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inspect any Drain, Water Closet, Privy, Cesspool, or Water
supply Apparatus, which is known to be a Nuisance, or
suspected to be so, with the object of ascertaining the state
of the same, in order that any Nuisance they may produce,
may be removed.
Dust, Ashes, etc.—By the 125th and following Clauses
of the same Act, the Vestry has power to employ Scavengers
for the collecting and removing all Dirt, Ashes, Rubbish,
and Filth, and for the emptying of Privies and Cesspools,
Sewers, and Drains; and all persons obstructing the
Scavengers in the performance of their duty are liable to a
penalty of Five Pounds.
Unwholesome Food.—By the 26th Clause of "The
"Nuisances Removal and Prevention of Diseases Act,"
the Sanitary Inspector may, at all reasonable times, inspect
and examine any Carcase, Meat, Poultry, Game, Flesh,
Fish, Fruit, Vegetables, Corn, Bread, or Flour, exposed for
sale; and if it appear to him that such food is unfit for
use, the same may be seized, and the vendor thereof may
be fined Ten Pounds.
Noxious Trades.—By the 27th Clause of the same Act,
the Medical Officer of Health has power to summon before
the Magistrates any person carrying on any Trade, Business,
or Manufacture, in which offensive effluvia are given out,
and such persons may be compelled to use all practicable
means for the removal of the same, under a penalty of
Five Pounds.
Occupation of Underground Rooms.—By the 103rd
Clause of "The Metropolis Local Management Act," no
room or cellar can be let or occupied unless the same be
seven feet in height, and at least one foot of its height
above the surface of the footway of the street, and unless