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LEGISLATION IN FORCE.
The following local acts, special local orders, general
adoptive acts and byelaws relating to Public Health are in force
in the district.
Adopted.
Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889 1889
Public Health (Amendment) Act, 1890 1890
Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890 1899
Notification of Births Act, 1907 1907
Public Health Act, 1907 (Clause 50) 1921
Public Health Act, 1925 (Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5) 1920
The Acton Improvement Act, 1904 -
New Streets and Buildings 1925
Removal of House Refuse 1899
Common Lodging Houses 1898
Slaughter Houses 1924
Nuisances, &c. 1924
Offensive Trades 1903
Tents, Vans and Sheds 1906
Removal of Offensive or Noxious Matters 1908
Houses Let in Lodgings 1925
Cleansing of Cisterns 1912
Employment of Children 1920
Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs 1929
Smoke Abatement 1930
HOUSING.
There has been a good deal of discussion recently about
slums and the so-called slum problem, and to those who have not
studied the question closely the statements made by the different
people are apt to be puzzling. On the one hand, it is freely stated
that certain property is slum property and on the other it is held
that we have no slums in Acton. The misconception arises from
the loose way in which the term slum is used. It may be a convenient
word but it is a very vague one, and it not officially
recognized. There is no legal definition of a slum, and the term is
excluded from Acts of Parliament. The word slum is convenient
and expressive, and is used to describe a varying range of dwellings.
It is important that we should discriminate between a slum and a
clearance area. A clearance area will include slums, but it does
not necessarily follow that the houses we regard as slums will