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REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING BOARD OF HEALTH
HELD IN OFFICE OF BOARD
NOVEMBER 2, 1955
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Present; Mr. Ralph T. Horton, Chairman; Mr. Dan D. Cameron, Mayor, Dr. J. C.
Wessell, Dr. James H. Smith, Dr. J. C. Knox and Mr. H. M. Roland.
On motion by Dr. Knox, seconded by Mr. Roland, the reading of the minutes was
dispensed with.
Under old business, the adoption of a County Ordinance for the proper disposal
of garbage, trash and other refuse was taken up. After a lengthy discussion,
the following Ordinance was adopted to go into effect six months from date of
adoption. The motion was made by Dr. Knox, seconded by Dr. Wessell and carried.
CONSOLIDATED BOARD OF HEALTH
New Hanov.er County and City of Wilmington, N. C.
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE STORAGE, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTING, AND DISPOSAL
OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CONSULIDATED BOARD OF HEALTH:
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That the following regulations for the protection of the public health are hereby
adopted and shall govern the storage, collection, transporting and disposal of
garbage and refuse throughout New Hanover County, except that these regulations
shall not apply to the territory within any incorporated municipality which operates
its own garbage and refuse coll,ection and disposal system.
Section 1. Definitions
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The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforce-
ment of these regulations:
a. The tenn person shall mean and include any individual, finn, corporation,
association, partnership, business, or industrial establishment.
b. The tenn health officer shall mean and include the New ~nover County
Health Officer or his authorized agent.
c. The term Garba,ge shall mean and include all putrescible wastes, including
vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals, but excluding sewage and
human body wastes, and recognizable industrial by-products; and shall mean and include
all such substances from all public and private establishments, and from all residences.
d. The term refuse shall mean and include all non-putrescible wastes.
Section 2. Accumulation and Stora,ge of Garba,ge and Refuse
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a. No owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any public or private premises
shall permit to accumulate upon his premises any garbage or refuse. except in covered
containers of a type approved by the Health Officer as being adequate sanitary con-
tainers. Every such container shall be constructed of metal in such manner as to be
strong, not easily corrodible, and rodent-proof; and shall have a capacity or not more
than 30 gallons; and shall have fly-tight covers, which shall be kept in place at all
times except when garbage or refuse is being deposited in or removed from such con-
tainer.
Section 3. Collection of Garba,ge and Refuse: Permits
a. No person shall collect, transport, or dispose of garbage or refuse
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without a written permit from the Health Officer;
Provided, that this sub-section shall not apply to any person disposing of garbage
and refuse f rom his own residence.
b. The Health Officer shall issue such permit only when upon inspection
he finds that the facilities, equipment, and~proposed operating methods of the
applicant are in compliance with the requirements of these regulations.
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c. The Health Officer is authorized and directed to refuse any.
application for a pennit to collect, transport, or dispose of garbage or
refuse whenever he finds upon inspection of the facilities, equipment, and
proposed operating methods are not in compliance with the requirements of
these regulations.
d. No person shall collect, transport, or dispose of garbage or
refuse except in a manner approved by the Health Officer as being safe ahd
sanitary. Every t ruck or other vehicle used for collecting and transporting
garbage shall be covered with canvas or other material approved by the Health
Officer.
e. All appeals from the decision of the Health Officer shall be
made in writing to the Consolidated Board of Health.
Section 4. Disposal of Garba,ge and Refuse
No person shall dispose of garbage and refuse except by one of the
following methods; Provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent
any person from properly disposing of garbage or refuse from his own residence
by burning or burying it in a ~e and sanitary manner.
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a. By burning garbage or refuse in an incinerator of a type
approved by the Health Officer as safe and sanitary; or
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b. By burying garbage or refuse in sanitary landfills which shall
comply wit~ the following requirements:
(1) Every cell or trench shall be surrounded by a dirt fire-
break extending at least two feet in every direction from such
cell or trench.
(2) All garbage or refuse deposited in such cell or trench
shall be compacted and covered with dirt by the end of each day;
and when the final deposit has been made in any cell cbr trench,
the garbage or refuse therein shall be compacted and covered with
at least two feet of dirt.
(J) Every sanitary land fill shall be located at such distance
from any public or private water supply that it will not endanger
any such water supply.
Section 5. Violations
If any person shall violate the rules and regulations made by
the county board of health he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined
not exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, as
provided D~ Section 20 of Chapter 130 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina.
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Section 6. Partial Invalidity
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If any sentance, caluse, paragraph, sub-section, or section of
these regulations shall be judged invalid and of no effect, such decision
shall not affect the remaining portions of these regulations.
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Section 7. Effective Date
These regulations .shall be effective on and after the 1st day
of May , 19,22.....
The Health Officer, Mr. Lassiter and Mr. Edwards were appointed a committee to
work out with the interested parties a method for the satisfactory carrying out
of the provision of the above Ordinance.
The Health Officer gave a report on the progress of the Polio immunization program.
Attendance at the clinics to this date has not been good.
The Health Officer and Mr. Lassiter reported on the progress to date of the
mosquito program which was to terminate for this calendar year about November 5,
1955. The program was much more intensive than in other years during the months of
September and October. Approximately 4000 gallons of oil and approximately 1000
gallons of DDT Concentrate were used. Plans for the utilization of Mr. Geo. A.
Shepard as a full-time man during the winter months was discussed, but inasmuch as
the plans are incomplete at this time a report will be made later on this phase of
the work.
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Dr. Wessell suggested to the Health Officer that he consider the practicability of
using the patch test in the tuberculosis program in children between the ages of one
and twelve.
Mr. Horton, Chairman of the Board of Health, reported to the Board on the deal with
regard to the rental of the Buffalo Turbine and submitted a detailed report covering
this operation; a cop,r of wh~ch report is included and made a part of these minutes.
The Health Officer was instructed by the Board, on motion by Dr. Wessell, seconded
by Mr. Roilansi, to continue the payment of $10.00 monthly to Miss Viola Bolyn, Secretary
of the Board of Health, from the funds budgeted for the Insect and Rodent Control
program, to compensate her for the work above and beyond her normal duties as Secretar,y
in the keeping of the records, separate bank account,and the purchasing and dispensing
of funds necessitated by this program. Carried.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Approved ffiL e. . 1
1955.
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