. 15.1.31. -Bye-laws made under section 158 of the Public Health Ordinance.
L These bye-laws may be cited as the Aerated Water Factories and Workshops
(Borough of Arima) Bye-laws. ·
CLEANLINESSOF RoorvIS AND FREEDOM FROM EFFLUVIA.

2. The floor of every aerated water factory or workshop shall be built of good
cement concrete or other irn.permeable material, smoothly rendered.
3. Every owner or occupier of an aerated water factory or workshop shall cause
.every part of the interior of such factory or workshop to be thoroughly cleansed
from time to time as often as may be necessary to secure that such factory or work-
shop shall be at all times clean and free from effluvia. He shall cause the floor of
such factory or workshop to be thoroughly swept and washed at least once every
day.
REMOVAL OF REFUSE.
4. The owner or occupier shall cause all refuse and waste matter to be forthwith
removed and disposed of in a covered metal or metal-lined receptacle. .

5. The owner or occupier shall cause every room to be supplied with windows or
other openings for ventilation and light to the satisfaction of the Local Authority ..
Public Health. [Ch; 12. No. 4. 423
SUFFICIENCY, TYPE AND POSITION OF SAI'i:ITARY CONVENIENCES.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE CONTAMINATION OF DRINKS IN COURSE OF

MANUFACTURE.
7. No aerated water factory or workshop shall be built or established in a barrack
yard.
8. The owner or occupier shall take steps to the satisfaction of the Local Authority
to ensure the thorough cleansing of bottles, measures, and other receptacles used in
the manufacture of aerated waters.
9. He shall cause all bottles, jars or other receptacles in which sugar, syrup,
essences or any other ingredients or articles used in the manufacture of aerated waters
are stored, to be kept at all times securely covered and protected from flies and other
vermin, dust and dirt.
10. The type of bottle or syphon shall in every case be subject to the approval
11. The owner or occupier shall riot use or suffer or permit any aerated water
factory or workshop to be used as a sleeping place or living room and shall not allow
or cause any living or sleeping room to open directly by means of doors or windows
or other ventilating openings into any aerated water factory or workshop.
12. No animal shall be kept in any aerated water factory or workshop nor in any
other part of the premises on which an aerated water factory or workshop is situate,
unless the position of the stable or pen is first approved by the Local Authority.
13. No machine or filter shall be used in the manufacture of aerated waters except
it be of a. type and in a condition approved by the Local Authority.
14. The owner or occupier shall take steps to ensure that only clean potable or
filtered water shall be employed in the manufacture of aerated waters.
PRECAUTION AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTION.

15. The owner or occupier shall not allow a person suffering from infectious or
communicable disease or from any sores to be employed in any part of the process
of manufacture of aerated waters, or to be at any time on the premises of an
aerated_ water factory or workshop.
PENALTY;
a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice
BAKE-HOUSES (ARIMA) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under the provisions of section 150 of the Public R.G.
Health Ordinance. 18.10.11.
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1. The owner of every bake-house shall cause the walls of such bake-house to be
constructed with a smooth surface.
2. The owner of every bake-house shall cause the floor of such bake-house to be
constructed of good cement concrete or of other impervious material, smoothly
rendered.
424 Ch. 12. J.J Public Health.

3. The keeper of every bake-house shall at all times keep such bake-house and every
part thereof in a clean and sanitary condition. He shall cause the floor of such
bake-house to be thoroughly swept and washed at least once every day.
PREVENTION OF ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE,

PENALTY.
BARRACKS AND BARRACK YARDS ("'\RIMA) BYE-LAWS.

10.10.18.
1. (1) These bye-laws may be cited as the Arima Barracks and Barrack Yards
bye-laws.
(2) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
" occupier " includes the person to whom any room in a barrack or barrack yard
is let and any other person in actual occupation of such room.

be necessary to keep such room in a clean and wholesome state, cause such room to
be thoroughly cleansed and freed from vermin, and shall also cause the ftoor of every
such room to be thoroughly swept daily before the hour of three in the afternoon,
and to be well and sufficiently washed at least once in each week.
3. The occupier of every room in a barrack or barrack yard shall ca.use every
window and every fixture or fitting of wood, stone or metal, and every painted
surface in every such room to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often as
may be requisite.
receptacle for such filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
5. Every room or part of any building occupied as a living room in a barrack or
barrack yard shall be ventilated directly to the outside air where possible on at least
two sides and shall be provided with such and so many openings as the Local Author-
ity shall deem sufficient to ensure adequate ventilation of and access of light to
every such room or part of a building, and every such means of ventilation shall be
maintained at all times in good order and efficient action.

6. Every owner of a barrack or barrack yard shall provide the same with a proper
and sufficient ·water supply.
PRIVIES.
7. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall provide privies therein in the
proportion of not less than one privy for every four rooms.
Public Health. [Ch. 12. .o. 4. 425
8. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall provide at least one receptacle
for house refuse to every six rooms, and every such receptacle shall be of metal or
metal-lined, and such receptacle shall be of a capacity not exceeding two and a half
cubic feet, and shall be provided vvith a suitable cover, and shall at all times, be kept
in good repair, and covered while in use.

9. In every case where the occupier of any room in a barrack or barrack yard has
been informed or has ascertained or has reasonable ground for believing that any
person in any room in such barrack or barrack yard is ill of an infectious disease,
For the purposes of this and the four succeeding bye-laws, the expression " in-
fectious disease " means Diphtheria, Membranous Group, Typhoid or Enteric Fever,
Cholera, Plague, Yellow Fever, Small Pox and any other disease which the Governor
by notice in the Royal Gazette may declare to be an infectious disease for the purposes
of the Public Health Ordinance.*
10. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard, immediately after· he has been
Officer of Health.
11. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard, immediately after he shall have
been informed or shall have ascertained that any occupier of such barrack or
barrack yard is ill of any infectious disease, shall adopt all such precautions as may
be necessary to prevent the spread of such infectio.us disease.
12. \Vhere, in consequence of the illness of the occupier of any room in a barrack
the infection through the letting of any room or rooms in such barrack or barrack
death, removal or recovery of any occupier of a room therein who may have been ill
of any infectious disease, give written notice thereof to the Medical Officer of Health,
and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause every part of the room v;rhich may
have been occupied by such occupier to be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected
and shall also cause every article in such room which may be liable to retain infec-
tion to be in like manner cleansed and disinfected, unless the Local Authority shall
have ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall comply with all instructions of the
Medical Officer of Health as to the proper cleansing and disinfection of the room and
articles.
14. When such room and articles shall have been thoroughly cleansed and dis-
infected in accordance with such instructions, the owner shall give written notice
thereof to the Medical Officer of Health; and until two days from the giving of such
notice shall have elapsed, and unless and until by such cleansing and disinfection the
necessary precautions for preventing the spread of infection shall have been duly
taken, such owner shall not cause or suffer any such room to be let or occupied.
INSPECTION.
person having or acting in the care or management thereof and, in the case of un-
tenanted rooms, the owner of the barrack or barrack yard, shall at all times when
required by any officer of the Local Authority give him free access to such room and
to every part thereof.
PAINTING AND YVHITEWASHING OF WALLS.

16. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard shall cause the walls of every
tops are plastered or not, to be either painted v.,ith oil or varnish or to be limewashed.
When painted with oil or varnish, there shall be one coat of paint or varnish at least,
and more when required by the Medical Officer of Health, and the paint or varnish
shall be renewed once at least in every four years, and shall be washed v.,ith hot
water and soap once at least in every six months; when limewashed, the limewashing
shall be renewed once at least in every year, and oftener when required by the
DRAINS AND SANITARY ARRANGEr.IENTS.

sanitary arrangements in such premises to be maintained at all times, clean and in
good repair and in efficient action.
PAVING OF YARDS.
such yard or open space to be properly_ paved with good cement concrete or with
PENALTY.
CO:\/IlVION LODGIKG HOUSES (ARIMA) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. Bye-lavvs made under section 141 of the Public Health Ordinance.
18.10.17.
1. In· these· byealaws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
in the register of common lodging houses kept by the Local Authority under sec-
tion 135 of the Public Health Ordinance.
FIXING OF NUMBER OF LODGERS ..

2. A keeper shall not at any one time receive or cause or suffer to be received into
a common lodging house or into any room thereof a greater number of lodgers than
shall be fixed by the Local Authority and be specified in a notice according to the
form in Schedule I to these bye-laws, which shall be duly served upon or delivered .
to such keeper, and shall continue in force until, in pursuance of the provisions of
the bye-law in that behalf, the number so fixed and ·specified shall be varied by the
Local Authority.
to vary the number of lodgers fixed by them to be received into a common lo_dging
delivered to the keeper of such house, a notice according to the form in Schedule 2
to these bye-laws, and such ·keeper shall not at any, one time after the date specified
room therein a greater number of lodgers than shall be specified in such notice, and
such notice shall continue in force until in pursuance of the provisions of-this bye-law
SEPARATION OF THE SEXES;

4. The keeper of a common lodging house shall not allow persons of opposite sexes
above seven years of age to occupy the same sleeping apartment, except in the case
of a married couple.

windows, doors and walls of a common lodging house to be thoroughly cleansed and
freed from vermin, and .shall also cause the floors of every room, passage, and stair-
case to be thoroughly swept daily before the hour of three in the afternoon, and.to
be well and sufficiently washed at least once in each week. ·
any building occupied as a living room in•a common lodging house to be ventil~ted
7. The keeper of every common lodging house shall cause all solid or liquid :filth
or refuse to be removed once at least in every day from every room therein, and shall
once at least in every day cause every vessel, utensil or· other receptacle for such
filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
PRIVIES.
proportion of not les~ than one privy for every sixteen lodgers.
9. The keeper .of every common lodging house shall provide at least one ·receptacle
or metal-lined or a wooden box, and such receptacle or box shall be of a capacity
not exceeding two and a half cubic feet, and shall be provided with a suitable cover,
and shall at all times be kept in good repair and covered while in use.
PRECAUTIONS
. IN CASE
.
OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
infectious disease, shall adopt all such precautions as may be necessary to prevent the
spread of such infectious disease.
For the purposes of this and the four succeeding bye-laws, the expression "in-
fectious disease," means diphtheria, membranous croup, typhoid or enteric fever,
cholera, plague, yellow fever, small pox and any other disease which the Governor
by notice in the Royal Gazette may declare to be an infectious disease, for the purpose
of the Public Health Ordinance.*
I I. Such keeper shall not, at any time while such lodger is su:ffe1ing from such
infectious disease, cause or allow any other person except the wife or any other rela-
tive of such lodger, or except a person in attendance on such lodger, to use or occupy
the same room as such lodger.
12. ·,;;vhere, in pursuance of the statutory provision in that behalf, the ·Local
Authority may order the removal of such lodger at the cost of such Local Authority
to a hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, such keeper, on being
informed of such order, shall forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite on his
part to secure the safe and prompt removal of such lodger in compliance with the
order of the Local Authority, and shall, in and about such removal, adopt all pre-
cautions as, in accordance with any instructions which he may receive from the
Medical Officer of Health may be most suitable for the circumstances of the case.
13. Where, in consequence of the illness of such lodger there may be reasonable
or rooms .of the maximum number of lodgers authorised to be received therein, such
receive therein such number of lodgers, being less than the maximum number, as
the exigencies of the case may require.
to the Medical Officer of Health, and shall as soon as conveniently may be, cause
every part of the room which may have been occupied by such lodger to be thoroughly
cleansed and disinfected, and shall also cause every article in such room which may -
be liable to retain infection to be in like manner cleansed and ·disinfected, unless the
Local Authority shall have ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall comply
15. When the same shall have been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in accord-
ance with such instructions, he shall give written notice thereof to the Medical Officer
of Health; and until two days from the giving of such notice shall have elapsed, and
unless and until such cleansing and disinfection the necessary precautions for pre-
venting the spread of infection shall have been duly taken, such keeper shall not cause
or suffer any other lodger to be received into the.room which, in the case hereinbefore
specified, may have been exposed to infection.
INSPECTION.
16. The keeper of a common lodging house and every person having or acting
in the care or management thereof, shall at all times when required by any officer
of the Local Authority give him free access to such house and to every part thereof.
PAINTING AND WHITEWASHING OF WALLS,

17. The owner of every common lodging house shall cause the inside walls ·of the
rooms of such house and the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls,
lodging house to be either painted with oil or varnish or to be limewashed. When
be renewed once at least in every five years, and shall be washed with hot water and
soap once at least in every $ix months; when limewashed, the lime washing shall be
renewed once at least in every year, and oftener when required by the Medical
Officer of Health.
DRAINS AND SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS,
18. The keeper of every common lodging house shall cause all drains and an
sanitary arrangements in such preinises to be maintained at all times in good order
and condition and in efficient action.
PAVING OF YARDS.
19. The o,vner of every common iodging house in connection with which there is
·such yard or open space to be properly paved with good cement concrete or with
good asphalt oii a proper foundation, and to be sloped to a properly constructed
channel so as effectually to_ carry off all rain and waste water therefrom, and shall
PENALTY.
I

Pitblic Health. [Ch. 12. No. :. 429
FIRST SCHEDULE.
To
VVhereas, in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf, you have been
duly licensed by the Local Authority for the Town of Arima to use the premises
known as ::fo. , street in the Town of Arima for the purpose of a common
lodging house, and to receive lodgers therein;
. Now, I, , Secretary to the said Local Authority, do hereby' give you
one time into such house and into the several rooms therein, the number specified
FORM.

Licence No.
Name of Keeper
The Number of lodgers who may be received at any one time into this house is
No. of Lodgers who may be received m such

No. of Room.
10
11
12
SECOND SCHEDULE.
To
vVHEREAS, in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf you have been
duly licensed by the Local Authority for the Town of Arima to use the premises
known as No. , in the said Town of Arima for the purpose of a common
lodging house, and to receive lodgers therein.
And whereas the said Local Authority have determined that it is expedient to
house and into the several rooms thereof; · ·
N o,v, I, , Secretary to the said Local Authority, do hereby give you
notice that from and after the day of , :).9 , the number of
lodgers who may be received at any one time into such house and into the several
rooms therein shall be the number specified in respect of such house and of each of
such rooms in the form hereunto appended.
FORM.
Common· Lodging House.

Licence No.
Name of Keeper
. . .
appropriate column of the following table:---:
No. of Room. No. of Lodgers who may be _received in such room

at any one time.
7
8
10
11
12
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SHOPS (ARIMA) BYE-LAWS.

INSPECTION .OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SHOPS .
. 1. The Medical Officer of Health or Sanitary Inspector may inspect any hotel,
and intended for human consumption is exposed or offered for sale at any time while
such place· is open for business, as ,veil as all or any instruments, appliances, furniture,
utensils, fixtures and accessories used in connection ¥lith the business carried on in
The owner or occupier of such hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other place shall ·
afford every facility to the inspecting officer.

retail shop or other place to be swept, cleansed and kept clean, and all instruments,
appliances, furniture, utensils, fixtures and accessories used in connection with the
business carried on in such place to be _cleansed, disinfected and kept clean to the
PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION OF ARTICLES OF FOOD.

shall take steps to ensure that all articles of food intended, exposed or offered for sale
for human consumption are at all times properly protected in cupboards, bins,
from contamination by flies, dust, or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

4. The owner or occupier .of any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place
(where any article of food is exposed or offered for sale) shall not employ any person
suffering from an infectious or communicable disease; and it shall be the duty of such
of any infectious or communicable disease or of any disease the sympfoms of which
disease, in• any person on such premises whether such person is an occupier, em-
ployee, employer, guest or customer. · ·
5. Where in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf, the Local

communicable disease from any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place
to a hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, the owner or occupier on
being informed of such order, shall forthwith take all steps as may be requisite on
his part to secure the safe and prompt removal of such occupier, employee, employer,
guest or customer in compliance with the order of the Local Authority, and shall in
and about such removal adopt all precautions and instructions which he may
receive from the Medical Officer of Health.

6. The Local Authority may order the owner or occupier to paint, varnish,
distemper or limewash the inner and outer walls and all fixtures, counters, shelves,
doors, windows and partitions of any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such
place, when in the opinion of the Local Authority such painting, varnishing, dis-
tempering, or limewashing is necessary to keep such premises in a clean and whole-
some condition.
Di'JTIES OF OCCUPIER WITH REGARD TO REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.

front any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place and disposed of in a·
covered moveable metal receptacle or wooden box lined with tin not exceeding
twelve cubic feet in capacity as often as may be necessary.
PENALTY.
HOUSE REFUSE (ARIMA) BYE-LAWS.

18.10.17.
1. In the construction of these bye-laws the expression "House Refuse " means
.dust and sweepings of rooms and business premises, waste paper, broken glass and
crockery, and includes kitchen refuse, yard refuse, and flower garden refuse, when
contained in the prescribed refuse receptacles, but does not include branches of trees,
manure, building materials, or the waste products of any trade or manufacture, nor
broken glass and crockery from business premises in larger quantities than would
be produced from a dwelling house in the ordinary course of living therein.
2. The occupier of every dwelling house not being a barrack and the owner of every
barrack and barrack yard in the Town and the keeper of every co=on lodging
house in the Town shall not later than 7 o'clock in the morning on such day as the
Local Authority may fix by notice and the occupier of every business pre.mises shall
not later than 8 o'clock in the morning on such day deposit within the gateway of
such premises in a conveniently accessible position a moveable receptacle in which
shall be placed all the house refuse of such premises for the purpose of removal by
the Local Authority. ·
3. The receptacle to be provided shall be of metal or metal-lined or a wooden box
or barrel of a capacity not exceeding, in the case of dwelling houses, two and a half
cubic feet, and in the case of business premises and hotels twelve cubic feet, and such
· receptacle or box shall be provided with a suitable cover, and shall at all times be
kept in good repair, and covered while in use.
4. In the case of premises other than barrack yards, it shall be the duty of the
the duty of the persons using the receptacles to see that they are at all times kept
properly covered. ·
5. Where in any business premises or hotel the receptacle provided exceeds two
and a half cubic feet in capacity, the occupier of the premises shall provide the
·necessary assistance to the scavengers for emptying the contents of such receptacle
into the fJCavenging carts.
6. No person save the owner or occupier or a person employed by the Authority
to remove house refuse, shall remove from any receptacle containing the same any
part of such refuse.
PENALTY,
. 7. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing
HUCKSTERS (ARI.MA) BYE-LAWS.

PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION BY DUST AND FLIES OR' OTHERWISE OF FOOD-
STUFFS EXPOSED FOR SALE OUTSIDE OF ANY BUILDING OR IN ANY STREET,
SQUARE OR PUBLIC PLACE IN URBAN DISTRICTS.
1. Every tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle used for the purpose of
keeping, selling or offering for sale outside of any building or on any street, square
provided by. the owner with an efficient cover of wood, metal or other suitable
material to protect such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery
from contamination from flies, dust or otherwise; and it shall not be lawful for any
person to sell or expose for sale outside of any building or in any street, square or
public place any such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, in any
tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle unless the same is protected from
contamination as aforesaid by means of such cover.
2. Every tray, box, basket, brnadcart or other receptacle and every such cover
shall at all times be kept by the owner and every person having charge of same in a
3. All articles of food exposed in the same manner set forth in these bye-laws shall
be kept at a height of not less than two feet from the sidewalk, pavement or ground
above which they are placed, and all tables or similar structures whether fixed or
movable on which such articles of food are exposed shall be washed and scrubbed as
often as may be necessary to keep them in a clean and wholesome condition to the
satisfaction of the Local Authority. ·
PENALTY,
of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after ·written
MILK, SALE OF (ARIMA) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under section 83 of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 24.9.31 .
1. For the purposes of these bye-laws the expression "licensed vendor of milk''
REGISTRATION OF PERSONS KEEPING Cows.

2. (1) No person shall keep cows in the Borough of Arima unless he is registered
as a cowkeeper in the Register kept by the Local Authority for the registration of
such persons.
(2) For the purpose of registration all persons keeping cows shall forthwith
LICENSING OF PLACES IN WHICH COWS ARE KEPT FOR THE SALE OF MILK AND THE
PREVENTION OF THE KEEPING OF TUBERCULOUS COWS IN SUCH PLACES.
3. (1) No person shall keep cows for the Sale of Milk in any place in the Borough
unless snch place is licensed for the purpose by the Local Authority.
(2) The application for every such licence shall be according to Form 1 in the
Schedule to these Bye-laws, and shall be accompanied by a certificate from or
approved by the Council's Inspector of Anima.ls and Meat to the effect that every cow
T.-VIII. 28
in the proposed place has within a period of six months previous to such application
come from an accredited herd or been tested by the tuberculin test without reaction.
(3) The application for every such licence shall be further accompanied by a
certificate from the Medical Officer of Health of the Local Authority that the place
complies with these Bye-laws.
(4) Such licence shall be according to Form 2 in the said Schedule, and after
the date of the granting thereof it shall not be lawful to bring any other cow into
such licensed place without the permission in writing of the Medical Officer of
Health to be granted only upon production of a like certificate as is mentioned in
sub-paragraph (2) of this bye-law in respect of each such cow.
LICENSING OF DAIRYMEN AND FIXING THE FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF SUCH

LICENCE.
4: (1) No-person shall be a dairyman ·within the Borough unless he has obtained
a licence as such from the Local Authority.
(3) The application for every such licence shall be according to Form 3 in
the Schedule hereto, and shall be accompanied by a medical certificc!,te that the
applicant and all persons engaged or employed by him in handling the milk are free
from contagious or infectious disease and are fit to be so employed.
(4) Such licence shall be according to Form 4 in the said Schedule.

Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector or any other Officer of the Local
Authority specially authorised by them in that behalf, may visit for the purpose of
inspecting cattle, and every person for the time being having the care or control of
any such dairy, or of any cattle therein, shall afford such Medical Officer of Health,
Sanitary Inspector or other Officer, all reasonable assistance that may, for the purpose
of the inspection, be required by him. ·
6. (1) Every dairyman shall cause every part of the intetior of every daµ-y or
other place in his occupation to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often
as may be necessary to secure that such dairy or other place shall be at all times
clean and sweet, and not less than once in every day.
(2) Such person shall cause the ceiling or interior of the roof and the walls of
every dairy in his occupation to be limewashed twice at least in every year, that is
to say, once during the month of May and once during the month of October, and at
such other times as may be necessary:
or walls, that may be properly painted or varnished, or constructed of or covered
with any material such as to render the limewashing unsuitable or inexpedient, and
that may be otherwise properly cleansed.
(3) He shall cause the floor of every such dairy to be thoroughly swept, and
may be necessary, and not less than once in every. day.
7. (1) Every dairyman shall cause the drainage of every dairy in his occupation
to be so arranged that all liquid matter which may fall or be cast upon the floor shall
be conveyed by a suitable open channel to a drain inlet situate in the opei;:tair at a
proper distance from any door or ·window of such dairy,· or to some other suitable
place of disposal which is so situate.
(2) He shall not cause or suffer any inlet to any drain of such dairy to be
within such dairy.
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No. 4, 435
8. No cowshed shall be erected at a less distance than twelve feet from any part
of any house, or kitchen forming part thereof, or from any privy or cesspit, except
with the special permission of the Local Authority in writing.
CONSTRUCTION OF COWSHEDS.
9, (1) The floor of every cowshed shall not in any part be below the level of the
as to be impervious to moisture; and the surface shall be so graded that the liquid
(2) Every cowshed shall be provided with a roof so constructed as to be
watertight and of such dimension as to cover the entire floor space.
WATER SUPPLY OF COWSHEDS AND DAIRIES,

10. Every dairy and cowshed shall be provided with an adequate supply of good
and wholesome water for the cleansing thereof and of any vessels that may be used
therein for containing milk and for all other reasonable and necessary purposes in
connection with the use thereof.
REGULATION OF COWSHEDS AND DAIRIES,

11. (1) No cowshed shall be used for any other purpose than the stabling and the
milking of cows.
(2) Every cowshed and dairy shall at all times be maintained in a good
condition of repair.
(3) It shall not be lawful to occupy any room or other-place as a dairy or part
-0£ a dairy unless such room is effectually separated from any apartment used as a
living or sleeping room and is directly ventilated to the open air.

kept in accordance with the Bye-laws made by the Local Authority in that behalf,
or in some other properly paved place adjacent to such cowshed.

CONTAMINATION.
by the Local Authority for the purpose, unless such ·place shall at the time when
any cow is being milked therein be thoroughly swept and cleansed and free from all
manure, dirt, dust, cobweb and any other matter liable to expose the milk to in-
fection or contamination.
14. (1) Every dairyman and every licensed vendor of milk by retail shall take all
reasonable and proper precautions, in connection with the storage and distribution
contamination.
(2) He shall not deposit or keep any milk intended for sale-
(a) in any room or place where it would be liable to become infected 01·
contaminated by impure air or by any offensive, noxious, or deleterious
gas or substance, or by flies, dust or dirt; or
(b) in any room or building or part of a building communicating directly
by door, ·window, or otherwise with any room used as a sleeping room, or in
which there is any person suffering from any infectious or contagious
disease, or which has been used by any person suffering from any such·
disease and has not been properly disinfected; or
(c) in any room or building or part of a building in which there is any
28 (2)
Ch. 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
(3) He shall not keep milk for sale or cause or suffer any such milk to be
placed,.in any vessel, receptacle or utensil which is not thoroughly clean.
thoroughly clean; and
(b) unless the person milking such cow is personally clean and his hands have
been thoroughly cleansed with soap and water before mil.kj.ng such .cow; and
(c) unless the person milking such cow at the time of such milking wears a
clean outer garment or overall.
15. No person shall. use any milkpail or utensil for containing milk for sale by
retail unless such receptacle is designed or constructed to the satisfaction of the
Local Authority.
vendor of milk shall cause every milk vessel that may be used by _him for containing
LICENSING OF PERSONS CARRYING ON THE BUSINESS OF SELLING, HAWKING FOR SALE

AND DELIVERING MILK. .
17. No person shall carry on the business of selling milk or shall sell, hawk for
sale or deliver milk, without having previously obtained a licence in Form 5 in the
Schedule hereto.from the Local Authority. · ·
BADGES FOR PERSONS ACTVALLY SELLING OR CARRYING MILK.
18. No pers0n shall sell or deliver milk in the Borough of Arima to the customers
of any dairyman or of any licensed vendor of milk, unless the person so actu_ally
selling or carrying milk has a badge supplied by the Local Authority bearing the
licence number of such dairyman or licensed vendor of milk.
_EXHIBITION OF BADGE BY PERSON SELLING OR DELIVERING MILK.
· Rhall, whenever required to do so by any Officer of the Local Authority or by any
other person. thereunto authorised by such Authority, exhibi:t _such badge to such
Officer. ·
FEES FOR LICENCES AND BADGES.
· 20. F@r every licence to carry on the business of selling milk granteq. ·under these ·
Bye-laws there ~hall be paid to the Local Authority a fee of 24 cents.
21. For every badge issued to persons actually selling or delivering milk_on behalf
of any dairyman or licensed vendor of milk there shall be paid to the Local Authority
a fee of 24 cents:
PROHIBITION OF SALE OF MILK SUPPLIED FROlVI CATTLE, DAIRIES, ETC., WITH RESPECT
TO WHICH BYE-LAWS ARE NOT OBSERVED.
22, No person shall sell in the Borough of Arima any-milk supplied from cattle,
dairies or other places in the occupation of persons carrying on the trade of dairymen
with respect to which cattle, dairies or places the foregoing Bye-laws are not ob-
served, whether such ca:t:tle, dairies or places are kept or situated within or without
the Borough of Arima, or iil the cas~ of cattle, dairies or places kept or situated
without the Borough of .A,rim.a, with respect to which such persons do not allow
inspection thereof by the Local Authority of the Borough of Arima.
23. Any licence issued under the authority of these Bye-laws may be cancelled
by the Local Authority for any breach of any of these Bye-laws. Such cancellation
may be effected in addition to or independently of, any penalty provided by Bye-
law 24.
PENALTY.
24. Every person who shall offend against any 9f the provisions of the foregoing
Bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case
notice thereof from the Lpcal Authority.
SCHEDULE.
Foru.,1 1.
Application for Licence to use a Place for Keeping Cows for the S~e of Milk.
To THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE l:JRBAN DISTRICT OF THE BOROUGH OF ARIMA.
I , of , do hereby apply for a licence in pursuance of the 'Bye-law
in that behalf to use the place hereinafter described for the keeping of cows for the
~ale of Milk. And I hereby declare that, to the best of my .knowledge and belief,
the several particulars hereunder set forth with respect to the said place are true and
correct.
PARTICULARS.
2. No. of Stalls
3. No. of Cows
4. Full name and address of owner of the premises
Signature of Applicant ..
FORM 2.
Cowshed Licence. (Bye-law
19 3 (3).)
of , is hereby licensed to use and occupy as a, place where Cows
may be kept for the Sale of Milk the Cowshed situated at , in the premises
No. , in the Urban District of the Borough of Arima, during the year
ending 31st December, 19
Local Authority.
FORM 3.
Application for Licence as a Dairyman. (Bye-law
4 (3).)
To THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE URBAN DISTRICT OF THE BOROUGH OF ARIMA,
I, . , of , do hereby apply to be licensed as a Dairyman. And I
the J?ersons employed by me in the d;tiry, and the persons from whom I obtain any
port10n of the supply of milk are true and correct.
1. Situation of premises
2. Description of premises
3. No. of Cows kept
438 Ch. 12. 10. 4.] Public Health.

milk .
5. Names and addresses of persons from whom milk is obtained
6. Sources of milk supply
FORM 4.
(Bye-law Dairyman's Licence.

