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(c) He shall, where the Medical Officer of Health may, for the purpose of preventing
the spread of infection, order the removal of such houseboat from any site, remove the same;
in compliance with the order of the Medical Officer of Health, to another site within the district
to which it may lawfully be removed.
(d) He shall, when removing such houseboat, comply with such reasonable conditions
as the Medical Officer of Health may impose for the purpose of preventing the spread of
infection.
(e) He shall not remove such houseboat out of the district until the same has been
properly disinfected.
10. In every case, where, in pursuance of any statutory provision in that behalf, an order of a
justice has been obtained for the removal from a houseboat to a hospital or other place for the reception
of the sick, of a person who is suffering from any dangerous infectious disorder, the occupier of such
houseboat shall, on being informed of such order, forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite
to secure the safe and prompt removal of the said person in compliance with such order, and shall, in
and about such removal, adopt all such precautions as, in accordance with any instructions which he
may receive from the Medical Officer of Health, may be most suitable for the circumstances of the case.
11. The occupier of a houseboat used for human habitation shall, immediately after a person
suffering from an infectious disease has been removed therefrom, or has died therein, or has recovered
from such disease whilst being therein, give notice of such removal, death, or recovery to the Medical
Officer of Health, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be, cause every part of such houseboat to be
thoroughly cleansed and disinfected, and shall also cause all bedding, clothing, or other articles therein
which may be liable to retain infection to be in like manner cleansed and disinfected, unless the Port
Sanitary Authority shall have ordered the same to be destroyed, or unless the Port Sanitary Authority,
or the Medical Officer of Health, shall, in pursuance of any statutory provision in that behalf,
have required the owner of the same to cause the same to be delivered to an officer of the Port Sanitary
Authority for removal for the purpose of disinfection. He shall comply with all proper instructions of
the Medical Officer of Health as to cleansing and disinfection. When the houseboat and every such
article as aforesaid shall have been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected in accordance with such instructions,
notice thereof shall be given to the Medical Officer of Health.
12. The occupier of a houseboat used for human habitation in which any person has within six
weeks previously been suffering from an infectious disease, shall not, without having such houseboat,
and all articles therein liable to retain infection, disinfected to the satisfaction of a registered medical
practitioner as testified by a certificate signed by him, cause or suffer any person newly to occupy or
become an inmate of such houseboat.
GENERALLY FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUISANCES IN CONNECTION WITH
HOUSEBOATS USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
13. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bye-laws, the occupier of a houseboat used
for human habitation shall provide for the same a sufficient receptacle for refuse.
14. An occupier of a houseboat used for human habitation shall not cause or suffer any solid or
liquid filth to be retained therein.
He shall not deposit or cause to be deposited any solid or liquid filth within thirty feet from such
houseboat, except in a proper receptacle.
He shall not deposit or cause to be deposited any solid or liquid filth in any place so as to cause a
nuisance.
He shall cause every vessel, utensil, or other receptacle provided or used for the purpose of containing
or removing any solid or liquid filth to be sufficiently cleansed immediately after it shall have
been used for that purpose.
15. The person by agreement with or by licence from whom any houseboat used for human
habitation shall be brought or used on any foreshore between tide marks, shall, in any case in which
nuisance is likely to arise from the want of privy accommodation and of a receptacle for refuse for
the use of the occupants of such houseboat, provide for their use within easy access to such land, sufficient
privy accommodation, and a sufficient covered ashpit, dustbin, or other receptacle for refuse,
and shall maintain the same in good repair and order and in a reasonably clean and wholesome condition.
16. The occupier of a houseboat used for human habitation shall not keep any animal, or deposit
any filth or the dung of any animal, within a distance of forty feet from any well, spring, or stream,
or other water used or likely to be used by man for drinking or domestic purposes, or for manufacturing
drinks for the use of man, or any water used or likely to be used in any dairy, or otherwise, in such a
position or in such a manner as to render any such water liable to pollution.
PENALTIES.
17. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing Bye-laws shall be liable for every
such offence to a penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of
forty shillings for each day after written notice of the offence from the Port Sanitary Authority.
Provided, nevertheless, that the Justices or Court before whom any complaint may be made or
any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence may, if they think fit, adjudge the payment
as a penalty of any sum less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this Bye-law.
Examined,
HOMEWOOD CRAWFORD, City Solicitor.
The Common Seal of the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London was affixed
to these Bye-laws' at a duly constituted Meeting of the Court of Common Council held on the third day
of April, 1924, and in my presence.
JAMES BELL, Town Clerk.
Allowed by the Minister of Health this twelfth dav of June, 1924.
E. R. FORBER,
Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Health.
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