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Sec. 15 renders liable to a penalty of £5 any person wilfully
injuring or destroying any closet or sanitary apparatus, and will
probably be useful in restraining persons from wantonly damaging
fittings.
Bye-laws are to be made by the authority for the prevention
of nuisances or keeping of animals so as to be a nuisance or
injurious to health, and as to paving yards.
The London County Council has made Bye-laws nnder the
following sections which are now operative:—
Sec. 16-1.—Removal of fcecal matter.
,, Removal and disposal of refuse.
,, Cleansing and filling up of cesspools and
privies.
Sec. 39-1.—Water closets and soil pipes.
„ Ashpits.
,, Receptacles for dung, cesspools, &c.
The Vestry has made Bye-laws under the undermentioned
Sections of the Act:—
Sec. 16.—Prevention of nuisances.
,, 39.—Keeping of water closets.
,, 50.—Cleansing of cisterns.
,, 94.—Houses let in lodgings.
These are in active operation, and can be obtained at the
office of the Public Health Department by any ratepayer desiring
a copy.
There are other bye-laws which may be made by the
Sanitary Authority. 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.