4 (4).) 19
of , is licensed to carry on the business of a Dairyman in the
Urban District of the Borough of Arima for the year ending 31st December, 19
FEE PAID---60 CENTS.
Local Authority.
for which a further Licence must be taken out.
FEE-24 CENTS.
FORM 5.
(Bye-law 17). Milk Vendor's or Milk Hawker's Licence.
19
of , is licensed to carry on the business of Milk Vendor or Hawker
within the Urban District of the Borough of Arima during the year ending the
31st December, 19
FEE PAID-24 CENTS.
Local Authority.
MOSQUITOES (ARIJYIA) BYE-LAWS.

18.10.17.
PROTECTION OF RECEPTACLES FOR STORING vVATER.
I. No water shall be stored· (except in small quantities for drinking purposes)
unless efficiently protected against mosquitoes by the following method :-All
tanks, barrels or other receptacles for storing water shall have all openings except
the draw-off opening covered with wire gauze (18 meshes to the inch) or with a
piece of cheese cloth or fine mosquito netting, and all. fountains, pools, ponds, anti-
formicas or excavations made for any purpose whatever, in public or private pro-
perty, which may contain water, shall be kept stocked with mosquito destroying
fish, or shall be kept covered with a film of petroleum oil, or shall be mixed with
a suitable insecticide in sufficient strength to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
STAGNANT WATER.
2. Tp.e occupier or owner of any premises shall keep such premises free from
3. The occupier or owner of any premises shall keep his premises free of all articles,
appliances, trees or plants liable to breed mosquitoes.
FoR THE DISINFECTING AND OILING OF CESSPITS AND THE CLEANING OUT OF
CATCHPITS ..
Public Health. [Ch. 12. : ~o. 4. 4-39
require, and all catchpits tci be cleaned out as often as the Local Authority may
require.
obstruction so as to allow the ready passage of ,vater from the roofs of houses.
BUSH OR UNDERGROWTH.
PENALTY.
case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written
OFFENSIVE MATTER, REMOVAL AND CARRIAGE OF (ARIMA) BYE-

LA WS.
18.10.17.
Tmrn OF REMOVAL.
I. A person shall not within the Town of Arima remove or carry, or cause to be
removed or carried through the streets, any faecal or offensive or noxious matter or
liquid whether such matter or liquid shall be in course of removal or carriage from
within or without or through the Town except between the hours of 11 o'clock at
night and 6 o'clock in the morning.
VESSELS TO BE "CSED.
2. It shall not be lawful for any person within the Town to remove or carry, or
cause to be removed or carried through the streets, any faecal or offensive or noxious
matter or liquid, whether such matter or liquid shall be in the course of removal or
carriage from within or without or through the Town in any vessel or receptacle
which is not properly constructed and covered so as to prevent the escape of the
contents thereof.
CLEANSING PLACES WHERE FAECAL MATTER OR LIQUID FALLS.

3. If in the course of emptying any privy or cesspool, or removing nightsoil, or
faecal or offensive matter or liquid, any of such nightsoil, faecal or offensive matter
or_li9,uid shall be dropped or spilt in any street, passage, highway or thoroughfare
w1thm the Town the person or persons who are engaged in effecting such emptying
or removal shall well and carefully sweep and cleanse the place on which such matter
shall have been dropped or spilt as aforesaid, and shall effectually remove such matter
therefrom without delay.
PERMITS.
4. No person shall engage in the business of carrying or removing faecal matter
or offensive or noxious matter or liquid from any premises in the Town without a
permit from the Local Authority. .
PENALTY.
of ~ continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written
PRIVIES (ARIMA) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. 1.2.34. Bye-laws made under section 63 of the Public-IleaH:'fi Ordinance.
PRIVY BUILDINGS.
I. T?e varieties of privy may be pit, pail or water closet, and shall in each case
. be sub3ect to the approval of the Local Authority.
?· The access of flies, mosquitoes, and other insects to the contents of any pit or
pail closet shall be prevented to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
3. The floor of the privy shall be at a height of not less than 12 inches above the
level of the surface of the ground adjoining the privy.
PITS.
4. A raised concrete wall not less than 6 inches above ground level shall be built
around the top of each pit so as effectively to prevent the entrance of storm or waste
water or other drainage.
5. Every pit shall be at least five feet by five feet in width and of such depth
and design as may be approved by the Local Authority.
6. The contents of any privy shall at no time be exposed to any· rainfall or to the
drainage from storm or waste water, or liquid refuse on the premises.
7. Vvhenever any pit in use on any premises shall have been fiDed to within
18 inches of the surface of the ground, such pit shall forthwith be emptied, cleansed,
and disinfected, and the contents disposed of to the satisfaction of the Local Authority,
provided that if there are other conditions which, in the opinion of the Local Autho-
rity contribute continuous nuisances in spite of such emptying, cleansing, and
disinfecting, the owner of such premises shall provide a fresh privy within such time
as the Local Authority shall, by notice, in writing, specify, or under such other
provisions as they shall direct.
8. Every pit shall be so constructed as to afford easy means of access for the
purpose of emptying, cleansing, and removal of filth therefrom, if necessary, without
PAIL CLOSETS.
9. Moveable receptacles such as metal pails or buckets when used shall fit properly
under the privy seat and there shall be ready access from the back of the privy to
the pail for the purpose of removal and cleansing. In exceptional cases, with the
approval of the Local Authority, access may be from the front. Pails shall be pro-
vided with properly fitting covers when not in actual use.
10. No pail shall be allowed to become full, but shall be removed with the contents
from the premises and replaced by a clean pail at such intervals as the Local Authority
may approve and not less than twice every week. Pails shall not be cleansed or
to the place of disposal and be there buried or burnt or otherwise disposed of, to the
12. No privy except a water closet shall be nearer than 12 feet from any dwelling
or kitchen forming part thereof or 50 feet from any river or stream used as a source
of drinking water, except with the sanction, in writing, of the Local Authority.
WATER CLOSETS.
13. Where, in the opinion of the Local Authority, there is a sufficient supply of
water, the owner or occupier may construct a water closet with suitabl~ water clo_set
basin, flush tank, soil pipe, traps or any other necessary apparatus m connection
with a dwelling house. ·
Public Health. · [Ch. 12. No. 4. 441
14. Subject to the approval of the Local Authority in each case, the water closet
shall discharge through the soil pipe and underground pipe or drain into a ventilated
cesspool, or a soakaway pit with gravel bottom, or a septic tank. Provided that a
privy building may be erected directly over the tank.
15. In the qase of a septic tank or any modification of a septic tank, arrangements
ground or subsoil drains for the absorption and soaking away of the effluent or of a
suitable catchpit or moveable receptacle for receiving the effluent which shall be
disinfected and safely disposed of in such manner as the Local Authority may
approve.
Officer of Health thoroughly cleanse every cesspool or soakaway pit belonging to
such premises, and shall have such cesspool or soakaway pit and contents, if any,
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
and all fittings and accessories appurtenant thereto in or on such premises clean ·
and in a sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority, and, for that
purpose, shall cleanse the flooring, seats, and internal walls, or partitions of every
privy belonging to such premises and shall supply oil or other substance to every pit
belonging to such premises in such manner and as often as the Local Authority may
require.
18. Every privy shall be limewashed internally and externally whenever necessary
to keep it.in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
19. The owner of any premises shall maintain in proper condition and repair
every privy and the accessories thereto belonging to such premises.
20. Privies shall be provided in the proportion Qf one for every 16 persons living
in or employed at any house or building, and in the case of a barrack yard or house
let in lodgings .one separate privy seat at the least shall be provided for every three
separate rooms.
PENALTIES.
21. Any person offending agq,i.nst any of the provisions of the foregoing bye-laws,
shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of a
continuing offence a further penalty of $2.40 for each day after written notice of the
offence from the Local Au1;hority.
APPLICATION.
22. The foregoing bye-laws shall be applicable to the Urban Sanitary District of
the Town of -!'ll'ima. ·
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (ARIMA) BYE-LAWS.

TITLE.
I. These Bye-laws may be cited as the Arimi;i. Slaughter-House Bye-laws.
INTERPRETATION.
2. In these Bye-laws, unless the context' otherwise requires, the following expres-
sions shall have the meanings herein assigned to them, that is to say:-
" Slaughter House " shall mean all buildings, spaces, lairages, and appur-
tenances within the slaughter house established by the Council at the western
end of Green Street, or at any other slaughter house established Qr provided
by the Council under and by virtue of section 160 of the Public Health
Ordinance;
" Inspector " shall mean the Inspector of Animals and Meat or any. assistant
app9inted by the Council of the Borough of Arima;
", Slaughterman " shall mean any person who slaughters any animal at the
slaughter house and shall include any other person or persons assisting in the
slaughtering or the dressing of the carcase of cl,ny animal;
"Animal" shall mean any bull, cow, ox, steer, bullock, heifer, calf, sheep,
lamb, pig, or goat, and any other animal which, by proclamation, the Governor
in Council may declare to be included within such term.
OPENING AND CLOSING HOURS.

3. The slaughter house shall be opened daily at 3 a.m., and shall be closed at
6 p.m.
4. Unless by special permission of the Council or their duly authorised offices, no
animal shall be admitted into the slaughter house except between the hours of
6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
ENTRY OF ANIMALS.
5. No animal shall be slaughtered in the slaughter house unless such animal shall
have been brought into the slaughter house not later than 4 p.m. on the day before
it is to be slaughtered.
HOURS OF SLAUGHTER.
6. Save with the express permission of the Council or the Inspector no animal
shall be slaughtered except between the hours of 3 a.m. and 10 a.m.
CERTIFICATE OF FITNESS.
7. No person shall slaughter any animal in the slaughter house unless such animal
has been inspected on the day before by the Inspector and certified by him in
writing to be fit to be slaughtered.
8. No person shall remove from the slaughter house any carcase or organ of any
slaughtered animal until the Inspector shall have inspected and certified the same
to be fit for food and to have been thoroughly cleansed.
MODE OF SLAUGHTER.
9. Every owner of any cattle and every servant employed by such owner in the
slaughtering of cattle shall, before proceeding to slaughter any such cattle cause the
head of such cattle to be securely fastened so as to enable such cattle to be felled
with as little pain or suffering as practicable, and shall, in the process of slaughtering
any animal use such instruments and appliances and adopt such method of slaughter-
ing and otherwise take such precautions as may be requisite to secure the infliction
of as little pain or suffering as is practicable, and to that end shall conform to aI).d
carry out all directions which shall be given from time to time by the Council or by
an Inspector.
REMOVAL OF SKIN.
10. Every owner of any animal slaughtered in the slaughter house shall cause the
hide or skin of every such animal to be removed within twelve hours after the
completion of the slaughtering of such animal.
TOWELS.
1I. All slaughtermen shall provide themselves with clean towels for dressing the
carcases before taking them away from the slaughter house.
STORAGE OF LIVER, ETC.

12. The liver, lungs, or offal of any animal in the slaughter house shall be stored
in non-absorbent receptacles which must be kept clean when not in use.
13. No carcase, liver, lungs, or offal of any animal shall be removed from the
slaughter house except in a cart, truck, tray, or other receptacle which is clean and
properly covered.
REMOVAL OF CARCASE.
14. No person shall remove or cause or suffer to be removed any carcase or meat
of any animal from the slaughter house, except:~
(a) In carts provided by the Council;
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No 4. 443
(b) In carts provided by the owners of such carcase or meat and certified
under the hand of the Inspector to be :fit and proper for the conveyance of such
meat or carcase.
INSPECTION OF CARTS.
15. The Inspector may at all reasonable times inspect and examine all carts
provided by the owners for the purpose of these byeclaws in order to ascertain
whether such carts are kept in a cleanly condition and are provided with such
appliances as the Council may deem requisite to protect from contamination any
carcase or meat conveyed or intended to be conveyed in such carts.
16. Where any such cart ~r carts do not, in the opinfon of the Council or the
Inspector, comply with the conditions and requirements specified in these bye-laws,
the Inspector shall give notice thereof to the owner of such cart or carts, and there-
upon it shall not be lawful for any person to use such for the conveyance of any
carcase or meat until the conditions and requirements aforesaid have been complied
·with.
FEEDING AND V\T
ATERING OF ANIMALS.
17. All animals brought into the slaughter house shall, while in such slaughter
house be properly and sufficiently fed and w~tered by the owner to the satisfaction
of the Inspector.
SLAUGHTER HOUSE DUES.
18. No animal shall be slaughtered unless all charges due for lairage, slaughtering
fees and otherwise, in respect of such.animal have been paid.
RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNERS OF ANIMALS.

19. Owners of animals brought into the slaughter house shall be responsible for
such animals and shall make good any damage done therein by them, and such
animals shall not be left longer than is necessary.
CLEANLINESS OF SLAUGHTER HOUSE.

20. The walls and floor of the slaughter house must be kept clean and shall be
washed within three hours of any slaughtering.
PLACE OF SLAUGHTER.
21. No animal shall be slaughtered in the Borough except in the slaughter house.
REMOVAL OF ANIMAL ONLY BY SPECIAL LEAVE.

22. No animal brought into the slaughter house shall be allowed to be taken
away alive except by order or special leave of the Inspector.
SLAUGHTERMAN'S LICENCE.
23. No person shall act as a slaU:ghterman without first having obtained a
slaughterman's li¼ence from the Council.
No licence to act as a slaughterman shall be granted to any person under the
age of 20 years .
. 24. Every appli?ation for a licence t'o act as a slaughterman shall be in writing,
signed by the applicant, and shall set forth the name and address of such applicant,
and be acco°:'-pani~d by a certificate of good character, and a Medical Certificate
that the applicant 1s not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease.
DISEASED PERSONS.
25., Should the I1;1spector at any time suspect that any licensed slaughterman is
suffering from any mfectious or contagious disease he shall at once report the fact
to the_ Tow~ Clerk for the information of the Council, and any such slaughterman
shall, _ifreq~ired by the Council so to do, produce a Medical Certificate of his freedom
from mfectious or contagious disease.
26. No person afflicted with leprosy or suffering from any infectious or contagious
disease shall be allowed in any part of the slaughter house, and it shall be lawful for
the Inspector or his assistant, or for any Borough Constable to remove any such
person from the slaughter house whom he has reasonable cause to believe is suffering
from any such disease.
BADGES.
27. Every person taking out a slaughterman's licence shall oe provided, free of
charge, with a badge bearing the words "Licensed slaughterman," and the
distinguishing number of his licence printed thereon, and no person shall be allovved
to slaughter any animal or otherwise to act as a slaughterman without wearing such
a badge in a conspicuous place.
LICENCES.
28. Every such licence shall be granted for six months or twelve months and shall
expire on the 30th of June and the 31st of December next folio-wing the date of its
issue, and for every licence there shall be paid to the Town Clerk and Treasurer 'B
licence fee of sixty cents for twelve months and thirty-six cents for six months.
Applications for licences shall be made to the Town Clerk and shall be granted by
the Council.
SALE OF ANIMALS AND MEAT FOR UNPAID .DUES,

29. In case any sum or sums of money which may be due to the Council for the
use of the slaughter house remain unpaid for a period of twelve hours after a written
demand for payment of the sums so due, the Council or the Inspector shall sell any
animals or animals, or any meat in respect of which sum or sums are due by public
auction before the doors of the slaughter house or at any other place specially
appointed; notice of such sale, except in the case of meat, to be published in any
local newspaper two days at least-before the day :fixed for the sale. Upon such sale
the proceeds thereof shall be applied in payment of the cost of, and incidental to,
such sale, and in or towards the payment of the sums due to the Council, and the
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balance, if any, shall be paid to the person who shall. prove to the satisfaction of the
Council that he is entitled to it.
.
RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY TO SLAUGHTER HousE.

30. No person shall be allov,ed in the slaughter house building or in the enclosed
grounds around the building, or in any part of such buildings or grounds, except the
owner of any animal brought into the slaughter house, or his servants, or any licensed
slaughterman.
31. Except by leave of the Council or the Inspector no person shall enter the
slaughter house building or in any part thereof except for the purpose of slaughtering
or feeding or watering any animal and only at such times as may be fixed for these
purposes, and no such person shall remain therein for a longer time than is reasonably
necessary for any of such purposes.
FIGHTING.
32. Ko person shall fight or assault any other person in the slaughter house buildings
or approaches thereto, or in the grounds or in any part thereof. Any person who
offends this Bye-law, may, in addition to the penalty incurred by him for the offence,
be forcibly removed from such buildings or grounds, by the Caretaker of the slaughter
house or by a Borough or Police Constable.
· 33. No person r~moved from the slaughter house buildings or grounds for breach
of bye-law 32 shall be entitled to re-enter the slaughter house buildings or grounds
except by the express permission of the Council, or the Inspector.
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE,
34. No person shall in the slaughter house buildings or in any part thereof, or in
the. grounds around the same, curse or swear or make use of any violent, abusive,
offensive or indecent or obscene language.
DIS ORDERLY BEHAVIOUR.

35. No person shall be quarrelsome,_ or of noisy behaviour or cause any disturbance
in the slaughter house or any part thereof.
. INDECENT BEHAVIOUR •
36. No person shall behave in an indecent manner in the slaughter "house or in
any part thereof.
SINGING.
37. No person shall sing or whistle, or play any musicial instrument in the slaughter
house or in any part thereof.
COOKING.
38. No person shall light any :fire or cook any food in the slaughter house, except
in such part of the slaughter house as may be set apart for the purpose by the Council.
INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
39. No person shall b::ing any intoxicating liquor within the precincts of the
slaughter house.
OBSTRUCTION.
40. No person shall molest, or obstruct or hinder the Inspector or any clerk or
other officers of the slaughter house in the performance of.their duties.
DISCIPLINE.
41. No person resorting to the slaughter house shall at_ any time refuse, neglect
or omit to comply with any reasonable directions of the Inspector or other officers
for the mainten3:nce of order or regularity or for carrying any bye-law into effect.
DOGS.
42. No person shall bring any dog or permit any dog to follow him into the
slaughter house.
SCALES AND WEIGHTS.
43. No person shall, by any contrivance_ or device, or in any manner whatever,
tamper with any scale, balance, beam or weight whatever whether or not the same
is the property of, or in the possession or under the control of such person.
CHOPPING ON TABLES, ETC.

44. No person shall chop any article, matter or thing on any table in the slaughter·
house or ·shall in any way damage any part of the slaughter house or any table,
bench, or any furniture, appliance or thing therein belonging to the Council.
SMOKING.
45. No person shall smoke in any part of the slaughter house.
SPITTING · ON FLOOR.
46. No person shall spit on the floor of the slaughter house or throw· or drop on
the floor or ground of the slaughter house any offal, garbage, refuse, or any other
matter whatsoever.
UNWHOLESOME MEAT.
47. The owner of any animal or of any meat in the slaughter house which in the
opinion of the Inspector, appears to be unfit for human food shall, upon the ~rder of
the Insp~ctor with the c_oncu~rence of a Medical Practitioner _ora Veterinary Surgeon,
be destroyed to_~he s~tisfaction of such Inspector in s~ch manner and at such place
as shall be specified m such order; and the destruction shall be canied out if so
required, under the supervision of the Inspector. '
PENALTY.
liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00.
SCHEDULE,
!19. Schedule of charges at the Arima slaughter house:-
(1) Slaughtering Fees:
(a) For every bull, cow, ox, steer, bullock, heifer, or calf under
300 lb. 24 cents
(b) 300 lb. or over 48 do.
For every pig 18 do.
For every lamb, sheep or goat 12 do.
(2) Fees for the use of scales:
(a) For weighing the carcase of one bull, cow, ox, steer,
bullock, heifer or calf under 300 lb. 4 cents.
(b) 300 lb. or over 6 do.
For weighing the carcase of a pig ... 4 do.
For weighing the carcase of a lamb, sheep, or goat 2 do.
(3) Lairage Fees:
For every bull, cow, ox, steer, bullock, heifer, calf, or
pig, per day 4 do.
For every lamb, sheep, or goat, per day ... 2 do.
AERATED WATER FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS (RURAL

SANITARY DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.
1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Aerated Water Factories and Workshops
(Rural Districts) Bye-laws.
CLEANLINESS OF ROOMS AND FREEDOM FROM EFFLUVIA.

2. The floor of every Aerated Water Factory or Workshop shall be built of good
cement concrete or other impermeable material, smoothly rendered.
3. Every owner or occupier of an aerated water factory or workshop shall cause
every part of the interior of such factory or workshop to be thoroughly cleansed
from tin1e to time as often as may be necessary to secure that such factory or workshop
shall be at all times clean and free of effiuvia. He shall cause the floor of such
factory or w~rkshop to be thoroughly swept and washed at least once every day.
REMOVAL OF REFUSE.
4. The owner or occupier shall cause all refuse and waste matter to be forthwith

5. The owner or occupier shall cause every room to be supplied with windows or
other openings for ventilation and light to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.

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PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE CONTAMINATION OF DRINKS IN COURSE OF

JHAKUF ACTl.:RE.
7. No aerated water factory or workshop sball be built or established in a barrack
or barrack yard.
8. The owner or occupier shall take steps to the satisfaction of the Local Authority
to ensure the thorough cleansing of bottles, measures and other receptacles used in
the manufacture of aerated waters.
9. He shall cause all bottles, jars or other receptacles in which sugar, syrup,
essences or any other ingredients or articles used in the manufacture of aerated
vi,aters are stored, to be kept at all times securely covered and protected from ilies
and other vermin, dust and dirt.
10. The type of bottle or syphon shall in every case be subject to the approval of
the Local Authority.
11. The owner or occupier shall not use or suffer or permit any aerated water
factory or workshop to be used as a sleeping place or living room and shall not allow
or cause any living or sleeping room to open directly by means of doors or windows
or other ventilating openings into any aerated ,vater factory or workshop.
12. No animals shall be kept in any aerated water factory or workshop nor in
any other part of the premises on which an aerated water factory or workshop is
situate, unless the position of the stable or pen is first approved by the Local
Authority.
13. No machine or filter shall be used in the manufacture of aerated waters except
it be of a type and in a condition approved by the Local Authority.
14. The owner or occupier shall take steps to ensure that only clean potable or
filtered water shall be employed in the manufacture of aerated waters.
PRECAUTION AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTION.
15. The owner or occupier shall not allow a person suffering from infectious or
communicable disease or from any sores to be employed in any part of the process
of manufacture of aerated waters, to or be at any time on the premises of an aerated
water factory or workshop.
PENALTY.
BAKE-HOUSES (RURAL DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.
25.10.17.
STRUCTURE OF VVALLS AND :FLOORS.
1. The owner of every bake-house shall cause the walls of such bake-house to
be constructed with a smooth surface.
2. The owner of every bake-house shall cause the floor of such bake-house to be
constructed of good cement concrete or of other impervious material, smoothly
rendered. ·
CLEANLINESS AND SANITARY CONDITION,
every part thereof in a clean and sanitary condition. He shall cause the iloor of
such bake-house to be thoroughly swept and washed at least once every day.
, PREVENTION OF ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE,

5. The occupier of any bake-house shall limewash the walls and roof thereof
periodically and as often as required by the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
APPLICATION.
7. The foregoing bye-laws shall have effect in every Rural District in the Colony
of Trinidad and Tobago.
BARRACKS AND BARRACK YARDS IN RURAL SANITARY

DISTRICTS.
R.G. 15.1.20 Bye-laws made under section 141 of the Public Health Ordinance.
22.2.34.
19.5.38. 1. In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
" occupier" includes the person to whom any room in a barrack or barrack yard is
let and any other person in actual occupation of such room.
CLEANLINESS AND VENTILAITON.·

be necessary to keep such room in a clean and wholesome state,. cause such room
to be thoroughly cleansed and freed from vermin, and shall also cause the floor of
every such room to be thoroughly swept daily before the. hour of three in the
afternoon, and to be well and sufiiciently washed at least once in ea~h week.
window and every fixture or fitting of wood., . stone or metal, and every painted
surface in every such room to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often
as may be requisite.
receptacle for such filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
5. Every room or part of any building occupied as a living room in a banack
or barrack yard shall be ventilated directly to the outside air where possible on at
least two sides and shall be provided with such and so many openings as the Local
Authority shall deem sufficient to ensure adequate ventilation of and access of
light to every such room or part of a building, and every such means of ventilation
shall be maintained at all times in good order and efficient action.
SUFFICIENCY OF 1NATER SUPPLY,

6. Every owner of a barrack or barrack yard shall provide the same with a proper
and sufficient water supply:
PRIVIES.
7. The owner of every barrack or barrack y'ard shall provide privies therein in the
proportion of not less than one privy for every four rooms.

