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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1801.
BYELAWS
Made by the Vestry of the Parish of Rotherhithe, in the County of London, being the
Sanitary Authority for the said Parish, with respect to the keeping of Waterclosets
supplied with sufficient Water for their effective action.
Interpretation of Terms.
1. Throughout these byelaws the expression "the Sanitary Authority" means the Vestry
of the Parish of Rotherhithe, in the County of London.
With respect to the keeping of Waterclosets supplied with sufficient icater for their effective action.
2. The occupier of any premises in or for which any watercloset is for the time being
provided, shall cause such watercloset to be at all times properly supplied with a sufficient
quantity of water for securing its effective action.
Where, however, any watercloset is provided for the use of persons occupying two or more
separately occupied premises, and there is a person having the care and control of such watercloset,
the foregoing requirements shall apply to such person.
The person in occupation of or having the charge, management, or control of the premises,
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
is let to lodgers, the person receiving the rent payable by the lodgers, either on his own account
or as the agent of another person, shall for the purposes of this byelaw be deemed to be the
occupier.
Penalties.
3. Every person who shall offend against the foregoing byelaw shall be liable for every
such offence to a penalty of live pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further
penalty of forty shillings for each day after written notice of the offence from the Sanitary
Authority.