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of that person as the sanitary authority may think fit
or as they may be directed by the Court.
N.B.—The Guardians may assume such obligations
as may be agreed upon between them and the
Sanitary Authority.
Procedure to be followed regarding rescission of Order.
(10) Six clear weeks after the making of the Order
an application may be made to the Court, by or on behalf
of the person in respect of whom the Order was made,
for its rescission.
(11) In this case three clear days' notice must be
given to the Medical Officer.
The Council at their meeting in December, 1928, passed
a resolution authorising the Medical Officer of Health to put
into operation the Council's powers under the Act when the
occasion arose. During the year I was asked to take action
in three cases of aged persons and all of them on learning
that application to a Magistrate was being made agreed
voluntarily to go into an infirmary or institution.
Legal Proceedings. The particulars of the various
prosecutions instituted under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891, and kindred Acts, for offences connected with
sanitary administration are set out in detail in the following
Table No. 34.