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4.—"The cleanliness, &c., of workshops to be enforced by the
Sanitary Authority (section 25).
5.—"Footways of parish roads to be properly swept and
cleansed by the Sanitary Authority (section 29).
6.— "Notice to be given by Sanitary Authority of the times
appointed for clearing ashpits, earth closets, privies, and
cesspools (section 30).
7.—"Factories and workshops to be provided with sufficient
and suitable sanitary conveniences (section 38).
8.—"Newly erected houses not to be occupied until the Sanitary
Authority have certified that they have a proper and
sufficient supply of water Csection48). The same section
provides that an occupied house without a proper and
sufficient supply of water shall be a nuisance liable to
be dealt with under the Act, and, if it is a dwellinghouse,
shall be deemed unfit for human habitation.
9—"Copy certificate of infectious disease to be sent to the head
teacher of the school attended by the patient (if a child),
or by any child who is an inmate of the same house as
the patient (section 55).
10.—"The Sanitary Authority to provide disinfecting apparatus
and carriages for the removal of articles to be disinfected,
and to disinfect premises, bedding, &c., free of charge
(sections 59-61).
11.—"The provisions of the Act as to underground rooms used
as dwellings to be enforced by the Sanitary Authority
(sections 96 and 97).
12.—"The Act amplifies the powers of the Sanitary Authorities in
many respects, and your Committee desire to call special attention to
the following provisions, which will enable the Board to take action in
cases which it has hitherto been impossible to deal with effectually,
viz.: (a) the definition of nuisance is extended to include premises in
such a state as to be 'dangerous' as well as those which are 'injurious'
to health 'section 2); (b) a magistrate may authorise entry at night
into a house alleged to be overcrowded (section 115); (e) premises
within 40 yards of any street or place are to be deemed unfit for keeping
swine (section 17).
13.—"Your Committee recommend that the Board instruct the
Sanitary Inspectors to serve notices immediately upon nuisances being
brought to their knowledge, in accordance with section 3 of the Act,
and to specify in notices under section 4, as far as practicable, the
works required to be executed for the purpose of abating or preventing
the recurrence of the nuisance complained of. Your Committee also