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(b.) As to the closing and filling up of cesspools and
privies, and as to the removal and disposal of refuse, and
as to the duties of the occupier of any premises in
connection with house refuse, so as to facilitate the removal
of it by the scavengers of the Sanitary Authority.
They shall also make By-laws (Section 39) with respect
to water-closets, earth-closets, privies, ash-pits, cess-pools,
and receptacles for dung, and the proper accessories thereof
in connection with buildings, whether constructed before or
after the passing of this Act.
They may further make By-laws (Section 19) for the
regulation of any businesses which are for the time being
lawfully carried on, but which come under the denomination
of offensive trades.
In relation to all the groups of By-laws enumerated
above, the making of which is compulsory, it is required
by Section 142 that the By-laws made by the County
Council or Sanitary Authority for the different purposes
above specified, shall be submitted to the Local Government
Board for sanction, not later than the 1st July, 1892.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
The regulations with respect to offensive trades are
adopted with little material change from previous Acts,
and there is not much in them to which I need call your
attention.
Section 21 enacts that when any building or premises
used for trade, business, process, or manufacture, causing
effluvia (it does not say offensive, or dangerous, or injurious)