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The power of entry upon premises is made somewhat
wider (Sec. 10), and power to enter by night is given where
overcrowding is alleged. (Sec. 115 (6).) The Sanitary
Authority may enter by any of their members or by any
officers or persons authorised by them either generally or
in any particular case, but any person claiming a right to
enter shall, if required, produce some written document
properly authenticated by the Sanitary Authority. (Sec.
115.)
The power conferred upon Sanitary Authorities by
Secs. 108 and 115 of the Public Health Act, 1875, to take
proceedings in the case of nuisances from some cause
outside their district, or from offensive trades carried on
outside, but causing a nuisance within, their district, is
slightly extended. (Sec. 14.)
Sanitary Authorities shall make bye-laws for the
following purposes
(a) For the prevention of nuisances arising from any
snow, ice, salt, dust, ashes, rubbish, offal, carrion,
fish, or filth, or other matter or thing in any
street; and
(b) For preventing nuisances arising from any offensive
matter running out of any manufactory, brewery,
slaughter-house, knacker's yard, butcher's or
fishmonger's shop, or dunghill, into any uncovered
place, whether or not surrounded by a wall or
fence; and
(c) For the prevention of the keeping of animals on any
premises in such place or manner as to be a
nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health; and