causes any building newly to be erected over any sewer belonging to the local authority; or

causes any vault, arch or cellar newly to be constructed under the carriage- way or foot-way of any street vested in the local authority,

he shall cause the ground to be excavated to the required depth with all possible expedition and to be done in a workmanlike manner;

he shall cause to be erected and maintained during the progress of the work all such fences, hoardings, struttings, shorings and lights (kept lighted throughout the night) as may be necessary to or in consequence of any of the works for the protection of the public or workmen or of any buildings or property whatsoever near to or liable to be affected by the work;

he shall cause any excavation to be commenced at the outfall end of each drain and continued in straight sections, the bottom of the trench to be accurately cut to the proper gradient for receiving the pipes, and the trench to be made of sufficient width to afford room for the proper laying, bedding and jointing of the pipes;

he shall cause the laying of the pipes to be carefully performed and each pipe to be laid to a true gradient and in such manner that the body of the pipe shall have a firm bearing throughout its whole length and not upon the socket only;

he shall cause any excavation to be filled in with earth well rammed in six- inch layers, fine material free from stones being packed round the pipes, and the surface at ground level being made good to the satisfaction of the local authority.

he shall cause such drain to be constructed of good sound cylindrical pipes made of glazed stoneware or of heavy cast iron, or of other equally suitable material which has been approved of by the local authority;

he shall cause such drain to be of adequate size, to have an internal diameter of not less than four inches and to be laid with a proper fall, and with water- tight, socketed or other approved suitable joints;

he shall, if such drain is constructed of stoneware pipes, if so required by the local authority, cause such drain to be laid on an adequate and efficient bed of good cement concrete at least three inches in thickness, or, if such drain is constructed of approved metal pipes, he shall, if so required by the local authority, cause such drain to be supported upon a sufficient number of suitable piers constructed of good cement concrete:

he shall, unless specially exempted by the local authority, cause an inspection chamber to be provided at every point in such drain where two or more drains converge;

he shall cause an inspection chamber to be provided at every point in any such drain where there occurs any angle, bend or deviation from a direct alignment;

he shall cause access to be provided by means of inspection chambers to every such drain in such manner that no part of any such drain is more than thirty feet distant in the length of such drain from an inspection chamber;

where any such drain communicates directly with a sewer belonging to the local authority, he shall cause an inspection chamber to be provided to such drain on the plot on which such building stands but, wherever practicable, within four feet of the boundary of the said plot over which the drain is or is to be constructed:

Provided that he may with the consent in writing of the local authority and subject to such conditions as it may prescribe, but not otherwise, cause such inspection chamber as aforesaid to be constructed on a street or sidewalk;

he shall cause an inspection chamber to be provided at any point where an intercepting trap is fixed in such drain;

he shall cause every inspection chamber to be of such internal dimensions as the local authority requires:

Provided that no inspection chamber shall be less than two feet in length where the depth of the half channel invert from the surface of the ground adjoining such chamber is greater than eighteen inches;

he shall cause every inspection chamber to be constructed of not less than nine inches brickwork or stonework built in cement, or of good cement concrete not less than four inches in thickness, to be so constructed as to be watertight up to the level of the adjoining ground surface, and to be rendered with cement plaster at least one half inch in thickness and furnished with a smooth surface;

he shall cause every inspection chamber to be fitted with a strong movable air-tight cast-iron manhole cover of adequate size and approved design and construction, fixed not lower than the surface of the adjoining ground;

he shall cause the sides of the channels in every inspection chamber to be brought up vertically to a height not less than the diameter of the drains, and shall cause benching, constructed of good cement concrete, to be provided, such benching to be sloped off from the tops of the channels at an angle of thirty degrees from the horizontal and finished with a smooth cement surface.

he shall provide at least one untrapped opening to such drain, which opening shall be situated as far distant as may be practicable from the point at which such drain communicates with a sewer, septic tank, cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage with which such drain may lawfully communicate, and shall also provide an untrapped opening at the upper extremity of every branch drain which exceeds twenty feet in length and which receives any soil- water or waste water; such untrapped opening shall be obtained by carrying up a pipe or shaft, vertically, to such a height and in such a position as to afford by means of the open end of such pipe or shaft a safe outlet for foul air and so as effectually to prevent any escape of foul air from such pipe or shaft into any building in the vicinity thereof, and in no case to a less height than three feet above the eaves of any adjoining roof, or to a less height than six feet above the top of any window, door or other opening which is within a distance of twenty feet horizontally from such pipe or shaft, or to a less height than ten feet above the adjoining ground level, and such pipe or shaft, if unsupported for a length of more than five feet, shall be properly stayed:

