A handy book of sanitary law / by Martin Ware.

  • Ware, Martin.
Date:
1866
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Credit: A handy book of sanitary law / by Martin Ware. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    “ shown that nothing hut constant inspection and com- “ pulsory measnres will meet the carelessness and “ cupidity of the owners of this kind of property. “ The present sanitary laws are comprehensive, and, “ on the whole, efficient, although there are some parti- “ culars in which the Committee think they require “ amendment, especially with relation to the inspection “ of houses let to lodgers, hut not now subject to the “ provisions of the Common Lodging Houses Act. “ The provisions of the Sanitary Acts are not, how- “ ever, sufficiently known, nor do those who are quali- “ fied by intelligence and position to attend to the “ sanitary condition of their own neighbourhood inte- “ rest themselves as much as could be desired in seeing “ that the powers of the law are put in execution.” The Committee, therefore, recommended that the Council should prepare and publish a concise analysis of the existing law, hoping thereby to call the attention of the educated classes to this important subject, and to point out how they may, merely by a little attention and exertion, confer most important benefits upon a large mass of working people, and upon the country generally. The plan pursued in the following pages has been to divide each subject into the following heads, according to the locality of the evil which is to be remedied:— 1. The City of London. 2. The Metropolis, beyond the City, which is regu- lated by the Metropolis Management Acts.