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The Sanitary Law Amendment Act, 1874, enables regulations
made under the above-mentioned section of the Sanitary
Act, 1866, to extend to
Ventilation of rooms.
Paving and drainage of premises,
The separation of the sexes, and
Notices to be given, and precautions to be taken, in case of any
dangerously infectious or contagious disease, under the powers of
this Act, or of the Acts therein mentioned.
The Nuisance Authority may provide for the enforcement
of the regulations by penalties; but regulations are not of any
validity unless and until they shall have been confirmed by the
Local Government Board.
Your Yestry, having previously resolved to put the Acts in
operation, framed Regulations which, having been confirmed by
the Local Government Board, are now in force; and under them
some 1,500 houses in the poorest streets in the parish have been
registered. The work of registration, however, was suspended
in August, 1886, upon the illness of the temporary assistant in
the clerical department of my office, but has now (July) been
resumed on the appointment of a fresh clerk.
The Nuisance Authority, it may be mentioned, is under no
obligation to make (or having made, to enforce) regulations for
all of the purposes specified in the Acts, and I am of opinion
that for a considerable time to come the most important part of
our work will be to put into operation the regulations which
provide:—
" For the inspection of houses, and the keeping of the
same in a cleanly and wholesome state;
" For enforcing therein the provision of privy accommodation
and other appliances, and means of cleanliness,
in proportion to the number of lodgings and occupiers,
and the cleansing and ventilation of the
common passages and staircases;
" For the ventilation of rooms;