Provided that the soil-pipe of any water-closet, in every case where the situation, sectional area, height and mode of construction of such soil-pipe are in accordance with the requirements applicable to the pipe or shaft to be carried up from such drain, may be deemed to provide the necessary opening for ventilation which would otherwise be obtained by means of such last- mentioned pipe or shaft;

he shall cause any opening provided in accordance with the arrangements hereinbefore specified to be furnished with a suitable grating or other cover of approved pattern and material for the purpose of preventing any obstruction in or injury to any pipe or drain by the introduction of any substance through any such opening; and he shall, in every case, cause such grating or cover to be so constructed and fitted as to secure the free passage of air through such grating or cover by means of a sufficient number of apertures, of which the aggregate extent shall be not less than the sectional area of the pipe or drain to which such grating or cover may be fitted;

he shall not, except where unavoidable, cause any bend or angle to be made in any pipe or shaft used in connexion with any of the arrangements hereinbefore specified;

he shall cause every pipe or shaft which may be used in connexion with any of the arrangements hereinbefore specified to have an internal diameter of not less than three-and-a-half inches;

he shall cause every pipe or shaft used in connexion with any of the arrangements hereinbefore specified to be constructed in the same manner and of the same material and weight as if such pipe or shaft were a soil pipe;

in every case where any such drain communicates with a septic tank, cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage, not being a sewer belonging to the local authority, he shall provide a second opening, being not less than twelve inches and not more than three feet above the level of the surface of the ground adjoining such second opening, which shall communicate with such drain by means of a suitable pipe or shaft situated, as far distant as may be practicable from the first opening which has to be provided, in pursuance of the rule in that behalf; and he shall also cause the point at which such second opening communicates with the drain in every case to be situated on that side of any intercepting trap which is the nearer to the building;

he shall cause every pipe or shaft which is constructed so as to provide any such second opening as aforesaid to be constructed in the same manner and of the same material and weight as if such pipe or shaft were a soil-pipe, and to have an internal diameter of not less than three and a half inches, and to be provided with an approved inlet valve at the point at which it opens upon the external air.

he shall not, except with the written permission of the local authority and then only on such conditions as it may prescribe, cause or permit any such soil- pipe to be fixed inside any building;

he shall construct such soil-pipe either in drawn lead or heavy cast-iron or other equally suitable material which has been approved of by the local authority;

he shall construct such soil-pipe so that its weight, if the pipe is of lead, and that its thickness and weight, if the pipe is of iron, in proportion to its length and internal diameter, is as follows—

if he constructs such soil-pipe in drawn lead he shall cause such soil-pipe to be constructed with proper wiped plumbers’ joints;

if he constructs such soil-pipe of cast-iron with socket joints, he shall cause such joints to be not less than 2½ inches in depth and to be made with tarred spun yarn and molten lead or lead wool properly caulked, and he shall also cause the annular space for the lead, in the case of 3½-inch and 4-inch pipes, to be not less than ¼ inch in width; and if he constructs such soil-pipe with flanged joints he shall cause such joints to be securely bolted together and some suitable insertion for jointing placed between the flanges;

he constructs such soil-pipe so that it is not connected with any rain-water pipe or with any waste-pipe or waste-water fitting, and so that there is not any trap in such soil-pipe or between the soil-pipe and any drain with which it is connected;

he shall construct such soil-pipe so that the bend to which it may be connected at the foot shall rest in a solid foundation of good cement concrete and, unless an inspection chamber is provided to the drain to which such soil- pipe is connected within a distance of six feet from the foot of such soil- pipe, so that the bottom length of such soil-pipe, is provided with an adequate opening, fitted with screw doors and fastenings, for the purpose of access and inspection;

he shall cause such soil-pipe to be circular and to have an internal diameter of not less than 3½ inches, and to be continued up without diminution of its diameter and (except where unavoidable) without any bend or angle being formed in such soil-pipe, to such a height and in such a position as to afford by means of the open end of such soil-pipe a safe outlet for foul air and so as effectually to prevent any escape of foul air from such soil-pipe into any building in the vicinity thereof, and in no case to a less height than three feet above the eaves of any adjoining roof, or to a less height than six feet above the top of any window, door or other opening which is within a distance of twenty feet horizontally from such pipe or shaft or to a less height than ten feet above the adjoining ground level, and, if unsupported for a length of more than five feet, to be properly stayed; and he shall also cause the open end of such soil-pipe to be furnished with a suitable grating or other cover of approved pattern and material for the purpose of preventing any obstruction in or injury to such soil-pipe by the introduction of any substance through such open end, and he shall in every case cause such grating or cover to be constructed and fitted so as to secure the free passage of air through such grating or cover by means of a sufficient number of apertures, of which the aggregate extent shall be not less than the sectional area of the soil-pipe to which such grating or cover may be fitted;

he shall cause suitable provision for the purpose of access and inspection to be provided to such soil-pipe, by means of an adequate opening with screw doors and fastenings or with a screwed metallic cap or plug at every junction or change of direction or gradient in such soil-pipe:

Provided that, where adequate means for through rodding has been provided in any straight section of such soil-pipe by means of adequate openings at the opposite ends of such section, the said provisions for access and inspection may be omitted in the case of any junction in such straight section as aforesaid;

he shall cause the weight of all branch soil-pipes leading from any soil-water fitting to a soil-pipe or drain, if of lead, to be not less than 7 lb. per foot of lead.