8. In every case where the occupier of any room in a barrack or a barrack yard
has been informed or has ascertained or has reasonable ground for believing that
any person in any room in such barrack or barrack yard is ill of an infectious disease,
For the purposes of these bye-laws, the expression "infectious disease" means
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup, Typhoid or Enteric Fever, Cholera, Plague, Yellow
Fever, Small Pox, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Pneumonia and any other disease which
the Governor by notice in the Royal Gazette may declare to be an infectious disease
for the purposes of the Public Health Ordinance.*
Officer of Health and shall act in accordance with his instructions, in regard to the
precautions necessary to prevent the spread of such infectious disease.
infectious disease through the letting of any room or rooms in such barrack or
barrack yard the owner, after being furnished with the necessary instructions
from the Medical Officer of Health, and until the grounds for apprehending the
spread of infectious disease have been removed, shall cease to let any such room
or rooms.
death, removal or recovery of any occupier of a room therein who may have been ill
of any infectious disease, give written notice thereof to the Medical Officer of Health,
and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause every part of the room which may
have been occupied by such occupier to be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected, and
shall also cause every article. in such room which may be liable to retain infection
to be in like manner cleansed and disinfected, unless the Local Authority shall have
ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall comply with all instructions of the Medical
Officer of Health as to the p:r:oper cleansing and disinfection of the room and articles.
12. When such room and articles shall have been thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected in accordance with such instructions, the awrier shall give written notice
thereof to the Medical Officer of Health; and until two days from the giving of such
notice shall have elapsed, and unless and until by such cleansing and disinfection the
necessary precautions for preventing the spread of infection shall have been duly
taken, such qwner shall not cause or suffer any such room to be let or occupied.
INSPECTION.
person having or acting in the care or management thereof and, in the case of
untenanted rooms, the owner of the barrack or barrack yard, shall at all times when
required by any officer of the Local Authority give him free access to such room
and to every part thereof.
PAINTING AND LIMEWASHING OF WALLS.
14. The owner of ev{lry barrack or barrack yard shall cause the walls of every
tops are plastered or not, to be either painted with oil or varnish or to be limewashed.
When painted with oil or varnish, there shall be one coat of paint or varnish at
least, and more wl1en required by the Medical Officer of Health, and the paint or
varnish shall be renewed once at least in every four years, and shall be washed with
hot water and soap once· at least in every six months; when limewashed, the lime-
washing shall b_erenewed once at least in every year, and oftener when required by
sanitary arrangements in Such premises to be maintained at all times, clean and in
good repair and in efficient action.
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16. The owner of every barrack or barrack yard, in connection with which there
is any yard or open space shall cause such yard or open space to be kept in good order
and to be thoroughly cleansed as often as necessary for keeping it in a clean and
wholesome condition and shall carefully regrade the surface of any such yard or
?pen space, whenever necessary, to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
PENALTY.
APPLICATION.
18. The foregoing bye-la,vs shall have effect in every Rural Sanitary District in
the Colony.
R.G. 22.2.34. Specification and Conditions for the Establishment and Construction of
19.5.38. a Barrack Yard in a Rural District drawn up by the Central Board
of Health under section 144 (1) of the Public Health Ordinance, to
accompany Model Plan.
L All buildings intended to be occupied as barracks shall be either:~
(a) constructed on pillar trees at least 2 feet 6 inches from the ground so
that the space under the floor shall be properly ventilated and kept sanitary, or
(b) if on the ground, supported on a concrete b·ase at least .4 inches thick
immediately over which flooring boards must be laid so as to leave no intervening
space. Such flooring boards are to be nailed to wooded joists embedded in
the concrete.
2. No new barrack shall have the underside of the lowest floor at such a level as
will render it liable to flooding, or shall be so constructed as to prevent proper and
efficient drainage of the site to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
3. The clear superficial area of every habitable room shall not be less than
100 .square feet and the length or width shall not be less than 8 feet.
4. The average height of any room from floor to roof shall not be less than 10 feet
with a minimum height between floor and wall plate of 8 feet, and e:xcept where a
ceiling is provided the underside of the roof of every habitable room in a barrack
shall be closeboarded.
5. The eaves shall not descend lower than is necessary to protect the rooms from
rains and must not unnecessarily interfere with. light and ventilation.
6. In addition to having doors and v.,indows as indicated in the model plan, every
room in a barrack yard must be provided with fi:xed. apertures for ventilation of an
aggregate area of not less than one-si:xth part of the floor area of the room and
opening directly into the open air, or into an open gallery or verandah.
7. All partitions between rooms or sets of rooms occupied by separate tenants
must be carried up to the roof or. ceiling ,vith no spaces or openings.
8. Ev~ry barrack yard must be provided, in addition to the water closets or
privies specified in these bye-laws, with a shed for cooking affording a:ri area of not
less than 30 square feet to every room or set of rooms.
Such shed may be attached to the building, but not in such a way as to impede
the· free access of fresh air thereto.
9. No building intended to be occupied as barracks shall contain more than two
rooms or two sets of rooms of two rooms each.
Between these two rooms in each set the partition must allow at least two .feet
space below the top of the roof or ceilin~ for ventilation:
Provided that, in the case of areas where exploratory operations for oil are in
progress, the Central Board of Health may in its discretion permit ranges of bachelors
dwellings not exceeding_ 10 per range and supplied with washing, bathing and
sanitary conveniences of such type and in such numbers as the Board may deem
necessary. In addition the Board rnay impose such c'onditions regarding provision
of accommodation for dining and recreation as it may deem fit. The period during
Public Health. [Ch. -· 451
which such temporary buildings may remain in use should not exceed 12 months
from the date of erection.
IO. Every barrack shall stand on a parcel of land not less than 50 feet by 50 feet.
11. Every barrack shall have at least one privy and one bath.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.

(RURAL DISTRICTS.)
1. These bye-laws may be cited as the Common Lodging Houses (Rural Districts) 11.10.34.
:Bye-laws.
2. In these· bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression
in the register of Common Lodging Houses kept by the Local Authority under
section 135 of the Ordinance.

3. A keeper shall not at any time receive or cause or suffer to be received into a
•common lodging house or into any room thereof a greater number of lodgers than
shall be fixed by the Local Authority and specified in a notice according to the form
in schedule I to these bye-laws, which shall be duly served upon or delivered to such
keeper, and shall continue in force.until, in pursuance of the provisions of the bye-law
in that behalf, the number so fixed and specified shall be varied by the Local
Authority. ·
to vary the number of lodgers fixed by them to be received into a common lodging
delivered to the keeper of such house, a notice according to the form in schedule II
to these byt::-laws, and such keeper shall not at·any one time after the date specified
room therein a greater number of lodgers than· sball be specified in such notice, and
SEPARATION OF SEXES.
5. Persons of opposite sexes shall not be allowed to occupy any single Common
Lodging House but separate buildings may be provided for each sex.

to keep them in a clean and wholesome state, cause all rooms, passages, stairs,
floors, windows, doors, and walls of a common lodging house to be thoroughly
cleansed and freed from vermin and shall cause the floors of every room, passage
and staircase to be thoroughly swept daily before the hour of 12 noon, and to be well
and sufficiently washed at least once in each week.
7. The keeper of every common lodging house shall <::.auseall solid or liquid filth
or refuse to be removed once at least in every day from every room therein, and
shall once at least in every day cause every vessel, utensil or other receptacle for
such filth or refuse to be thoroughly cleansed.
8. The owner of every common lodging house shall cause every room or part pf
directly to the outside air or gallery on at least two sides and to be provided with
fixed apei;tures for ventilation of an aggregate area of not less than one-sixth of the
:floor area. · · ·
Adequate access of light must also be provided for every room and part of the
building, and such means of ventilation and of lighting must be maintained at all
times in good order and efficient action. ·
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9. There must be at least 2 feet of space for ventilation between the partition
and the roof or ceiling of every room in a common lodging house.
10. Every lodger occupying a sleeping room in a common lodging house must be-
provided with at least 300 cubic feet of air space.
11. The owner of every common lodging house shall provide the same with a.
SUFFICIENCY OF WASHING AND BATHING FACILITIES,
12. The owner of every common lodging house shall provide the same with.
proper and sufficient washing and bathing facilities.
PRIVIES.
13. The owner of every common lodging house shall provide privies therein in.
the proportion of not less than one privy for every 12 lodgers.
DUSTBIN AccOMMODATION.
14. The keeper of every common lodging house shall provide at least one
receptacle for house refuse to every sixteen lodgers, and every such receptacle shall
be of metal or metal lined and such receptacle shall be of a capacity not exceeding
two and a half cubic feet, and shall be provided with a suitable cover and shall at all
times be kept in good repair and covered while in use.
PRECAUTION IN CASE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

For the purposes of the five succeeding bye-laws, the expression " infectious
disease " includes Dangerous Infectious Disease and has the same meaning which
" Infectious Disease " and " Dangerous Infectious Disease " have in section 2 of
t4e Ordinance.
15. The keeper of every common lodging house immediately after he shall have
been informed or shall have ~scertained that any lodger in such house is ill of any
infectious disease shall adopt all such precautions as may be necessary to prevent
infectious disease; cause ot· allow any other person, except the wife or any other
17. Where, in pursuance of the statutory provision in that behalf, the Local
Authority make order for the removal of such lodger at the ~ost o~ such Local
Authority to a hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, such keeper on
being informed of such order, shall_ forthwith take all such steps as may be requi~ite
on his part to secure the S!l,feand prompt removal of such lodger in compliance with
the order of the Local Authority, and shall, in and about such removal, adopt.all
precautions as, in accordance with any ins1:ructions which _he ma:Y receive from the
Medical Officer of Health, may be most suitable for the circumstances of the case.
18. Where, in consequence of the illness of such lodger, there may be reasonable
lodgers to any room or _r.ooms.in such house or through the admission of lodgers to
such room or rooms of the maximum number of lodgers authorised to be received
therein. such keeper after being furnish-ed with the necessary instructions from the
infection have been removed, shall cease to receive any lodger in such room or rooms,
or shall recdve therein such number of lodgers, being less than the maximum number,
as the exigencies of the case may require.
_Itothe Medical Officer of Health, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause
'every par~ of the room which may have been occupied by such lodger to be thoroughly
-cleansed and disinfected, and shall also cause every article in such room which may
b:'l liable to retain infection to be in like m,anner cleansed and di$infected, unless
-the Local Authority shall have ordered the same to be destroyed. He shall comply
-disinfection of the room and articles.
.accordance with such instructions, he shall give written notice thereof to the Medical
-elapsed, and unless and until by such cleansing and disinfection the necessary
in the case herein before specified, may have been exposed to infection.
INSPECTION.
the Local Authority give him free access to such house and to every part thereof.
COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF REFUSE.

22. The collection and removal of refuse by the keeper of a common lodging house
shall be such as may be prescribed in each case by the Local Authority.
PAINTING AND LIMEWASHING OF WALLS AND BUILDINGS,

23. The owner of every common lodging house shall cause the inside walls of the
rooms of such houses and the ceilings or tops of such rooms, whether such walls,
-ceilings or tops are plastered or not, and all passages and staircases of such common
lodging houses to be either painted with oil or varnish or to be limewashed. When
be renewed once at least in every four years and shall be washed with hot water and
soap once at least in every six months; when limewashed, the lime washing shall be
renewed once at least in every year, and oftener when required by the Medical
Officer of Health. · .
DRAINS AND SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS,
24. The owner of every common lodging house shall provide proper and sufficient
drainage of the site, and the keeper of such lodging house shall cause all drains and
sanitary arrangements in such premises to be maintained at all times clean, in good
repair, and in efficient action. . . · · •· .. · ·
PAVING OF YARDS.
25. The owner of every common lodging house in connection with which there. is
any yard or open space shall, whenever required by the Medical Officer of HeaJth .
so to do for the prevention or remedying of insanitary conditions, forthwith ~ause ·
such yards or open space to be properly paved with good cement concrete or with
good asphalt .on a proper foundation, and to be sloped to a properly constructed
channel so as effectually to carry off all rain and waste water therefrom and shall
at all times keep apd maintain such pavement in good order and repair.
THE KEEPING AND WELL ORDERING OF COMMON LODGING HOUSES.

26. In order to ensure the proper keeping and ·well ordering of common lodging
houses, the keeper of every common lodging house must satisfy the Local Authority
of his ability to keep a common lodging house in good order and under proper
supervision and control.
P;ENALTY,
of a continuing offence to a fmther penalty of $10.00 for each day after written nGtic-e
454 Public Health.
SCHEDULE I.
Notice.-Fixing the Number of Lodgers.

To
\VHEREAS, in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf you have been
duly licensed by the Local Authority to use the premises at for the purpose
of a common lodging house and to receive lodgers therein;
that, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them in that behalf, the said Local
Authority have fixed as the number of lodgers who may be received at any one time
into such house and into the several rooms therein, the number specified in respect
of such house and of each of such rooms in the form hereunto appended.
FORM.
Licence No.
Common Lodging House situate at
Name of Keeper
The number of lodgers who may be received at any one time into this house
is
appropriate column of the following table:--
_._l'so.
of Lodgers who may be received in such
No. of Room. room at any one time.
10
11
12
SCHEDULE II..
Notice.-Varying the Number of Lodgers.

To
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf you have beEn
duly licensed by the Local Authority to use the premises at · for the purpoLe
of a common lodging house, and to receive lodgers therein:
And Whereas the said Local Aushority have determined that it is expedient
to vary the number of lodgers heretofore :fixed to be received at any one time and
into the several rooms thereof:
Now, I, , Secretary to the said Local Authority, do hereby give you
notice that from and after the day of , 19 , the number of
lodgers who may be received at any one time into such house and into the several
rooms therein shall be the number specified in respect of such house and of each of
such rooms in the form hereunto appended.
FORM.

Licence No.
Common Lodging House situate at
Name of Keeper
The number of lodgers who may be received at any one time into this house
is
The number of lodgers who may be received at any one time -into each of the
several rooms in this house is the number specified in respect of such room in thf,
No .. of Room. No. of Lodgers who may be received in such

.5
10
11
12
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL SHOPS IN RURAL

DISTRICTS BYE-LAWS.
21.12.22.
INSPECTION OF HOTELS, RESTAURAKTS AND RETAIL SHOPS.
1. The Medical Officer of Health or Sanitary Inspector may inspect any hotel,
restaurant, retail shop, or other place where any article of food, cooked or uncooked,
and intended for human consumption is exposed or offered for sale at any time while
such place is open for business, as -well as all or any instruments, appliances, furniture
utensils, fixtures and accessories used in connection with the business carried on in
The owner or occupier of such hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place
shall afford every facilitv to the inspecting officer.

retail shop or other such place to be swept, cleansed and kept clean, and all
instruments, appliances, furniture, utensils, fixtures and accessories used in
connection with the business carried on in such place to be cleansed, disinfected and
kept clean to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATIOK OF ARTICLES OF FOOD.

shall take steps to ensure that all articles of food intended, exposed or offered for
sale for human consumption are at all times properly protected in cupboards, bins,
from contamination by dust, flies or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

4. The owner or occupier of any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other place where
any article of food is exposed or offered for sale shall not employ any person suffering
from an infectious or communicable disease; and it shall be the duty of such owner
to report forthwith to the Medical Officer of Health the occurrence of any infectious
or communicable disease or of any disease the symptoms of which may raise a
reasonable suspicion that it may be an infectious or communicable disease, in any
person on such premises whether such person is an occupier, employee, employer,
guest or customer.
5. 'i.Vhere, in pursuance of the statutory provisions in that behalf, the Local
Authority make order for the removal of any person suffering from an infectious
or communicable disease from any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place
to a hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, the owner· or occupier on .
being informed of such order, shall forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite -
on his part to secure the safe and prompt removal of such_ occupier, employee,
employer, guest or customer in compliance with the order of the Local Authority,
and shall in and about such removal adopt all precautions and instructions which
he may receive from the Medical Officer of Health. -

6. The Local Authority may order the owner or occupier to paint, ·varnish,
distemper or limewash the inner and outer walls and all fixtures, counters, shelves,
doors, windows and partitions of any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such
place when, in the opinion of the Local Authority, such painting, varnishing,
distempering or limewashing is necessary to keep such premises in a clean wholesome
condition.
DUTIES OF OCCUPIER WITH REGARD TO REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE:

from any hotel, restaurant, retail shop or other such place and disposed of in a
covered moveable metal receptacle or wooden box lined with tin not exceeding
twelve cubic feet in capacity as often as may be necessary.
PENALTY.
HOUSE REFUSE (RURAL DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.

13.12.23.
I. In the construction of these bye-laws the expression " House Refuse " means
dust and sweepings of rooms and· business premises, waste paper, broken glass and
crockery, and includes kitchen refuse, yard refuse, and flower garden refuse when
contained in the prescribed refuse receptacles, bu:t does not include branches of trees,
manure, building materials, or the waste products of any trade or manufacture, nor
broken glass and crockery from business premises in larger quantities than would
be produced from a dwelling house in the ordinary course of living therein.
2. The occupier of every dwelling house not being a barrack and the owner of
·every barrack or barrack yard and the keeper of every common lodg:i.righouse shall
not later than 7 o'clock in the morning on such day as the Local Authority may :fix
by notice and the occupier of every business premises shall not later than 8 o'clock
in the morning on such day ·deposit within the gateway of such premises in a con-
veniently accessible position a moveable receptacle in which shall be placed all the
house refuse of such premises for the purpose of removal by the Local Authority.
3. The receptacle to be provided shall be of metal or metal-lined or a wooden box
_or barrel of a capacity not exceeding, in the case of dwelling houses, two and a half
'Cubic feet, and in the case of business premises and hotels twelve cubic feet, and such
receptacle or box shall be provided with a suitable cover, and shall at all times be
kept in good repair, and covered while in use.
4. In the case of premises other than barrack yards, it shall be the duty of the
the duty of the persons using the receptacles to see that they are at all times kept
properly covered.
5. Where in any .business premises or hotel the rec,eptacle provided exceeds
and a half cubic feet iri capacity, the occupier of the premises shall pr_ovide .the
two
necessary assistance to the.scavengers for emptying the contents of such re.ceptacle
into the scavenging carts. · . ·:.
6. No person save the owner or occupier or a person employed by the Authority
to remove house re~use, shall remove refuse from any such receptac!e,
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24. 00, and in the case of
thereof from the Local Authority. · · ·
APPLICATION.
8. The foregoing bye-laws shall have effect in such portions of Rural Districts as
may from time to time be defined for the purposes of these Bye-laws by resolution
of the Central Board of Health.
HUCKSTERS IN RURAL DISTRICTS BYE-LAWS.
14.12.22.
PROTECTION FROM CONTAMINATION BY DUST AND FLIES OR OTHERWISE OF FOOD-
STUFFS EXPOSED FOR SALE OUTSIDE OF .ANY BUILDING OR IN ANY STREET,
SQUARE OR PUBLIC PLACE.
I. Every tray,· box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle used for the purpose
of keeping, selling or offering for sale outside of any building or on any street, square
provided by the owner with an efficient cover of wood, metal or other suitable
material to protect such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery from
. contamination from dust, flies, or otherwise; and it shall not be lawful for any
person to sell or expose for sale outside of any.building or in any street, square or
public place any such foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry, or other confectionery, in
any tray, box, basket, breadcart or -other receptacle, unless the same is protected
from contamination as aforesaid by means of ·such cover.
2. Every tray, box, basket, breadcart or other receptacle and every such cover
shall at all times be kept by the owner and every person having charge of same in a
3. All articles of food exposed in the same manner set forth in these bye-laws
shall be kept at a height of not less than two feet from the sidewalk, pavement or
ground above which they· are placed, and all tables or similar structures whether
:fixed or moveable on which such articles of food are exposed shall be washed and
scrubbed as often as may be necessary to keep them in a clean and wholesome
condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority .
. PENALTY.
MILK, SALE OF (RURAL DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.
22.4.43.
I. These Bye-la,vs may be cited as the Sale of Milk (Rural Districts) Bye-laws.
REGISTRATION OF PERSONS KEEPING Cows.

2. (1) No person shall keep cows in a rural district, unless he is registered as a
cowkeeper in the Register kept by the Local Authority for the registration of such
persons.
(2) For the purpose of registration all persons keeping cows shall forthwith
LICENSING OF PLACES IN WHICH Cows ARE KEPT FOR THE SALE OF MILK.
3. (1) No person shall keep cows for the sale of milk in any place in a rural district
unless such place _is licensed for the purpose by the Local Authority ..
(2) The application for every such licence shall be according to Form I in the
Schedule to these Bye-laws and shall be accompanied by a certificate from the
Medical Officer of Health of the Local Authority of the district that the place
complies with the Bye-laws.
(3) Such licence shall be according to Form II in the said Schedule.
(4) The application for any s_uch licence in respect of a place situate within the
Diego :.\fartin-Bocas, St. Ann•~-Tacarigua (west of the Tunapuna Dry River), and
Tobago Rural Districts shall also be accompanied by a certificate from or approved
by a Government Veterinary Officer to the effect that every cow in such place has
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No. 4. · 459-
within a period of six months prior to the date of the application come from an
accredited herd or been successfully subjected to the tuberculin test without reaction.
(5) After the date of the granting of a licence in respect of any place situate in
the Diego J',fartin-Bocas, St.· Ann's-Tacarigua (west of the Tunapuna Dry River),
and Tobago Rural -Districts it shall not be lawful to bring any new cow into the
licensed place or to keep it therein without the permission in writing of the aforesaid
Medical Officer of Health, which permission shall only be granted upon the produc-
tion to the said Medical Officer -of a like certificate as is mentioned in the next
preceding paragraph, and such permission shall be recorded, signed and dated by
the said Medical' Officer on such certificate.
LICENSING OF DAIRYMEN.
4. (1) No person shall be a dairyman within a rural district unless he is licensed

as such by the Local Authority.
(3) The application for every such licence shall be according to Form III in
the Schedule, and shall be accompanied by a medical certificate that the applicant
and all persons engaged or employed by him in handling the milk are free from
contagious or infectious disease and are fit to be so employed.
(4) Such licence shall be _according to Form IV in the Schedule.
Medical Officer of Health or any Sanitary Inspector or any other Officer of the Local
Authority specially authorised by them in that behalf may visit for the purpose of
inspecting cattle, and every person for the time being having the care and control
of any such dairy or of any cattle therein, shall afford such Medical Officer of Health,
Sanitary Inspector or other Officer, all reasonable assistance that may for the
purpose of the inspection, be requtred of him.
6. (1) Every dairyman shall cause every part of the _interior of every dairy or
other place in his occupation to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time as often
'as may be necessary to secure that such dairy or other place shall be at all times
clean.
(2) Such person shall cause the ceiling or interior of the roof and the walls of
. every dairy in his occupation to be limewashed twice at least in every year, that is
to say, once during the month of May and once during the month of October, and
at such other times as may be necessary : · .
or walls that may be properly painted or varnished or constructed of or covered
with any material such as to render the lime-washing unsuitable or inexpedient, ·
and that may be otherwise properly cleansed. _
(3) He shall cause the fi.oor of every such dairy to be thoroughly cleansed, and
may be necessary to maintain it in a clean and sanitary condition.
7. (1) Every dairyman shall cause the drainage of every dairy in his occupation
to be so arranged that all liquid matter which may fall or be cast upon the fi.oor shall
be conveyed by a suitable open channel to a drain inlet or to a catchpit situate in
the open air at a proper distance from any door or window of such dairy, or to some
other suitable place of disposal which is so situate. ·
(2) He shall not cause or suffer any inlet to a drain of such dairy to be within
such dairy.
8. No cowshed shall be erected at a less distance than 12 ±eet from any part of
any house or kitchen forming part thereof, or from any privy or cesspit.
CONSTRUCTION .OF COWSHEDS .

. _9._(1) The floor of any cowshed shall not in any part be below the level of the ad-
JOmmg ground; it shall be so laid with stone, brick, concrete or other material, as
to be impervious to moisture, and the surface shall be so graded that the liquid
matter shall fl.ow towards a channel communicating with an inlet to a drain or to a
catchpit outside the cowshed.
(2) Every cowshed shall be provided with a roof so constructed as to be water-
tjght and of such dimension as to cover the entire floor space.
REGULATION OF COWSHEDS AND DA1RIES.

10. (1) No cowshed shall be used for any other purpose than the stabling and the
milking of cows. _
(2) Every cowshed and dairy shall at all times be maintained in a good con-
dition of repair. .. .
(3) It shall not be lawful to occupy any room or other place as a dairy or part
of a dairy unless such room is effectually separated from any apartment used as a
living or sleeping room and is directly ventilated to the open air.
WATER SUPPLY OF COWSHEDS AND DAIRIES.

11. Every dairyman shall cause every cowshed and every dairy in his occupation
to be provided with an adequate supply of g9od and wholesome water for the
cleansing thereof and of any vessels that may be used therein for containing milk
and for all other reasonable and necessary purposes in connection with the use
thereof.
kept in accordance with these Bye-laws, or in some other paved place adjacent to
such cowshed. ·

. CONT.A.MIN:ATION. .
by the Local Authority for the purpose, unless such place ·shal). at the time when
any cow is being milked therein be thoroughly swept and cleansed and free from
all manure, dirt, dust, cobweb and any other matter liable to expo_se the milk tci any
14. (1) Every dairyman and every person vending, hawking for sale or delivering
milk shall take all reasonable and proper precautions in connection with the storage
and distribution of the milk, and otherwise, to prevent the exposure of the milk to
any infection or contamination.
(2) He shall not keep milk for sale, or cause or suffer any such milk to be
placed in any vessel, receptacle or utensil which is not thoroughly clean.
c,:mtrol to be milked for the purpose of obtaining milk for-sale-
(a) unless at the time of milking the cow is clean and the udder and teats have
been thoroughly cleansed ; '
(b) unless the person milking such cow is personally clean and his hai:ids
have been thoroughly cleansed with soap and water before ·milking such cow;
and ·
(c) unless the person milking such cow at the time of such milking wears a clean
outer garment or overall. · ·
15 . .No person shall use any milk pail or pan or utensil for containing milk for sale
by retail unless such receptacle is suitably protected from ±lies, dirt and other
sources of contamination, and is of a pattern approved by the Local Authority.

16. Every dairyman and every person selling milk by retail shall cause every
milk vessel that may be used by him for containing milk for sale to be thoroughly
cleansed with steam or clean boiling water and shall otherwise take proper precau-
tions for the maintenance of such milk vessels and the milk therein in a constant
state of cleanliness.
LICENSING OF PERSONS CARRYING 01' THE BUSINESS OF SELLING, HAWKING FOR

SALE OR DELIVERING MILK.
17. No person shall carry on the business of selling milk or shall sell, hawk for sale
or deliver milk, without having previously obtained a licence in Form V in the
Schedule hereto from the Local Authority, on such terms and conditions as may be
expressed in such licence.

18. No person shall sell, hawk for sale or deliver milk in a rural district to the
customers of any dairyman unless the person so actually selling, hawking for sale or
delivering milk has a badge supplied by the Local Authority bearing the licensed
number of such dairyman.
EXHIBITION OF BADGE BY PERSONS SELLING OR DELIVERING MILK.

