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severe frost in the beginning of the year. The Company offered a series of observations
as to the precautions required to protect the water pipes against the effect of frost,
and as to the construction and cleaning of domestic boilers and fittings which are
under the care and control of householders, and pointed out the necessity of every
boiler being served from a cistern or service.box sufficient for the requirements of
twenty.four hours. Direct communication between the Company's water pipes and
a boiler is forbidden, owing to the danger of explosion.
In accordance with Section 49 (1) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which
requires that where a water company cuts off the water, notice shall be given within
24 hours to the Sanitary Authority; 191 communications were received, 100 from the
New River Company, and 91 from the East London Water.works Company. These
notices referred to 503 premises, 311 in the New River district, and 192 in that supplied
by the East London Water Company. Of the premises notified, 137 were either
empty or coming down.
Section 48 (2) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, enacts that 'a house
which after the commencement of this Act is newly erected, or is pulled down to, or
below the ground floor and rebuilt, shall not be occupied as a dwelling.house until the
Sanitary Authority have certified that it has a proper and sufficient supply of water
either from a water company or by some other means.' Under this section 14 certificates
were granted referring to 97 separate supplies.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LOND.) ACT, 1891.
BYE.LAWS.
The Vestry have made bye.laws under section 16 (1) of the above Act.
(a) For the prevention of nuisances arising from any snow, ice, salt, dust,
ashes, rubbish, offal, carrion, fish or filth or other matter or thing in any
street;
(b) For preventing nuisances arising from any offensive matter running out
of any manufactory, brewery, slaughter.house, knacker's yard, butcher's
or fishmonger's shop or dung.hill into any uncovered place, whether or
not surrounded by a wall or fence;
(c) For the prevention of the keeping of animals on any premises in such
place or manner as to be a nuisance or injurious ot health ; and
(d) As to the paving of yards and open spaces in connection with dwelling.
houses ;
Also under section 39 (2) for the keeping of water.closets supplied with
sufficient water for their effective action; and under section 50 for
securing the cleanliness and freedom from pollution of tanks, cisterns
and other receptacles used for storing of water, used or likely to be
used by man for drinking or domestic purposes, or for manufacturing
drink for the use of man.
These bye.laws (see Appendix, pages 53.60) were allowed by the Local Government
Board in June, 1895.