Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
This page requires JavaScript
162
APPENDIX A
Adoptive Acts, Bye-laws, etc., in Force in the District
1. Bye-laws made by the Borough Council:—
(a) For the prevention of any nuisances arising from any snow, ice, salt, dust, ashes,
rubbish, offal, carrion, fish or filth or other matter or thing in any street.
(b) For preventing nuisances arising from any offensive matter running out of any
manufactory, brewery, slaughterhouse, knackers' yard, butcher's shop or fishmonger's
shop or dunghill into any uncovered place, whether or not surrounded by a fence
or wall.
(c) For the prevention of the keeping of animals on any premises in such place or manner
as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health.
(d) For securing the cleanliness and freedom from pollution of tanks, cisterns and other
receptacles used for storing water used or likely to be used by man for drinking
or domestic purposes, or for manufacturing drink for the use of man.
(ie) As to the paving of yards and open spaces in connection with a dwelling-house.
(/) Public Mortuary.
2. Regulations concerning underground rooms.
3. Other Bye-laws, Orders, etc., enforced by the Borough Council:—
(a) Drainage 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 or offensive matter by road or water.
(e) Waterclosets, urinals, earthclosets, privies and cesspools.
(/) Ashpits and receptacles for dung.
(g) Conveyance of carcasses of dead horses through streets.
(h) Houses divided into separate tenements, etc.
(i) Registration, licensing, inspection and regulation of common lodging houses.
(j) Licensing of dairymen to use premises as cowhouses.
(k) Licensing and inspection of slaughterhouses and knackers' premises.
(/) Offensive businesses.
(m) Rag and bone dealers.
(n) Slaughtering of animals.
(o) Slaughtering of poultry.
(p) Child life protection.
(q) Smoke abatement.
(r) Fish curers and vendors of fried fish.
(s) Protection of food.