19. Every dairyman and every person selling or delivering milk on behalf of any
dairyman shall .at all times carry a badge as provided in these Bye-laws, and shall,
whenever required to do so by any officer of the Local Authority or by any other
person thereunto authorised by such Local Authority, exhibit such badge to such
officer.
20. For every badge issued to persons actually selling or delivering milk on behalf
of any dairyman there shall be paid to the Local Authority a fee of 24 cents.
21. Any licence issued under these Bye-laws may be cancelled by the Local
Authority for breach of any of the said Bye-laws.
Such cancellation may be effected in addition to or independently of any penalty
provided in Bye-law 22.
PENALTY.
22 . .Every perso_n who shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing
Bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of
a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day during which the offence
continues.
APPLICATION,
23. Except as otherwise provided, these Bye-Jaws shall be applicable to all Rural
Sanitary Districts.
SCHEDULE.
FORM I.
Application for Licence to use a Place for keeping Cows for the Sale of MHk.
To THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR THE RURAL DISTRICT OF

I , of , do hereby apply for a licence in pursuance of the Bye-law in
that behalf to use the place hereinafter described for the keeping of cows for the
sale of milk. ·And I hereby declare that, to the best. of my knowledge and belief
the severalparticulars hereunder set forth ,vith respect to the said place are true
and correct.
p ARTICULARS.
2. No. of Stalls
3. No. of Cows
4. Full n_ame and address of owner of the premises
Signatiwe of Applicant.
Fomvr II.
(Bye-law Cowshed Licence.
3 (3).) 19
of , is hereby licensed to use and occupy as a place where cows
may be kept for the Sale of J\Iilk the Cowshed situated c1t , in the premises
No. , in the Rural District of during the year ending 31st
December, 19
Local Authority.
FORM III.
(Bye-law Application for Licence as a Dairyman.

4 (3).)
I , of , do hereby apply to be licensed as a Dairyman. And I
the persons employed by me in the dairy, and the persons from whom I obtain any
portion of the supply of milk are true and correct.
1. Situation of premises
2. Description of premises ·
3. No. of Cows kept
milk
5. Names and addresses of persons from whom milk is obtained
6. Sources of milk supply
FORM IV.
Dairyman's Licence. (Bye-law
19 4 (4).)
of , is licensed to carry on the business of a Dairyman in the
Rural District of , for the year ending 31st December, 19
FEE PArn---,-24 CENTS.
Local A u,thority.
for. which a further Licence must be taken out.
FEE,--24 CENTS.
FORM V.
Milk Vendor's or Milk Hawker's Licence. (Bye-law 17).
19
of , is licensed to carry on the business of Milk Vendor or Hawker
within the Rural J?istrict of during the year ending 31st December, 19
FEE P AID-24 CENTS.
Local Authority.
MOSQUITOES (RURAL SANITARY DISTRICTS) BYE-LA vVS. R.G. 25.9.19.

PROTECTION OF RECEPTACLES FOR STORING WATER.
1. No water shall b" stored (except in small quantities for drinking purposes)
unless efficiently protected against mosquitoes by the following method :-All
tanks, barrels or other receptacles for storing water shall have all openings except
the draw-off opening covered with wire gauze (18 meshes to the inch) or with a piece
of cheese cloth or fine mosquito netting, and all fountains, pools, ponds, antifonnicas
or excavations made for any purpose whatever, in public or private property, which
may contain water, shall be kept stocked with mosquito destroying fish, or shall be
kept covered with a film of petroleum oil, or shall be mixed with a suitable in-
secticide in sufficient strength to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
STAGNANT WATER.
2. The occupier or owner. of any premises shall keep such premises free from
3. The occupier 6r owner of any premises shall keep his premises free of all articles,
:appliances, trees or plants liable to breed mosquitoes.
FOR THE DISINFECTING AND OILING OF CESSPITS AND THE CLEANING OUT OF
CATCHPITS.
4. The occupier or owner. of any premises shall cause all cesspits in such premises
require, and all catchpits to be cleaned out as often as the Local Authority may
require. ·
EAVES GUTTERS AND DOWNPIPES,
BusH OR .UNDERGROWTH.
PENALTY.
a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $10.00 for each day after written notice
APPLICATION,
8. The foregoing bye-laws shall have effect in every Rural District in .the Colony
of Trinidad and Tobago.·
PRIVIES IN RURAL SANITARY DISTRICTS BYE-LAWS.
12.1.33.
1. No privy except a water closet shall be nearer than 12 feet from any dwelling
or kitchen forming part thereof or 50 feet from any river or stream used as a source
of drinking water, except with the sanction in writing of the Local Authority.
PRIVY BUILDINGS.
2. Every privy building shall be of such size and constructed of such design and
materials as the Local Authority may approve.
3. The access of flies and other insects to the contents of any water closet, pit or
pail closet shall be prevented to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
4. The floor of the privy shall be at a height of not less than 12 inches above the
level of the surface of the ground adjoining the privy.
5. The varieties of privy may be pit or trench, pail or water closet, and shall in
each case be subject to the approval of the Local Authority.
Pns.
6. Every pit shall be 4 feet deep and 4 feet by 4 feet for a small dwelling or such
other size and depth as may be directed by the Local Authority.
7. A raised concrete or tapia wall or properly rammed earth bank not less than
12 inches above ground level shall be built around the top of each pit so as effectively_
to prevent the entrance of storm or waste water or other drainage:
Provided that the Local Authority shall decide in each case the material to be used
in constructing the wall or bank around the top of each pit.
8. The contents shall at no time be exposed to any rainfall or to the drainage
of any storm or waste water, or liquid refuse from the premises.
9. Every pit shall be so constructed as to afford easy means of access for the pur-
pose of emptying, cleansing and removal of filth therefrom if necessary, without
10. Whenever any pit in use on any premises shall have been filled to within
18 inches of the surface of the ground (or such other depth as may be directed by the
Local Authority), such pit shall forthwith be filled with earth by the owner or occupier
of such premises, or emptied, cleansed and disinfected, and the contents carried away
to a place of disposal approved by the Local Authority.
11. Before any pit shall be filled with earth as required by the last preceding bye-
law a fresh pit shall be provided by the owner of such premises, and the privy
building shall be erected over it and maintained in accordance with the provisions
of these bye-laws.
PAIL CLOSETS._
12. Moveable receptacles such as metal pails or buckets when used shall fit
properly under the privy seat and there shall be ready access from the back of the
privy to the pail for the purpose of removal and cleansing. In exceptional cases,_
with the approval of the Local Authority, access may be from the front. Pails shall
be rrovided with properly fitting c_overs when not in actual use.
13. No pail shall be allowed to become full but shall be removed with the contents
from the premises and replaced by a clean pail at such intervals.as the Local Authority
may approve, and not less than twice in every week. Pails shall not be cleansed or
to the place of disposal and there buried or burnt or otherwise disposed of to tt.e
WATER CLOSETS.
15. Where there is a sufficient supply of water the owner or occupier may construct
a water closet with suitable vV.C. basin, flush tank, soil pipe, traps or any other
necessary apparatus in connection with a dwelling house.
16. Subject to the approval of the Local Authority in each case the water closet
shall discharge through· the soil pipe and underground pipe or drain into the sea
or into a ventilated cesspool or soak-away pit with gravel bottom or septic tank.
Provided that a privy building may be erected directly over the tank.
17. In the case of a septic tank or any modification of a septic tank, arrangements
ground or subsoil drains for the absorption and soaking away of the effluent or of a
suitable catchpit or moveable receptacle for receiving the effluent which sh_all be
disinfected and safely disposed of in such a manner. as the Local Authority shall
approve.
Officer of Health thoroughly cleanse every cesspool or soak-away. pit belonging to
such premises, and shall have such cesspool or soak-away pit and contents, if any,
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR,
and all fittings and accessories appurtenant thereto in or on such premises clean and
in a sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority, and for that
purpose shall cleanse the flooring, seats and internal walls or partitions of every
privy and shall apply oil or other substance to every pit belonging to such premises
in such a manner and as often as the Local Authority may require.
20. Every privy shall be limewashed internally and externally whenever necessary
21. The owner of any premises shall maintain in proper condition and repair every
privy and the accessories thereto belonging to such premises.
living in or employed at any house or building, and in the case of a barrack yard or
house let in lodgings one privy at the least shall be provided for every four separate
rooms.
PENALTIES.
23. Any person offending against any of the provisions of the foregoing bye-laws
shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a penalty of $24.00, and in the case of
continuing offence a further penalty of $2.40 for each day after written notice of the
offence from the Local Authority of the District.
APPLICATION.
24. The foregoing bye-laws shall be applicable to all Rural Sanitary Districts in
the Colony.
T.-VIII. 30
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (CARON!) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance.
G.N.13-
1948. I. The Slaughter-house shall be opened daily at 6 a.m. and shall be closed at 6p.m.
2. Unless by special permission of the Inspector or his duly authorised officer, no
animal shall be admitted into the Slaughter-house except between the hours of
6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
3. Save with the express permission of the Inspector or his authorised officer, no
animal shall be slaughtered except between the hours of 12 noon and 4 p.m.
4. No person shall slaughter any animal in the Slaughter-house before such
animal has been inspected, on the day on which it is intended to be slaughtered, by
the Inspector and certified by him to be free from disease and otherwise fit to be then
slaughtered.
5. No person shall remove from the Slaughter-house any carcase or organ of any
to be fit for food and to have been thoroughly cleansed. The Inspector shall be
empowered to mark any such carcase indicating that the same is fit or unfit for human
consumption by such means as may be approved by the Local Authority.
slaughtering of cattle shall, before proceeding to slaughter any such cattle, cause
the head of such cattle to be securely fastened so as to enable such cattle to be
felled with as little pain .or suffering as practicable, and shall .in the process of
slaughtering any animal use such instruments and appliances and adopt such
method of slaughtering and otherwise take such precautions as may be requisite
to secure the infliction of as little pain or suffering as is practicable.
7. Every owner of any animal slaughtered in the Slaughter-house shall cause the
hide or skin of every such animal to be removed within 24 hours after the completion
of the slaughtering of such animal.
8. All Slaughtermen shall provide themselves with clean towefa for dressing the
carcases before taking them away from the Slaughter-house.
9. No carcase, or portion thereof, offal, liver, lungs, or other organ shall be re-
moved from the Slaughter-house except,
(a) in the vehicle provided by the Local Authority; or,
(b) in a cart, truck, tray, or other receptacle approved by the Local Authority.
All such vehicles or receptacles shall be kept in a clean condition and shall qe provided
,vith such appliances as the Local Authority may deem requisite to protect from
contamination any carcase-.or meat conveyed in such vehicle or receptacle.
IO. All animals brought into the Slaughter-house, shall, while in such Slaughter-
house, be properly and sufficiently fed and provided with water by the owner to the
satisfactioµ of the Inspector.
·11. No animal shall be slaughtered unless all charges due for lairage, slaughtering
12. All animals kept in any pen or other place in the Slaughter-house shall be kept
at the risk of the owner of such animal.
13. No person shall act as a Slaughterman without having first obtained a
Slaughterman's licence from the Local Authority.
14. No licence to act as a Slaughterman shall be granted to any person under the
age of 17 years.
i 15. Every application for a licence to· act as a Slaughterman shall be in writing
signed by the applicant, and shall set forth the names and address of such applicant
and be accompanied by a certificate of good character, and a Medical Certificate
that the applicant is not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease.
Public Health. LCh. 12. No. 4. 467
16. Should the Inspector at any time suspect that any licensed Slaughterman is
suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, he shall at once report the fact
to the Chairman of the Local Authority, and any such Slaughterman shall, if required
by the Local Authority so to do, produce a Medical Certificate of his freedom from
infectious or contagious disease.
17. No person afflicted with or suffering from any infectious or contagious disease
shall be allowed in any part of the Slaughter-house, and it shall be lawful for the
Inspector or his assistant or for any constable to remove any such person from the
Slaughter- house.
18. Every licensed Slaughterman shall wear a distinctive overall and washable
cap of a type to be decided upon by the Local Authority.
19. Every Slaughterman's licence shall be granted for one year from the date
thereof and for every licence shall be paid to the Warden a fee of one dollar.
20. No person sh~ll~:llowed in the Slaughter-house buildings or in the enclosed

grounds around the buildings, or any part of such buildings or grounds, except the
,owner of any animals brought into the Slaughter-house or his servants, or any
licensed Slaughterman.
21. Except by leave of the Inspector or his duly authorised officer, no person shall
,enter the Slaughter-house building or any part thereof except for the purpose of
slaughtering or feeding or providing water for any animal.
22. No person shall fight or assault any other person in the Slaughter-house
buildings or the approaches thereto, or in the grounds or in any part, thereof respec-
tively. Any person who offends against this bye-law may, in addition to the penalty
incurred by him for the offence, be forcibly removed from such buildings or grounds
by the officer-in-charge or by a constable.
23., No person removed from the Slaughter-house 1:;mildings or grounds for breach
,of bye-law 22 shall be entitled to re-enter the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds
,or any part thereof except by the express permission of the Inspector or his duly
authorised officer.
24. No person shall in the Slaughter-house buildings, or any part thereof, or in
the grounds around same:-
(a) curse, swear or make use of any violent, abusive, offensive or indecent or
obscene language;
(b) behave in any noisy, quarrelsome or indecent manner, or cause any
disturbance ;
(c) sing loudly or play any musical instrument;
(d) light any fire or cook any food except in such part of the Slaughter-house
that may be set apart for the purpose;
(e) bring &ny intoxicating liquor within the precincts of the Slaughter-house;
(f) molest, hinder or obstruct the Inspector or any other officer of the
Slaughter-house in the performance of his duties.
25. No person resorting to the Slaughter-house shall at any time refuse, neglect
or omit to comply with instructions of the Inspector or other officer for the main-
tenance of order or regularity, or for carrying any bye-laws into effect.
:Slaughter-house.
27. No person shall by any contrivance or. device, or in any manner whatever,
tamper with any scale, balance, beam or weight whether or .not the same is the
property of or in the possession of or under the control of such person.
28. No person shall chop anything on any table in the Slaughter~house or shall
in any way damage any part of the Slaughter-house or any bench, table, or any
furniture, appliance or thing therein belonging to the Government.
30 (2)
29. No person shall spit in the Slaughter-house or throw or drop on the floor or
ground of the Slaughter-house any offal, garbage, refuse, or any other matter
whatsoever.
30. The owner of any animal or of any meat. in the Slaughter-house which shall
be certified by the Inspector to be diseased or unfit for human food shall upon the
order of the Inspector fortkwith, at such owner's cost, cause such animal or meat
to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction of such Inspector in such
shall be carried out, if so required, under the supervision of the Inspector.
31. The term " Inspector" in t:hese Bye-laws shall include a Veterinary Surgeon,
Sanitary Inspector or any other officer ·duly authorised by the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
32. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing Bye-laws shall
be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00 ..
SCHEDULE OF THE CHARGES AT THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE.

For every ox:- -For every sheep:-
Lairage per day 4 cents Lairage per day 2 cents
Slaughtering fee 48 cents Slaughtering fee 12 cents
For every calf or pig:- For every goat:-
Lairage per day 4 cents Lairage per day 2 cents
Slaughtering fee-Calf 24 cents Slaughtering fee- 12 cents
Pig 18 cents
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (PRINCES TOWN) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance.
- 10.12.31.
I. These bye-laws may be cited as the Princes Town Slaughter-house bye-laws.
_2. The Slaughter-house shall be opened daily at 5 a.m. and shall be closed at
7p.m. ·
3. Unless by special permission of the Inspector or his duly authorised officer,. no
5 a.m. and 6 p.m. ' _ . _ _ _ _ - ·
4. Save with the express permission of the Inspector or his authorised officer, ~10
animal shall be slaughtered except between the hours of .2 p.m. and (5p.m.
animal has been inspected on the day on which it is intended to be ~laughtered by
slaughtered. ·
slaughtering of cattle, shall before proceeding to slaughter any such cattle, cause
the head of such cattle to be securely fastened so as to enable such cattle to be felled
with as little pain or suffering as practicable, and shall in the process of slaughtering
of as little pain or suffering as is practicable.
hide or skin of every such animal to be removed within 24 hours_ after the com-
pletion of the slaughtering of such animal.
9. All Slaughtermen shall provide themselves with clean towels for dressing the
10. No carcase, offal, liver or lungs of any animal shall be removed from the
Slaughter-house except in a cart, truck or tray, or other receptacle approved by the
Inspector. ·
11. All animals brought into the Slaughter-house shall, while in such Slaughter-
house, be properly and sufficiently fed and watered by the owner to the satisfaction
of the Inspector.
13, .All animals kept in any pen or other place in the Slaughter-house shall be
kept at the risk of the owner of such animal.
14. No person shall act as a Slaughterman without l:taving first obtained a
Slaughterman's Licence from the Local Authority.
15. No licence·to act as a Slaughterman shall be granted to any person under the
age of 17 years. ·
· 16. Every application for a licence to act as a Slaughterman shall bein writing
and be accompanied by a certificate of good character, and a medical certificate
that the applicant is not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease.
17. Sho.uld the Inspector at any time suspect that any licensed Slaughterman is
to the Chairman of the Local Authority, and any such Slaughterman shall, if re-
quired by the Local Authority so to do, produce a medical certificate from the
Medical Officer of Health of his freedom from infectious or contagious disease.
18. No person afflicted with Leprosy or suffering fron1 any infectious or con-
tagious disease shall be allowed in any part of the Slaughter-house, and it shall be
lawful for the Inspector or his assistant or for any constable to remove any such
person from the Slaughter-house.
19. Every person taking out a Slaughterman's Licence shall be provided with a
badge bearing the words "Licensed Slaughterman," and the distinguishing number
of his licence printed thereon, and no .person shall b'e allowed to slaughter any
animal or otherwise to act as a slaughterman without having such a badge on a
conspicuous part of his body.
20. Every such licence shall be granted for one year from the date of such licence
and for every licence there shall be paid to the Warden a licence fee of 24 cents.
21. No person shall be allowed in the Slaughter-house buildings or in the enclosed
members and employees of the Local Authority,· the owner of any animals bnJught.
into the Slaughter-house or his servants, or any licensed Slaughterman.
22. Except by leave of the Irn,pector or his duly authorised Officer, no person shall
enter the Slaughter-house building or any part thereof except for the purpose of
slaughtering or feeding or watering any animal, and only at such times as may be
fixed for these pm;-poses, and no such person shall remain therein for a longer time
than is reasonably necessary for any of such purposes,
Provided that this bye-law shall not apply to the members and employees of the
Local Authority.
buildings or the approaches thereto or in the grounds or in any part thereof respec-
tively. Any person who offends against this bye-law, may in addition to the
penalty incurred by him for the offence, be forcibly removed from such buildings or
grounds by the officer in charge or by a constable.
24. No person removed from the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds for breach
of bye-law 23 shall be entitled to re-<;mter the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds
except by the express permission of the Inspector or his duly authorised officer.
25. No person shall in the Slaughter-house buildings or any part thereof or in the
grounds around the same, curse, swear, or make use of any violent, abusive, offensive,
or indecent or obscene language.
26. No person shall be quarrelsome, or of noisy behaviour, or cause any dis-
turbance in the Slaughter-house or any part thereof.
27. No person shall behave in an indecent manner in the Slaughter-house or in
any part thereof.
28. ·No person shall sing loudly or play any musical instrument in the Slaughter-
house or in any part thereof. ·
29. No person shall light any fire or cook any food in the Slaughter-house, except
in such part of _the Slaughter-house as may be set apart for the purpose_.
Slaughter-house.
31. No person shall molest, hinder or obstruct the Inspector or other officer of the
Slaughter-house in the ·performance of his duties.
or omit to comply with any reasonable directions of the Inspector or other officer,
for the maintenance of order or regularity or for carrying any bye-laws into effect.
Slaughter-house.
34. No person shall by any contrivance or device or in any manner whatever,
tamper with any scale, balance, beam or weight whether or not the same· is the
35. No person shall. chop any articles, matter or thing on any table in the Slaughter-
house or shall in any way damage any part of the Slaughter-house or any bench,
table, or any. furniture, appliance or thing therein belonging to the Government.
36. No person shall smoke in any part of the Slaughter-house.
37. No person shall spit on the floor of the Slaughter-house or throw or. drop
on the floor or ground of the Slaughter-house any offal, · garbage, refuse, or any
other matter whatsoever.
38. The owner of any animal or of any meat in the Slaughter-house wh.ich shall be
certified by the Inspector to be diseased or unfit for human food shall, upon tl).e order
of the Inspector forthwith, at such owner's cost, cause such _animal or meat to be ·
destroyed or otherwise disposed of to the sati~faction of such Inspector in such
manner and at such place as shall be specified in such order, and the destruction
shall be carried out, if so required, under the sup~rvision of the Inspector.
39, The term "Inspector" in these bye-laws shall include a Veterinary Surgeon
or any Officer duly authorised by the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
SCHEDULE OF THE CHAR(¾ES AT THE PRINCES TOWN SLAUGHTER-HOUSE.

For every Ox:- For every Sheep:-
Lairage per day ... 4 cents Lairage per day 2 cents
. Slaughtering fee . .. 48 cents Slaughtering fee ... 12 cents
, For every Calf or Pig:- For every Goat:-
Slaughtering fee-Calf 24 cents Slaughtering fee ... 12 cents
Pig 18 cents.
Public Health. [Ch, 12. No. 4. 471
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (SANG RE GRANDE) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 18.6.31
1. The Slaughter-house shall be opened daily at 5 a.m. and shall be closed at 7 p.m.
-animal shall be admitted into the Slaughter-house except between the hours of 5 a.m.
and 6 p.m.
animal shall be slaughtered except between the hours of 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
animal has been inspected on the day on which it is intended to be slaughtered by
slaughtered.
slaughtering of cattle shall, before proceeding to slaughter any such cattle, cause the
head of s·uch cattle to be securely fastened so as to enable such cattle to be felled with
as little pain or suffering as practicable, and shall in the process of slaughtering any
animal use such instruments and appliances and adopt such method of slaughtering
and otherwise take such precautions as may be requisite to secure the infliction of
as little pain or suffering as is practicable.
hide or skih of every such animal to be removed within 24 hours after the completion
of the slaughtering of such animal. ·
Slaughter-house except in a cart, truck or tray, or other receptacle approved by the
Inspector.
of any animal from the Slaughter-house except in carts approved by the Local
Authority.
house be properly and sufficiently fed and watered by the owner to the satisfaction
of the Inspector. ·
13. All animals kept in any pen or other place in the Slaughter-house shall be
kept at the risk of the owner of such animal.
age of 17 years.
16. Every application for a licence to act as a Slaughterman shall be in writing
and be accompanied by a certificate of good character, and a Medical Certificate that
the applicant is not suffering from any infectious or contagious disease.
to the Chairman of the Local Authority, and any such Slaughterman shall, if required
by the Local Authority so to do, produce a Medical Certificate of his freedom from
18. No person afflicted with leprosy or su:f!ering from any infectious or contagious
disease shall be allowed in any part of the Slaughter-house, and it shall be lawful for
the Inspector or his assistant or for any constable to remove any such perso:p. from
the Slaughter-house. ·
19. Every person taking out a Slaughterman's licence shall be provided free of
charge with a badge bearing the words " Licensed Slaughterman," and the distin-
guishing number of his licence printed thereon, and no person shall be allowed to
slaughter any animal or otherwise to act as slaughterman without having such a
badge on a conspicuous part of his body.
20. Every such licence 'shall be granted for one year from the date of such li~ence
owner of any animals brought into the Slaughter-house or his servants, or any licensed
Slaughterman. ·
22. Except by leave of the Inspector·or his duly authorised officer, no person .shall
slaughtering or feeding or watering any animal, and only at such times as may be
fixed for these purposes, and no such person shall remain therein for a longer ,time
than is reasonably necessary for any of such purposes.
'.
buildings or the approaches thereto, or in the grounds or in any part thereof
respectively. Any person who offends against this bye-law may, in addition to the
grounds by the officer in charge or by a constable.
24. No person removed from the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds for· breach
of bye-law 23 shall be entitled to re-enter the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds.
except by the express permission of the Inspector or his duly authorised officer.
25. No person shall in the Slaughter-house buildings or any part thereof, ot in .

the grounds around the same, curl:le, swear, or make use of any violent, abusive,
offensive, or indece:p.t or obscene language.
26. No p<!rson snail be quarrelsome, or of noisy behaviour,· or cause any
disturbance in the Slaughter-house or any part thereot
27. No pen;un shall behave in an indecent manner in the Slaughter-house or in
any part thereof.
28. No person shall sing loudly or play any musical instrument in the Slaughter-
house or in auy part thereof.
29. No person shall light any fire or cook any food in the Slaughter-house, except
in such part of the Slaughter-house as may be set apart for the purpose.
30. No person snall bring any intoxicating liquor within the precincts •Of the
Slaughter-house.
. 31. No person shall molest, hinder or obstruct the Inspe<;:tor or other officer of t)ie
Slaughter-house in the performance of his duties.
or omit to comply with any reasol).able directions of the Inspector or qther officer,
Slaughter-house.
34. No person shall by any contrivance or device, or in any manner whatever,

tamper with any scale, balance, beam or weight whether or not the same is the
35. No person shall chop any articles, matter or thing on any table in the
Slaughter-house or shall in any way damage any part of the Slaughter-house or any
bench, table, or any furniture, appliance, or thing therein belonging to the Government .
.
36. No person shall smoke in any part of the Slaughter-house.
37. No person shall spit on the floor of the Slaughter-house or throw or drop on
the floor or ground of the Slaughter-house any offal, garbage, refuse, or any other
matter whatsoever.
38. The owner of any animal or of any meat in the Slaughter-house which shall
be certified by the Inspector to be diseased or unfit for human food shall, upon the
order of the Inspector forthwith, at such owner's cost, cause such animal or meat
39. The term "Inspector" in these bye-laws shall include a Veterinary Surgeon
or any Officer duly authorised by the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
40. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing Bye-laws shall be
liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00
SCHEDULE OF THE CHARGES AT THE SANGRE GRANDE

SLAUGHTER-HOUSE ..
For every Ox:- For every Sheep:-
Slaughtering fee ... 48 cents Slaughtering fee 12 cents
For every Calf or Pig:- For every Goat:-
Lairage per day ... 4 cents· Lairage per day 2 cents
Slaughtering fee-Calf 24 cents Slaughtering fee 12 cents
Pig 18 cents
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (SAN JUAN) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance. G.N. 9-
1. The Slaughter-house shall be opened daily at 6 .a.m. and shall be closed at 1049.
6p.m.
2. Unless by special permission of the Inspector or his duly authorised officer,
no animal shall be admitted into' the Slaughter-house except between the hours
of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
animal shall .be slaughtered except between the hours of 12 noon and 4 p.m.
the Inspector and certified by him to be free from disease and otherwise fit to be
then slaughtered.
slaughter,ed animal until the Inspector shall have inspected and certified the same
empowered to mark any such carcase indicating that the same is fit or unfit for human
consumption by such means as may be approved by the Local Authority.
474 C_h. 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
hide or skin of every animal to be removed within 24 hours after the completion of
the slaughtering of such animal.
carcases before taking them away from tlie Slaughter-house.
9. No carcase, or portion thereof, offal, J.iver, lungs, or other organ shall be removed
from the Slaughter-house except,
(a) in the vehicle provided by the Local Authority; or
All such vehicles or receptacles shall be kept in a clean condition and shall be provided
with such appliances as the Local Authority may deem requisite to protect from
contamination any carcase or meat conveyed in such vehicle or receptacle.
IO. All animals brought into the Slaughter-house shall, while in such Slaughter-
satisfaction of the Inspector.
II. No animal shall be slaughtered unless all charges due for lairage, slaughtering
fees and otherwise in respect of such animal have been pa:id. ·
at the risk of the owner of such animal. ·
14. No licence to act as a Slaughterman shall be granted to any person under
the age of 17 years.
15. Every application for a licence to act as a Slaughterman shall be in writing
signed by the applicant, and shall set forth the names and address of such applicant,
and be accompanied by a certificate of good character, and a medical certificate that
16. Should the Inspector at any tim·e suspect that any licensed Slaughterman is
suffering from any infectious or contagious disease,· he shall at once report the fact
to the Chairman of the Local Authority, and any such Slaughterman shall, if
required by the Local Authority so to do, produce a medical certificate of his freedom
from infectious or contagious disease.
17. No person afflicted with or suffering from any infectious or contagious disease
shall be allowed in any part of the Slaughter-house, and it shall be lawful for the
Slaughter-house.
owner of any animals brought into the Slaughter-house or his servants, or any
licensee[ Slaughterman.
21. Except by leave of the Inspector or his duly authorised officer, no person
shall enter the Slaughter-house building or any part thereof except for the purpose
of slaughtering or feeding or providing water for any animal.
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No. 4:. 475
buildings or the approaches thereto, or in the grounds or in any part, thereof
respectively. Any person who offends against this bye-law may, in addition to
the penalty incurred by him for the offence, be forcibly removed from such buildings
or grounds by the officer in charge or by a constable.
23. No person removed from the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds for breach
of Bye-law 22 shall be entitled to re-enter the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds
or any part thereof except by ·the express permission of the Inspector or his duly
authorised officer. ·
24. No person shall in the Slaughter-house buildings, or any part thereof, or in
the grounds around same:-
(a) curse, swear or make use of any violent, abusive, offensive or indecent
or obscene language;
disturbance;
(cl) light any fire or cook any food except in such part of the Slaughter-house
that may be set apart for the purpose;
(e) bring any intoxicati~g liquor within the precincts of the Slaughter-house;
(f) molt;st, hinder or obstruct the Inspector or any other officer of the
Slaughter-house ~n the performance of his duties.
25. No person resorting to the Slaughter~house shall at any time refuse, neglect
or omit to comply with instructions of the Inspector or other officer for the
maintenance of order or regularity, or for carrying any bye-laws into effect.
Slaughter-house.
property of, or in the possession of or under the control of such person. ·
28. No person shall chop anything on any table in the Slaughter-house or shall
in any way damage any part of the Slaughter-house or.any bench, table, or any
ground of the Slaughter-house any offal, garbage, refuse or any other matter
whatsoever.
be certified by the Inspector to be diseased or unfit for human food shall upon the
order of the Inspector forthwith, at such owner's cost, cause such animal or meat
to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction of such Inspector in
such manner and at such place as shall be specified in such order; and the destruction
31. The term "Irrspector" in these Bye-laws shall include a Veterinary Surgeon,
Sanitary Inspector or any other officer duly auth_orised by the Local A~thority.
PENALTY.
liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00. ·

For every Ox:- For every sheep:-
Lairage per day .. . 4 cents Lairage per day .. . 2 cents
Slaughtering fee .. . 48 cents Slaughtering fee .. . 12cents
For every Calf or Pig:- For every Goat:-
Slaughtering fee-Calf 24 cents Slaughtering fee ... 12 cents
Pig 18 cents
47Q Ch. 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
· SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (TOBAGO) BYE-LAWS.

