Sec. 368. Open vaults, sinks and cesspools.
All open vaults, sinks and cesspools shall be cleaned out, disinfected
and filled. No privy, vault, sink or cesspool shall hereafter
be made or rebuilt except in accordance with the regulations
adopted by the Board of Health, and pursuant to a permit issued
by it. Each privy or necessary house in this city shall be well
roofed, and so constructed as to prevent access by fowls, animals
and flies to the excrement, and provided with a box or proper
receptacle for excrement, so constructed that it shall be sufficiently
strong, perfectly tight, and adequately furnished with hoops and
handles; that the same shall be eighteen inches in depth and so
constructed that there shall be no leakage or rain water into the
same and to be filled to the depth of six inches with fresh, dry
earth, lime or ashes, and when filled within three inches of any
part of the top shall be covered with a layer of two inches of dry
earth or ashes thrown over the whole. Notice shall then be given
to the scavenger for the immediate removal. Any person violating
the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $2 for
each offense.
