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Fulham 1893

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1893

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Vestry of the Parish of Fulham.
IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
Bye-Laws made by the Vestry of the Parish of Fulham,
in the County of London, being the Sanitary Authority
for the said Parish, for the Prevention of Nuisances.
Interpretation of Terms.
1. Throughout these bye-laws the expression "the Sanitary
Authority" means the Vestry of the Parish of Fulham, in the
County of London.
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.
2. The occupier of any premises fronting, adjoining, or abutting on
any street not repairable by the inhabitants at large shall, as soon as
conveniently may be after the cessation of any fall of snow, remove or
cause to be removed from the footways and pavements adjoining such
premises and forming part of such street all snow fallen or accumulated
on such footways and pavements in such a manner and with such
precautions as will prevent any undue accumulation in any channel or
carriageway or upon any paved crossing.
The person in occupation of or having the charge, management, or
control of the premises, or if there is no such person, then any person in
occupation of or having the charge, management, or control of any part
of the premises, and in the case of any premises the whole of which is let
in tenements or to lodgers, the person receiving the rent payable by the
tenants or lodgers, either on his own account or as the agent of another
person, shall for the purposes of this bye-law be deemed to be the occupier.
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