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Hackney 1908

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1908

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(e) Refuse or filth, whether solid or liquid, shall not be deposited
or allowed to accumulate in any such room, shop, or other
part of a building, except so far as may be reasonably
necessary for the proper carrying on of trade or business.
(f) Due cleanliness shall be observed in regard to such room,
shop, or other part of a building and all articles, apparatus,
and utensils therein, and shall be observed by persons
engaged in such room, shop, or other part of a building.
(2) Provides that a person on summary conviction of any
contravention of this section shall be liable to a penalty for a first
offence of a sum not exceeding twenty shillings, and for every
subsequent offence five pounds, and in either case to a daily penalty
not exceeding twenty shillings.
Sec. 9 (1) Gives power to the London County Council and
Corporation of London to make by-laws within the County of
London for regulating the conduct of the businesses of vendor of
fried fish, fish curer, and rag and bone dealer, and the premises in
or upon which such businesses are carried on, and the apparatus,
utensils and appliances used for the purposes of or in connection
with such businesses.
(2) Applies Sec. 114 (by-laws) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, to all by-laws made under this section.
(6) Provides that a by-law made under this section shall not
impose upon any person any obligation to alter any premises or
any fittings or apparatus which are at the passing of this Act used
for the business of a vendor of fried fish or of a fish curer, or provide
any new fittings or apparatus in such premises.
Provided that after the passing of this Act any existing
premises, fittings, or apparatus used for such purposes are altered
or newly provided therein it shall be in conformity with the
requirements of such by-law for the time being in force.