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Notices were served to secure the remedy of these defects. At the
time of writing this report nearly the whole of the defects have been
made good.
PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION, 1904.
During the year 1904 the London County Council introduced into their
General Powers Bill certain sections relating to the cleansing of filthy
houses and articles, also the alteration of certain classes of sanitary
conveniences and fixed ash-pits. The following are the sections dealing
with these subjects:—
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1904.
Part IV.
SANITARY.
19. (1) Where on the certificate of the Medical Officer of Health of
any sanitary district, it appears to the sanitary authority of that district
that any articles in any house or part thereof in that district are in such
a filthy, dangerous, or unwholesome condition that health is affected
or endangered thereby or that the cleansing or purifying or destroying
of any such articles is requisite to prevent risk of or to check infectious
disease the sanitary authority may cause any such articles to be at their
own expense cleansed or purified or they may destroy the same.
(2) If any owner suffer any unnecessary damage the sanitary authority
shall compensate him for the same and the sanitary authority shall also
reasonably compensate the owner for any articles destroyed .
20. (1) Where on the certificate of the medical officer of health of any
sanitary district it appears to the sanitary authority of that district
that any house or part thereof in that district is infested with vermin
such sanitary authority shall give notice in writing to the owner or occupier
of such house or part thereof requiring him within a period to be
specified in such notice to cleanse such house or the portion thereof
specified in the notice, and if so required in the notice to remove the wall