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animals.
13. The keeper of a registered house, or any lodger therein, shall not suffer
any animal to be kept in any part thereof, under his control, so as to
render the house unclean or unwholesome, or so as to be a nuisance or
injurious to health, and the keeper and every lodger shall remove any
animal improperly kept forthwith, on receiving a notice to that effect
from the Inspector.
INSPECTOR.—POWER OF ENTRY.
14. The keeper of, and every lodger in, a registered house shall give to
the Vestry and to the Inspector all such information and assistance
as may be required for the registration of the house, and for the purpose
of carrying out these regulations, and shall allow such house and every
part thereof to be inspected by the Inspector, on his application, at any
hour; and any owner, keeper, lodger, or other person refusing to admit
him, or obstructing him in the execution of his duty, shall be deemed
to be guilty of an offence against this regulation.
PENALTIES.
15. Every person who offends against any of the foregoing regulations shall
be liable, on conviction before a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, to a
penalty not exceeding forty shillings, together with the costs of proceedings,
for any one offence, with an additional penalty not exceeding
forty shillings, for every day during which a default in obeying such
regulations may continue.
REFUSE.
Great difficulty is experienced in preventing nuisance
from accumulations of offensive matters coming under the
general description, "refuse." The difficulty is common
to all parts of the Metropolis, and calls for legislative interference
for its abatement. With a view to such steps being
taken, I brought the subject under the notice of the Society
of Medical Officers of Health in 1880, the result being that
a Special Committee was appointed to consider the subject.
The report of the Committee was printed in my Annual
Report for 1880 (page 114). The conclusions at which they
arrived may be summed up as follows:—
1. Trade Refuse.— The Nuisance Authority should have power to collect,
remove, and dispose of the trade refuse of butchers, fishmongers,
poulterers, greengrocers, etc., at the reasonable cost of the producers.