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the cleansing, &c., or if having so informed the Authority, he fails
to have the work done within the time fixed in the notice, the
work is to be done by the officers of the Local Authority under the
superintendence of the Medical Officer of Health. The expenses
incurred may be recovered from the owner or occupier in a
summary manner. Where the owner or occupier is unable
effectually to cleanse and disinfect, the officers of the Local
Authority, with the consent of the owner or occupier, may do the
work at the cost of the Authority, without the notice already
referred to being given. The advantage gained by this section is
that the clerk to the Local Authority will have express statutory
direction for his action in giving the notice, and will not have to
be authorised by the Authority before giving the notice. Another
advantage will be in the avoidance of delay, as the officers will be
able to proceed to cleanse and disinfect, if, twenty-four hours
after the owner or occupier has received the notice, he has not
informed the Authority that he will do the work to the satisfaction
of the Medical Officer of Health.
Section 17. For the purpose of carrying section 5 into
effect the Local Authority may, by any officer appointed in that
behalf, who shall produce his authority in writing, enter on
any premises betweeen the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Section 15 provides that, if the members of a family must
leave their dwelling, so that it may be disinfected by the Local
Authority, the Local Authority shall provide them, free of charge,
with temporary shelter or house accommodation, and any
necessary attendants.
Section 6 provides that the Medical Officer of Health may,
by notice in writing, require the owner of any infected bedding,
clothing, &c., to cause the same to be delivered over to an officer
of the Local Authority for removal, for the purpose of disinfection.
The articles, after disinfection, are to be taken back and delivered
to the owner free of charge: penalty for failure to comply with
the above requirement not to exceed £10. At present the