A Manual of public health for the use of local authorities, Medical Officers of Health, and others, / by W.H. Michael, W.H. Corfield, and J.A. Wanklyn ; edited by Ernest Hart.

Date:
1874
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Credit: A Manual of public health for the use of local authorities, Medical Officers of Health, and others, / by W.H. Michael, W.H. Corfield, and J.A. Wanklyn ; edited by Ernest Hart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    snres or inspectors of markets. Upon these reports per- sons may be found guHty of adulteration, and any person found guilty of selling any article which to his knowledge contains any ingredient injurious to health may be fined 20L, and upon subsequent offence, the name and place of abode of the person offending may be pubhshed, at his own expense, in any manner directed by the justices. It is important to know that any substance added to increase weight will be considered as an adulteration. Any person may have any article examined by a public analyst upon payment of a fee varying from 2s. M. to 10s. 6cZ. The inspector of nuisances will probably be appointed by the local authority also inspector of lodging-houses. It is in the power of the local authority to fix rules and regulations for these houses, which are placed under their control either by the Sanitary Act, 1866, or the Common Lodging-Houses Acts. The subjoined form of regulations will supply all tihe information needed as to the rules which should be enforced. URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY. Begulations for the government of Common Lodging-Souses within the and District of made by the Sanitary Authority, und&r the Provisions of the Common Lodging Souses Act, 1851. 1. That every common lodging-house shall be registered, and no greater number of lodgers shall be allowed to lodge therein than is expressed in such register; and the keeper shall cause his or her name, and the number of lodgers for which the house is registered, to be painted on a board, 3 feet long by 2 feet broad, in legible white letters, not less than two inches in height, on a black ground, which shall be conspicuously placed, and at all times exhibited on the outside of such lodging-house. 2. That the number of the family of each keeper must be considered in fixing the number of the lodgers, and a capa- city of 250 cubic feet must be allowed in each sleeping- room for every lodger. 3. That the keeper of a lodging-house shall not receive