London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St Pancras 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London

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10.—The Contractor shall at all times, during the continuance of the
Contract, provide that every cart or van leaving its beat for the purpose of
discharging its contents, shall immediately return after so discharging and
re-commence collecting at the house next in order to that last visited.
11.—The Contractor shall not collect trade refuse, or any form of refuse for
which removal is payable by the owner or occupier, in any cart or van
especially set apart for collecting house refuse.
12.—The Contractor shall, in case any owner or occupier of any premises
refuses to have his dust removed at the periodical time, when the cart or
van calls for that purpose, report such refusal within twenty-four hours
(Sunday excepted) to the Medical Officer of Health.
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26.—If at any time it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Medical
Officer of Health that the Contractor or his men shall do any act forbidden,
or shall neglect to do any act required, by the provisions of this Contract,
then and in every such case, in addition to employing special carts and men
as aforesaid, it shall be and may be lawful for the said Medical Officer of
Health to fine such Contractor] in the several sums of money hereinafter
mentioned, namely:—
(1) For every neglect or offence for which special penalties are not
provided in the execution of the duties of scavenger, a sum not
exceeding twenty pounds.
(2) For employing any man, horse, cart, van or implements objected to
by the Medical Officer of Health, under any of the provisions of
this Contract twenty shillings, and twenty shillings per day during
which such offence shall continue.
(3) For taking any man, horse, cart, van or implements out of the daily
work which the Contractor undertakes to perform without the permission
of the Medical Officer of Health, five pounds.
(4) For neglecting to call, knock or ring at any house, tenement or
premises, five shillings.
(5) For asking for or demanding any money, fee or gratuity of any
description, twenty shillings.
(6) For neglecting to supply the Medical Officer of Health with the list
of men, carts and vans employed, as required by Section 8, twenty
shillings, and twenty shillings per day during which such offence
shall continue.
(7) For neglecting to supply such a number of men, horses, carts, vans
and implements as in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health
are necessary for the proper execution of this Contract, twenty
shillings in respect of each man, horse, cart or van and implements,
and twenty shillings per day during which such neglect shall continue.