he shall construct such waste-pipe of either lead, steel, cast-iron or wrought iron, and shall not in any case construct such waste-pipe of either galvanised sheet iron or zinc;

he shall cause such waste-pipe to be properly trapped, at a point as near as may be practicable to the point at which such waste-pipe is attached to any waste-water fitting, by means of an efficient syphon trap:

Provided that a waste-pipe which does not exceed three feet in length and which receives the discharge from one waste-water fitting only may be fixed without a trap;

he shall cause every trap fixed in connexion with such waste-pipe to be constructed of either lead, brass, gun-metal or iron, and to be of an approved pattern, and to be provided on the side or underside with a screwed movable plug; and he shall cause every such trap to be fixed in such manner that the whole of the trap is easily accessible, and to be provided with a water seal at least 2 inches in depth:

Provided that a trap fixed in connexion with a waste-pipe receiving the discharge from a bath only may be provided with a water seal 1 ½ inches in depth;

he shall not fix in connexion with such waste-pipe any trap of the kind known as a bell-trap, a dip-trap, a D-trap or a U-trap or running trap, or any such trap as becomes unsealed on the removal of the cover; and he shall cause every trap fixed in connexion with such waste-pipe to be of the same internal diameter as the waste-pipe to which it is connected;

if he constructs such waste-pipe of iron, he shall cause such waste-pipe to be constructed either of cast-iron not less than 3/16 inch in thickness or of wrought iron not less than ? inch in thickness;

he shall cause such waste-pipe, wherever practicable, to be fixed above floors, and, in any case where such waste-pipe is fixed below any floor, he shall provide adequate and satisfactory means of access to such pipe for the purpose of inspection and cleansing;

he shall cause every such waste-pipe to be taken through an external wall of such building at the nearest practicable point and so constructed and fixed as to discharge in the open air, either separately or in conjunction with a common waste-pipe receiving the discharge from two or more waste-water fittings over an open channel communicating with or over a properly trapped gully or into such gully above the level of the water in the trap thereof:

Provided that, with the approval of the local authority and subject to such conditions as it may impose with regard to the construction of a floor of impervious materials, floor washings or a waste-pipe from a bath or a lavatory basin may be permitted to discharge into an open channel communicating with a trapped gulley inside a building where the waste water from such trapped gully as aforesaid discharges by means of a proper waste-pipe in the open air over a trapped gully in the manner already provided for in this rule;

he shall cause every such waste-water fitting to be fixed as near as may be practicable to an external wall of such building, and the outlet for waste-water from such waste-water fitting shall be provided with a good and efficient brass grate of approved type, well and securely fixed, the aggregate extent of the apertures in which shall not be less than the sectional area of the waste- pipe to which such waste-water fitting is fixed; and he shall cause every such waste-water fitting to be constructed of impervious materials having rounded corners or angles, and, if provided with an overflow pipe, such overflow pipe shall be connected to the waste-pipe receiving the discharge from such waste-water fitting on that side of the water seal in the trap provided to such waste-pipe which is the nearer to the waste-water fitting, and the upper end of such overflow pipe shall be so arranged as to permit of the whole of the overflow being easily cleansed;

he shall cause every trap fixed in connexion with such waste-pipe to be ventilated into the open air at a safe outlet for foul air by means of a pipe, which shall be connected with the highest part of such trap and on that side of the water seal which is nearer to the outgo, and which shall have in all parts an internal diameter not less, in proportion to the internal diameter of the trap which it ventilates, than the following—

he shall not cause or permit any right-angled junctions to be made in such waste-pipe, but shall cause every branch waste-pipe to join another waste- pipe obliquely in the direction of the flow of such waste-pipe, and shall cause all bends and turnings to be truly curved;

he shall cause every such waste-pipe and every ventilation pipe fixed in connexion therewith to be kept entirely separate and distinct from any soil- pipe or any ventilation pipe fixed in connexion with such soil-pipe.

he shall furnish such water-closet with a pan, basin or other suitable receptacle of non-absorbent material, and of such shape, capacity and mode of construction as to receive and contain a sufficient quantity of water, and to allow all filth which may from time to time be deposited in such pan, basin or receptacle to fall free of the sides thereof, and directly into the water received and contained in such pan, basin or receptacle;

he shall not construct or fix under such pan, basin or receptacle any container or other similar fitting; and he shall not construct or fix in or in connexion with the water-closet apparatus any trap of the kind known as a D-trap;

he shall cause every such water-closet, other than a water-closet of the kind known as a trough-closet, to be of the wash-down type, to be self-cleansing and to be provided with a trap having a water seal not less than 2 inches in depth and, except in the case of an approved syphonic closet, the outlet of the trap to be not less than 3½ inches or more than 4 inches internal diameter; and he shall cause the pan and trap of such water-closet to be of porcelain ware or well glazed stoneware, or the trap may be of strong case lead;

he shall not fix or cause to be fixed any such water-closet, of the kind known as a trough-closet, of a type which has not been tested by the local authority and found, on testing, to be so designed and constructed as to secure the complete clearing out of dejecta and paper according to the standard test set out in the First Schedule to these Rules;

if he constructs any water-closet of the kind known as a trough-closet, he shall cause such water-closet to be provided with a trap having a water seal not less than 2 inches in depth and the outlet to the trap to be not less than 3½ inches or more than 4 inches internal diameter, and he shall cause the trough and trap to be of glazed stoneware or other suitable and impervious material to be approved by the local authority:

Provided that no person shall construct a water-closet of the kind known as a trough-closet except with the written permission of the local authority and subject to such terms and conditions as it may prescribe.

he shall cause such urinal to be constructed of smooth or glazed impervious material, and to be fitted at floor level with a trap, which shall have a water seal not less than 2 inches in depth, and the floor of such urinal to be constructed of good cement concrete at least 4 inches in thickness or of other approved impervious materials; and he shall also cause such floor, whether the urinal be of the stall or the basin type, to be laid with a proper fall towards such gully for a distance of at least 18 inches from the said gully trap;

if he constructs a urinal of the basin type, he shall cause the soil-pipe connected to the basin of such urinal to discharge directly over such gully trap, or into a proper smooth or glazed channel leading thereto;

if he constructs a range of urinals, only one gully trap shall be provided to such range, and communication between each urinal and gully trap shall be provided by means of a smooth or glazed channel; and he shall also cause the floor to be laid with a proper fall towards such channel for a distance of at least 18 inches from the said channel;

he shall cause every gully trap provided in connexion with such urinal to be provided with a movable or hinged strong barred grate.

he shall cause such slop-hopper to be composed of porcelain ware, well glazed stoneware or smooth enamelled cast-iron, and the outlet to be fitted with a movable enamelled cast-iron grating with parallel slots of at least one- half of an inch in width, such grating to be fixed just above the water line of the trap of such slop-hopper, and the surface thereof shall not be less than the outgo of the spigot of such slop-hopper;

he may, if he so desires, provide a second grating to such slop-hopper to be fitted above the aforesaid first grating; and, if he provides such a second grating, he shall cause the width of the slots in such second grating to be not less than one and a half inches in width, and such second grating shall be hinged or movable;

he shall not construct any such slop-hopper which is composed of two pieces unless the junction of such two pieces is constructed above the water line of the trap of such slop-hopper and the joint is of sufficient depth and strength to secure its immobility;

if he causes a housemaid’s sink to be attached to such slop-hopper, the waste-pipe from such sink shall not exceed 2 feet in length, and shall be so fixed as to discharge above the level of the water in the trap of such slop- hopper;

unless such slop-hopper is fixed on a floor of good cement concrete not less than 4 inches in thickness, he shall cause such slop-hopper to be placed upon a safe constructed in the same manner and of the same materials as if the slop-hopper placed on such safe were a water-closet.

he shall cause such soil-water fitting to be provided with an efficient syphon trap having a water seal at least 2 inches in depth;

he shall, except in the case of an approved floor flange joint, cause the junction of such trap with any soil-pipe to be above the level of the floor of the apartment in which such soil-water fitting is fixed, and to be so situated as to be readily accessible and exposed to view on all sides; and notwithstanding anything contained in rules 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of these Rules, he shall, when so required by the local authority, cause the joint between the spigot of such trap and a soil-pipe to be made with bitumen or other like material which is not liable to crack, and which will quickly set hard and firm, but which is capable of removal by heating:

he shall furnish such soil-water fitting with an approved and separate water- flushing cistern of adequate capacity, which shall be so constructed, fitted and placed as to admit of a supply of water for use in such soil-water fitting without any direct connexion between any service pipe upon such building and any part of the apparatus of such soil-water fitting, other than such water supply cistern; and he shall likewise furnish such soil-water fitting with a suitable and approved apparatus for the effectual application of water to any pan, basin or other receptacle with which such apparatus may be connected and used, and for the effectual flushing and cleansing of such pan, basin or other receptacle, and for the prompt and effectual removal therefrom of any solid or liquid filth which may from time to time be deposited therein;

he shall cause such water-flushing cistern to be fitted with a valveless flushing syphon and a strong approved high pressure valve connected to the water inlet, and shall also provide such cistern with an overflow pipe of drawn lead or galvanized wrought iron having an internal diameter of not less than ¾ inch, which shall be carried through an external wall of such building so as to discharge in the open air in an exposed position;

he shall cause every such cistern provided in connexion with a water-closet to have a capacity of at least 3 gallons:

Provided that in the case of any trough-closet such cistern shall have a capacity of at least 5 gallons per seat of such trough-closet;

he shall cause every urinal or range of urinals fixed in any public place, or in any hotel or other building which is not a private building, to be provided with an automatic water-flushing cistern capable of discharging at least one gallon of water per urinal for each two feet width of stand at intervals not exceeding twenty minutes;

he shall cause the flushing pipe furnished to every such water-flushing cistern to be either of drawn lead of the weights specified for waste-pipes, or of copper, nickel or brass or of strong galvanized wrought iron, and to be fixed vertically and properly connected to such cistern and the soil-water fitting in an approved and workmanlike manner;

he shall, in the case of every flushing pipe of a water supply cistern furnished to any water-closet, other than a trough-closet, cause the length of the flush pipe, measured vertically from the discharge end to the bottom of the water supply cistern, and the internal diameter of such pipe to be as follows—

for high level cisterns, 4 feet 6 inches or more in length, not less than 1¼ inches internal diameter;

for low level cisterns, 2 feet to 4 feet 6 inches in length, not less than 1½ inches internal diameter; 1 foot to 2 feet in length, not less than 1¼ inches internal diameter; flushing pipes under 1 foot in length, not less than 2 inches internal diameter;

he shall cause the flushing pipe of any water-flushing cistern furnished to a urinal to be fixed with such a length as to provide a vertical height of not less than 3 feet between the discharge end of such pipe and the underside of such water-flushing cistern, and to have an internal diameter of not less than ¾ inch;

he shall cause such urinal or range of urinals, or such water-closet, trough- closet, or set of closets, to be erected in such a manner and in such a position that the automatic water-flushing cistern and the stop cocks connected thereto are easily accessible;

he shall cause such cistern to be provided with two stop cocks, one of a screw- down type for regulating, and the other for shutting off, the water supply, and shall cause such cistern to be regulated in the supply of water, and the water to be turned off at fixed hours, in accordance with any instructions given by the local authority.

he shall not construct any such septic tank, storage tank, sewage filter installation or other works for the treatment, reception or disposal of sewage under any building nor, except with the consent of the local authority, within 40 feet of any building or any plot boundary, nor so that it has, by drain or otherwise, any inlet for rain-water or other surface water or any outlet into or means of communication with any sewer;

he shall cause any such septic tank, storage tank, sewage filter installation or other works for the treatment, reception or disposal of sewage to be constructed in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access thereto for the purpose of cleansing the same, and of removing the contents thereof, and in such manner and in such a position as to admit of the contents thereof being removed therefrom and from the premises to which such septic tank, sewage filter installation, or other works for the treatment or disposal of sewage may belong, without being carried through any building;

he shall cause any such septic tank, storage tank, sewage filter installation or other works for the treatment, reception or disposal of sewage to be sufficiently covered over, to be adequately and efficiently ventilated and to be so protected as to prevent any nuisance therefrom and so as to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in connexion therewith;

he shall not commence the construction of any such septic tank, storage tank, sewage filter installation or other works for the treatment, reception or disposal of sewage until the local authority is satisfied that adequate and satisfactory provision has been made for the periodic emptying and cleansing of the same, or for the innocuous disposal of the effluent or filtrate therefrom, as the case may be;

he shall cause the walls, floors, and coverings of any septic tank, sewage storage tank or effluent tank, and such parts of the walls of any enclosure tank for the reception of filtering medium that may be necessary, to be constructed of impervious materials and so as to be watertight.

he shall not construct or provide such pail-closet within ten feet of any kitchen;

he shall not construct or provide such pail-closet within any part of a dwelling- house or under the same roof as any dwelling-house, but shall construct such pail-closet so that the entrance opens directly on to the external air, and so that on any side on which it would abut on any part of a dwelling-house it is separated from such dwelling-house by a solid wall or partition of brick, stone or concrete or other suitable materials extending the entire height from the floor to the ceiling;

he shall not construct or provide such pail-closet so that it is approached directly from any room used for the manufacture, preparation, storage or sale of food for man, or used as a factory, workshop, workplace or public building, but shall construct or provide such pail-closet so that on any side on which it would abut on a room intended for the manufacture, preparation, storage or sale of food for man, or used a factory, workshop, workplace or public building it is enclosed by a solid wall or partition of brick, stone, concrete or other suitable materials, extending the entire height from the floor to the ceiling;

where the entrance to such pail-closet does not open directly into the external air, he shall cause such pail-closet to be entirely separated and cut off from any room used for the manufacture, preparation, storage or sale of food for man, or used as a factory, workshop, workplace or public building, by means of a passage or lobby provided with a window of not less dimensions than two square feet, exclusive of the frame, and opening directly into the external air; and such passage or lobby, in addition to such window, shall also be provided with adequate means of constant ventilation by at least one ventilating aperture, of not less dimensions than 144 square inches, exclusive of any frame, built in an external wall of such passage or lobby;

he shall, whether the situation of such pail-closets is or is not within such building, construct in one of the external walls of such pail-closet an opening for light and ventilation of not less dimensions than two square feet, situated as near to the top of such pail-closet as convenient and communicating directly with the external air, which opening shall be properly and efficiently covered with fly-proof gauze so as to prevent the entrance of flies;

he shall construct or provide such pail-closet in such a position, if practicable, as to back on a sanitary lane, and in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access to such pail-closet, for the purpose of cleaning the same and of removing filth therefrom, and in such a manner and in such a position as to admit of all filth being removed from such pail-closet, and from the premises to which it may belong, without being carried through any domestic building or public building;

he shall not construct or provide such pail-closet otherwise than in accordance with a standard pattern approved by the local authority or with plans and specification submitted to and approved by the local authority.

