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These are in active operation, and can be obtained at the
office of the Sanitary Department by any ratepayer desiring a
copy.
There are other bye-laws which may be made by the
Sanitary Authority, and which are now under consideration.
They are:—
Sec. 66. Removal to hospital of infected persons. This
is now effected under the provisions of the various acts and
regulations of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Sec. 88. Bye-laws for the Mortuary. Regulations are in
existence for the control of the Mortuary-keeper under which
the Mortuary has hitherto been regulated.
Sec. 95. Tents and vans. Bye-laws were made by the
District Board some years since, which have been acted on
until the present time.
By Secs. 23 and 24 the control of smoke nuisances other
than in private dwellings is placed under the Sanitary Authority
instead of the Police, and has considerably increased the work
of the Sanitary Department.
Work-shops, Work-places and Factories are also placed
under the supervision of the Sanitary Authority with certain
duties as to giving notice to the Factory Inspector when children,
young persons, or women are employed. It is also the duty of
the Authority to see that proper and separate accommodation is
provided for each sex.
Sec. 47 provides that a medical officer of health or sanitary
inspector shall examine all articles intended for the food of man
if unsound, and shall seize the same and obtain an order from a
justice for its destruction. The fine is raised to a maximum of
£50 for every animal or parcel of food condemned, and should
a person be so convicted twice in twelve months the Court may