R.G. 18.6.31. Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance.
G.N. 86-
1947. 1. The Slaughter-house shall be opened daily at 5 a.m. and shall be closed at
7 p.m. ·
5 a.m. and 6 p.m. . _
3. No animal shall be slaughtered in the Slaughter-house unless such animal shall
have been brought into the Slaughter-house not later than 24 hours before the time
of slaughter. ·
animal shall be slaughtered except between the hours of 2 p.m. and 6 p_.m.
an}mal has been inspected on the day on which it is intended to be slaughtered by the
Inspector and certified by him to be free from disease and otherwise fit to be then
slaughtered.
7. Every owner of. any cattle and every servant employed by such· owner in the
slaughtering of cattle shall, before proceeding to slaughter any such- cattle, cause
hide or skin of every such animal .to be removed within 24 hours. after the completion
of the slaughtering of such animal.
10. No carcase of an animal or portion thereof and no· offal, liver, lungs or other
organ. of an animal shall be removed from the Slaughter-ho~se except- .
(a) in a cart, truck, tray oi: other receptacle approved by the Inspector; or
(b) in a vehicle provided by the Government and on payment of the loading
and transportation charges in respect thereof set out in the Schedule hereto.
house, be properly and sufficiently fed and watered by the owner to the satis~actio_n
of the Inspector.
fees and otherwise in respect of such animal have been paid. ·
13. ·All animals stabled or kept in any lair, pen or oth\')r place in the Slaughter-
house, shall be stabled and kept at the risk of the owner of such animal.
14. No- animal brought into the Slaughter-house shall be allowed to be taken
away alive, except by order or special leave of the Inspector.
15. No person shall act as a slaughterman without having first obtained a
slaughterman's licence from the Local Authority. ·
116. No licence to act as a slaughterman shall be granted to any person ~1:n.derthe
age of 17 years.
• 17. Every application for a licence to act as a slaughterman shall be in writing
Public H,ealth. [Ch. 12. No. 4. 477

18. Should the Inspector at any time suspect that any licensed slaughterman is
to the Chairman oi the Local Authority, and any such slaughterman shall, if required
by the Local Authority so to do, produce a medical certificate of his freedom from
19. No person afflicted with leprosy or suffering from any infectious or contagious
disease shall be allowed in any part of the Slaughter-house, and it shall be lawful for
the Inspector or his assistant or for any constable to remove any such person from .
the Slaughter-house.
20. Every person taking out a Slaughterman's licence, shall be provided free of
charge with a badge bearing the words " Licensed Slaughterman," and the
distinguishing number of his licence printed thereon, and no person shall be allowed
to slaughter any animal or otherwise to act as slaughterman without having such
a badge on a conspicuous part of his body.
21. Every such licence shall_ be granted for one year from the date of such licence
. 22. No person shall be allowed in the Slaughter-house buildings or in the enclosed
grounds around the buildings, or in any part of such buildings or grounds, except
the owner of any animal brought into the Slaughter-house or his servants, or any
licensed slaughterman. · ·
slaughtering _or feeding or watering any animal, and only at such times as may be
fixed for these purposes; and no such person shall remain therein for a longer time
than is reasonably necessary for any of such purposes.
24. No person shall fight or assault any other person in the Slaughter-house building ·
or the approaches thereto, or in the grounds or in any part thereof respectively. Any
person who offends against this bye-law may, in addition to the penalty incurred
by him for the offence, be forcibly removed from such buildings or grounds by the
officer in charge or by a constable.
25. No person removed from the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds for a
breach of bye-law 24 shall be entitled to re~enter the Slaughter-house buildings or
grounds or any part thereof during the remainder of the day on which he was so
removed, except by the express permission of the Inspector or his duly authorised
officer.
26. No person shall in the Slaughter-house buildings or any part thereof, or in
the grounds around the same, curse, swear, or make use of any violent, abusive,
offensive, or indecent or obscene language.
27. No person shall be quarrelsome, or of noisy behaviour, or cause ally disturbance
in the Slaughter-house or any part thereof.
28. No person shall behave in an indecent manner in the Slaughter-house or in
any part thereof.
29. No persori shall sing loudly or play any musical instrument in the Slaughter-
house or in any part thereof. ·
30. No person shall light any fire or cook any food in the Slaughter-house except
in such part of the Slaughter-house as may be set apart for the purpose.
Slaughter-house.
32. No person shall molest, hinder or obstruct the Inspector or other officer of
the Slaughter-house in the performance of his duties.
478 Ch. 12. No. ,_l.J Public Health.
33. No person resorting to the Slaughter-house shall at any time refuse, neglect,
or omit to comply with any reasonable directions of the Inspector or other Officer,
Slaughter-house.
tamper with any scale, balance, beam or weight whether or not the same is the property
of, or in the possession of or under the control of such person.
36. No person shall chop any articles, matter, or thing on any table in the
Slaughter-house or shall in any way damage any part of the Slaughter-house or any
bench, table, or any furniture, appliance, or thing therein belonging to the
Government.
37. No person shall smoke in any part of the Slaughter~house.
38. No person shall spit on the floor of the Slaughter-house or throw or drop
on the floor or ground of the Slaughter-house any offal, garbage, refuse, or any other
matter whatsoever.
be certified by the Inspector to be diseased or unfit for human food shall, upon the
order of the Inspector, forthwith, at such owner's cost, cause such animal or meat
shall be carried out if so required, under the supervision of the Inspector.
PENALTY.
40. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing bye-laws shall
be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00.
41. The term "Inspector" in these bye-laws means the Inspector of animals
and meat appointed by Government.
42. The charges set out in the Schedule hereto shall be payable in respect of the
lairage and slaughtering of animals and the loading and transportation by
Government vehicles of the carcases, meat, offal or organs thereof.
SCHEDULE.
Animal Lairage Slaughtering Loading and

Transportation
Ox 4 cents per clay 48 cents 48 cents
Calf 4 cents per clay 24 cents 48 cents
Pig 4 cents per day 18 cents 22 cents
Sheep .. . 2 cents per day 12 cents 22 cents
Goat .. . 2 cents per day 12 cents 22 cents
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE (TUNAPUNA) BYE-LAWS.
G.N.8-
Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance.
1949. I. The Slaughter-house shall be opened daily at 6 a.m. and shall be closed at
6p.m.
animal shall be admitted into the Slaughter-house except between. the .hours of
6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Public Health. 479
3. Save with the express .permission of the Inspector or his authorised officer, no
animal shall be slaughtered except between the hours of 12 noon and 4 p.m.
the Inspector and certified by him to be free from disease and otherwise fit to be
then slaughtered.
empowered to mark any such carcase indicating that the same is fit or unfit for
human consumption by such means as may be approved by the Local Authority ..
'with as little pain or suffering as practicable, and shall in the process of slaughtering
hide or skin of every animal to be removed within 24 hours after the completion of
the slaughtering of such animal.
carcases before taking them away from the Slaughter-house. ·
9. No carcase, or portion thereof, offal, liver, lungs, or other organ shall be removed
from the Slaughter-house except,
(a) in the vehicle provided by the Local Authority; or
All such vehicles or receptacles shall be kept in a clean condition and shall be pro-
vided with such appliances as the Local Authority may deem requisite to protect
from contamination any carcase or meat conveyed in such vehicle or receptacle.
IO. All animals brought into the Slaughter-house shall, while in such Slaughter-
satisfaction of the Inspector.
fees and otherwise in respect of such animal have been· paid.
at the risk of the owner of such animal.
13. No person shall act as a Slaugh terman without having first obtainid a Slaughter-
man's licence from the Local Authority.
age of 17 years. ·
15. Every application for a licence to act as a Slaughtennan shall be in writing
signed by the applicant, and shall set forth the names and address of such applicant,
to the Chairman of the Local Authority, and any such Slaughterman shall, if re-
quired by the Local Authority so to do, produce a medical certificate of his freedom
from infectious or contagious disease. ·
17. No person afflicted with or suffering.from any infectious or contagious disease
shall. be allowed in any part of the Slaughter-house, and it shall be lawful for the
Slaughter-house.
owner of any animals brought into the Slaughter-house or his servants, or any
licensed Slaughterman. ·
slaughtering or feeding or providing water for any animal.
22. No person shall fight or assault any other person .in the Slaughter-house
. buildings or the approaches thereto, or in the grounds or in any part, thereof respec-
tively. Any person who offends against this bye-law may, in addition to the
grounds by the officer in charge or ?Y a constable. ·
23. No person removed from the Slaughter-house building or grounds for breach
of Bye-law 22 shall be entitled to re-enter .the Slaughter-house buildings or grounds
or any part thereof except by the express permission bf the Inspector or his duly
authorised officer.
24. No person shall in the Slaughter-house buildings, or any part thereof, or in.
the grounds around same:- ·
(a) curse, swear or make use of any violent, abusive, offensive or indecent
or obscene language;
disturbance;
, (d) light any fire or cook any food except in such part of the Slaughter-
house that may be set apart for the purpose;
(e) bring any intoxicating liquor within the precincts of the Slaughter-house;
(f) molest, hinder or obstruct the Inspector or any other officer of the
Slaughter-house in the performance of his duties. . ·
25. No person resorting to the Slaughter-house shall'at any time ref1,1se,neglect.
or omit to comply with instructions of the Inspector or other officer for the mainten-
ance of order or regularity, or for carrying any bye-laws into effect.
26. No person shall bring any dog or permit any dog to follow him into -the
Slaughter-~ouse. ·
27. No person shall by any contrivance 9r device, or in any manner whatever,
property or, in-the possession or under the control of such person.
28. No person shall chop anything on any table in the Slaughter-house or shall,
in any way damage any part of the Slaughter-house or any .bench, table, or any
ground of the Slaughter-house any offal, garbage, refuse or any other matter what-
oo~~ . .
J 30. The owner of any animal or of any meat in the Slaug):iter-house which shall
pe certifi~d by the Inspector to be diseased or unfit for human food shall upon tne
. order of the Inspector forthwith, at such owner's cost, cause such animal or meat
to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction of such Inspector in
such manner and at such place as shall be specified in such order; and the destruc-
tion shall be carried out, if so required, under the supervision of the Inspector.
31. The term " Inspector" in these Bye-laws shall include a Veterinary Surgeon,
. Sanitary Inspector or any other _officer duly authorised by the Local Authority.
PENALTY.

For every ox:- For every sheep:-
Slaughtering fee . . . 48 cents Slaughtering fee 12 cents
For every calf or pig:- For every goat:-
Lairage per day . . . 4 cents Lairage per day 2 cents
Slaughtering fee-Calf 24 cents Slaughtering fee 12 cents
Pig 18 cents
SLAUGHTERING (RURAL DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.

THE ST. ANN'S-TACARIGUA SANIT-ARY DISTRICT (EXCLUDING THE SLAUGHTER-
HOUSE IN THE TOWN'OF TUNAPUNA). R.G.
10.12.31.
Bye-laws made under section 160 (3) of the Public Health Ordinance. 26.2.44.
I. These bye-laws may be cited as the Slaughtering (Rural Districts) Bye-laws.
2. Every person who shall apply for permission to establish or carry on the trade
ci Slaughtering shall submit his application on the form hereto appended together
with:
(a) A plan of the building or premises in which he proposes to car~y on the
same, showing the arrangements and provisions made or proposed to be made
for the proper conduct of such trade and for the drainage, ventilation and water
supply of such premises. ·
(b) A general explanation or description of the trade and the processes and
products thereof. ·
3 .. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall cause the floor of the building in
which any part or process of the trade is carried on to be built of stone, concrete or
other impervious material smoothly rendered and to be kept at all times in good
order an_d repair and in a wholesome condition to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority.
4. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall cause all parts of the premises in
which his trade is carried on to be suitably drained to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority, and shall if required by the Local Authority provide one or niore catch-
pits or intercepting chambers so situated and so constructed as to prevent any
noxious matter from finding access to any public drains, and shall maintain all drains
and catchpits on the premises in good order and efficient action.
5. The owner or occupier shall give at least 24 hours notice to the Inspector of
the day and hour whim ne proposes to slaughter any animal or animals.
6. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery :-
(a) Shall cause the means of water supply provided upon the premises to
be kept in proper order, so as to ensure a sufficient supply of water for the proper
cleansing of the slaughtery, stalls, pens, or lairs, and of the vessels and re-
ceptacles therein. ·
(b) Shall cause every part of the floor of such slaughtery, and every other
internal part of such ~laughtery, and al3o the fittings thereof, upon which any
T.--VIII. 31
blood, or refuse, or filth may have been spilled, splashed or deposited, to be

thoroughly washed and cleansed within three hours after the completion of any
slaughtering.
(c) Shall cause all dung and offensive litter to be swept up and removed froi:n
every stall, pen or lair at least once a day, and such place to be thoroughly
cleansed as often as may be necessary to keep the s·ame in a clean condition.
(d) Shall cause every part of such floor and all internal walls and fittings
within six feet of such floor to be at all times kept in good order and repair, so
as to prevent the abrnrption therein of any blood, or liquid refuse, or filth.
7. For the purpose of dimlilishing the offensiveness of the trade and safeguarding
the public health, every owner. or occupier of a slaughtery shall in cleansing the
premises use such disinfectants and deodorants as the Local Authority may direct.
8. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall cause all utensils, receptacles and
appliances used in such slaughtery to be kept, when not in actual use, in a thoroughly
clean condition.
9. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall cause all manure, garbage, filth, or
any refuse residues from animals slaughtered, and all hides, skins, fat, tripes, and
offal therefrom to be removed from the premises within 24 hours of the completion
of slaughtering, in such manner and by such means, and in such receptacles as will
prevent nuisances arising either at the premises or in the public streets or elsewhere.
IO. The owner of any cattle and every servant employed by such owner in the
slaughtering of cattle shall, before proceeding to slaughter any such cattle,· cause
with as little pain or suffering as practicable, and shall in. the process of slaughtering
any animal use such instruments and appliances and adopt such method_ of slaughter-
oi: as little pain or suffering as is practicable. ·
11. All slaughtermen shall provide themselves with clean towels for dressing the
carcases before taking them away from the slaughtery.
slaughtery except in a cart, truck or tray, or other receptacle approved by the
Inspector.
13. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall not allow the slaughtery to be used
for any other purpose than the slaughtering and dressing of animals the flesh of
which is fit for, and intended to be sold as human food. ·
14. ·The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall at all times employ· such means
and adopt such precautions as may be necessary for preventing nuisance arising
upon the premises.
15. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall, at any hour by day or at any
hour when the business is in progress or is .usually carried on therein, afford· free
access to ev.ery part of the premises to any person authorised by the Local Authority
to inspect slaughter-houses, and he shall allow such person to examine the premises
without obstruCition or unnecessary delay. ·
16. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall not at any time keep any dog, or
cause or suffer any dog to be kept in such slaughtery.
17. The owner or occupier of a slaughtery shall not permit any water-closet,
privy, uri11al, or stable to be within any slaughtery, stall pen, or lair, nor any water-
closet, privy, urinal or stable to be in direct communication with, or ventilate into
any slaughtery.
of any animal from the slaughtery except in carts approved by the Local Authority.
19. All animals brought into the slaughtery shall, while in such .slaughtery, be
.properly and sufficiently fed and watered by the owner to the satisfaction of the
Inspector.
20. No person shall act as a slaughterman without first having obtained a

slaughterman's licence from the Local Authority.
2L No licence to act as a slaughterman shall be granted to any person under the

.age of 17 years.
22. Every application for a licence to act as a slaughterman shall be in writing

23. Should the Inspector at any time suspect that any slaughterman is suffering
from any infectious or contagious disease, he shall at once report the fact to the
Medical Officer of Health, and any such slaughterman shall, if required by the Local
Authority so to do, produce a medical certificate of his freedom from infectious or
·contagious disease.
24. No person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease shall be allowed
in any part of the slaughtery, and it shall be lawft;il for the Inspector or his assistant
•or for any constable to remove any such person from th.e slaughtery.
25. No person shall light any fire in the slaughtery except in such part of the
slaughtery as may be set apart for the purpose of the preparation of the carcase or
.any part of it.
26. No person shall spit on the floor of the slaughtery or throw or drop on the
fl.oar or ground of the slaughtery any offal, garbage, refuse, or any other matter
whatsoever except in the process of slaughtering.
27. The owner of any animal or of any meat in the slaughtery which shall be
•certified by the Inspector to be diseased or unfit for human food, shall, upon the
·order of the Inspector forthwith at such owner's cost, cause such animal or meat to
be destroyed or otherwise disposed of to the satisfaction of such Inspector in such
manner and in such place as shall be specified in such order, and the destruction
:shall be carried out, if so required, under the supervision of the Inspector. Provided
that if the Inspector be not a medical practitioner or registered Veterinary Surgeon,
he shall have no po-v.er to order the destruction of any such animal or meat or part
thereof, except on the instruction or certificate of a member of the !l-1edical Board
,or a registered Veterinary Surgeon.
28. The term" Inspector" in these bye-laws shall include a Registered Veterinary
Surgeon or any Officer duly authorised by the Local Authority.
PENALTY.
liable for every such offence to pay a penalty of $24.00.
APPLICATION.
30. The foregoing bye-laws shall have effect in such portions of rural sanitary
districts as may from time to time. be defined for the purpose of these bye-laws by
resolution of the Centr;:i,l Board of Health published in the Royal Gazette.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
Application for permission to use a place for Slaughtering.

I, . , of , do hereby apply for permission to use the place herein-
after described for slaughtering. And I hereby declare that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief the several particulars hereunder set forth with respect to, the
said place are true and correct.
31 (2)
PARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises a.nd description of the proposed place.
2. No. of Stalls or lairage (if any).
3. Full Name and Address of Owner of the premises.
4. Full Name and Address of Occupier of the premises.
SOAP BOILING (RURAL DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.
I. These bye-laws may be cited as the Soap-boiling (Rural Districts) Bye-laws.
2. Every person who shall apply for permission to carry on the trade of soap-
boiling shall submit with his application:~
(a) A plan of the building or premises in which he proposes to carry on the
supply of such premises.
(b) A general explanation or description of the trade and of the raw materials,
processes and products thereof.
3. Every soap boiler shall cause the floor, and the walls and partitions of the
building in which any part or process of the trade is carried on or in which any
material intended for use in the trade is stored to be built of stone, concrete or other
impervious material smoothly rendered and to be kept at all times in good order and
repair and in a wholesome condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
4. Every soap boiler shall cause all parts of the premises in which his trade is
carried on to be suitably drained to the satisfaction of the Local Authority, and shall
if required by the Local Authority provide one or more catchpits pr intercepting
chambers so situated and so constructed as to prevent any .noxious matter from
:finding access to any public drains!. and shall maintain all drains and catchpits on
the premises in good order and efficient action.
5. Every soap boiler shall cause all materials received upon the premises and
which are not required for immediate use, and all refuse, residue or waste matter
derived from the trade to· be stored or otherwise dealt with so as to prevent the
emission of noxious effluvium therefrom.
6. Every soap boiler shall adopt the best practicable means of rendering innocuous
all vapours emitted during the process of melting or boiling any materials or from
the contents of any tank, pan, barrel or other receptacle upon the premises where
his· trade is carried on.
7. For the purpose of diminishing the offensiveness of the trade and safeguarding
the public health, every soap boiler shall in cleansing the premises use such disinfectants
and deodorants as the Local Authority may .direct.
8. Every soap boiler shall at all times afford free access to every part of his trade
premises to the Medical Officer of Health or the Sanitary Inspector for the purpose
of inspection.
PENALTY.
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24.00, and in case
notice of the offence from the Local Authority.
APPLICATION.
10. The foregoing bye-laws shall be applicable to all Rural Sanitary Districts in
the Colony.
STABLES (RURAL DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-law made under section 67 of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 26.4.34·
l. These bye-laws may be cited as the Stables (Rural Districts) Bye-laws.
SITUATION OF STABLES.
2. No stable shall be erected at a less distance than six feet from any part of any
Jiouse, or of any kitchen forming part thereof.
CONSTRUCTION OF STABLES.
3. (a) The floor of every stable shall be properly paved with good cement concrete
smoothly rendered and so graded so as to cause all liquid manure and washings from
the stables to flow directly into a barrel shaped drain not less than nine inches deep
laid along the outer edge of the floor and provided with an intercepting catchpit in
its course, to the street drain, such catchpit being of sufficient size to hold all liquid
manure discharged from the stable in the interval between the times prescribed
hereunder for the cleansing and flushing of stables in each day. Provided that
nothing in this bye-law shall prevent any person who desires to do so from laying
down moveable :flooring of planks over the concrete.
(b) The ground adjoining the portion of the drain which lies in front of every
stable shall be paved with good cement concrete, smoothly rendered for a distance
of at least four feet from the drain, and graded so as to cause the splashings and
washings from the stable to flow back into the drain.
4. (a) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a stable shall
cause the floor and the paved surface in front of such stable to be thoroughly swept
day. Where there is a moveable flooring of planks over the concrete, these must
be removed and thoroughly swept arid cleansed at the same time.
(b) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a stable shall
cause the drain leading from such stable, together with the catchpit connected
thereto to be at one and the same time thoroughly flushed, swept and cleansed with
a generous supply of clean water and disinfected with an efficient liquid disinfectant
and deodorant not later than 7 o'clock in the morning of every day.
(c) For the proper flushing and cleansing of every stable the owner of the
premises shall provide a proper water supply on the premises. ·
· (d) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a stable shall
stable to be whitewashed twice at least in every year, that is to say, once during the
month of May and once during the month of October, and oftener when required
by the Medical Officer of Health.
5. The contents of the catchpits laid in the course of the drain connected with a
stable shall not be permitted to flo"v into the street drains except at the times
prescribed in the preceding bye-law for flushing and cleansing the drain leading
from such stable.
REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF STABLES.
6. No stable shall be used for any other purpose than the stabling of horses,
asses or mules.
DISPOSAL OF MANURE.
7. (a) The owner of every stable shall provide above the ground a watertight
receptacle of good cement concrete smoothly rendered externally and internally,
or a suitable metal or metal lined receptacle in a suitable position outside such
stable for the purpose of holding all refuse, dung, soiled bedding or other offensive
matter deposited in th~ stable or on the adjoining ground in the intervals between
their removal from the premises, and every such receptacle shall be fitted with a
properly fitting metal or metal lined cover, and shall at all times be kept in proper
repair and covered while in use.
(b) The owner or occupier of every premises on which there is a stable shall
cause the contents of every such receptacle to be removed from the premises as
often as is necessary, and not less than once every day.
(c) Every receptacle as aforesaid shall be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected
daily after the removal of its contents from the premises.
(d) Twice a week all used bedding shall be removed from the premises and only
clean unused bedding will be allowed in the stables or on the premises.
PENALTY.
8. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of any of the
foregoing bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $48, and in
the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10 for every day aft!;lr
written notice thereof from the LociJ,l Authority. ·
SWINE, KEEPING OF (RURAL DISTRICTS) BYE-LAWS.

