An Act to amend the law relating to the public health.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An Act to amend the law relating to the public health. 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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    Public Health. enforce the Provisions of the said Acts in order to cause the Abate- ment thereof, also to enforce the Provisions of any Act that may be in force within its District requiring Fireplaces and Furnaces to consume their own Smoke; and any Justice upon Complaint upon Oath may make an Order to admit the Nuisance Authority or their Officers for these Purposes, as well as to ground Pro- ceedings under the Eleventh Section of The Nuisances ltemoval Act, 1855. As to Pro- ceedings of Nuisance Authority under Sect. 12. of 18& 19 Yict. C. 121. Power to cause Pre- mises to be cleansed or otherwise disinfected. 21. The Nuisance Authority or Chief Officer of Police shall, previous to taking Proceedings before a Justice under the Twelfth Section of The Nuisances Removal Act, 1855, serve a Notice on the Person by whose Act, Default, or Sufferance the Nuisance arises or continues, or, if such Person cannot be found or ascertained, on the Owner or Occupier of the Premises on which the Nuisance arises, to abate the same, and for that Purpose to execute such Works and to do all such Things as may be necessary within a Time to be specified in the Notice: Provided, First, that where the Nuisance arises from the Want or defective Construction of any structural Convenience, or where there is no Occupier of the Premises, Notice under this Section shall be served on the Owner: Secondly, that where the Person causing the Nuisance cannot be found, and it is clear that the Nuisance does not arise or continue by the Act, Default, or Sufferance of the Owner or Occupier of the Premises, then the Nuisance Authority may itself abate the same without further Order, and the Cost of so doing shall be Part of the Costs of executing the Nuisances Removal Acts, and borne accordingly. 22. If the Nuisance Authority shall be of opinion, upon the Certi- ficate of any legally qualified Medical Practitioner, that the cleansing and dishifecting of any House or Part thereof, and of any Articles therein likely to retain Infection, would tend to prevent or check infectious or contagious Disease, it shall be the Duty of the Nui- sance Authority to give Notice in Writing requiring the Owner or Occupier of such House or Part thereof to cleanse and disinfect the same as the Case may require; and if the Person to whom Notice is so given fail to comply therewith within the Time speci- fied in the Notice, he shall be liable to a Penalty of not less than One Shilling and not exceeding Ten Shillings for every Day during which he continues to make default; and the Nuisance Authority shall cause such House or Part thereof to be cleansed and disinfected, and may recover the Expenses incurred from the Owner