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In order to reduce the number of refusals, I suggested to the
Public Health Committee that a notice should be served on each
householder, pointing out that it is the duty of the local authority to
cause the removal of house refuse from each house in the district
once a week, and the penalty incurred by obstruction
The following notice was accordingly issued, a copy being left at
each occupied house in the district, with what success may be seen
from the above table of refusals.
Hackney Vestry Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
To the Occupier,
Notice is hereby given, that under the provisions of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, and By-Laws made in accordance therewith, it is the
duty of the Sanitary Authority to secure the due removal of House Refuse
from every house in the Parish at least once in every week.
The Dustmen in the employ of the Vestry will therefore call, as far as
practicable, at every house in the District at least once a week ; and anyone
obstructing the Officers of the Vestry in the execution of their duty, by
refusing to allow the House Refuse to be removed, will render himself
liable, under the clauses of the above-named Act, to a penalty not exceeding
£5 [Five Pounds] for each offence.
By order of the Public Health Committee,
(Signed) J. KING WARRY M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department, Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
26th July, 1897.