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St Giles (Camberwell) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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with effectually to remove the whole of the deposit resulting
from the mixture of the salt with the snow. Every person
who shall throw any salt upon any snow on any such carriageway
shall forthwith effectually remove the whole of the
deposit, but he shall not place any part thereof on the footway
of such street or on any paved crossing, or on the
carriageway in such a manner as to interfere with the
carriage traffic, 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. A person shall not throw, cast, or lay, or cause to
be thrown, cast, or laid, any dust, ashes, rubbish, offal,
carrion, fish, or filth or other like matter or thing in or upon
any part of a street.
Provided always that this By-law shall not apply to
any act which is for the time being an offence within the
meaning of any public general statute, or of any By-law
made by the London County Council and in force in the
place where such act is done.
Provided also that it shall not be an offence against
this By-law to lay any ashes or other suitable material in
any street in time of frost to prevent accidents.
6. Every person who shall lay or cause to be laid in
any street any litter or other matter in case of sickness to
prevent noise, shall lay the same so that it may be evenly
distributed over the surface of the part of the street intended
to be covered, and shall, when the occasion ceases, within
forty-eight hours thereafter remove or cause to be removed
from such street the litter or other matter so laid in such
street.