ORDERS FOR CLEANSING AND KEEPING OF THE STREETS SWEPT.

_The Streets to be kept Clean._

First, it is thought necessary, and so ordered, that every

householder do cause the street to be daily prepared before his

door, and so to keep it clean swept all the week long.

_That Rakers take it from out the Houses._

That the sweeping and filth of houses be daily carried away by the

rakers, and that the raker shall give notice of his coming by the

blowing of a horn, as hitherto hath been done.

_Laystalls_[85] _to be made far off from the City._

That the laystalls be removed as far as may be out of the city and

common passages, and that no nightman or other be suffered to empty

a vault into any vault or garden near about the city.

_Care to be had of Unwholesome Fish or Flesh, and of Musty Corn._

That special care be taken that no stinking fish, or unwholesome

flesh, or musty corn, or other corrupt fruits, of what sort soever,

be suffered to be sold about the city or any part of the same.

That the brewers and tippling-houses be looked unto for musty and

unwholesome casks.

That no hogs, dogs, or cats, or tame pigeons, or conies, be

suffered to be kept within any part of the city, or any swine to be

or stray in the streets or lanes, but that such swine be impounded

by the beadle[86] or any other officer, and the owner punished

according to the act of common council; and that the dogs be killed

by the dog killers appointed for that purpose.

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