Manual of the laws relating to the public health : the powers and duties of boards of health, state inspectors of health, medical examiners and others and to the registration of vital statistics : with decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relative thereto / prepared by the Secretary of the State Board of Health.

  • Massachusetts.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Manual of the laws relating to the public health : the powers and duties of boards of health, state inspectors of health, medical examiners and others and to the registration of vital statistics : with decisions of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts relative thereto / prepared by the Secretary of the State Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    the Commonwealth, the hoard may order the notice to be served by post- ing it on the premises and by advertising it in one or more newspapers. 1849, 211, §4. P.S. 80, §22. 1S6 Mass. 330, 334. G. S. 26, § 9. 143 Mass. 113. 190 Mass. 442. In Case of Failure to compiy with Order, the Board of Health shaU cause Removal at Owner's Expense. Section 69. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with such order, the board may cause the nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness to be removed, and. all expenses incurred thereby shall be paid by the per- son who caused or permitted the same, if he has had actual notice from the board of health of the existence thereof. 1797, 16, § 11. 1849, 211, § 5. P. S. 80, § 23. R. S.21, §11. G. S. 26, §10. 98 Mass. 445. Location of Privy Vaults regulated. Vaults may be declared Nuisances and their Con- tinuance forbidden. Section 70. If the city council of a city or a town having a popula- tion of more than five thousand accepts the provisions of this section, or has accepted the corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no privy vault shall be constructed upon premises which are connected with a public or private sewer or which abut on a public or private street, court or passage- way in which there is a public sewer opposite thereto, without permission in writing having first been obtained from the board of health of such city or town. And if, in the opinion of said board, a privy vault so situated is injurious to the public health, it shall declare the same to be a nuisance and shall forbid its continuance, and the provisions of the three preced- ing sections shall apply thereto. 1890, 74. 1899,184. Boards of Health may condemn Unfit Dwellings, order Improvements and cause Re- moval of Occupants. Section 71. The board, if satisfied upon examination that a building, tenement, room or cellar in its town which is occupied as a dwelling place, has become, by reason of the number of occupants, uncleanliness or other cause, unfit for such purpose, and is liable to become a nuisance or be a cause of sickness to the occupants or to the public, may issue a notice in writing to such occupants or any of them, requiring the prem- ises to be put into a cleanly condition, or to be vacated within such time as the board may deem reasonable. If the persons so notified neglect or refuse to comply with the terms of the notice, the board may cause the premises to be properly cleansed at the expense of the owner, or may remove the occupants forcibly and close up the premises, which shall not be again occupied as a dwelling place without its permission in writing. If the owner thereafter occupies or knowingly permits the same to be occupied without such permission in writing, he shall forfeit not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. 1850,108. G. S. 26, §11. P. S. SO, § 24.