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3. Regulations concerning the use of Post.mortem rooms.
4. Bye.laws and Regulations made by the London County Council, but enforced by the
Borough Council:—
(a) Drainage bye.laws and deposit of drainage plans.
(b) Closing and filling up of cesspools and privies.
(c) Removal and disposal of house and other refuse.
(d) Removal of faecal and offensive matter by road.
(e) Waterclosets, earthelosets and privies.
(f) Ashpits and cesspools.
(g) Receptacles for dung.
(h) Conveyance of carcasses of dead horses through streets.
(i) live.laws with respect to houses divided into separate tenements, etc.
(j) Licensing, inspection and supervision of seamen's lodging houses.
(k) Registration, licensing, inspection and regulation of common lodging houses.
(l) Licensing of dairymen to use premises as cow.houses.
(m) Licensing and inspection of slaughter.houses and knackers' yards.
(n) Offensive trades.
(o) Rag and bone dealers.
(p) Humane slaughtering of animals and poultry.
(q) Demolition of buildings.
(r) Tee cream vendors and premises.
(s) Duties concerned with infant life protection under Part 1 of the Children
Act, 1908.
5. London County Council (General Powers) Acts, 1893.1934.
6. Children and Young Persons Act, 1932.
7. Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
8. Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
B.—Public Health Legislation either enacted or coming into force during 1934 :—
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 193//..
1.—Under section 27 it is provided (inter alia), that any committee appointed by a
borough council for any of the purposes of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, may (subject
to the terms of its appointment) serve and receive notices, take proceedings, and empower
any officer of the borough council to make complaints and take proceedings on its behalf
and otherwise to execute the Act.
Under section 38 (which replaces the corresponding provisions in section 23 (1) of the
Municipal Corporations Act, 1882) the borough council may make bye.laws for the good rule
and government of the whole or any part of the borough, and for the prevention and suppression
of nuisances therein ; provided that any such bye.laws shall not be inconsistent with any
bye.laws so made by the London County Council and in fprce in any part of the borough. The
confirming authority in relation to bye.laws is the Home Secretary, except that as respects