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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1897
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897
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56
Health (London) Act, 1891 (Sec. 24),"
provides:—
"That the Court hearing a complaint against
"a person in respect of a nuisance arising from
"a fireplace or furnace which does not consume
"the smoke arising from the combustible used
"in such fireplace or f urnace shall hold that no
"nuisance is created, and dismiss the complaint,
"if satisfied that such fireplace or furnace is
"constructed in such a manner as to consume
"as far as practicable, having regard to the
"nature of the manufacture or trade, all smoke
"arising therefrom, and that such fireplace or
"furnace has been carefully attended by the
"person having the charge thereof."
I am quite aware that by Sub-Section (b) of
the same section—
"Any chimney (not being the chimney of a
"private dwelling-house) sending forth black
"smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance
"shall be liable to be dealt with summarily under