The student's hand-book of forensic medicine and public health / by H. Aubrey Husband.

  • Husband, H. Aubrey (Henry Aubrey)
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The student's hand-book of forensic medicine and public health / by H. Aubrey Husband. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL AUTHORITY WITH REGARD TO SCAVENGING AND CLEANSING STREETS AND HOUSES. Powers.—To provide for the scavenging and cleansing ■of streets ; to provide receptacles for deposit of rubbish ; to order removal of manure, or sell the same to pay expenses of removal. Duties.—To cleanse streets when ordered by Local Government Board; to see that all houses are properly cleansed by order of Medical Officer; to see that pigs are not kept so as to be a nuisance ; to prevent stagnant water or sewage from a cesspool becoming a nuisance or injurious to health; to provide for the cleansing •of ditches, etc. Note.—The Local Authority is subject to penalty after notice from occupiers for not removing refuse if they have contracted to do so. THE powers AND DUTIES OF LOCAL AUTHORITY WITH REGARD TO CELLAR DWELLINGS AND LODGING-HOUSES. PowEES.—To close cellars in cases of two con- victions ; to refuse, if necessary, to register common lodging-houses; to make by-laws with regard to the same ; to require water to be supplied to them ; to order reports from keepers of houses taking vagrants; to make by-laws as to houses let in lodgings, if required to do so by Local Government Board. Duties.—To keep register of the names and resid- ences of all keepers of lodging-houses ; to cause notice of registration to be fixed to all lodging-houses; to see that all lodging-houses are periodically lime-washed. Note.—All keepers of common lodging-houses must now give immediate notice to Local Authority of any infectious disease occurring in their houses.