Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband.

Date:
1883
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Credit: Sanitary law : a digest of the sanitary acts of England and Scotland / by H. Aubrey Husband. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Sec. rn-ban powers. The powers exercised by urban authorities relate to the sewerage and drainage of then- district, supervision of streets, roads, buildings, mar- kets, water supply, and the carrying out of the Bake- house Regulation Act, tlie Ai'tizans and Labom-ers Dwellings Act, the Baths and Wash-houses Acts, and the Labouring Classes Lodging Houses Acts, or any of them which are in force within the district, or when not in force the U.A. may adopt them, when they then become responsible for the proper carrymg out of their provisions. In Rural Districts the control of sewers, the supervision of streets and roads, are under the control of highway boards, surveyors of highways or turnpike trusts ; and the powers contained in the Local Government Acts with regard to the width of streets and the regulation of buildings are not, however, conferred on rural authorities, their functions being confined to the pro\dding of a water supply, preventing or removing nuisances, removing tilth, regulatmg com- mon lodging houses, taking the necessary precautions for the prevention and spread of epidemic diseases, and supervising bakehouses as required by the Act. 283 Xhe duties and functions of a Port Sanitary are very varied and important. Its jurisdiction extends over all watei's within the limits of such port, and also over the whole of such portions of the district within the juris- diction of any riparian authority, as may be sjiecilied in the order formmg the authoi'ity. The duties consist in examining shijis or vessels entering the ]>ort, and in the case of any infectious or contagious disciise being ]iresent, to detain such ship at some place appointed by the Sanitary Authority, and to take measures for