MALARIA EXPEDITION TO THE GAMBIA 
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REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1902 
(No. 1 of 1902) 
I. (1) The occupier, and if no occupier, then the owner, of any lot, yard, compound, or other parcel 
of land whatsoever, shall fill up, or cause to be filled up, all drains, ditches, pools, holes, pits, 
irregularities, and depressions in the ground or surface of such lot, yard, compound, or parcel of 
land which may be of such a nature as to cause the accumulation or stagnation of water. 
(2) No person shall, unless for building or other necessary or reasonable purposes, dig or make any 
drain, hole, irregularity, or depression in any portion of ground whatsover so as to cause or allow 
the accumulation or stagnation of water ; all building and other such operations shall be 
conducted in such a manner as, so far as possible, to avoid causing such holes, irregularities, or 
depressions as aforesaid. 
(3) Sand for making mortar or other building purposes shall in no case be taken out of the ground or 
soil of any lot or compound, but may be taken from the beach below or near low water mark. 
II. (1) No person shall place on any wall or building, any bottles, or broken pieces of bottle, or 
other articles unless broken into small fragments so as to be incapable of containing water. 
(2) The occupier, or if no occupier, then the owner of any building, or of any lot, yard, compound, 
or parcel of land whatsoever, shall cause all bottles, broken pieces of bottle, and other articles 
on or attached to such wall or building to be removed or broken into small fragments so as to be 
incapable of containing water. 
III. The occupier, or if no occupier, then the owner of any lot, yard, compound, or parcel of land 
shall, on being required so to do by a notice under the hand of the Chairman of the Board of 
Health, cause all discarded tins, pots, bottles, calabashes, and all other discarded articles capable, 
of containing water in or on such lot or parcel of land to be collected in readiness for removal by 
the carts of the Board of Health. 
IV. The owner of any premises wherein there is now, or ma}' hereafter be dug, any well, shall within 
thirty days after service upon him of a notice under the hand of the Chairman of the Board of 
Health requiring him so to do, cover such well with a wooden, wire-gauze, or other cover to the 
satisfaction of the Inspector of Nuisances. 
V. The occupier, and if no occupier, then the owner, of any house, shed, or other building whatsoever, or 
of any lot, yard, compound, garden, or other parcel of land whatsoever, shall cause every cistern, 
tank, barrel, or other receptacle whatsoever holding or capable of holding water on such premises 
to be maintained in such a manner as not to be or to be capable of becoming a breeding-place 
for mosquitoes or other noxious insects. 
VI. All hulks or boats hauled up on any beach or open space within the town of Bathurst, shall, so far 
as possible, be turned keel upwards ; boats in course of construction or undergoing repair shall 
be exempt from this requirement, provided always that such construction or repairs are carried 
on with reasonable expedition, and the boats are not allowed to become breeding-places for 
mosquitoes by the accumulation of water therein. 
