The Sanitary Act, 1866 : with notes, statutes, &c / by Robert Cecil Austin ; together with copious notes and commentaries on public health and the sanitary laws of England ... and suggestions for a code of sanitary law / by William Hardwicke.

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1867
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Credit: The Sanitary Act, 1866 : with notes, statutes, &c / by Robert Cecil Austin ; together with copious notes and commentaries on public health and the sanitary laws of England ... and suggestions for a code of sanitary law / by William Hardwicke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF THE ACT. In this portion of the work it is proposed to give, in an easily intelligible form, prominence to those parts of the Sanitary Act, 1866, (29 & 30 Vict., cap. 90) which refer to provisions of a novel and interesting character. It is not intended to deal analytically with the sections which relate exclusively to Ireland. The provisions of the Act are, in many particulars, exceptional, and such as must be interesting to all classes of the community. We, however, desire specialty to direct to them the attention of those who, as Local Authorities, officers of health, or inspectors of nuisances, are liable to be charged with the execution of the statute. The Act received the royal assent on the 7th August, 1866. Its number in the statute book is the 29 & 30 Vict., c. 90. Section 1 gives its short title— The Sanitary Act, 1866. Section 4 gives power to any sewer authority (that is, as the case may be, the town council, or the commissioners under a local Act, or the vestrv) to form a committee of its own members and others to act on its behalf. Section 5 gives to the sewer authority in certain cases the power of forming any part of its district into a special drainage district, and of levying a rate for sewage purposes within such district. Section 6 gives to any number of the inhabitants of such district (not being less than 20) the power of appealing against the formation of such special drainage district to a Secretary of State, who, after due inquiry, may, if he think proper, annul or modify the decision of the sewer authority. Section 8 gives power to any owner or occupier within the district of the sewer authority to empty his drains in a proper manner into the drains of the sewer authority. Section 9 gives power to any owner or occupier outside the district of the sewer authority to empty his drains into the drains of the sewer authority, under such conditions as may be agreed upon ; and in case of dispute, the matter is to be settled by two magistrates, or by arbitration. 2