Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
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“to limewash, cleanse, or purify the same
“when requisite, and, on failure, may
“cause the work to be done and take
“proceedings for recovering the expenses;
but that Section does not
“apply to any workshop or workplace
“to which the 'Public Health (London)
“Act, 1891,' applies.
“The Commissioners are, consequently,
“not only the Local Authority and
“Sanitary Authority under the Factory
“Acts, but, as the Sanitary Authority
“under the 'Public Health (London)
“Act, 1891,' have jurisdiction over work
“shops, bakehouses, and factories which
“are not subject to the provisions of the
“Factory Acts, and specially as regards
“bakehouses they are bound to enforce
“Sections 34, 35, and 81 of the Act of
“1878, and Sections 15, 16, and 17 of
“the Act of 1883.
“It appears to me therefore obvious that
“to properly carry out the duties thrown
“on them by the various Acts I have