Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847

LXXXVII Commissioners to cause Streets to be cleansed, and Dust and Ashes to be removed from the Houses.

The Commissioners shall cause all the Streets, together with the Foot Pavements, from Time to Time to be properly swept and cleansed, and all Dust and Filth of every Sort found thereon to be collected and removed, and shall cause all the Dust, Ashes, and Rubbish to be carried away from the Houses and Tenements of the Inhabitants of the Town or District within the Limits of the special Act, at convenient Hours and Times, and shall cause the Privies and Cesspools within the said Town or District to be from Time to Time emptied and cleansed in a sufficient and proper Manner: Provided always, that the Occupier of any House or Tenement within the Limits of the special Act may keep and remove any such Soil, Ashes, or Rubbish as shall be made on his own Premises, and shall be kept for Manure, so that the same be not a Nuisance to the Inhabitants residing near such Premises, and that the same be removed at such Times and in such Manner as shall be approved of by the Commissioners.