Trap to be properly filled with water. Coloured fluid to poured into trap. Basin to be soiled with plumbers’ soil or liquid mud. Flush.

Basin must be so cleared as to leave water in basin clear and clean at the completion of one flush.

Trap to be properly filled with water. Four pieces of potato or apple to be placed in the trap, none of which shall exceed two inches in diameter. A piece of cotton waste, sponge or cloth to be placed in the trap, not to exceed two inches in diameter; also three pieces of toilet paper, crumpled up, to be placed in the trap, and toilet paper be placed over water surface and around sides of basin. Flush.

Basin must be completely cleared of all solids by one flush.

These Rules may be cited as the Public Health (Kisumu Density of Dwellings) Rules, and shall apply to the Municipality of Kisumu.

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—

“dwelling” means any house, room, shed, hut, cave, tent, vehicle, vessel or boat, or any other structure or place whatsoever, any portion whereof is used by any human being for sleeping or in which any human being dwells;

“dwelling-house” means a building or any part or portion of a building used or constructed, adapted or designed to be used for human habitation, as a separate tenancy, or by one family only, whether detached, semi-detached or separated by party walls or by floors from adjoining buildings, together with such outbuildings as are reasonably required to be used or enjoyed therewith;

“old bazaar” means and includes that area of the Municipality bounded on the south- east and east by the Railway boundary, to its junction with Temple Road, thence along Temple Road to its junction with Junction Road, thence along this road to its junction with the Railway boundary;

“plot” means any area of land being the subject of a separate lease or conveyance from the Government;

“subplot” means any portion of a plot, such portion being the subject of a separate registered conveyance, assignment or sublease, and extends also to and includes any portion of a plot being the subject of a separate sublease or upon which any building is erected which is wholly in, or is constructed or adapted to be wholly in, one occupation or is let or adapted to be let to a separate tenant.

No person shall erect a building or make any alteration or addition to a building on any plot or subplot where such plot or subplot or such building as aforesaid, or any building or part of a building on such plot or subplot, is intended to be used as a dwelling unless at least half of the said plot or subplot is left unbuilt upon, unless the plot or subplot be so denuded of buildings that, after erecting such building or making such alterations or additions to a building as aforesaid, at least half of such plot or subplot shall be left unbuilt upon.

No person shall use or, being the owner thereof, permit to be used any plot or subplot or any building or part of a building on any plot or subplot as a dwelling where, on the commencement of these Rules, such plot or subplot or such building or part of a building as aforesaid was not being used as a dwelling, unless at least half of the said plot or subplot has been left unbuilt upon or unless the said plot or subplot is so denuded of buildings that at least half of such plot or subplot is left unbuilt upon.

On and after the 1st April, 1929, no person shall use or, being the owner thereof, permit to be used as a dwelling any plot or subplot or any building or part of a building on any plot or subplot, in the old bazaar, unless at least half of the said plot or subplot has been left unbuilt upon or unless the said plot or subplot is so denuded of buildings that at least half of such plot or subplot is left unbuilt upon.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in rules 3, 4 and 5 in the case of buildings appearing in the opinion of the superintendent of conservancy to be constructed, adapted or designed to be used entirely as hotels or residential clubs, the proportion of the plot or subplot upon which such buildings stand or are to stand which shall be left unbuilt upon may be reduced to one-third.

(1) No person shall so erect, add to or alter a building in such a manner that on the plot or subplot on which such building stands (such plot or subplot being not greater than one thirty-fifth of an acre) there is more than one dwelling-house, or so that there is any dwelling-house on any plot or subplot which is of less extent than one thirty-fifth of an acre, or so that the number of dwelling-houses over the whole area of such plot or subplot exceeds the number yielded by a ratio of thirty-five dwelling-houses to one acre.

(2) In determining the number of dwelling-houses which shall be permitted upon any plot or subplot in accordance with the foregoing provisions, no regard shall be had to any open spaces, streets or passages reserved or agreed to be reserved and abutting upon or in the vicinity of such plot or subplot.

(3) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to apply to any building which, in the opinion of the superintendent of conservancy, is constructed, adapted or designed to be used as a hotel or residential club, and which in his opinion is unlikely, on account of the manner in which it may be used, to become a menace either to the health of the inhabitants thereof or of the community.

No person shall so erect, add to or alter a building intended, adapted or designed to be used wholly or partially for human habitation that any portion thereof which constitutes a dwelling-house is without separate and independent access to a street, such street not being a sanitary lane or a passage.

