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mals shall collect or accumulate, shall cause such manure, stable refuse, or 

 liquid to be promptly and properly removed therefrom, and shall at all times 

 keep, or cause to be kept, such stall, stables, or apartments, and the drains, 

 yards, and appurtenances thereof, in a clean and sanitary condition, so that no 

 offensive odor shall be allowed to escape therefrom. Every such stable and the 

 yards and appurtenances thereof shall be connected with the city sewer. 



SEC. 9. Every person owning, leasing, or occupying any stall, stable, or com- 

 partment where any horse or any cattle or mule shall be kept, and every owner 

 of any horse, mule, or head of cattle shall maintain a durably made receptacle 

 or bin, which, if located outside the building, must be so constructed and kept 

 as to preserve the contents at all times dry and free from rain ; or other struc- 

 tures, as vault or cellar, in which receptacles shall be placed all manure or 

 refuse from such horse, mule, or cattle. In no event or circumstance shall such 

 manure or refuse be thrown or deposited in alley, street, or public place, or 

 suffered to remain therein. 



SEC. 10. Every stable or building which may be constructed or reconstructed 

 within the city in which any horse, mule, or cow is to be provided for or kept 

 shall be so constructed and drained that no fluid excrement or refuse liquid 

 shall flow upon or into the natural ground or earth. 



SEC. 11. All of the surface of the ground beneath every stall in every such 

 building and for a distance of at least 4 feet in the rear of every such stall 

 shall be covered and protected from pollution by a water-tight floor or covering 

 made impervious to said fluid excrement or refuse liquid, which shall be con- 

 ducted into the city sewer. 



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SEC. 23. No person shall burn or suffer to be burned within the city any 

 leaves, garbage, refuse woolen, silk, leather or India rubber goods, or other sub- 

 stances so that the same shall give rise to offensive odors or gases. 



SEC. 24. No person shall use the sidewalks or the streets of the city, or the 

 gutters between them, as a drainage to carry off any water that has been used, 

 or other fluids, or soap suds or dye stuffs, or liquid manures, or any other 

 liquids, whether from privies or otherwise. 



SEC. 25. No person shall clean, scale or wash any fish, meat, clothes, carriage 

 or buggy, or anything tending to create a nuisance on any of the streets, alleys, 

 public grounds, or markets of the city. 



SEC. 26. No person shall deposit on any street, alley, private or public place 

 in the limits of the city, any dirt, brick, or other material in such a manner as 

 to obstruct the free flow of water along any gutter. 



SEC. 27. No person owning, occupying or having charge of any building, stable 

 or other premises shall keep or allow to be kept thereon any. fowl, dog, or other 

 animal which shall by barking or other noise, or by offensive kennel or other 

 place of keeping, disturb the quiet or repose, or the purity of the air in the 

 living_ rooms of those thereon or in the vicinity thereof to the detriment of the 

 life, health, or comfort of any person or persons. 



SEC. 28. No person shall water any horse or other animal that is affected with 

 glanders, nasal catarrh, or any other disease of a contagious character, at any 

 public drinking fountain or public well within the city. 



SEC. 29. No person shall keep or maintain a dairy within the city and no 

 person shall keep more than two cows within the city limits, nor feed or milk 

 any cow on any sidewalk within the city, nor feed any cow or swine on any 

 street or sidewalk or alley within the city. 



CARE OF MILK IN THE HOME. 



[Issued by the Board of Health of Detroit, Mich.] 



DETROIT, MICH. 



THE BOARD OF HEALTH, 



Detroit, Mich., May 1, 1908. 



The quality of the milk supply of a city has a great deal to do with the 

 health of the people. Milk is the most valuable single article of diet known 

 to man, and is the only proper food for babies under 1 year of age, when they 

 can not get the nourishment which nature intended for them their mother's 

 milk. But, while good milk is such an excellent food, bad milk is one of the 



