Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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In the case of any premises, the person in occupation
of or having the charge, management, or control of the same,
or if there is no such person, then any person in occupation
of or having the charge, management or control of any part
of the premises, and in the case of any premises the whole
of which are let to lodgers, the person receiving the rent
payable by the tenants or lodgers, either on his own account
or as the agent of another person, shall for the purpose of
this By-law be deemed to be the occupier.
3. Every person who shall remove any snow from any
premises shall deposit the same in such a manner and with
such precautions as to prevent any accumulation thereof in
any channel or upon any footway or paved crossing.
4. No person shall throw salt upon any snow on the
footway or carriageway of any street, unless it shall be
practicable forthwith effectually to remove from such footway
or carriageway the whole of the deposit resulting from
the mixture of the salt with the snow. Any person using
salt as aforesaid shall forthwith effectually remove the whole
of such deposit, but shall not place any part thereof on any
adjoining footway or carriageway, nor shall he place any
part thereof in the channel at the side of the carriageway,
unless it is sufficiently liquid to flow along such channel.
5. The occupier of any premises who shall remove or
cause to be removed any offal, carrion, fish in an offensive
condition, shall for the purpose of such removal in every
case use or cause to be used a suitable vessel or receptacle,
cart, or carriage properly constructed and furnished with a
sufficient covering, so as to prevent the escape of the
contents thereof, or any stench therefrom.