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Sec. 13.—The provision of street or orderly bins for the deposit or collection of
street refuse, sand, &c. (already in the Hackney Borough Council Act, 1926).
Sec. 21.—The prevention of water flowing on footpath from adjoining premises.
Owners to take necessary steps within 28 days' notice from local authority.
Sec. 39.—Drains not to be covered in without 24 hours' notice to local authority.
This would ensure closer supervision of sanitary work.
Sec. 48.—Verminous Persons.—Compulsory removal to a cleansing station for
the purpose of cleansing and disinfection. Experience has shown this to be very
desirable in certain eases.
Sec. 57.—Contact with body of person dying from a dangerous infectious
disease—reasonably practical steps to prevent persons coming in contact with.
Sec. 58.—Power to M.O.H. to enter common lodging-houses to examine inmates
for evidence of infectious disease. Although such power is in the Hackney Act,
the sanitary administration of these houses is in the hands of the L.C.C.
Sec. 62.—Power to remove to hospital infectious persons suffering from pulmonary
tuberculosis. It is very desirable that the local authority should be in a position
to exercise in certain cases. Experience elsewhere has proved that the moral force
bestowed by legal powers is generally sufficient for the purpose in view. Already
in force in Hackney under its Act.
Sec. 64.—Power of local authorities to subscribe to hospitals, &c. In effect,
a wide extension of the powers similar to those conferred by the Maternity and
Child Welfare Act for maternity and child welfare purposes.
Sec. 73.—Prevention of infection conveyed in toys. Rag and bone dealers
not to sell food and toys.
These various points were fully reported on and in addition it was
recommended that there should be obtained for London powers similar
to those contained in Sec. 56 of the Bradford Corporation Act, 1925,
dealing with the removal from their abodes of infirm and diseased persons
incapable of looking after themselves and living in insanitary conditions.
The section is lengthy and deals with the procedure entailing application
to a magistrate for an order on proof being submitted by the Mcdical
Officer of Health, period of detention in a suitable institution and other
technical matters.
Finally the section in the Hackney Act dealing with the definition
of a combined drain was included in the recommendation.
Lighting of Staircases of Tenement Buildings.—Sec. 61 (1) of the
London County Council General Powers Act, 1927, is as follows:—
"The owner of every tenement building in the county shall—
(a) wherever practicable provfde every common staircase in that building with
adequate means of lighting by natural light including (in the case of a
building constructed or reconstructed after the commencement of this
Act) a window or windows or opening or openings on the staircase at
each storey opening dirctly into the external air ; and