APPENDIX III 
Regulations of the Health Department of the 
District of Columbia Relating to House Flies 
XTRACT from An Ordinance to Revise, Consol- 
L-/ idate, and Amend the Ordinances of the Board 
of Health, etc., as Amended by Commissioners’ Orders. 
Sec. 3. That manure, accumulated in great quan¬ 
tities; manure, offal, or garbage piled or deposited 
within 300 feet of any place of worship, or of any 
dwelling, or unloaded along the line of any railroad, 
or in any street or public way; cars or flats loaded with 
manure, or other offensive matter, remaining or stand¬ 
ing on any railroad, street or highway in the cities 
of Washington or Georgetown, or in the more densely 
populated suburbs of said cities, are hereby declared 
nuisances injurious to health; and any person who 
shall pile or deposit manure, offal, or garbage, or any 
offensive or nauseous substance within 300 feet of any 
inhabited dwelling within the limits of said cities or 
their said suburbs, and any person who shall unload, 
discharge, or put upon or along the line of any rail¬ 
road, street, or highway, or public place within said 
cities or their said suburbs any manure, garbage, offal, 
or other offensive or nauseous substance within 300 feet 
of any inhabited dwelling, or who shall cause or allow 
cars or flats loaded with or having in or upon them 
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