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" For the purpose of this section, the expression ' underground
" room ' includes any room of a house the surface of the floor
" of which room is more than three feet below the surface of the
" footway of the adjoining street, or of the ground adjoining or
" nearest to the room."
Sec. 98 : " Where two convictions for an offence relating to the
" occupation of an underground room as a dwelling, have taken
" place within a period of three months (whether the persons
"convicted were or were not the same), a petty sessional court
" may direct the closing of the underground room for such period
" as the court may deem necessary, or may empower the Sanitary
" Authority of the district permanently to close the same, in such
" manner as they think fit, at their own cost."
Sec. 99. " Where a Sanitary Authority appoint a Committee
" for the purposes of this Act, that Committee, subject to terms
" of their appointment, may serve and receive notices, take pro"
ceedings, and empower any officer of the Authority to make
" complaints and take proceedings in their behalf, and otherwise
" to execute this Act."
Sec. 100. " The County Council, on it being proved to their
" satisfaction that any Sanitary Authority have made default in
" doing their duty under this Act with respect to the removal of
" any nuisance, the institution of any proceedings, or the enforce"
ment of any byelaw, may institute any proceedings and do any
" atft which the Authority might have instituted or done for that
" purpose, and shall be entitled to recover from the Sanitary
" Authority, in default all such expenses in and about the said
" proceeding or act as the County Council incur, and are not
" recovered from any person, and have not been incurred in any
" unsuccessful proceeding."
Sec. 101 grants to the Local Government Board certain powers
of direction should the Sanitary Authority be negligent in the
performance of its duties.
The remaining 43 sections are concerned chiefly with methods
of procedure ; duties of Officers ; Byelaws, &c.
In this synopsis of the New Law contained in the " Public
" Health (London) Atft, 1891," I have kept close to the phraseology
of the Act, and I hope the result will be of service to the Board.