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THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE WHITECHAPEL
DISTRICT.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
BYE-LAWS
Made by the Board of Works for the Whitechapel District,
being the Sanitary Authority for the said District, for the Prevention
of Nuisances.
Interpretation of Terms.
1. Throughout these bye-laws the expression "the Sanitary
Authority" means the Board of Works for the Whitechapel
District.
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 ot 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.
3. Every person who shall remove any snow from any
premises on to any carriageway shall deposit the same in such a
manner and with such precautions as to prevent any accumulation
thereof in any channel or upon any paved crossing.
If in the process of such removal any snow be deposited upon
any footway or pavement in any street, he shall forthwith remove
such snow from such footway or pavement.
4. Every person who shall throw any salt upon any snow on
the footway of any street shall do so in such quantity and in such
manner as effectually to dissolve the whole of such snow, and he