Some extracts from the bye laws on Street Cleansing, Removal of Refuse, etc.
Rubbish
No person shall deposit, throw, or allow to run, lodge, or accumulate on the
surface of any street, square, court, highway or place, or on any waste or
occupied ground, or in any uncovered drain, ditch, or watercourse, sink, pond,
or other collection of water, or expose or cause to be exposed in any other
manner whatever, within the district, any animal or vegetable matter, fish,
offal, ordure, blood, bones, manure, shells, broken glass, china, or
earthenware, dust, ashes, house refuse, waste, refuse, or runnings from any
manufactory, or any other offensive or noxious matter whatever. [In time of
frost ashes could be thrown on icy patches!]
Night Soil
No night soil, sewage, or other contents of any cesspool, shall be conveyed
through any public street, passage, or thoroughfare within the special district,
between the hours of seven in the morning and twelve at night, during the summer
months, from the 15th April to 15th October, and between the hours of nine in
the morning and twelve at night, during the winter months, from 15th October to
15th April; nor shall such night soil, sewage, or any contents of any cesspool,
or any other noxious or offensive matter, under any pretence whatever be laid or
deposited in or upon the surface of any street, square, court, highway, or any
public place; but be conveyed direct from the ashpit, privy, cesspool, or other
place intended to be, or in process of time, being emptied to the cart, or other
conveyance employed to take the same away.
Parking of Carts
No cart, waggon, or carriage of any kind, whether with or without horses, loaded
or unloaded, shall be allowed to stand or be stationary in any public street,
lane, or highway, for a longer time than 40 minutes……..
Highways
It is enacted
- That if any person shall wilfully ride upon any footpath or causeway, by the
side of any road made or set apart for the use or accommodation of foot
passengers, or shall wilfully lead or drive any horse, ass, sheep, mule, swine,
or cattle, or carriage of any description or any truck or sledge on any such
footpath or causeway, or shall tether any horse, or ass, mule, swine, or cattle
on highway , so as to suffer or permit the tethered animal to be thereon, or
shall cause any injury or damage to be done to the said highway, or the hedges,
posts, rails, walls or fences thereof, or shall wilfully obstruct the passage of
any footway; every person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid, shall for
each and every such offence over and above the damages occasioned thereby,
forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding Two Pounds
- That if any person play at football, or any other game on any part of the said
highways to the annoyance of any passenger or passengers, every person so
offending in any of the cases as aforesaid, shall for each and every such
offence, over and above the damages occasioned thereby, forfeit and pay any sum
not exceeding Two Pounds
- That if any person riding any horse, or beast, or driving any sort of
carriage, shall ride or drive the same furiously, so as to endanger the life, or
limb of any passenger, every person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid,
and being convicted of any such offence either by his own confession, the view
of a Justice, or by the oath of one or more credible witnesses, before any two
Justices of the Peace, shall in addition to any civil action to which he may
make himself liable for every such offence (in case such driver shall not be the
owner of such waggon, cart, or other carriage) forfeit any sum not exceeding
Five Pounds And in case the owner of such waggon, cart, or other carriage, then
any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.
Margaret and Dennis Warwick are the authors of several books on local historical subjects. See the Local History Group page "Publications"