The owner or occupant of any building or premises shall keep
the same in a clean condition and shall, when ordered in writing by
the Board of Health, within a reasonable time specified in the order,
remove from the premises, or abate, any nuisance, source of filth,
or cause of sickness or other danger to the public health existing
thereon.
The owner or occupant of any premises abutting on a private
way, and having the right to use such a way, shall, when ordered in
writing by the Board of Health, within a reasonable time specified
in the order, remove or abate from that part of such way adjoining
such premises any substance or condition which is or may become a
nuisance, source of filth, cause of sickness, or otherwise a danger
to the public health.
No person shall place or cause to be placed in any natural occurring
body of water, or upon any immediate adjoining land, any refuse or
solid matter likely to cause pollution or obstruction to flow. No
person shall deposit filth, fish, slops, or offal upon the surface
of the ground. The contents of any private sewage disposal works shall
be disposed of at the Hull Water Pollution Control Facility, in accordance
with their requirements.
No owner, agent or occupant of any building or premises under
his control shall cause or allow the accumulation therein or thereon
of any stagnant water, ashes, rubbish, animal, vegetable or other
matter which may become a source of filth, cause of disease or other
nuisance in and about such premises.