No person shall erect a building intended, adapted or designed to be used wholly or partially for human habitation on any plot or subplot which has not a frontage of at least fourteen feet upon a street, such street not being a sanitary lane or a passage.

The superintendent of conservancy shall have powers in every case to determine whether any street is a sanitary lane or a passage, and his decision shall be final, but no street measuring forty feet or more in width shall in any circumstances be deemed to be a sanitary lane or a passage.

Any person guilty of an offence against, or contravention of, or default in complying with, any of the provisions of these Rules shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings, and, if the offence, contravention or default is of a continuing nature, to a further fine not exceeding sixty shillings for each day during which he makes default.

These Rules may be cited as the Public Health (Mombasa Storage of Hides and Skins) Rules, and shall apply to the Municipality of Mombasa.

In these Rules—

“hides and skins” means the hide or skin of any animal which, in the opinion of the local authority, is in such a state or condition as to be likely to give rise to any noxious or offensive smell;

“hide and skin godown” means any building or part of a building used, or constructed, adapted or designed to be used, for the storage, preparation, examination or packing of hides or skins or both, or in any part of which any hide or skin or both are dealt with in any manner;

“hide and skin godown area” means that area on the west side of Mombasa Island included within the boundaries as follows: from high-water mark at the NW. corner of plot 23 section III southerly along the western and south-western boundaries of plot 23 section III to the junction of Hobley and Makupa Roads at survey beacon 17F; thence southerly through beacon 31 on the southern boundary of plot 80 section II to beacon B88 on the southern boundary of plot 74 of section II, thence through the north-west corner of plot 60 of section II, along the western boundaries of plots 60 and 103 of section II and along the southern boundary of plot 103 of section II to survey beacon B84; then southerly through plot 98 of section II and through survey traverse beacon 570 to survey beacon URL on the southern boundary of plot 271 of section II; thence through the NE. corner of plot 38 of section II in a southerly direction along the western boundary Sheriffbhai Street to its junction with the Kilindini Road; thence westerly along the northern boundary of Kilindini Road to the SW. corner of plot 57 of section I; thence along a straight line running due west to high-water mark in Kilindini Harbour and thence northerly along high-water mark to the NW. corner of plot 23 section III, the point of commencement.

No person shall erect any building intended, adapted or designed to be used as a hide and skin godown in any part of the Municipality of Mombasa except in the hide and skin godown area; and no person shall use any existing building or part of an existing building in the Municipality of Mombasa as a hide and skin godown unless such building or part of a building is situated in the hide and skin godown area:

Provided that, subject to the provisions of rules 4, 5, 6 and 7, the provisions of this rule shall not apply to the use of an existing building or part of an existing building as a hide and skin godown where such building or part of a building, although not situated in the hide and skin godown area, is in use as a hide and skin godown at the commencement of these Rules.

(1) Where, at the commencement of these Rules, any existing building or part of an existing building, not situated in the hide and skin godown area, is in use as a hide and skin godown, the owner of such building or part of a building or the person using such building or part of a building as a hide and skin godown may, within a period of thirty days from the commencement of these Rules, make written application to the District Commissioner for a certificate of registration in respect of such premises as a hide and skin godown, whereupon the District Commissioner shall issue a certificate of registration in respect of such premises as a hide and skin godown.

(2) The District Commissioner, on the expiration of such period, may, in his discretion, refuse to register any such premises as aforesaid as a hide and skin godown where application for a certificate of registration as a hide and skin godown in respect of such premises has not been made within such period.

No certificate of registration as a hide and skin godown in respect of any such premises as are described in paragraph (1) of rule 4 shall be issued unless and until a certificate in writing has been issued by the local authority that it has no objection.

Every certificate of registration as a hide and skin godown issued in respect of any premises not situated within the hide and skin godown area shall be for a period of six months only, and a fee of two shillings shall be paid to the District Commissioner in respect of every such certificate of registration issued.

No person shall use any building or part of a building not situated within the hide and skin godown area as a hide and skin godown unless and until a current certificate of registration as a hide and skin godown in respect of such premises has been issued by the District Commissioner.

Any person who uses any building or part of a building as a hide and skin godown so as to contravene any of the provisions of these Rules shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings and, if a continuing offence, to a daily fine not exceeding forty shillings for each day during which the offence continues.

These Rules may be cited as the Public Health (Kisumu Storage of Hides and Skins) Rules, and shall apply to the Municipality of Kisumu.

In these Rules—

“hides and skins” means the hide or skin of any animal whatsoever;

“hides and skins godown” means any building or part of a building used, or adapted, or designed to be used, for the storage, examination or packing of dry hides and skins;

“hides and skins godown area” means and includes that area in Kisumu Municipality north-west of the Indian Bazaar, Section LXVIII, Plots No. 1 to No. 18 on Land Office Plan No. 24699, and also Section LV/I B.E.A. Corporation Ginnery site and Section LV/II, both on Plan No. 24699.