R.G.20.2.41, Bye-laws made under section 67 (d) of the Public Health Ordinance.
I. These bye-laws may be cited as the Keeping of Swine (Rural Districts) Bye-laws.
PIGSTIES.
2. (1) Subject to the provisions of Bye-law 4 of these Bye-laws, any person may
keep pigs in any rural district of the Colony provided that, in doing so, he shall
comply with any directions in writing given by the Local Authority as to the manner
in which such pigs are to be kept which may appear to the Local Authority to be
necessary for the safeguarding of the public health.
(2) Any such direction purporting to be signed by an officer of the Local
Authority shall be deemed to be genuine until the contrary is proved.
SITUATION OF PIGSTIES.
3. No pigsty shall be erected or maintained at a less distance than 20 feet from
any part of any house or kitchen forming part thereof or from any cowshed, nor
in such a situation as to be likely to pollute any wen or source of water supply for
domestic or dairy purposes. ·
CONSTRUCTION OF PIGSTIES.
4. The floor of any pigsty shall not in any part be below the level of the adjoining
ground; it ,ihall_be so laid with stone, concrete or other material, as to be impervious
to moisture, and the surface shall be so graded that the liquid matter shall flow toward
a channel leading to a catchpit outside the pigsty.
CLEANSING OF PIGSTIES,
5. Every owner of a pigsty and !:lvery person for the time being having the care
and control of any such pigsty or any pigs therein, shall cause the floor and partitions
of such pigsty to be thoroughly cleansed daily. He shall. ta:ke all necessary steps
to prevent the pollution of the grounds immediately around such pigsty.
PENALTY.
i6,Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions .of the foregoing
Bye-laws sha:11be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24, and in the case of
•.a continuing offence to a further penalty of $10 for each day after written notice
APPLICATION,
7. The foregoing Bye-laws shall apply in all Rural Districts but nothing herein
shall be deemed to legalise the keeping of swine in any area which has been pro-
cl aimed a town for the purposes of Section 82 of the Summary Offences Ordinance.
TANKING RURAL DISTRICTS BYE-LAWS.
l. These bye-laws may be cited as the Tanning (Rural Districts) Bye-laws.
2. Every person who shall .apply for permission to carry on the trade of tanning
shall submit with his application:-
(a) A plan of the building or premises in which he proposes to carry on the
supply of such premises.
(b) A general explanation or description of the trade and of the raw materials,
processes and products thereof.
floor, and the walls and partitions of the building in which any part or process of
the trade is carried on, or in which any material intended for use in the trade is
stored, to be built of stone, concrete or other impervious material smoothly rendered
and to be kept at all times iI). good order and repair and in wholesome condition to
the satisfaction of the Local Auth.ority.
4. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall cause all
parts of the premises in which his trade is carried on to be suitably drained to the
satisfaction of the Local Authority and shall if required by the Local Authority
provide one or more catchpits or intercepting chambers so situated and so constructed
as to prevent any noxious matter from :finding access to any public drains, and shall
ipaintain all drains and catchpits in good order and efficient action.
all materials received upon the premises and which arenot required for immediate
use, and all refuse, residue or other waste matter derived from the trade to be stored
or otherwise dealt with so as to prevent the emission of noxious effluvium therefrom.
He shall at the close of every working day, cause all hair, fleshings and refuse
and placed in a suitable part of the premises, and if such hair, fleshings and refuse
upon the premises he shall cause them to be removed therefrom forthwith, or other-
wise disposed of so as not to cause a nuisance or be offensive or injurious to health.
6. Every person 'who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall cause the
floors, walls and ceilings of the premises in which his trade is carried on to be kept
thoroughly clean and in good repair. He shall cause the floors of the liming and
scraping rooms and of the place where fresh or unsalted. skins are stored to be
thoroughly cleansed with pure water and disinfected and deodorised with such
on the surface, and every ceiling which is not glazed or painted to be washed with
hot lime in the months of April and October in each year, and at such other times as
may be necessary to keep the premises in a clean and wholesome condition.
all lime or chrome or other pits or tanks for the treatment of hides or skins to be so
built and connected with one or more cesspools or intercepting chambers that no
solid matter therefrom shall :find access to the public drains.
488. Ch. 12. No. 4.J Public Health.
8. Every person who estatlishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall prevent
the dust arising from the grinding of mangrove bark, divi-divi or other substance
9. Every person who establishes or carries on the trade of tanning shall. cause all
waste lime, salts or chromic acid or other agent used in the treatment of hides or
skins which have been taken out of any pit-upon the prernises where his trade is
carried on to be forth·with disposed of in such manner as not to te a nuisance or
injurious to health.
PENALTY.
IO. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of the foregoing
bye-laws shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of $24, and in case of a
continuing offence to a further penalty of -$2.40 for each day after written notice
of the offence from the Local Authority.
APPLICATION.
II. 'the foregoing bye-laws shall be applicable to all Rural Districts in the Colony.
IMPORTATION OF FOOD.
R.G. 20.3.41. Regulations made by the Central Board of Health under Section 87 Qf the
Public Health Ordinance.
I. These Regulations may be cited as the Importation of Food Regul.ations.
2. In these Regulations-
" Comptroller.,, means the Comptroller. of Customs and Excise and any
Customs Officer deputed by him ;
"food " means every article of .food or drink (other than drugs or water)
intended for human consumption and includes food or drink imported in any
form of package or container whatsoever and whether fresh or preserved and
includes flavouring matter or condiments;
"import" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means• to
bring goods into or within the Colony or the territorial waters thereof by ..sea
or by air fro;m any place outside the Colony;
. " Medical· Officer of Health " means a Medical Officer appointed under
section 13 of the Public Health Ordinance, and authorised by the Director of
Medical Services to exercise the powers conferred upcin a Medicar Officer of
Health by these Regulations;
"Sanitary I:nspector" means an Inspector appointed under section 13 of the
Public Health Ordinance, and ·author:ised by the Director of Medical Services
to exercisi: the powers conferred upon a Sanitary Ini,pector by these Regulations;
"Ordinance" means the Public Health Ordinance.
3. (.1) Save in so far as other provision is expressly made in these Regulations, a
Medical Officer of Health shall_ enforce these Regulations.
(2) When the duties of the Comptroller or of any Customs Officer with ·respect
to the examination of a cargo or consignment comprising an article of food have not
been wholly discharged, an examination of the article of food for the purpose of
these Regulations shall not be made without the consent of such officer but the
Comptroller shall afford such facilities as the circumstances require for the examination
of the article of food .in pursuance of these Regulations.
(3) Any food on importation for local consumption· may be inspected by a
Medical Officer of Health o:i:by a Sanitary Insepctor in any Customs area, King's
warehouse, bonded warehouse or on board ship within the waters of the Colony, and
sufficient samples thereof may be taken without payment by the aforesaid officer
for examination or analysis.
(4) Every person who shall have in his custody or possession or under his
-control any food imported as aforesaid, shall afford to Medical Officers of Health and
to Sanitary Inspectors, in the exercise of their powers under the next preceding
paragraph of this Regulation all such facilities for inspecting the same as may
reasonably be required .
. (5) Whenever samples or any food have been taken as above provided, such
food, together ,vith any similar food in the same consignment may, at the discretion
of the Medical Officer of Health, be detained in the custody of the Department of
Customs and Excise until any necessary examination or analysis has been completed:
Provided that such examination or analysis shall be carried out without undue
<lelay.
(6) If such inspection, examination or analysis shows that the food is adulterated
·or is unsound or injurious to health or otherwise un:fit for human consumption, the
· result shall be communicated forthwith to the importer, and a Medical Officer of
• Health shall, after giving the importer an opportunity of making representations,
make an order for the disposal of the food. Such order may either-
(a) direct the food to be destroyed by and at the expense of the importer
under the supervision of the Comptroller or of the Medical Officer of Health, or
(b) require the food to be returned to the port of shipment or otherwise
exported, or
(c) allow the food to be delivered to the importer under conditii:ms ensuring
that such food will not be used for human consumption, or
(d) direct the food to be otherwise dealt with or di 9posed of as the Medical
Officer of Health may deem :fit.
4. Any order given by a Medical Officer of Health under the next preceding
regulation shall be in writing and shall be communicated to the Comptroller and to
the importer: ·
Provided that the Medical Officer of Health shall have the power to alter, vary
·Or rescind an order made by him. ·
5. When any sample is taken under the provisions of regulation 3 it shall be
divided in not less than three parts and each part shall be fastened up, sealed and
marked for identi:fication. One part shall be given to the importer, one to the
Government Chemist and one shall be retained by the :i'v1edicalOfficer of Health.
. 6. (1) Any person failing to comply with or acting in breach of any order given
by a Medical Officer of Health shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.
(2) Any person• who shall resist, oppose, molest, hinder or obstruct the
-Comptroller or a Medical .Officer of Health or a Sanitary Inspector acting in the
•exercise of his powers under these Regulations, shall be guilty of an offence against
these Regulations. . .
7. Any person guilty of an offence against these Regulations shall be liable on
:summary conviction to a penalty of $240, and proceedings shall be instituted by
the Central Board of Health.
SALE OF_ FOODSTUFFS (SANGRE-GRANDE) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under section 156 of the Public Health Ordinance. G:N;•87-
1949.
I. These bye-laws may be cited as the Sale of Foodstuffs (Sangre Grande) Bye-laws.

2. (i) No person shall keep within the town of Sangre Grande in the Rural Sanitary
District of St. Andrew and St. David any retail shop or place where any article of
food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended for human consumption,
is prepared, sold, exposed or offered for sale or deposited for the purpose of sale or of
'preparation for sale unless such retail shop or place is registered for the purpose by
the Local Authority in a Register to be kept by the Local Authority for the registra-
tion of such retail shops or places as aforesaid.
next preceding sub-paragraph shall forthwith make application to the Local
Authority for the registration of such shop or place.
(iii) The application for registration shall be according to the form in Schedule I
to these Bye-laws and shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Medical Officer
of Health of the District stating that the premises are suitable for the purpose. The
certificate of registration under this paragraph shall be according to the form in
Schedule II to these Bye-laws.
REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN CONVEYING OR DELIVERING

FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, ETC.
sale, sell or offer for sale inside or outside any building or in any street or other
public place in the said town of Sangre Grande any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry
or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refresh-
ments unless such person is registered by the Local Authority in a Register to be
kept by the Local Authority for such persons as aforesaid.
(ii) For the purpose of being so registered, every person employed for any of
the purposes mentioned in the next preceding sub-paragraph shall make application
for registration to the Local Authority.
Applications for registration shall be made in each year and not later than the
31st of March, thereof.·.
(iii) Every application for such registration shall be according to the form
in Schedule III to these Bye-laws, and shall be accompanied by a certificate from a
registered medical practitioner that the applicant is free from contagious or in-
fectious disease or from any sore, eruption or other affection of the body.
(iv) The certificate of registration under this bye-law shall be according to
the form in Schedule IV to these Bye-laws.
(v) It shall be lawful for the Local Authority to issue badges denoting registra-
tion to all persons registered under this bye-law.
CAKCELLATIOK OF REGISTRATION FOR BREACH OF BYE-LAWS.

retail shop or place or any person registered under these Bye-laws for any breach or
registered thereunder is not free from any signs or symptoms of communicable
disease or from any sore, eruption or other affection of the body, or where bye-
laws 2 to 7 of the bye-laws made by the Central Board of Health with respect to
shops and other such places in rural districts, are not observed. (Seep. 465.)

5. Every person registered under bye-law 3 hereof when employed in conveying
or delivering from ..house to house for purposes of sale, selling or offering for sale
outside any building or in any street, square or other public place in the said town
of Sangre Grande, any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery,
cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments, shall carry a
badge as provided in these. Bye-laws, and shall, when required to do so by any
officer of the Local Authority or by any person thereunto authorised by the Local
Authority, exhibit such badge to such officer or other person.
FEJ£S FOR BADGES.

6. For every badge issued under these Bye-laws there shall be paid to the Local
Authority a fee equivalent to the actual cost of the ba1ge.
CLEANLINESS OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER THESE BYE-LAWS OR EMPLOYED

IN RETAIL SHOPS.
7. Every person registered in accordance with these Bye-laws or employed in
retail shops or places required to be registered in accordance therewith shall main-
tain his body in a clean ,1nd wholesome state and be dressed in clean clothes and
apron at all times whilst conveying or delivering for the purpose of sale, selling or
offering for sale outside any building or in any street, square, or other public place
as aforesaid any article of food or drink as set forth in sub-paragraph (i) of bye-
law 3 hereof, or whilst attending to customers in any retail shop or place as afore-
said, and every such person shall whilst so employed, cleanse his hands with soap and
clean running water as often as is necessary to maintain them in a clean and whole-
some condition.
CLEANLINESS OF APPLIANCES, UTENSILS, ETC.

with the business of a retail shop or place required to be registered under these
Bye-laws or in conveying, or delivering from house to house for the purpose of sale,
selling or offering for sale outside or inside any building or in any street, square or
other public place as aforesaid any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or
uncooked, as set forth in bye-law 3 hereof shall at all times be kept by the owner
or. any person having charge thereof, in a clean and wholesome state to the satis-
faction of the Local Authority, and for that purpose all such appliances, freezers,
churns, milk cans, instruments, bottles, eating or drin:\ring vessels and other utensils,
containers and accessories as aforesaid shall i=ediately after use and at all other
necessary times be properly washed in clean running water from a tap placed inside
the premises and connected with a distributing main of the Central Water Distribu-
tion Authority or from a suitably covered cistern or container fed therefrom a source
approved by the Medical Officer of Health. Every such cistern or container shall
at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the
or offering for sale outside any building or in any street, square or other public place
as aforesaid, any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food,
sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments, shall at all times be kept in a
clean and wholesome state and all such vans, carts, barrows and other conveyances
as aforesaid shall be properly painted with oil or varnish and such oil, paint or
varnish shall be renewed at least once in every year, or oftener when required by the
PROHIBITION OF SALE OF ARTICLES WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THESE BYE-LAWS

ARE NOT OBSERVED.
9. No person shall convey, deliver from house to house, sell or offer for sale
outside of any building or in any street, square or other public place within the said
town qf Sangre Grande any article of ~ood, whether solid or liquid, cooked· or un-
cooked, intended for human consumption, supplied from any retail· shop or place
situated without the District, with respect to which any of the foregoing Bye-laws
are not observed or with respect to which the persons keeping such retail shops, or
places do not allow inspection thereof by the Local Authority of the District or any
other Local Authority.
PENALTY.
10. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of.these Bye-laws
shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of twenty-four dollars and in the
case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of ten dollars for each day during
which the offence continues after a written notice thereof has been given to such
person by the Local Authority.
SCHEDULE I.
Application for the registration of a Retail Shop or place where cooked or
uncooked food, etc., is sold, deposited, exposed or offered for the pur-
pose of sale for human consumption.
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To THE ST. ANDREW-Sr°. DAVID LOCAL AUTHORITY.
I, , of , do hereby apply, in pursuance of the Bye-laws made in
that behalf, for the registration of the place hereinafter described as a retail shop
or place for the sale, preparation, deposit, exposure or offer for sale of cooked 6r
uncooked food, &c., in the town of Sangre Grande.
p AR TI CU LARS.
1. Situation of premises and description of the proposed place.
SCHEDULE II.
CERTIFICATE OF.REGISTRATION.
PUBLICHEALTH ORDINANCE.
Registration of Retail Shops or places where cooked or uncooked food is
sold, deposited, exposed or offered for sale for human consumption.
To THE ST. ANDREW-ST. DAVID LocAL AUTHORITY.
where any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended
for human consumption may be sold, exposed or offered for sale or deposited for the
purpose of sale, or of preparation for sale in the town of Sangre Grande during the
year ending 31st December, 19
l\Iedical Officer of Health.
PARTICULARS.
1. Situation gf premises and description of place.
2. Christian name, surname and address of owner of the retail shop or place.
SCHEDULE III.
house to house for purposes of sale, foodstuffs, etc.
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To THE ST. ANDREW-ST. DAVID LocAL AUTHORITY.
I, , of , do hereby apply, in pursuance of the Bye-laws made in-
that behalf, to be registered as a person employed in conveying or delivering from
or in any street, square or other public place in the town of Sangre Grande, food-
stuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices
or other solid or liquid refreshments.
SCHEDULE IV.
Registration of persons conveying or delivering from house to house for

· the purposes of sale, selling or offering for sale outside any building
or in any street, square, or other public place, any foodstuffs, etc.
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conveying or delivering from house to house, for purposes of sale, selling or offering
for sale, outside any building or in any street, square, or other public place in the
town of Sangre Grande, foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery,
cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments for the year
ending 31st De(?ember, 19
SALE OF FOODSTUFFS (ST. ANN'S-TACARIGUA) BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made _under section 156 of the Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 7.1.43.
1. · (i) No person shall keep within the St. Ann's-Tacarigua Local Health Authori:ty
District any retail shop or place where any article of food, _whether solid or liquid,
cooked or uncooked, intended for human consumption, is prepared, sold, exposed
or offered for sale or 4eposited for the purpose of sale or 9f preparation for sale unless
such retail shop or place is registered for the purpose by the Local Authority in a
Register to be kept by the Local Authority for the registration of such retail shops
or places c1;saforesaid. _
next preceding sub-paragraph shall forthwith make application to the Local Authority
(iii) The application for registration as set forth in the next preceding sub-
paragraph shall be according to the Form in Schedule I of these bye-laws and must be
accompanied by a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health stating that the
prern,ises are suitable for the purpose.
REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN CONVEYING OR DELIVERING FROM HOUSE

TO HOUSE, ETC.
2. (i) No person shall convey or deliver from house_ to house for the purpose of
sale, sell or offer for sale inside or outside any building or in any street or square or
other public place any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked
food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments unless such person is
registered by the Local Authority in a Register to be ~ept by the Local 4-uthority
for such persons as aforesaid. -
(ii} For the purpose of being registered as provided in the next preceding sub-para-
graph hereof, every person employed in conveying or delivering from house to house,
selling or offering for sale inside or outside any building or in any street, square_ or
other public place within the St. ~n's-Tacarigua Local Health Author~ty District,
any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, sweet drinks, ices or
other solid or liquid refreshments shall forthwith make application. in that behalf
to the Local Authority.
· The application for registration shall be made in each year and not later than the
· 31st of March thereof.
(iii) The application for registration as set forth in the next preceding sub-
paragraph sp.all be according to the Form in Schedule III of these bye-laws, and shall
be accompanied by a certificate from a registered medical practitioner that the
applicant is free from contagious or infectious disease or from any sore, eruption or
other affection of the body.
(iv) It shall be lawful for the Local Authority to issue badges denoting registra-
tion to all persons registered under sub-paragragh (1) of bye-law 2 of these bye-laws.
CAN,CELLATION OF REGISTRATION FOR BREACH OF BYE-LAWS.

retail shop or place or any person registered under these bye-laws for any breach or
registered thereunder is· not free from any signs or symptoms of communicable
disease or from any sore, eruption or other affection of the body, or bye-laws Z to 7
of the bye-laws made by the Central Board of Health with respect to shops and other
s_uch places in rural districts are not observed. (Seep. 465.)

4. Every person registered under sub-paragraph (1) of bye-law 2 hereof employed in
conveying or delivering from house. to house for purposes of sale, selling or offering
for sale outside any building or in any street, square or other public place, any
foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks,
ices or other solid or liquid refreshments, shall at all times carry a badge as provided
in these bye-laws, and shall, when required to do so by any officer of the Local
Authority or by any person thereunto authorised by the Local Authority, exhibit
such badge to such officer or other person.
FEES FOR BADGES.

5. For every badge issued under these bye-laws there shall be paid to the Local
Authority a fee equivalent to the actual cost of the badge.
CLEANLINESS OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER THESE BYE-LAWS OR EMPLOYED IN

RETAIL SHOPS.
6. Every person registered in accordance with these bye-laws or employed in
retail shops or places registered in accordance therewith shall maintain his body in
a clean and wholesome state and be dressed in clean clothes and apron at all times
whilst conveying or delivering for the purpose of sale, selling or offering for sale
outside any building or in any street, square, or other public place any article of food
or drink as set forth in sub-paragraph (1) of bye-law Z hereof, or whilst attending to
customers in any retail shop or place as aforesaid, and every such person shall whilst
so employed, cleanse his hands with soap and clean running water as often as is
necessary to maintain them in a clean and wholesome condition.'
CLEANLINESS OF APPLIANCES, UTENSILS, ETC., USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE

BUSINESS MENTIONED IN BYE-LAWS 1 AND
2 HEREOF. .
with the business of a retail shop or place as set forth in bye-law 1 hereof or in con-
veying, or delivering from house to house for the purpose of sale, selling or .offering
for sale outside or inside any building or in any street, square or other public place
any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, as set forth in
bye-law Z hereof shall at all times be kept by the owner or any person having charge
thereof, in a clean and wholesome state to the satisfaction of the Local Authority,
and for that purpose all such appliances, freezers, churns, milk cans, instruments,
bottles, eating or drinking vessels and other utensils, containers and accessories as
aforesaid shall immediately after use and at all other necessary times be properly
washed in clean running water from a tap placed inside the premises and connected
with the Central \Vater Distributing Authority main, or from a suitably coveted cistern
or container fed there from or from a source approved by the Medical Officer of Health.
Every such cistern or container shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
!(ii) All vans, carts, barrows and other conveyances or receptacles used for the
any foodstuffs, bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet
drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments, shall at all times be kept in clean
and wholesome state and all such vans, carts, barrows and other conveyances as
aforesaid shall be properly painted with oil or varnish and such oil, paint or varnish
shall be renewed at least once in every year, and oftener when required by the
PROHIBITION OF SALE OF ARTICLES WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THESE BYE-LAWS ARE

NOT OBSERVED.
·8. No person shall convey, deliver fro:qi house to house, sell or offer for sale outside
of any building or in any street, square .or other public place within the St. Ann's-
Tacarigua Local Health Authority District any article of food, whether solid or
liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended for human consumption, supplied from any
retail shop or place as set forth in sub-paragraph (1) of bye-law 1 hereof situated with-
out the St. Ann's-Tacarigua Local Health Authority District, with respect to which
the foregoing bye-laws are not observed or with resepct to which the persons keeping
such retail shops, or place do not allow inspection thereof by the Local Authority
of the St. Ann's-Tacarigua District or any other Local Authority.
PENALTY.
9. Every person who shall offend against any of the provisions of these bye~laws
shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of twenty-four dollars and in the
case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of ten dollars for each day during
which the offence continues after a written notice thereof has been given to such
pers.on by the St. Ann's-Tacarigua Local Health Authority.
SCHEDULE I.
Application for the registration of a Retail Shop or place where cooked or
uncooked food, etc., is sold, deposited, exposed or offered for the purpose
of sale for human consumption. ·
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To THE ST. ANN'S-TACARIGUA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
I, , of , do hereby apply, in pursuance of the bye~laws made in
. that behalf, for the Registration of the place hereinafter described as a retail shop
uncooked food, etc.
p ARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises and _description of the p;roposed place.
Signature ofApplicant.
Address of Applican~.
SCHEDULE II .
. . CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
Registration of Retail Shops or places where cooked or uncooked food is

sold, deposited, exposed or offered for sale, for human consumption.
To THE ST. ANN's-TACARIGUA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
where any article of food, whether solid or liquid, cooked or uncooked, intended for
human consumption may be sold, exposed or offered for sale or deposited for the pur~
pose of sale, or of preparation for sale during the year ending 31st December, 19
p ARTICULARS.
1. Situation of premises and description of place.
2. Christian name, sumam~ and address of owner of the retail shop or place.
496 Ch. 12~No. 4. J Public Health.
SCHEDULE III.
house to house for purposes of sale, foodstuffs, etc.
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To THE ST. ANN's-TACARIGUA LocAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
I, , of . · , do hereby apply, in pursuance of the bye-laws made in
that behalf, to be registered as a person employed in conveying or delivering from
confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or other solid or liquid refreshments.
SCHEDULE IV.
Registration of persons conveying or delivering from house to house for the

purposes of sale, selling o:r offering for sale outside any·building of in
any street, square, or other public p~ace, any foodstuffs, etc.
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conveying or delivering from house to house, for purposes of sale, s_elling or offering
for.sale, outside any building or in any street, square, or other public place, food-
stuffs,. bread, cakes, pastry or other confectionery, cooked food, sweet drinks, ices or
other solid or liquid refreshments for the year ending 31st December, 19
Medical Officer of He·atth .
. PLAGUE.
R.G. 16.1.19. Regulations made by the Central Board o:t:Health.under section 105 of the
Public Health Ordinance.
RESTRAINT, SEGREGATION· AND ISOLATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PLAGUE.
1. Every person suffering from plague or .suspected plague shall if possible be at
once isolated at his residence to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
2. Except by permission in writing of the Medical Officer of Health, no pers·on
other than a. medical practitioner and the nurses in attendance on the patient shall
enter or leave any house where there is a person suffering from plague or suspected
plague. ·
3. -(a) All contacts or persons who in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health
are likely to have been exposed to the infection of plague shall be kept under d~ly
observation for a. period not exceeding 10 days from the date when they were last
in contact with a person suffering from plague.
(b) For this purpose they shall after due notice in writing to be given by the
Medical Officer of Health, present themselves daily for medical examination to the
Medical Officer of Health of the district or any medical practitioner duly appointed
for the purpose at such time and place as shall be fixed in such notice.·
/ 4. ]for tlw purpose qf thes_e regulations the term " contact " means .a person,_wh9.
has been in attendance on or an occupant of the same house as, or visited any person
· suffering from plague at any time from the first appearance in such person of signs ·
or symptoms of the disease. '
Public Health. [Ch. 12. No; 4. 497
REivIOV AL TO HOSPITAL OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROl\I PLAGUE.

5. The Medical Officer of Health may order the removal to an isolation hospital
,of any person suffering from plague or a disease suspected to be plague, if in his
opinion the isolation of the patient cannot be sufficiently carried out on the premises,
.and shall arrange for the curative treatment of the disease. ·
REMOVAL, DISINFECTION AND DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL .EFFECTS, GOODS,

HOUSES, ETC,
6. Every house iii which a case of plague or of suspected plag11e has occurred,
together with all articles therein which in his opinion may be likely to retain infec-
tion, shall be thoroughly disinfected and fumigated under the immediate direction
-of the Medical Officer of Health, and if deemed advis2,ble be burned; this power shall
-extend in the discretion of the Medical Officer of Health to any house, building or
barrack room adjoining or near to that where plague or suspected plague has
.occurred.
SPEEDY BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
7. Subject in each case to special instructions by the :2\Iedical Officer of Health,
the body of a person who has died of plague or of suspected plague shall be wrapped
in a sheet soaked in a strong solution of c01Tosive sublimate or other suitable dis-
infectant, and shall then be placed in a coffin as soon as possible.
The Medical Officer of Health may order the inspection or anatomical examination
,of the body of any person who has died from plague or suspected plague.
8. The body of any person who has died from plague or suspected plague shall not
be removed from the place bf death except to a mortuary or to the place of burial,
.and shall not be interred in any vault or similar structure, but shall be buried in the
earth and at a depth of not less than six feet measured from the surface of the ground
io the upper surface of the cofiin.
9. vVhere a death from plague or from suspected plague has occurred in any
,house, the body shall be disposed of in such· a manner and within such time as the
Medical Officer of Health shall direct, and no person except those required to effect
.the disposal of the body, shall be admitt.ed to the house.
HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION AND INSPECTION.

10. The Medical Officer of Health shall when necessary arrange for hm1se to house
inspection by one or more duly qualified medical practitioners and sanitary inspectors
in any area where plague or suspected plague has occurred.
1\/[EDICAL AID AND ACCOMMODATION.

11. The Medical Officer of Health sp.all arrange when necessary for medical treat-
ment by qualified medical practitioners at the expense of the Government of any
,case or cases of plague at the home of the patient ancl before removal to an isolation
1hospital. ·
PROMOTION OF CLEANLINESS, VENTILATION AND DISINFECTION.

12~ Wherever a case of plague has occurred, measures shall be taken by the owner
,or occupier to ensure the cleanliness, ventilation and disinfection of the premises to
±he satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
'OTHER.MEASURES FOR PREVENTING OR CHECKING THE SPREAD OF PLAGUE.

