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holder to the necessity of disinfecting any rubbish that has
been infected by infectious disease, before being thrown in
the ash-pit.
By Sections 39 and 50:—
It is made compulsory for the Local Authority to make
bye-laws as to cleansing of cisterns, keeping waterclosets
supplied with sufficient water for their effective action, and
also enacts that the County Council shall make bye-laws
with respect to waterclosets, earthclosets, cesspools, and
receptacles for dung, and the proper accessories in connection
with buildings.
By Section 63:—
Deals with the letting of any house where infectious
disease has existed without being disinfected, and renders the
persons letting the house liable to a fine of twenty pounds.
By Section 68 :—
Renders a person liable to a fine not exceeding five
pounds, who wilfully exposes himself in any street, public
place or inn whilst suffering from any dangerous infectious
disease, or who gives, lends, sells, removes any bedding or
articles which have been exposed to infection.
By Section 88 :—
Every Sanitary Authority shall provide a mortuary for
the reception of dead bodies, and they may make by-laws
with respect to the management of the same. '
By Section 90:—
Any Sanitary Authority may, and if required by the
County Council shall provide and maintain a proper building
(other than a workhouse), for the reception of dead bodies
during the time required to conduct a post-mortem examination.
By Section 92 :—
That the County Council shall provide and maintain
proper accommodation for the holding of inquests, and may
by agreement with the Sanitary Authority, provide and
maintain the same in connection with a mortuary or a
building for post-mortem examinations provided by that
Authority.
By Section 96 :—
Deals with the occupation of underground rooms as
dwellings, and provides that any underground room that
was not occupied or let separately before January, ist, 1892,
must have three feet of its height above the surface of the
street; every wall must be constructed with a proper damp
course; the soil below the room must be effectually drained,
and such room must be effectually secured against the rising