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St James's 1896

Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster

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from any Sanitary Inspector that his intervention is required in
connection with any nuisance, he shall, as early as practicable,
take such steps as he is legally authorised to take under any
Statute in force in the District, or by any resolution of the
Sanitary Authority, as the circumstances of the case may justify
and require.
(8.) In any case in which it may appear to him to be necessary or
advisable, or in which he shall be so directed by the Sanitary
Authority, he shall himself inspect and examine any animal
intended for the food of man which is exposed for sale or
deposited in any place for the purpose of sale or of preparation
for sale, and any article, whether solid or liquid, intended for
the food of man, and sold or exposed for sale, or deposited in
any place for the purpose of sale or of preparation for sale.
If such animal or article appears to him to be diseased, or
unsound, or unwholesome, or unfit for the food of man, he
shall seize and carry away the same himself or by an assistant
in order to have the same dealt with by a Justice according
to the provisions of Section 47 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
(9.) He shall perform all the duties imposed upon him by any byelaws
and regulations of the Sanitary Authority, duly continued
where confirmation is legally required, in respect of
any matter affecting the public health, and touching which the
Sanitary Authority are authorised to frame bye-laws and
regulations.
(10.) He shall inquire into any offensive process of trade carried
on within his District, and report on the appropriate means
for the prevention of any nuisance or injury to health therefrom.
(11.) He shall from time to time inspect any Bakehouses which arc
Workshops, and are situate within his District, and he shall
thereupon report to the Sanitary Authority whether any steps are
necessary to be taken for the purpose of enforcing, as respects such
Bakehouses, the provisions of Sections 34, 35, and 81, of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, and Sections 15 and 16 of
the Factory and Workshop Act, 1883.
(12.) He shall attend at the office of the Sanitary Authority or an
some other appointed place, at such stated times as they may
direct.
(13.) He shall from time to time report in writing to the Sanitary
Authority his proceedings and the measures which may require
to be adopted for the improvement or protection of the public
health in his District. He shall in like manner report with
respect to the sickness occurring within his District, and the
mortality thereof, so far as he is able to ascertain the same.