13. The Medical Officer of Health may order the disinfecting and closing to his
Gatisfaction by the owner or occupier of all rat holes in or about any premises, and
.also the removal from any premises, of any refuse material which is in his opinion
.likely to harbour or attract rats and mice; such disinfection closing and removal
shall be carried out within such time as the Medical Officer of Health shall direct.
14,. Every bag, box, ~arrel or oth_er rec~ptacle used for holding flour or grain of
•,any kmd for sale by retail or for feedmg ammals or for any purpose shall be provided
T.-VIII. 32
Ch. 12.. No. 4.J Public Health.
with a closely :fitting lid or cover capable of excluding rats and mice, and such lid or
cover shall be kept in proper order and position at all times.
15, In the case of premises deemed to be infected with rats on or near which a.
plague infected rat or mouse has been found, the Medical Officer of Health may
cause the premises to be cleaned and disinfected to his satisfaction.
PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF PLAGUE ON SEAS, RIVERS, ETC.

16. These regulations shall apply to persons and premises on the seas, rivers and
waters of the colony and on the high seas within three miles of the coast thereof.
17. In the case of any ship, vessel or boat leaving any port or place in this Colony
infected with Plague for any other port or place in this Colony, measures shall be
taken to prevent the embarkation of any person showing symptm;ns of Plague. To
this end every person taking passage on s.uch ship, vessel or boat shall be examined
by the Medical Officer of Health, or any Medical Practitioner duly appointed for
the purpose, immediately before departure of the ship, vessel or boat. Such
examination shall as far as practicable be made by da.y and on shore. Measures
shall be taken to prevent the shipment of merchandise or of articles or clothing
belonging to any passenger which the Medical Officer of Health or such Medical
Practitioner as aforesaid may consider infected, unless such merchandise, articles or
clothing shall, in the :first instance have been disinfected on shore under his super-
vision. Measures shall also be taken to prevent rats from gaining access to such
ship, vessel or boat. When access of rats cannot be prevented, measures shall be
taken immediately before departure of the ship, vessel or boat to secure destruction
of the rats on board. The Medical Officer shall give to the Master of the ship, vessel
or bo~t a certificate stating in detail the measures taken .
. PENALTY.
18. Any person acting in contravention of any of the foregoing regulations or
refusing or neglecting to obey any order or direction given to him under the pro-
visions thereof or in any way obstructing the carrying out of any of the provisions
of these regulations shall.be liable to a :fine of $480.00, or to imprisonment for a period
of 6 months.
APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS .
. R.G. 25.4.35. 19. These regulations shall apply to and be in force in every urban and rural
,, 10.12.36. district in the Colony in any part of which a case of plague or suspected plague may
,, 2.9.37. at any time ?ccur.
,, 10.11.38.
,. 25.4;40.
,, 7.1.43.
G.N. ,- PUBLIC HEALTH (STREETS AND BUILDINGS) BYE-LAWS.
14 -1947.
196-1948. Bye-laws made_ under section· 15 of the Public Health Ordinance.
PART I.
GENERAL,
Short title. 1, These bye-laws may be cited as the Public Health (Streets and Buildings)
_Bye-laws.
Interpre- 2. (1) In these bye-laws " the Ordi~ance " means the Public Health Ordinance.
tation. (2) Parts I, II and III of these bye-laws shall apply to all the prescribed areas
defined in the Fourth Schedule to the Ordinance.
(3) Part IV of these bye-laws shall apply only to Primary Rural areas as
prescribed and defined in Part " A " of the Fourth Schedule to the Ordinance.
1 (4) Part V of these bye-laws shall apply only to Secondary Rural areas as
plrescribed and defined in Part " B " of the Fourth Schedule to the Ordinance.
Application, · 3. The Board may by resolution declare that on and after a day to be• specified
in such resolution the whole of these bye-laws or only such parts or provisions thereof
as are specified in such resolution shall apply to the whole of or only part of the
district of a Local Authority as shall be defined in such resolution.
PART II.
BUILDING AREAS.
4. The prov1s10ns of Parts II and III, bye-laws 5 to 12 inclusive shall apply Application
otherwise than within the City of Port-of-Spain and Borough of San Fernando to of Parts II
land wheresoever situate which it is proposed to lay out into building lots. and III.
5. (a) Every street shown upon a plan of a building area submitted in accordance Width of
with section 36 of the Ordinance shall have a width of at least 33 feet. The Local streets.
Authority may determine in each case, what proportion of such width shall be laid
out as a carriage way and footway respectively.
(b) The width of a street shall be taken to mean the whole space measured at
right angles to the direction of such street.
(c) A plan as aforesaid on which a street is shown as having a lesser width than
33 feet shall not be approved by a Local Authority without the permission of the
Board in writing.
6. (a) The size of any lot shown upon a plan as aforesaid shall not be less than Size of lots.
5,000 square feet nor shall the ratio of its width to the depth be less than 2 is to 5.
(b) A plan as aforesaid on which lots are shown, lots of less than 5,000 square
feet shall not be approved by a Local Authority ·without the permission of the
Board in writing.
7. The plan shall show the proposed course or direction of surface drainage of the Drainage of
building area and also that of each lot. area and lots.
8. The area to be reserved for open spaces shall be in the proportion of not less Reserved
than one acre to 100 building lots and shall be so situate, wholly or in parts as may area for
be approved by the Local Authority. open spaces.
,.,,,.,./
9. Building lines shall be marked upon the plan so as to indicate the line in front ::Building
of which no building be placed. Such building lines shall be placed to the satisfac(·lines.
tion of the Local Authority and shall not be less than 15 feet from the edge of any
street.
PART III.
Construction
STREETS. and main-
IO. Every private street shall be maintained in good condition to the satisfaction tenance of
of the Local Authority by and at the cost of the owner. private
streets.
Construction
I I. Every private street shall when so required by the Local Authority, be and main-
gravelled, macadamised pitched or colassed by and at the cost of the owner. tenance of
private
streets.
12. The drains of every private street shall be kept clean and maintained in a Maintenance
sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority by and at the cbst of of drains.
the owner.
PART IV.
PRIMARY RURAL AREAS.
13. If required by the Local Auth~rity the owner shall arrange for the satisfactory Drainage of
drainage of the subsoil of any building site. subsoil. ·
14. The drains of any lot and the main drain of any area shall be kept clean and Maintenance
maintained in a sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority by and of main and
at the cost of the owner. lot drains.
32 (2)
Notice to 15. EverTperson who shall intend to erect a new· building shall give to the Local
Local Authority notice in writing of such intention on an approved printed form together
Authority with a dimensioned plan and specification. ·
of intent1on
to build.
Drainage of 16. No new building shall have the underside of the lowest floor at such a level as
site. · will render it liable to flooding nor shall the building be so constructed that the site
thereof cannot be efficiently and properly drained to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority.
Height of 17. The ground floor of every new building shall be at least 6 inches higher than
ground floor the highest point of the contiguous ground. If the level of the floor is less than 2 feet
above the above the surface of the ground, the floor shall be constructed of concrete, asphalt,
ground. masonry or other irnpervious material to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
Height of 18. The underside of the floor of any new d,velling house shall be at least 2 feet
underside above the surface of the underlying ground, unless a proper damp proof course be
of floor. provided as required by bye-law 83.
Dimension 19. (a) No lot which is used as a building lot shall measure less than 5,000 square
of lots. feet nor shall more than one dwelling house be erected on each lot. ·
(b) A building lot may be less than 5,000 square feet ,vith the approval of the
Board.
Area of lot 20. No new dwelling house and outhouses of whatever character on a building lot
covered by shall cover more than two-thirds of the surface of the lot.
dwelling
house and
outhouses.
21. (a) There shall be on each side of a :new clweiling house constructed of concrete
Space on or other fire-resisting material an open space of not less than 4 feet extending along
each side of the entire depth of each building and exclusively belonging thereto.
house.
(b) There shall be on each side of a new chvelling house constructed of ·wood oi-
other inflanunable material an open space of not less than 12 feet extending the
entire depth of each building and exclusively belollging thereto.
Space 22. There shall be left between the face or building line of every new buildi1ig of
between any kind and the nearest street edge an open space of at least 15 feet which shall be
building line free from posts or any erection thereon above the level of the ground, except a gate,
and edge of fence, ,cvall or steps to an entrance on the ground floor, provided such steps do not
street. · project into this space more than 3 feet from the face of the building.
The face of the building for the purpose of this. bye~law shall be defined as any
projection, colunin, pilaster or ornament on the ground floor of the building np to a
height of 10 feet above the grom;id. -
Projections above the height of 10 feet above the ·ground will be allov, ed over this
open space, for a distance of 6 feet for load-bearing floors or 8 feet for eaves, sun
canopies, signs, or hoods.
Street edge shall be defined for the purpose of this bye-law (where there is no
pavement) as the outside edge of the road reserve, which ·is 33 feet wide or more.
\Vhere there is a built-up street with a curbed pavement, the face of the building
shall be at least 20 feet from the curb edge.
Application 23. The following bye-laws numbered 24 to 30 inclusive shall apply to buildings
of bye-laws existing at the date of the application of this Part as well as to new buildings.
24 to 30.
Specification 24. Every habitable room shall be in accordance with the follavving specifications:-
or rooms. (a) The clear superficial area shall not be less than 100 square feet a1:cl the
length or width shall not be less than 8 feet. ·
(b) The height, if the room is an attic or a room wholly or partly in the roof
of the building, shall be for at least two-thirds of the area not less than 9 feet
in height.
(c) The height, if the room is not an attic or a room wholly or partl;/ in the
roof of the building, shall not in any part be less than 8 feet from the floor to
the wall plate: Provided that when the height of the wall is less than (j feet
the-roof shall be either close-boarded or ceiled, and that, if ceiled, the hei,:;ht of
the room from the floor to the ceiling under the collar beam shall be not less
than 9 feet. ·
25. Every room or part of any building occupied as a living room shall be venti- Ventilation
lated directlv to the outside air where possible on at least two sides and shall be of rooms.
provided with such and so many openings as the Local Authority may deem
sufficient.
26. Every room in a dwelling house shall be provided with apertures for ventila- Aggregate
tion ofan aggregate area of not less than one-tenth part of the floor area of the room area of
opening directly into the open air or into an open gallery or verandah, such ventila- ventilation.
tion to be in addition to doors and windows.
27. Every habitable room in any building which is not provided with more than Additional
the minimum ventilation area laid down in the preceding bye-la-,,s, shall also have ventilation.
along the entire length of at least two sides an open space of at least 6 inches below
the ceiling or close boarding. This opening may be protected by louvre boards of
any width desired.
Constructiort
28. All eaves gutters and downpipes shall be constructed to the satisfaction of and main-
the Local Authority. tenance of
eaves gutters
and dovvn-
pipes.
29. The owner, or if the owner or his agent cannot be found in t..lie Colony, the Eaves, etc.,
occupier of any premises shall cause all eaves gutters and downpipes, attached to such to be main-
premises to be maintained in good repair and free from obstruction so as to allow the tained in
ready passage of water from the roofs of houses. good repair.
30. When required by the Local Authority the o:.vner shall at his expense properly Paving of
pave the drains and the yard and open spaces in connection with any building. yards and
open spaces.
31. No stable, cm,vshed, pigsty or any other structure for the keeping of horses, Erection of
cattle, swine or similar animal stock shall be erected and no such stock shall be stable,
kept, at a lesser distanc.e than 30 feet from any dwelling house. cowshed and
pi~sty. ·
32. All external or 11arty walls shall be constructed of brick, stone, concrete, Cdnstruction
tapia, wood or such other material as the Local Authority in its discretion may of party
approve. walls.
32A. The following bye-law numbered 32B shall, notwithstanding the provisions Application
of bye-law 3 of these Bye-laws, apply only to the area described in the Schedule of bye-law
hereto (hereinafter referred to as the "scheduled area"). 32B ..
32B. (1) Ko person shall, except with the permission of the Local Authority and Restrictions
subject to such conditions as to the Local Authority shall seem proper- ·on building
(a) erect within the scheduled area any building exceeding 100 feet in height; in speciar .
(b) erect within the approach area any building exceeding a height which area.
would encroa:ch on the slope taken from the extreme ends of the runway on an
upward grade of 1 foot vertically for every 50 feet horizontally;
(c) erect any building v1ithin the airport.
(2) In this bye-law-
,, airport " means the Piarco Airport;
" approach area " means each cif the hvo fan-shaped areas leading up to the
ends of the runway, measuring 1,000 feet wide at the runway end and extending
and widening to a terminal width of 4,000 feet at a distance of 2 miles from the
runway end;
"height" means height measured from the level of the ground to the junction
of the eaves and walls ;
" runway " means the main runway at the airport.
THE SCHEDULE.
An area in the form of a rectangular block comprising 36 square miles of land in the
vYards of Tacarigua, Arima and San Rafael in the County of St. George and in the
"\¥ards of Cunupia and Chaguanas in the County of Caroni which area is bounded by
a line commencing at a point situate south of the village of Tunapuna about 200 feet
north of Churchill-Roosevelt Highway and about 1,000 feet east of the eastern
boundary of " Streatham Lodge " estate proceeding thence due east for 6 miles to
a point situate on or about the eastern boundary of a parcel containing 10 acres of
land now or formerly the property of the Heirs of Charles Cleaver and about 400 feet
south of Old Arima Road; thence due south for 6 miles to a point situate about
700 feet north of Arena River and about 100 feet east of the western boundary of a
parcel containing 16A. lR. 12P. of land now or formerly the property of Jules
Edward; thence due west for 6 miles to a point situate about 1,500 feet north of
J erningham Junction Road and about 1,000 feet east of the Trinidad Government
Railway; thence due north for 6 miles passing to the east of Caroni Village to the
point of commencement.
PART V.
SECONDARY RURAL AREAS.
Drainage of 33. If required by the Local Authority the owner shall arrange for the satisfactory
mbsoil. drainage of the subsoil of any building site.
Haintenance 34. The drains of any lot and the main drain of any area shall be kept clean and
)f main and maintained in a sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority by
lot drains. and at the cost of the owner.
Notice to 35. (1) Any person who intends to erect a new building or to alter a building
Secretary shall give to the Secretary to the Local Authority at his office notice in writing of
Local such intention on an approved printed form together with a dimensioned plan and
Authority of section or a fully detailed description of such intended building, which shall show the
intention to position, form and dimensions of the several parts of such building, and he shall
build. also at the same time give a description in writing of the materials to be used and of
every latrine and ever:y other appurtenance, and whether the building is to be used
as a dwelling house or otherwise.
Provision (2) Every such person shall, whenever required. by the Secretary to the Local
of block Authority deliver to him a block plan of such building drawn to a scale of not less
plan. than 50 feet to one inch, which shall show the position of the building and its appur-
tenances and of the buildings and appurtenances immediately adjoining, and the level
of the lowest floor of such building in relation to the levels of the street or road
Secretary to abutting thereon and of the grounds belonging thereto, .and the intended lines of
Local drainage.
Authority to (3) The Secretary to the Local Authority shall, within fourteen days af~er the
approve or delivery to it of such notice, signify in writing approval or disapproval of such
disapprove intended work.
within
fourteen
days.
Date and (4) Every person who intends to execute any work to which any of these
description bye-laws may apply, shall before beginning to execute such work deliver to the
of work to Secretary to the Local Authority a notice in writing in which shall be specified the
be delivered date on which such work is to be commenced and a description of the said work.
before
commence-
ment.
36. E ve,:-y person who erects a building or executes any other work to which any
Free access
ul these t,ye-laws apply, shall, at all reasonable times during the execution of such
to Local
work aflord the Local Authority and his or their duly authorised assistants free
Authority for
access to such work for the purpose of inspection and shall, within 14 days after the
inspection.
completion of any such work deliver to the Secretary to the Local Authority notice
in writing of the completion of any such work; and where such person at any reason-
able time during the pr0gress or after the completion of the erection of such building
,or of the execution of such work receives from the Secretary to the Local Authority
notice in writing specifying any matters in respect of which the erection or execution
may be in contravention of these bye-laws and requiring such person within a reason-
.able time specified in such notice, to cause anything done contrary to any such
bye-laws to be amended or to do anything which by any such bye-laws may be
required to be done, but which has been omitted to be done, such person shall,
within the time specified comply with the several requirements of such notice, and
·shall within a reasonable time deliver to the Secr-etary to the Local Authority a notice
'in writing of the completion of such work.
37. The owner of every lot on which it is intended to erect any building, shall, at Definition
the request of the Local Authority, clearly define the boundaries of such lot in such of boundaries
·manner as the Local Authority may require. of lots.
38 .. No new building shallhave the underside of the lowest floor at such a level as Drainage of
,'lill render it liable to flooding nor shall the building be constructed
so that the site site.
-thereof cannot be efficiently and proper~y drained to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority.
39. The ground floor of e:v..9'-new building shall be at least 6 inches higher than Height of
the highest point of the .contiguous ground. If the level of the floor is less than ground floor
2 feet above the surface of the ground the floor shall be constructed of concrete, above the
:asphalt masonry or other impervious material to the satisfaction of the Local ground.
Authority. . .
40. The underside of the floor of any new dwelling house shall be at least 2 feet Height of
:above the surface of the underlying ground, unless a proper damp proof course be underside
provided as required by bye-law 83. ·· · of floor.
41. (a) No lot which is used as a building lot shall measure less than 5,000 square Dimension
feet nor shall more than one dwelling house be erected on each lot. of lots.
(b) A building lot may be less than 5,000 square feet with the approval of the-
Board.
Area of lot
42. No new dwelling house or outhouses of whatever character on a building lot covered by
:shall cover more than two-thirds of the surface of the lot, dwelling
house and
outhouse.
43. (a) There shall be on each side of a new dwelling house constructed of concrete Space on
,or other fire-resisting material an open space of not less than 4 feet extending each side of
.along the entire depth of each building and exclusively belonging thereto. house.
(b) There shall be on each side of a new dwelling house constructed of wood
•-Orother inflammable material an open space of not less than 12 feet extending
.along the entire depth of each building and ~xclusively belonging thereto.
44. There shall be left between the face or building lfu.e of every new building of Space
:any kind and the nearest street edge an open space of at least 15 feet which shall be between
free from posts o:r;any erection thereon above the level of the ground, except a gate, building line
·fence, wall or steps to. an entrance on the ground floor, provided such steps do not and edge of
·project into this space more than 3 feet from the face of the building. street.
The face of the building for the purpose of this bye-law shall be defined as any
projection, column, pilaster or ornament on the ground floor of the building up to a
height of 10 feet above the ground.
Projections above the height of 10 feet above the ground will be allowed over this
-0pen space; for a distance of 6 feet for load-bearing floors or 8 feet for eaves, sun
.canopies, signs, or hoods.
Street edge shall be defined for the purpose of this bye-law (where there is no
·pavement) as the outside edge of the road reserve, which is 33 feet wide or more.
Where there is a built-up street with a curbed pavement, the face of the building
,shall be at least 20 feet from the curb edge. ·
45. The following bye-laws numbered 46 to 54 inclusive shall apply to buildings Application
-existing at the da!e of the application of this Part as well as to new buildings. ~~ ~;ei:.ws
.504 Ch. ·12. No. 4.J P,irblic.Health .
Specification 46. Every habitable room shall be in accordance with the following specifications:-
of room. (a) The clear superficial area shall not be less than 100 square feet and the·
length or width shall not be less than 8 feet.
(b) The height, if the room is an attic or a room ,vholly or partly in the roof
of the building, shall be for at least two-thirds of the area not less than 9 feet
in height.
(c) The height, if the room is not an attic or a room wholly or partly in the·
roof of the building, sh2Jl not iii any part be less than 8 feet from the floor to
the wall plate: Provided that ·when the height of ·the wall is less than 9 feet,
the roof shall be either close-boarded or ceiled, and that, if ceiled, the height
of the room from the floor to the ceiling under the collar beam shall be not less
than 9 feet.
(d) Except where there is a ceiling, the underside of the roof shall be close-
boarded.
Yentilation 47. Every dwelling house shall have on each storey such number of external doors ..
of dwelling and windows, as in the opinion of the Local Authority, will afford effectual a.net
house, adequate means of ventilation by direct communication with the external air.
Aggregate 48. Every d·welling house shall have in every habitable room one window at least
area of opening directly into the external air .or into an unenclosed gallery or verandah, and
ventilation, the total area of such window or windows shall be equal to at least one-tenth of the
etc. floor area of the room; and every such window shall be so constructed that one-half
at least may be opened so that the opening in every case shall extend to the top of
the window; but a room having no external wall or a room constructed wholly or
partly in the roof may be ventilated by a dormer window or sky-light, provided that
such dormer or sky-light shall have a clear superficial area equal to at .least one-tenth
of the floor area of the room and be constructed to open as aforesaid.
Additional 49. Every such habitable room shall, hi addition to the doors or windows described'
ventilation. in the last preceding bye-law, be provided by means of standing jalousies or lattice-
work or otherwise, with apertures of an aggregate area of not .less than one-twentieth
of the floor area of the rooni., opening directly to the external air or into a gallery or
verandah, which is otherwise adequately ventilated to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority; but this bye-law shall not apply where the windows or the upper parts.
of the doors required in the two last preceding bye-laws consist of standing jalousies.
or are otherwise so constructed as in the opinion of the Local Authority to afford"
:;i,dequate and free ventilation at all times.
Additional 50. Every habitable room in any dwelling house which is riot provided with more·
ventilation. than the minimum ventilating area laid down in the preceding bye-laws shall also,
have along the entire length of at least two sides of the room an open space of at least
6 inches below the ceiling or close-boarding. This opening may be protected by
louvre boards of any width desired.
Construction
maintenance 51. All eaves gutters and downpipes shall be constructed to the satisfaction of
of eaves the Local Authority.
gutters, and
downpipes.
Eaves, etc., 52. The owner, or if the owner or his agent cannot be found in ·the Colony, the-
to be occupier of any premises shall cause all eaves gutters and downpipes attached to such
maintained premises to be maintained in good repair and free from obstruction so as to allow·
in good the ready passage of water from the roofs of houses.
repair.
Provision of 53. Every person who shall erect a new building shall provide in connection·
surface therewith good and sufficient surface drnins, constructed and graded to the satis-
drains. faction of the Local Authority, delivering into the side channel of an adjacent street
or such other channel as the Local Authority may direct, and all yards, open spaces.
and passages appurtenant to or used in connection with a new building shall be,
Raising the .
drained . in a similar manner.
level of and 54. The owner of every building in connection with which there is an open space,.
paving yards shall, whenever, in the opinion of the Local Authority it is necessary, raise the level.
and open. of such open space with gravel or approved dry soil to such level as the Local
spaces.
Authority may direct to ensure good drainage, and shall when directed by the Local
Authority pave any yard or open space.
55. All external or party walls shall be -constructed of brick, brick nagging, stone, Construction
concrete, concrete nagging, or such other material as the Local Authority in its dis- of party
cretion may approve, and all roof or :flats and every gutter, dormer, or other erection walls.
placed ·on fl.at or roof shall be covered vl'ith slate, tiles, or metal, or such incom-
bustible material as the Local Authority in its discretion may approve, except that
doors, door-frames, windows and window-frames of such.dormers and other erections
may be of wood:
Provided that the walls of any building (not being a kitchen) may be of wood unless
such building is within 12 feet of an adjoining lot.
56. Every balcony, verandah, or other projection shall be constructed of incom- Construction
bustible material to the satisfaction of the Local Authority, but the :flooring may be of balcony
of wood, and the pillars, balustrades, or other supports of hard wood. and ·
verandah.
57. In every kitchen the external walls and (if it forms part of any dwelling Construction
house) the partitions shall be built of the materials described in byeclaw 55, and of kitchen.
the floor shall be constructed of or protected by some incombustible material to the
58. No stable, cowshed, pigsty or any other structure for the keeping-of i10rses, Erection of
cattle, swine or similar animal stock shall be erected and no such stock shall be kept, stable,
at a lesser distance than 30 feet from any dwelling house. ·· - cowshed and
pigsty.
PART VI.
URBAN AREAS.
59. If required by the Local Authority the owner shall arrange· for the satisfactory Drainage of
drainage of the subsoil of any building site. sub-soil.
60. The drains of any lot and the main drain of any area shall be kept clean and Maintenance
maintained in a sanitary. condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority by of main and
and at the cost of the owner. lot drains.
61. (1) Any person who intends to erect a new building or to alter a building Notice to
shall give to the Secretary to the Local Authority at his office, notice in writing Secretarv
of such intention on an approved printed form together with a dimensioned plan Local -
· and section or a fully detailed description of such intended ·building, which shall Authority of
show the position, form and dimensions of the several parts of such buildings, and intention to
he shall also at the same time give a description.in writing of the materip,ls to be build.
used and of every latrine and every other appurtenance, and whether the hqilding
is to be used as a dwelling house or otherwise.
(2) Every person snall .whep.ever required by the Secretary to the Local Provision of
Authority, deliver to _him a block plan of such building drawn to a scale of not less block plan.
than 50 feet to an, inch which shall show the position of the building and its
appurtenances ·and of the building and appurtenances immediately adjoinirtg and
of the level of the lowest floor of such building in relation to the levels of the street
or road abutting thereon and of. the grounds belonging thereto, and the intended
lines of drainage. ·
(3) The Secretary to the Local Authority shall, vl'ithin 14 days_ after the Secretary to
delivery to him of such notice, signify. in writing approval or disapproval of the Local
intended work. · Authority to
approve or
disa_pprove.
(4) Every person who ·shall intend to execute any work to which any of these Date and
bye-laws may apply, shall, before beginning to execute such work deliver to the description
Secretary to the Local Authority a notice in writing in which shall be specified the of work to
date on which such work is to be commenced and a description of the said work. . be delivered
bef9re
commence-
ment.
Free access 62. Every person who erects a building or executes any other work to which any
to Local of these bye-laws apply shall, at all reasonable times during the execution of such
Authoritv for work, afford the Local Authority and his or their duly authorised assistants free
insp ectio"n. access to such work for the purpose of inspection: and shall within 14 days after
the completion of any such work deliver to the Secretary to the Local Authority
notice in writing of the completion of any such work; and where such person at
any reasonable time during the progress or after the completion of the erection of
such building or of the execution of such work, receives from the Secretary to the
Local Authority notice in writing specifying any matters in respect of which the
erection or execution may be in contravention of these bye-laws and requiring such
person within a reasonable time specified in such notice, to cause anything done
contrary to any such bye-laws to be amended, or to do anything which by any such
bye-law may be required to be done, but which has been omitted to be done, such
person shall, within the time specified, comply with the several requirements of
such notice, and shall within a reasonable time deliver to the Secretary to the
Local Authority in notice in writing of the completion of such work.
Definition 63. The ow-ner of every lot on which it is intended to erect any building shall at
<Jfboundaries the request of the Local Authority clearly define the boundaries of such lot in such
of lot. manner as the Local Authority may require.
Drainage of 64. No new building shall have the underside of the lowest floor at such a level
.site. as will render it liable to flooding nor shall the building be constructed so that the
side thereof cannot be efficiently and properly drained to the satisfaction of the
Local Authority.
Height of 65. The ground floor of every new building shall be at least 6 inches higher than
ground floor. the highest point of the contiguous ground. If the level of the floor is less than
2 feet above the surface of the ground, the floor shall be constructed of concrete,
asphalt, masonry or other impervious material to the satisfaction of the Local
Authority.
Height of 66. The underside of the floor of any new dwelling house shall be at least 2 feet
underside above the surface of the underlying ground, unless a proper damp proof course be
of floor. provided as required by Bye-law 83.
Area of lot
,covered by 67. No new dwelling house or outhouse of whatever character on a building lot
dwelling shall cover more than two-thirds of the surface of the lot.
house and
outhouse.
68. (a) There shall be on each side of a new dwelling house constructed· of
Space on concrete or other fire resisting material an open space of not less than 4 feet extending
each side along the entire depth of each building and exclusively belonging thereto.
of house.
(b) There shall be on each side of a new dwelling house constructed of wood·
or other inflammable material an open space of not less than 12 feet extending along
the entire depth of each building and exclusively belonging thereto ..
Space 69. There shall be left between the face or building line of every new building
between of any kind and the nearest street edge an open space of at least 15 feet which shall
building line be free from posts or any erection thereon above the level of the ground, except a
and street gate, fence, wall or steps to an entrance on the ground floor, provided such steps
,edge. do not project into this space more than 3 feet from the face of the building.
The face of the building for the purpose of this bye-law shall be defined as any
projection, column, pilaster or ornament on the ground floor of the building up to
a height of 10 feet above the ground.
Projections above the height of 10 feet above the ground will be allowed over
this open space, for a distance of 6 feet for load-bearing floors or 8 feet for eaves,
sun canopies, signs, or hoods.
Street edge shall be defined for the purpose of this bye-la,v (where there is no
pavement) as the outside edge of the road reserve, which is 33 feet wide or more.
Where there is a built-up street with a curbed pavement, the face of the building
shall be at least 20 feet from the curb edge.
Application 70. The following bye-laws nurnbered 71 to 78 inclusive shall apply to buildings
of Bye-laws existing at the date of the application of this Part as well as to new b_uildings.
71-78.
71. Every habitable room shall be in accordance with the following specifications:- Specification
(a) The clear superficial area shall be not less than 100 square feet and the of rooms.
length or width shall be not less than 8 feet.
(b) The height, if the room is an attic or a room wholly or partly in the roof
of the building, shall be, for at least two-thirds of the area, not less than 9 feet
in height.
(c) The height, if the room is not an attic or a room wholly or partly in the
roof of the building, shall not in any part be less than 10 feet from the floor to
the wall plate.
(d) Except where there is a ceiling, the underside of the roof shall be
close boarded.
72. Every dwelling house· shall have on each storey such number of external Ventilation
doors and windows as in the opinion of the Local Authority, will afford effectual and of room by
adequate means of ventilation by direct communication with the external air. means of
doors and
windows.
73. Every dwelling house shall have in every habitable room one window at least Aggregate
opening directly into the external air or into an unenclosed gallery or verandah, area of
and the total area of such window or windows shall be equal to at least one-tenth of ventilation,
the floor area of the room; and every such window shall be so constructed that etc.
one-half at least may be opened so that the opening in every case shall extend to
the top of the window; but a room having no external wall or a room wholly or
partly ih the roof may be ventilated by a dormer window or sky-light, provided
that such dormer or sky-light shall have a clear superficial area equal to at least
one-tenth of the floor area of the room and be constructed as aforesaid.
74. Every such habitable room shall, in addition to the doors or windows described Additional
in the last preceding bye-law, be provided, by means of standing jalousies or lattice ventilation.
work or otherwise, with apertures of an aggregate area of not less than one-twentieth
of the floor area of the room opening directly into a gallery or verandah, which as
regards the ventilation thereof, satisfied the requirements of any bye-law in force
with respect to the ventilation of a habitable room which is otherwise adequately
ventilated to the satisfaction of the Local Authority; but this bye-law shall not
apply where the windows of the upper parts of the doors required in the last two
preceding bye-laws consist of standing jalousies or are otherwise so constructed as
in the opinion of the Local Authority to afford adequate and free ventilation at
all times.
75. Every habitable room in any dwelling house which is not provided with more Additional
than the minimum ventilating area laid down in the preceding bye-laws shall have ventilation.
also along the entire length of at least two sides of the room an open space of at
least 6 inches below the ceiling or close boarding. This opening may be protected
by louvre boards of any width required.
76. No eaves gutters or downfall pipes for carrying storm water from the roof Construction
of any building or from any verandah or balcony or other projection formingpart and main-
of such building, shall be allowed, except with the express sanction in writing of tenance of
the Local Authority. Any such eaves, gutters or downfall pipes shall be constructed eaves gutters
to the satisfaction of the Local Authority. and downfall
pipes.
77. The owner or if the owner or his agent cannot be found in the Colony, the Eaves, etc.,
occupier of any such premises shall cause all eaves gutters and downfall pipes attached to be
to any such premises to be maintained in good repair and free from obstruction so maintained
as to allow the ready passage of water from the roof of houses. in good
repair.
78. The owner of every building in connection with which there is an open space, Raising the
shall, when so required by notice by the Local Authority, raise the level of such level of and
open space with gravel or approved dry soil to such level as the Local Authority paving yards
may direct to ensure good drainage, and shall when directed by the Local Authority and open
pave any yard or open space. spaces.
Pruvision of 79. Every person who shall erect a new building shall provide in connection
surface therewith good and sufficient drains constructed and graded to the satisfaction of
drains. the Local Authority, delivering into the side channel of an adjacent street or such
other channel as the Local Authority may direct, and all yards, open spaces and
passages appurtenant to or used in connection with a new building shall be drained
in a similar manner.
Foundation 80. Every person who shall erect a new building shall cause every wall, pier~
of wall, pier, column or buttress thereof to be built on a foundation of cement concrete of such
column or width as the Local Authority may require. Provided that the width shall in every
buttress, case be such that the super-imposed load on the sill shall not exceed one and a half
tons per superficial foot.
underside of 81. The underside of the concrete foundation shall be laid at a depth below the
foundation. underside of the super-imposed wall of not less than two-thirds of the thickness of
such wall at the base thereof, nor in any case less than 9 inches deep.
'Width of 82. The width of the foundation shall be reduced from below upwards by everr
foundation. steps or batter, in either case at an inclination to the horizontal not :flatter than
2¼ inches vertical, to 3 inches horizontal, to a width of not less than that of the
super-imposed wall.
Provision 83. Every person ·who shall erect a new dwelling house a11d every person who
of proper shall erect any other new building having enclosing walls constructed of brick, stone
damp-proof or cement concrete and having a timber :floor, shall cause every wall of such building:·
course. to have a proper damp-proof course of asphalt or cement mortar composed of one·
·part of Portland cement and two parts of sand (such asphalt or cement mortar to·
be not less than three-eighths of an inch thick), or other imperishable material
approved by the Local Authority throughout the whole thickness of the wall beneath
the lo:west timbers and nearer to the ground but in no case at a height of less than:
6 inches above the surface of the _ground adjoining such walls.
Construction 84. (1) Every person who shall erect a new building shall cause such building:
of walls. to be enclosed with walls constructed:~
(a) of good bricks, stone, or other incombustible materials bonded andl
solidly put together; or
(b) with a framework of timber properly and securely put together, the·
space between the timbers being completely filled with good bricks, · stone,
cement, concrete or other fire resisting material effi.cient1y·secured thereto and\
the timbers themselves being protected so as to be :fire.resisting.
(2) Provided that if the building shall not consist of more than one storey
and if there shall be a clear open space of land exclusively belonging thereto of not·
less than 15 feet in width on every side of such building (except on the front or
on any side towards a street) the external walls ma,y be constructed of a framework
of timber, properly and securely put together and covered with wood.
(3) Provided also that if the building shall consist of more than one storey;.
and if there shall be a clear open space of land exclusively belonging thereto of not
less than 15 feet in width on every side of such building (except on the front or on.
any side towards a street) the external walls of the lower si;orey may be constructed
of the materials described in (b) above, and the external walls of the upper storey
or storeys niay be constructed of a framework of timber, properly and securely
put together, and covered with wood.
(4) \Valls constructed of bricks or stone shall be bonded together with-
(a) good mortar compounded of good lime and clean sharp sand, in the
proportion of not less than one part by measure of lime to three parts by
measure of sand; or
(b) good cement; or
(c) good mortar compounded of not less than one part by measure of
good cement to four parts by measure of clean sharp sand. -
Construction 85. Every coping, corrrice, facia, window dressing, portico, verandah, balcony
of coping, and balustrade and every architectural projection and architectural decoration
cornice, whatsoever, and also the eaves and cornices and dressings to the window fronts of
portico, etc. shops, and the joists, mouldings, handrails, and flooring of verandahs and balc.orries
and eaves c!,ndcornices to detached dwelling houses distant less than 15 feet from any
-other building or from the land of an adjoining owner, shall be of brick, tile, stone,
.artificial stone, slate, cement or other incombustible material approved by the
Local Authority. '
86. Every person who shall erect a new building shall construct the roof of such Construction
building in accordance with the following regulations:- of roof.
(a) All timber roofs. with rafters shall be tied ·with tie-beams, tie-plates or
collar-beams, the number of whichBhall depend on the span of the roof as under:-
vVhen the roof is under 10 feet span, the number shall not be less than
one to every third pair of rafters.
When the roof is over 10 feet and not over 15 feet span; the number
shall not be less than one to every alternate pair of rafters.
When the roof is over 15· feet and not over 20 feet span, the number
shall not be less than one to every pair of rafters. -
(b) The underside of any collar-beam shall be in no case higher above the
wall plate than half the vertical height from the wall plate to the ridge.
(c) All roofs over 20 feet span shall be of a design approved by the Local
Authority.
(d) The flat, gutter and roof of every building and every turret, dormer,
lantern light, skylight, or other erection placed on the flat or roof thereof shall
be externally covered with slates, tiles, metal, or other incombustible materials
-except wooden cornices and barge boards not exceeding 12 inches in depth,
:and the doors, door-frames, windows and window-frames of such dormers,
j:urrets, lantern lights, sky-lights or other erections:-
Provided that-
(a) for the duration of the present war and for a period of twelve months
after the termination of the present war the Local Authority may permit
the use of combustible materials of approved design and quality in the
construction of the flat, gutter and roof of every dwelling house and every
turret, dormer, lantern light, skylight or other erection placed on the
flat or roof thereof; and
· (b) the owner of any building in which combustible materials had been
used must replace these materials by non-combustible materials if required
to do so within an appropriate period.
In this proviso the expression " the termination of the present war " means the
,date which shall be notified by the Governor by Proclamation as the date on which
the present war shall have terminated; and the expression" dwellinghouse" means
.every building used or constructed or ada,,pted to be used wholly or principally for
.human habitation.
Construction
87. The ground floor to every new building used or intended to be used for the of ground
manufacture or for the storage for the purpose of the sale of any articles intended floor of
for the food of man, or for any articles intended for the food of animals, shall be building
.constructed of cement concrete, not less than 6 inches in thickness or of such other used for
impermeable materia) as the Local Authority may approve. storage of
food.
88. No person shall, except with the permission of the Local Authority ahd subject Height of
to such conditions as to the Local Authority shall seem proper, erect any building building .
.exceeding $6 feet in height measured from the level of the street to the junction of
the eaves and walls.
89. In every kitchen the external walls and (if it forms part of any dwelling Kitchen.
house) the partitions shall be built of the materials described in bye-law 84 above,
. and the floor shall be constructed of or protected by some incombustible material
to the satisfaction of the Local Authority.
90. No stable, cowshed, pigsty or any other structure for the keeping of horses, Erection of
.-e.attle, s,vine, or similar animal stock shall be erected and no such stock shall be stable,
,.kept at a lesser distance than 30 feet from any dwelling house. cmvshed or
pigsty.
S:MALL POX.
R.G. Regulations made by the Central Board of Health under
14.10.20. section 105 of the Public Health Ordinance.
RESTRAINT, SEGREGATION A?-.'DISOLATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM S:VIALL
Pox, OR LIKELY FROM EXPOSURE TO INFECTIO:NTO SUFFER FROM SMALL Pox.
I. Every person suft:ering from Small Pox shall be isolated during the whole
course of the illness to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
2. Except by permission in writing of the Medical Officer of Health no person
other than a medical practitioner and the nurses in attendance on the patient shalll
enter or leave any premises in which there is a patient suffering from Small Pox.
3. (a) All contacts or persons who in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health
are likely to have been exposed to the infection of Small Pox shall be vaccinated or
re-vaccinated, and shall be kept under daily observation for a period of 12 days.
from the date when they were last in contact with a person suffering from Small Pox.
(b) For this purpose they shall after due notice in writing to be given by the
Medical Officer of Health present themselves daily for medical examination to the
Medical Officer of Health of the District or any medical practitioner duly appointed
for the purpose at such time and place as shall be fixed in such notice:
Provided that any contact who refuses to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated may be·
segregated and kept isolated for a similar period.
4. For the purpose of these regulations the term " contact" means a person who
has been in attendance on or an occupant of the same premises as, or visited or been
visited by, any person suffering from Small Pox at any time from the first appearance
in such person of signs or symptoms of the disease.
REMOVAL, DISINFECTION AND DESTRUCTION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS,

