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order a notice of the facts to be affixed to his premises for a
period not exceeding twenty-one days. Should a person find
himself in the possession of unsound food he himself may give
notice to the Vestry, who must remove the same as trade refuse
and this procedure would seem to relieve him of the penalties
mentioned.
Sec. 48 contains the important provision that a newlyerected
dwelling-house must not be occupied until a certificate
has been obtained of the Sanitary Authority to the effect that a
proper and sufficient supply of water exists. This section seems
to be now more generally understood and imposes much work on
the Sanitary Department. The following sections 49, 50, 51, 52
53 and 54, apply inter alia to water supply generally.
Secs. 55, 56 and 57 re-enact, as elsewhere stated, the provisions
of the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act.
Secs. 59, 60 and 61 require the authority to make provisions
for the disinfection of clothing, &c., which provision has been
duly made by the Vestry. The subsequent sections provide
that infectious refuse shall not be treated so as to be dangerous
to the public health, and prescribe penalties on persons letting
houses or apartments in which infectious disease has occurred
without having the same properly disinfected and obtaining a
certificate thereof, which certificate is given to applicants free
of charge on application to the Sanitary Department. Other
important provisions for the prevention of the spread of infectious
disease follow in subsequent sections; but they have long been
in operation in this parish. In fact, it may be said generally
that the methods of Sanitary procedure which may have
gradually evolved in this parish during the last twenty years,
have been adopted by the framers of the Act as its basis.
Provision is made for Mortuaries and post-mortem examinations;
such has existed in Battersea for many years. The
Mortuary accommodation is however becoming somewhat
inadequate for the needs of this ever increasing parish and it is