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Bethnal Green 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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Section 66(3).
12. For the removal of certain infectious persons to
hospitals.
Section 88.
13. For the management and regulation of the
mortuary and post-mortem rooms.
Section 45(1).
14. For the management of public lavatories and
other sanitary conveniences.
Section 184.
All bye-laws, after being made, must be submitted to
the Local Government Board for confirmation; they
must then be printed and hung up in the office of the
westry and a copy must be delivered without charge to
my ratepayer upon application for same.
Section 100.
If the Sanitary Authorities neglect their duties, the
>Local Government Board, the County Council, and the
Factory Department of the Home Office, stand round
Teady to step in and do the work at the expense of the
Local Authority. If it is proved to the County Council
that a Vestry has failed to do its duty, that body may
institute proceedings or do any act to abate nuisances
at the expense of the Vestry, or on complaint by the
Section 101.
County. Council, the Local Government Board may
supersede the Vestry altogether and may either appoint
the County Council to perform its duties, or may make
an order on the Vestry which may be enforced by writ or
mandamus.
The Secretary of State has a similar power under the
1891 Factory Act, and may order the Factory Inspectors
to replace a Sanitary Authority with respect to
workshops, if these are shewn to be not properly
supervised.
Where notice is given by H. M. Factory Inspector to a
Sanitary Authority and proceedings are not taken within
a reasonable time for punishing the default or remedying
the nuisance, H. M. Inspector may take the like
proceedings at the expense of the Sanitary Authority.