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St Pancras 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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with the foregoing by-law No. 1, it shall be sufficient for him to give in writing
with the deposit the date of the previous deposit, and to show the new work on the
plans and sections to be deposited, and only so much of the existing work as will
enable the sanitary authority to see the relative positions of the new and old work.
Provided that this by-law shall not be deemed to require the deposit of any
plans, sections or particulars in the case of any repair which does not involve the
alteration or the entire reconstruction of any pipe, drain, or other means of communicating
with sewers or the traps and apparatus connected therewith.
3. (1) In any case in which an alteration of the drains must be carried out
at once, every person who is about to carry out such alteration shall, in lieu of
depositing the plans, sections, and particulars referred to in these by-laws, forthwith
send to the sanitary authority of the district a notice in writing of any such
proposed alteration.
(2) He shall also within two weeks of the commencement of such alteration
make the deposits required by these by-laws.
4. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing by-laws
shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of two pounds, and in the case of
a continuing offence to a further penalty of twenty shillings for each day after
written notice of the offence given in accordance with section 202 of the Metropolis
Management Act, 1855,
5. In these by-laws the word "person" includes any body of persons
whether corporate or unincorporate.
6. These by-laws shall not extend to the City of London.
The foregoing by-laws were made by the London County Council on the
21st day of July, 1903, and were submitted to and confirmed at a subsequent
meeting of the Council held on the 28th day of July, 1903, and the Common Seal
of the Council was hereunto affixed on the 30th day of July, 1903.
Alterations of drains in cases of urgency.
Penalty.
Definition of "person."
Exemption of City.
G. L. Gomme,
Clerk of the Council.
Approved by the Local Government Board this 20th day of August, 1903.
S. B. Provis,
Secretary.
Acting on behalf of the said Board under the
authority of their General Order, dated
the Ticenty-sixth day of May, 1877.