PARK SANITATION 



901 



9. If private toilet is provided it must be water- 

 flushed and connected with a sewerage system or septic 

 tank. Room containing such toilet must have window 

 opening to the outside air and its floor must be con- 

 structed of impervious material. 



10. If bathroom is provided it must have an imper- 

 vious floor and must have window opening to outside 

 air. Bath and lavatory must be connected with sewer- 

 age system, septic tank or cesspool. 



n. Covered metal garbage containers must be pro- 

 vided; at least one for every two buildings. 



12. Building shall be cleaned daily and after each 

 occupancy shall be thoroughly cleaned. If bedding is 

 provided it must be kept in a clean condition. 



Penalties. 



Section 13. Failure to comply with the foregoing 

 regulations shall be deemed sufficient cause for declar- 

 ing the premises a public nuisance under the provisions 

 of section 370 of the Penal Code of California. 



Section 14. These regulations shall be printed and 

 kept posted in several conspicuous places in every camp 

 or picnic ground. 



Florida. Florida State Board of Health, Rule No. 91, 

 1923. 



Section I. Camps shall be located on well drained 

 sites, susceptible to quick drying following rains. Camp 

 sites must not be located on or near marshes or bottom 

 lands; they must be reasonably well shaded but not 

 covered with heavy, dense growths and underbrush. 

 Preferably the soil texture shall be porous sand or sand 

 clay. 



Section 2. Camp sites shall be of ample size to pre- 

 vent overcrowding and prevent conditions not condu- 

 cive to good health or morals. Sites shall be subdivided 

 in such a manner that every car or camping outfit shall 

 have at least one thousand square feet of ground sur- 

 face. The site shall be subdivided and marked off into 

 rectangular lots, each lot not less than twenty-five by 

 thirty-five feet in plan. Lots should be grouped in 

 blocks with streets at least eighteen feet wide between 

 each block. There shall not be more than thirty cars 

 parked per acre of ground. 



Section 3. Camps shall be in charge of an attendant 

 at all times, who shall superintend the camp and be 

 responsible for the enforcement of these sanitary 

 regulations. 



Section 4. Camps must be provided with an ade- 

 quate supply of water of a good sanitary quality from 

 a source approved by the State Board of Health. Where 

 municipal supplies or deep flowing wells of known 

 quality are available, same shall be used. Waters from 

 shallow sources must be examined and sites approved 

 by the State Board of Health. When necessary to use 

 shallow ground sources the method of construction, in- 

 stallation and operation shall be approved by the State 

 Board of Health. Shallow driven point wells shall be 



installed and protected in accordance with instructions 

 from the State Board of Health. Wherever a water 

 hydrant is located a drip box about eighteen inches in 

 diameter and twelve inches deep filled with cinders or 

 brick bats shall be provided. 



Section 5. Water hydrants shall be located so no 

 hydrant will be more than one hundred feet from any 

 individual camp unit. Hydrants shall also be located 

 near the stoves, laundry and showers. 



Section 6. Camps shall be provided with safe, sani- 

 tary means of sewerage and waste disposal. Where city 

 sewerage is available water-flush toilets shall be in- 

 stalled and maintained; however, in the absence of 

 sewerage (a) septic tanks with water-flush fixtures, (b) 

 septic privies, or (c) an adequate number of approved 

 sanitary privies recommended by the State Board of 

 Health shall be installed. Sanitary privies shall be con- 

 structed in such manner and in such number as to pre- 

 vent nuisance. 



Section 7. All garbage and other refuse shall be de- 

 posited in large, tightly-covered metal cans placed at 

 frequent intervals around the grounds. There shall be 

 at least one can for every ten cars. Cans must be kept 

 tightly covered at all times. Once daily the contents of 

 every can must be collected and disposed of. Where 

 city scavenger service is available it shall be used, but 

 in its absence the camp shall be provided with a small 

 incinerator as specified by the State Board of Health. 



Section 8. Camps shall be provided with conven- 

 iently located shower-bath compartments for both 

 sexes, also with a designated space where laundrying 

 and car washing can be carried on. No laundry, animal 

 washing, car washing or other slop creating practices 

 shall be carried on at the individual car sites. 



Section 9. Each camp shall be provided with a small 

 custodian's building located at the entrance; each tour- 

 ist entering the camp must register with the custodian 

 and from him receive a registration card, a site allot- 

 ment and a coov of the camp rules. 



Section 10. Registration cards prepared as recom- 

 mended by the State Board of Health shall be filled out 

 in duplicate and once monthly a record shall be sub- 

 mitted to the State Board of Health for file. 



Section n. Throughout each camp the rules and 

 regulations of the State Board of Health must be con- 

 spicuously posted, also the rules governing each camp. 

 The campers must abide by every rule; those who do 

 not comply with all the regulations will be treated as 

 public nuisances and handled accordingly. 



Section 12. Full detailed plans of each camp shall 

 be submitted to the State Board of Health in duplicate 

 for examination and subsequent approval. Plans shall 

 show (a) dimensions of sites; (b) indicate direction of 

 ground slope and location of trees; (c) show locations 

 with dimensions of water supply hydrants, relative lo- 

 cation of water source, toilets, laundry space, custo- 

 dian's house, etc.; (d) plan of site subdivision and any 