No person shall erect any building intended, adapted or designed to be used as a hides and skins godown in any part of the Municipality of Kisumu, except in the hides and skins godown area; and no person shall adapt any existing building or part of a building in the Municipality of Kisumu as a hides and skins godown unless such building or part of a building is situated in the hides and skins godown area.

After the expiry of a period of twelve months from the sale or the offering for sale of any or all of the plots in the hides and skins godown area, no person shall use any building or part of a building as a hides and skins godown unless such building or part thereof is situated in the hides and skins godown area.

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Rules shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings and, if a continuing offence, to a daily fine not exceeding forty shillings for each day during which the offence continues.

the name, address and occupation of the applicant;

the situation of the premises in respect of which the certificate of registration is desired;

a full description and particulars of the premises;

any other information required by such local authority or medical officer of health.

the name of the person to whom the certificate of registration is issued;

the situation of the registered premises;

the number of cowsheds (if any);

the maximum number of cows allowed in each cowshed at any one time;

the date when such certificate of registration expires.

in any room or place where such milk would be liable to become infected or contaminated by impure air, or by any offensive, noxious or injurious gas, emanation, exhalation, effluvium or substance;

in any room used as a kitchen or as a living, sleeping or work room;

in any room or building or part of a building communicating directly, by door, window or otherwise, with any sanitary convenience or urinal, or with any room used as a sleeping room or in which there may be any person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, or which may have been used by any person suffering from any such disease and which may not have been properly disinfected thereafter to the satisfaction of the medical officer of health;

in any room or building or part of a building in which there may be any direct inlet to any sewer, drain or cesspool;

in any milk vessel not properly covered so as effectually to prevent the contamination of the milk contained therein; or

in any milk vessel which has not been thoroughly cleansed and sterilized since the last occasion of use and which is not in a thoroughly clean condition at the time of use.

at all times maintain the whole of his registered premises in a thorough state of cleanliness and ventilation;

cause the floor of every cowshed, and the floor of every room or enclosure in which milk or milk products are deposited, stored or sold, or in which milk vessels or utensils are stored, to be thoroughly cleansed before ten o’clock in the morning of each day and every day;

cause every place and the surroundings thereof where milking takes place to be kept in a thorough state of cleanliness, and cause adequate precautions to be taken to prevent contamination of milk by flies, dust or otherwise;

cause the manure from any cowshed to be removed at least twice in every twenty-four hours from such cowshed, and cause the manure so removed from such cowshed to be entirely removed from his registered premises at least once in every forty-eight hours and suitably disposed of;

cause adequate measures to be taken to prevent liquid manure from overflowing on to or saturating the ground under or around any cowshed;

cause the ceiling or inner surface of the roof (except a roof constructed of a material such as to render lime-washing unsuitable), exposed roof-timber, posts and stalls, and the inner surface of every wall of such dairy, including any cowshed (excepting so much as may be painted or tarred or covered with a material such as to render lime-washing unsuitable and as may be otherwise properly cleansed), to be thoroughly cleansed down and then lime- washed at least four times in each year, viz., in the months of January, April, July and October, and at such other time as may be required by the medical officer of health, and cause all ceilings, walls and ledges of such premises to be swept down and kept free from dust, dirt and cobwebs at all times;

take all proper and necessary precautions for preventing the infection of contamination by dust, dirt, flies, vermin, effluvia or otherwise of any milk or milk product, produced, stored, kept or deposited in such dairy, including any cowshed.

he shall not use or permit to be used any cowshed, or any room or rooms used or adapted to be used for the keeping or storing of milk, milk products or milk vessels or utensils, as a sleeping apartment for any human being or for the accommodation of any poultry, pigeons or other birds, or for any purposes injurious to the proper preservation of the cleanliness of the building or of the milk, milk products or milk vessels or utensils therein or in any manner likely to cause contamination of milk or milk products;

he shall not keep or store or permit to be kept or stored any milk or milk products in any cowshed or stable;

he shall, immediately after the process of milking, forthwith remove or cause to be removed all milk to a proper milk room or such other room or place as has been provided and adapted for the storage of milk;

he shall not fill or permit to be filled in any cowshed, stable or sleeping apartment any bottle, vessel or container intended for use in distributing or purveying milk;

he shall not use or permit to be used any cowshed for the keeping therein of animals other than bovines, and each bovine, so far as air space is concerned, shall count as a cow for the purposes of these Rules;

he shall cause all housing, washing and sanitary accommodation provided for or used by any person or persons living or employed on such dairy premises to be maintained at all times in a clean and sanitary condition;

he shall not carry out or permit to be carried out in any cowshed any grooming or sweeping or any feeding with dusty forage while, or immediately before, milking is in progress;

he shall not keep or permit to be kept any swine within one hundred feet of any dairy or any cowshed or dwelling upon such registered premises, and when a swine is kept on the said premises beyond that distance he shall cause the styes and such other accommodation as may be provided for such swine to be maintained in a thoroughly clean and sanitary condition, and the drainage therefrom shall be disposed of in such manner as is approved by the medical officer of health;