Goons, HOUSES, ETC.
5. Every premises in which a case of Small Pox has occurred together with all
articles therein which in his opinion may be likely to retain infection, shall be·
thoroughly disinfected and fumigated under the immediate direction of the Medical
Officer of Health. ·
6. No clothing or any article likely to retain infection shall be removed from any
premises in which a case of Small Pox has occurred except for the purpose of being.
disinfected.
SPEEDY BURIAL OF DEAD.
7. Subject in each case to special instructions by the Medical Officer of Health
the body of a person who has died of Small Pox shall be wrapped _in a sheet soaked
in a strong solution of corrosive sublimate or other suitable disinfectant, and shall
· then be placed in a coffin as soon as possible.
8. The Medical Officer of Health may order the inspection and anatomical
examination of the body of any person who has died from Small Pox or suspected
Small Pox.
9. The body of any person who has died from Small Pox shall not be removed
from the place of death except to a mortuary or to the place of burial, and shall not
be interred in any vault or similar structure, but shall be buried in the earth and
at a depth of not less than six feet measured from the surface of the ground to the·
upper surface of the coffin.
IO. Where a death from Small Pox has occurred in any premises the body shall.
be disposed of in such a manner and ·within such time as the Medical Officer of Health
shall direct, and no person, except those required to effect the disposal of the body,.
shall be admitted to the premises.
HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION.

I 1. The Medical Officer of Health shall when necessary arrange for house to house·
inspection, and the vaccination and re-vaccination of the occupants by duly qualified
medical practitioners in any area where Small Pox has occurred or 1s suspected
to have occurred
MEDICAL AID AND ACCOMMODATION,
12. The Medical Officer of Health shall arrange when necessary for medical care
and treatment at the expense of the Government of any case or cases of Small Pox
at the home of the patient and before removal to an isolation hospital.
PROMOTION OF CLEANLINESS, VENTILATION AND DISINFECTION.

13. Wherever a case of Small Pox has occurred measures shall be taken by the
owner or occupier to ensure the cleanliness, ventilation and disinfection of the
premises to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health.
PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF SMALL Pox ON SEAS, RIVERS, ETC.

14. These regulations shall apply to persons and premises on the seas, rivers
and waters of the colony and on the high seas within three miles of the coast thereof.
15. In the case of any ship, vessel or boat leaving any port or place in this colony
infected with Small Pox for any other port or place in this colony, measures shall
be taken to prevent the embarkation of any person showing symptoms of Small
Pox. To this el].d every person taking passage on such ship, vessel or boat shall be
examined by the Medical Officer of Health or any medical practitioner duly
appointed for the purpose, immediately before departure of the ship, vessel or boat.
Such examination shall as far as practicable be made by day and on shore. Measures
shall be taken to prevent the shipment of articles of clothing belonging to any
passenger which the Medical Officer of Health or such medical practitioner as
aforesaid shall consider infected unless such articles or clothing shall in the first
instance have been disinfected on shore under his supervision. The Medical Officer
shall give to the master of the ship, vessel or boat a certificate stating in detail
the measures taken.
PENALTY.
refusing or neglecting to obey any order or direction given to him under the provisions
thereof or in any way obstructing the carrying out of any of the protjsions of these
regulations shall be liable to a fine of $480.00, or to imprisonment for a period of
6 months. . ·
APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS.
17. These regulations shall apply to and be in force in every urban, rural and
Port Sanitary District in the Colony in any part of which a case of Small Pox may
at any time occur.
WATER BOATS BYE-LAWS.

Bye-laws made under sections 15 (2) and 89 of the
Public Health Ordinance. R.G. 16.7.42.
1. These Bye-laws shall be cited as the Water Boats Bye-laws, and shall apply
within all port sanitary districts.
2. The decks and floors of all water boats shall at all times be kept in a clean and
sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Local Authority of the District, by and
at the cost of the owner.
3. Every water tank in a water boat and every hosepipe used for conducting
water from the shore to the water boat and from the water boat to the receiving
tank shall be cleaned and disinfected with chlorinated lime at least once every three
months or as often as may be necessary to the satisfaction of the Local Authority
of the District, by and at the cost of the owner.
4. Every person employed on a ·water boat shall provide a certificate. from. :the
Government Bacteriologist to the effect that he is not a typh9id, para-typhoid nor
dysentery carrier, shall produce the same on demand to any Medical Officer of
Health or Sanitary Inspector and shall be subject to periodical examination at the
discretion of the Medical Officer of Health.
5 . .Any person employed on a water boat shall, in the event of his suffer.lngfrom
sickness or illness, report immediately to the Medical Officer of Health of the District
and such person shall, if so directed by the Medical Officer, be relieved from all duty
on or in connection ·with a water boat until such time as the Medical Officer shall
certify that he is free from in,fection.
6. (1) The Medical Officer may at any time, take, or cause to be taken, sam_ples
of water from the tank or tanks of a water boat for exami;nation. _
(Z) The Medical Officer may at any time take, or cause to be taken for
examination samples of water during the course of its flow from the hosepipe into
the receiving tank on the wate~ boat.
7. Every tank of a water boat shall be provided by and at the expense of the
owner with sufficient ventilation to ensure proper aeration of the water therein.
8. Every peFson who shall act in contravention of th~se Bye-laws shall be liable
on summary conviction to a penalty of $24.00.
YELLOW FEVER REGULATIONS.

R.G. Regulations made under section 105 of the Public Health Ordinance.
10.10.18.
RESTRAINT, SEGREGATION AND ISOLATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM
OR LIKELY FROM EXPOSURE TO INFECTION TO SUFFER FROM YELLOW FEVER.
1. Every person suffering from yellow fever or suspected yellow fever shall, if
possible, be at once isolated at his residence and thoroughly protected against the
l;iites of mosquitoe~ to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of He_alth.
2. Except by permission in writing of the MediG_alOfficer of Health, no person
otlier than a medical practitioner and the nurses in.attendance on the patient shall
enter or leave any house where there is a person suffering from yellow fever or
suspected yellow fever.
·3. (a) All contacts or persons who in t_he opinion of the Medical Officer of Health
are likely to have been exposed to the infection of yellow fever shall be kept unq.er
daily observation for a period not exceeding 18 days from the date when they were
last in contact ·with a person suffering from yellow fever.
(b) For this purpose they shall after due notice in writing, to be given by the
Medical Officer of Health, present themselves daily for medical examination to the
Medical Officer of Health of the district or any medical practitioner duly appointed
for the purpose at such time and place as shall be :fixed in such notice.
(c) Such persons may at any time on the order of the Medical Officer of Health
be isolated and screened from mosquitoes in a place set apart for that purpose, for
.s_uchperiod as the Medical Officer of Health may consider necessary.
4. For the purpose of these regulations the tetm " contact " means a person who
-has been in attendance on or an occupant of the same house as, or visited any person
.suffering from the disease at any time from the first appearance in such person of signs
,or symptoms of the disease. - ·
REMOVAL TO HOSPITAL OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM YELLOW FEVER,

1 5. The Medical Officer of He;lth may order·the ~emoval to .an isolation hospital
,of any person suffering from yel~ow fever if in his opinion the isolation of the patient
.cannot be efficiently carried out on the premises, and shall arrange for the curative
treatment of the disease.
DISINFECTION OF PERSONAL EFFECTS, Goons, HOUSES, ETC.

6. Every house in which a case of yellow fever or of suspected yellow fever has
occurred, together with all articles therein, shall be thoroughly disinfected and
fumigated under the immediate direction of the Medical Officer of Health.
SPEEDY BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

7. Where a death from yellow fever or from suspected yellow fever has occurred
in any house, the body shall be disposed of in such manner and within such time as
the Medical Officer of Health shall direct, and no person except those required to
effect the disposal of the body shall be admitted to the house.
HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION AND INSPECTION.

8. The Medical Officer of Health shall when necessary arrange for house to house
inspection by one or more duly qualified medical practitioners and sanitary inspectors
in any area where yellow fever or suspected yellow fever has occurred.
MEDICAL AID AND ACCOMMODATION.

9. The Medical Officer of Health shall arrange when necessary for the medical
treatment by qualified medical practitioners at the expense of the Government of
'any case or cases of yellow fever at the home of the patient and before removal to
an isolation hospital.
OTHER MEASURESFOR PREVENTING OR CHECKING THE SPREAD OF

YELLOW FEVER.
10. No water shall be stored (except in small quantities for drinking purposes)
unless efficiently protected against mosquitoes by the following methods:-
All tan¼.s, barrels or other receptacles for storing w<J,tershall have all openings,
except the draw-off opening, covered with wire gauze (18 meshes to the inch) or
with cheese cloth or :fine mosquito netting, and all fountains, pools, ponds,
antiformicas or excavations made for any purpose whatever, on public or private
property, which may contain water, shall be kept stocked with mosquito-
destroying :fish, or shall be kept covered with a :film of petroleum oil which should
be renewed at least once in every week, or shall be mixed with a suitable
insecticide in sufficient strength to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
stagnant water liable to bread mosquitoes.
12. The occupier or owner of any premises shall keep his premises free of all
articles, appliances, trees or plants liable to breed mosquitoes.
to be disinfected and oHed at least once in every week.
14. The occupier or owner of any premises shall cause all eaves gutters and
downpipes attached to such premises to be maintained in good repair and free from
PREVENTION .OF SPREAD OF YELLOW FEVER ON SEAS, RIVERS, ETC.

16. These regulations shall apply to persons and premises on the seas, rivers and
waters of the Colony and on the high seas within three miles of the coast thereof.
17. In the case of any ship, vessel or boat leaving any port or place in this Colony
infected with Yellow Fever for any other port or place in this Colony, measures shall
be taken to prevent the embarkation of any person showing symptoms of Yellow
Fever. To this end every person taking passage on such ship, vessel or boat shall be
examined by the Medical Officer of Health or any medical practitioner duly appointed
for the purpose immediately before departure of the ship, vessel or boat, Such
T.-VIII. 33
examination shall as far as practicable be made by day and on shore. Measures

shall be taken to prevent the shipment of merchandise or of articles or clothing
belonging to any passenger which the Medical Officer of Health or such medical
practitioner as aforesaid may consider infected, unless such merchandise, articles or
clothing shall, in the first instance have been disinfected on shore under his
supervision. Measures shall also be taken to prevent mosquitoes from gaining
· access to such ship, vessel or boat. V/hen access of mosquitoes cannot be prevented,
measures shall be taken immediately before departure of the ship, vessel or boat to
secure destruction of the mosquitoes on board. The Medical Officer shall give to
the Master of the ship, vessel or boat a certificate stating in detail the measures taken.
PENALTY.
refusing or neglecting to obey any order or direction given to him under the provisions
thereof or in any way obstructing the carrying out of any of the provisions of these
. regulations shall be liable to a fine of $480.00, or to imprisonment for six months.
APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS,
19. These regulations shaU apply to and be in force in every urban and ·rura
district in the Colony in any part of which a case of yellow fever or suspected yellow
fever occurs.

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CHAPTER 12. No. 4.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Health Short title.

" constable " means a member of the Police Force, • f

and includes city constables or porough constables

·the local authority; · . .- " ·· · . ... .. ·

" habitable room " means a _room constructed· or

"·inhabited/'. applied to a i:oom, me~s a rQQin in

· ,:,.iiifectioui.~di$~~t .., ;-_~eans dipb;tl.ierli;·: ~eµ1J~i:~oi:ts:' :·'.-':.'::

" dangerous infectious disease " means yellow fever,

: · from time to time . be added to such Schedule by

hereto and any area added thereto in accoraance \\i,th -.·.-.=.·

..... or adapted to be used either ordinarily or occasionally

court, alley or passage~ whether a th9roughfare or not; .

Public Health. [Ch. 12. No. 4. 335

d to hold office during his pleasure and for not

6. lJie Governor may! ..th the consent of the Legislative

. (2) The Chairman shall pr. ·de at all meetings of the

(3) -A.tany meeting of. the Bo d five II!-emberssha.ij.Qn~ and .

(4) The Board sh~ have ail offi in;

8. The Board may make regulation· as to its own ·Regulations.

1 by its officers of their duties and as o th carrying out of .

9 .. (1) For fuepurposes

Medical Inspecto of Health, who· shall be Assistant

(a) They shall e members of the Medical Board

Scienc~, or State dicine registrable in the United

10. The Governor ay, upon th recommendatf . of

i~ · /2j I l * Port sanitary districts defined- · -.

Publi,c Health. [Ch. 12.No. 4. 337

bv the Governor in Council and to be published in the

· -. to the jurisdiction of local authorities invested with such ,·

of the powers in this Ordinance mentioned as the Governor

(a) In the City of Port-of-Spain, "the Port-of-Spain·

Medical Officer of Health and other officers as may from tim,e

sanitary districts, the Medical Officers

338 Ch. 12. No. 4.] Public li ealth.

appointed by the Governor: Provided that default of a in

any of the provisions of this Ordinance or in enforcing any

default all such e~pens~s in and about the sai_d.Proceeding

15. (1) The ~ may make bye-laws with respect to

and the issue of certificates to successful candidates ..........

16. (1) l1>e ,EeaFd e.!l{l Jvery

quorum, ·and powers· o~ any su~h respe~ti~e cotpruttee~. . ·

l~cal authority trunk fit, direct that th~acts and-proceedings. ·. . :··.•:.···:_:

of such corrunitt~e shall ~ot be required to he. submitted to ···.:·\)/('··. - ..

• For powers in rural sanitary districts-see RG. 2(d.l933. . .f

in writing .by the Board may at any reasonable

. authcmty. all the powers anGIa,uthorities vested in a local authqrity

2:2. (1) The Board, whenever they deem it necessary in ;powerto

to the said works, or to any works connected therewith.

(3). Whenever, in -the opi,nion of .the Board, any

such person in that behalf, and.shall proceed to remov~ or

342 Ch. 12. No. 4.] · Public Health.

approved by the local authority, shall be deposited i~ the

thetein during the time specified in such notice; and a . •·:

reference to such plans and sections in such notice shall

referred to in such notice in such proportion _asis settled·

24. (1) l'he resolution approving such provisional appor- Publica.ti~p.

considered by the objector .to be insufficient or

of any premises. . . ·.......

th~ said-month, consider ~y objection :nade by any _oymer =~~d

.344 Ch. 12. No. 4.J Pubiic Health .

made within such time shall be dealt with and determined

to be charged under this Part of this Ordinance. _

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