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Hammersmith 1914

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1914

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part of such ceilings and surfaces which is property painted
and varnished, or covered with hard, smooth, impervious
material.
10.—A person carrying on the business of a fish curer
shall cause every smoking or drying kiln used for the purposes
of his business to be constructed of hard and smooth brick,
stone, or other suitable fireproof material, and to be so constructed
and used that all vapour or smoke discharged
therefrom shall be effectually conveyed away in such a
manner as to admit of its diffusion without noxious or
injurious effects.
11.—A person carrying on the business of a fish curer
shall, for the purposes of his business, provide adequate
gutting surfaces of slate, glazed earthenware or other smooth
impervious material.
12.—A person carrying on the business of a fish curer
shall cause all tanks, vats or similar receptacles used for salting
or brining for the purposes of his business to be constructed
with internal surfaces of a suitable smooth and impervious
material.
13.—A person carrying on the business of a fish curer
shall cause the surface of every yard and hauling way used in
connection with his business to be properly paved with
impervious material. He shall cause every such yard and
hauling way to have a proper slope and channel towards a
trapped drain inlet, and to be effectually drained by adequate
drains communicating with a public sewer.
14.—A person carrying on the business of a fish curer
who shall offend against any of the foregoing by-laws, shall
be liable for every such offence to a penalty of five pounds,
and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty
of forty shillings for each day during which the offence may
be continued after written notice of such offence from the
Sanitary Authority within whose district the premises on which
the business of the fish curer is carried on are situate, or in
cases where the London County Council are empowered to
act in pursuance of the provisions of section 101 (2) of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, from the London County
Council. Provided nevertheless that the Court before whom
any information may be laid, or any proceedings may be taken
in respect of any such offence, may, if the Court think fit,