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(3) This Part of this Act shall apply in the case of a child or young person
who has before the commencement of this Act been committed to the care of a
relative or other fit person by an Order made under the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children Act, 1904, as if the Order had been made under this Part of this Act.
MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND MEDICAL AID.
The Local Government Board has laid it down that the test of the Guardians'
duty in the matter is the destitution of the patient; and this will not necessarily
depend upon his being in actual receipt of poor relief, but may consist in his
being unable to obtain at his own cost the requisite medical attendance, nursing
mid accommodation {i.e., inability to pay for necessary treatment or operation).
(Letter to Holbeach Union, " Poor Law Officer* Journal," Vol. XIV., p. 297.
Poor Law Annual 1907-8, p. 308.)
$ 2.—LOCAL ACTS.
Extract from LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1902.
Part IX. —Common Lodging Houses.
Council may give notice requiring application for licence to keep a
Common Lodging-House.
46. — The Council may within six months after the passing of this Act give
notice to every keeper of a common lodging-house in the county who shall then
be registered under the Common Lodging-Houses Acts, 1851 and 1853 (hereinafter
referred to as " registered common lodging-house keepers "), requiring
him to make application in writing to the Council within one month after the
receipt of such notice, or within such further period as the Council may prescribe,
for a licence to keep a common lodging-house in the county, and to
receive lodgers therein, and such application shall specify the premises in
respect of which application is made for such licence and the number of lodgers
proposed to be received therein. Such notice shall be given by leaving the
same for each registered common lodging-house keeper at his lodging-house,
and may be in the form set out in the schedule to this Act, or to the like
effect.
Council to inquire as to suitability of Applicant and of Premises
47.—The Council shall, as soon as practicable after any such application shall
have been made to them, make, or cause to be made, all necessary and proper
inspections and inquiries, both as to whether the person so applying is a fit and
proper person to have the control and management of a common lodging-house,
and as to whether the premises in respect of which the applicat ion is made for
a licence are structurally and otherwise suitable for use and occupation as a
common lodging-house, having regard to the number, health, safety, and convenience
of persons occupying or intended to occupy the same.
Granting of Licence.
48.—If, in the opinion of the Council, the person applying for a licence is a
fit and proper person to have control and management of a common lodginghouse,
and the premises in respect of which the application is made are suitable
for a common lodging-house, the Council may grant to such person a licence