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refer only to those constructed after the date of the
confirmation of the By-laws, June 28th, 1893, and that
the only By-law applying to closets constructed before that
date is By-law 27: "The owner of any premises shall
maintain in proper condition of repair every water-closet,
and the proper accessories thereof belonging to such
premises"; consequently as by Section 39 (3) any
directions given by the Sanitary Authority "under this
Act," must be in accordance with the By-laws, and so far
as they are not so in accordance are void, any notice of the
Sanitary Authority specifying structural alterations to closets
in old houses is bad. For instance, the Sanitary Authority
has no power to serve a notice requiring a "foul container
closet" to be removed, but can only require it to be maintained
in proper condition of repair.
Exposure of a Person Suffering from Infectious
Diseases.
On January 3rd a notification was received that a child
at 71, Fulham Palace Road, was suffering from Scarlatina,
and on enquiries being made it was ascertained that the child,
who had been staying with relatives, had been taken by train
to Egham by her mother on that day, after she had been
pronounced by the medical practitioner to be suffering from
Scarlatina. The case was subsequently notified by a local
practitioner to the Medical Officer of Health for Egham, who
had been informed of the circumstance of the case. The
Vestry, considering that gross and wilful recklessness
whereby the health of many must necessarily have been
endangered had been shown by the mother, whose only
excuse was that she did not think the child had Scarlatina,
instituted proceedings against her under the Public Health
Act, and a penalty of £2 with 38s. cost was imposed at the
West London Police Court.
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
The following Table gives a record of the work done
during the year by your Sanitary Officials. It is
unnecessary to notice in detail the various improvements